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I’m guessing my old (‘95) stick shift Rodeo 4×4 is tired. It was working perfectly this afternoon, but tonight when I backed out of my parking space, it “put itself” into 2nd gear and refused to come out. What would cause this? Will it be expensive to repair, or should I prepare my bank account to start shelling out car payments? (I’ve been driving sticks for 15-20 yrs, by the way) HELP!
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4 Responses to “Is there a way to get a manual car out of a stuck 2nd gear?”
Sounds like there is something seriously wrong in your Rodeo. Probably a synchronizer or something like that. You are looking at an expensive fix. You’ll need to take it to a transmission shop unless you have a friend that is good with transmissions to get it fixed.
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If only I knew. Maybe I’d then be a clutch answerer.
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I had a VW Fox do this also, it stuck in 3rd. I removed the transmission,tore it down an found synchronizers bad and 3rd gear itself bad it cost me $400 in parts and about 10 man hours of my labor to repair it. If you’re not mechanically inclined, take it to a transmission shop it will cost you anywhere from $800 to $1800 to have it rebuilt.
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Either you are out of transmission fluid, or you need some work on your transmission. It would probably be cheaper in the long run to buy a new car. We had to do that once. Our 94 Buick tranny went caflooey on us, and it was actually cheaper to trade in the car with a broken transmission, on another used car. We got a 2000 Regal.
The reason it cost less is because, to fix or replace a transmission, is going to cost about $1200.00 to $1500.00, so trading it in, gives you monthly payments on a newer car without having to throw out all that big money on a tired car that may break down again soon.
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