Gear Problems!

[ILikeTheYellowOnes]

I took my car to the garage recently because my gear stick is like stirring porridge and it keeps falling out of reverse. They told me it was the gearbox so I had it changed. I picked my saxo up today and drove it home the gears are exactly the same and it still falls out of reverse!. It's cost me £450. Can anyone suggest what it may be coz I don't wanna keep spending money on not fixing the problem if you catch my drift :/

[slimwiltaz]

shit that don't sound good, take it back!!

[blackie_2k5]

gear selector ball probs worn...

or linkages or engine mounts fooked...sounds like the garage pulled your pants down tbh

[Gandi699]

Probably a linkage popped off, had it before myself. Get new ones and also get your money back - sounds like they just popped the linkage back on and its warn thus coming off when you use the gear stick.

[Barry123]

Yeah this is going to suck, but for £30 you can have the selector arm replaced and that would probably sort it.

[saladdodger]

gear selector ball probs worn...

or linkages or engine mounts fooked...sounds like the garage pulled your pants down tbh

Beat me to it, id be having a word with that garage mate

[saladdodger]

Double post, sorry

[mlawlan69]

they have fucked you over mate, almost 100% certain it will be just a link/ball directly under the car, where your gear stick is.

had the same problem as you on my old saxo!!

probably the same gearbox aswell..

[blackie_2k5]

Trading standards

[devilsadvocate]

Did you not take it for a test drive, return to the garage and tell them that the thing you went in there to have fixed...hasn't actually been fixed?

[Ross]

gear selector ball probs worn...

or linkages or engine mounts fooked...sounds like the garage pulled your pants down tbh

This tbh. Gear linkages are very common. Very unlikely a sloppy box is down to the gearbox itself.