Transmission/Shifter randomly got stuck!
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Transmission/Shifter randomly got stuck!
So this happened after a little bit of "spirited" driving the other day, temperature was around 102 degrees in hot-*** Central Texas. I stopped at a red light and I habitually wiggle my shifter slightly when I am stopped (not sure why I do this). I noticed as I was slowing my shifter wasn't really wiggling even thought it was in neutral, and as I attempted to move it, my shifter wouldn't really go anywhere at all. I had just a tiny amount of play in it, but it wouldn't go any direction to shift into any gear. I started panicking just a little as I was in front at a red light and didn't seem to be able to move my shifter at all. I was able to force it slightly in the direction of first gear, and as a last-ditch effort tried letting up on the clutch a bit and it seemed to be in 1st. The light turned green and I was able to wind up 1st gear, but then when I tried to shift into 2nd it would not budge at all, and grinded pretty bad, but then I was able to go directly to 3rd no problem. As I went to shift into 4th it was the same as 2nd and wouldn't shift into 4th, but then I was able to go to 5th and then 6th with no issue. As I hit the next red light about a mile ahead, I was testing each gear and I was then able to shift into each gear with no problem at all. I drove another 20 miles home and never had another problem. Another observation is that the whole area where my shifter is got REALLY hot. I don't know that it's related, but it typically DOES get pretty hot anyway, even under normal circumstances, plus the weather in TX is hot af right now, so I wasn't necessarily thinking that was out of the norm.
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MJSCaddyV (09-14-2023)
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So this happened after a little bit of "spirited" driving the other day, temperature was around 102 degrees in hot-*** Central Texas. I stopped at a red light and I habitually wiggle my shifter slightly when I am stopped (not sure why I do this). I noticed as I was slowing my shifter wasn't really wiggling even thought it was in neutral, and as I attempted to move it, my shifter wouldn't really go anywhere at all. I had just a tiny amount of play in it, but it wouldn't go any direction to shift into any gear. I started panicking just a little as I was in front at a red light and didn't seem to be able to move my shifter at all. I was able to force it slightly in the direction of first gear, and as a last-ditch effort tried letting up on the clutch a bit and it seemed to be in 1st. The light turned green and I was able to wind up 1st gear, but then when I tried to shift into 2nd it would not budge at all, and grinded pretty bad, but then I was able to go directly to 3rd no problem. As I went to shift into 4th it was the same as 2nd and wouldn't shift into 4th, but then I was able to go to 5th and then 6th with no issue. As I hit the next red light about a mile ahead, I was testing each gear and I was then able to shift into each gear with no problem at all. I drove another 20 miles home and never had another problem. Another observation is that the whole area where my shifter is got REALLY hot. I don't know that it's related, but it typically DOES get pretty hot anyway, even under normal circumstances, plus the weather in TX is hot af right now, so I wasn't necessarily thinking that was out of the norm.