Stuck In Secomd Gear(2003 1.9 Tdi 6 Speed)

[dog-god]

my wife was collecting the kids from school and on the way home while in second gear found that she coulndnt select any other gear

so she coasted up onto pavement and left car

when i got home as the car was only about 400 yards from the house i left it in second and proceeded back to the house while on the way the other gears decided that they would work

drove into the driveway switched of and then restarted and reversed out

when i was all the way out i found serious difficulty trying to get it into any forward gear to park outside the house

finally managed to get into second again and parked and left it there

 

 

ive scaned the forums and seen some posts about the linage getting stuck or and the bolt holding them shearing

 

could someone give me an idea where to loook to see what i i am suppose to be looking for as i thought it might be the clutch and ive gotten a priice off the the main dealer at about 650 euro inc vat for clutch and 500 euro odd to fit ,approx

[chromedome]

Can you select gears ok without the engine running?

 

If you can, it's probably a clutch problem.

 

If you can't, it's probably a linkage/cable problem. Cables are used between the gear shift and gearbox, these are known to give problems.

[dog-god]

cant select gears when engine is off either

i have a mate who works at quickfit so im going to bring car up there on saturday for ramp and tool access

where should i be looking at and how would i confirm that it is the linkage - cable

and would it be possible for us to replace the linkages or cables ourselves

any idea of cost to buy

chromedome - much appreciate your fast reply :lol:

[Neils TDi again]

There has been reported incidents of selector assemblies siezing it may be as simple as this (although I believe the replacement cost to be about

[jimmyq]

hi sorry to jack this thread but for some reason i cant start a new topic as it wont allow me to anyhow i have a galaxy tdi zetec 6 speed manual 04 reg and ive got a problem with the gears too ive just had a new clutch,flywheel,master cylinder fitted a few thousand miles ago its was driving perfect up until yesterday when the 2nd gear started to crunch and 5/6th gears goes in but the car just revs up when in 5/6th gear even if i let go of the clutch it wont stall and a can rev it too but the car wont move any ideas guys? thanks