Because mine's probably laying all over I-270.

I went down to fourth to pass a semi, went back into fifth... and then it just popped out as soon as I started accelerating. Tried it again, nothing. I was 30 miles into a 250 mile journey... so at least this didn't happen in middle-of-nowhere, IL.

Anyway, about how much am I looking at here? :\

 

Man sorry to hear that... Didn't know you were from STL... where on I-270 is your car @?

 

Oh no, I nursed it back home. 30 miles of highway driving in fourth.

 

wow thats sucks hopefully they will just be able to replace fifth and it didetn do any more damage to your trans

 

Take your shifter apart first and ensure that the ball and upper mount is not out of place. Then check the cable mounts on it. If the shifter is simply out of whack, it could be preventing you from fully engaging it. May not be the issue, but doesnt hurt to check the small stuff first.

 

Hopefully this is a simple(r) mechanical issue... because it is my understanding that 5th gear is actually cut into the shaft, and not a separate cog.

 

Thanks, first of all. I probably should have been more specific, heh.

When I put it in gear, it feels like I'm normally putting it in gear, i.e. there was something there. Then, when I would put my foot down, the shifter would just wobble and pop back into neutral. I could hold it in gear myself and accelerate, but as soon as I would let go, it would let go. All of my other gears feel and engage perfectly normal.

I'm going out to check the shifter innards now. Hopefully, it's just a cable problem... but if that's not it, hopefully the dealership doesn't rape me too much.

 

It might be a bad synchro.

Mine would pop out of 5th gear as well. Turns out, the last mechanic who changed my clutch, also broke a tranny seal.

So as a consequence, my tranny started acting weird, because it was leaking tranny fluid.

The first sign, was 5th gear popping out.

Tranny fluid aside. It might only be one synchro >.<

 

should be about $1000 installed

 

No fluids. I just had <trusted local shop> change the oil because it's too cold and I'm too lazy, and they didn't say anything to me about it.

It's at the dealership now, as am I.

 

ouch.

Its gonna be an arm and a leg =X

 

oh man this same thing happened in my volkswagen it was rianing one night i put it in 5th and it slipped out of 5th after awhile i couldnt even put it in witout jamming then the next morning i tried starting the car and when i let go of the clutch it turned off on neutral i foudn out it was the whole tranny that was shot

 

Thats what she said ^^

My old transmission just needed 3rd and 5th gear synchros replaced. Every other gear works perfect lol =p

 

Oh god, I meant no fluids leaking, hahaha.

 

lmfaooo i shoulda seen that coming with u on this thread HAHAHA better watch my mouf' next time hahahahaha

 

The dealership wants to just replace the entire transmission. They say it would cost more to open it up, find out what's wrong, and fix it... than it would be to just replace the whole thing. $3500.

Luckily, I bought an extended warranty through them that covers me up to 70,000 miles. The warranty company is sending someone out later today to look at the car and decide if they'll cover it or not.

If they do: cool, a new transmission.
If they don't: WTF, a whole new transmission? $3500? That can't be right.

 

thats exactly waht ahppened to my jetta it turned out to be a new tranny then eventually if u wouldnt have gotten it fixed every gear would jam up hard when u try and slip it in (insert ippskidder remark here) lmfao

 

Yea you should have known that by now.

I am always lurking ^^^^^^^^

muhahahaha

 

Yea that sounds about right.

Thats what a dealer quoted me about a year ago.

 

perfect