huwla

Anyones reverse gear really hard to get into? Especially when it's cold.

davematthews-S4

sometimes, you got to wiggle it, just a little bit...

Josh S4

all my gears are hard to get into when the car is cold

Bozman

Try double-clutching it. I usually go put in the clutch, go into 3rd (or 1st), go back to neutral, release clutch, put in clutch, go to reverse, then go. I only go through this much trouble in the morning when I first get in and it's like 8 degrees (like it was this morning!). So, yes, I do find it more difficult when it's really cold. Maybe the transmission fluid is still cold and syrupy?

Rob O

I report it as a problem every time I take it for service and get the same response every time ... nuttin' wrong wit it.

I have to "gear hunt" to "unbind" the linkage so it'll accept R 75% of the time. It gets *really* old, and if I'm pulled all the way into a space, where pulling forward any further will result in contact with the curb or concrete stop, I grow frustrated when gear hunting doesn't do the trick and I need to move the car a smidge ... but don't want to scrape the front under belly.

ROCKCENTER

I have a UUC shifter tho, so maybe I need some adjusting. anything else have this issue? it happens very rarely

S42002

from the factory. Reverse is now no longer a struggle, 1st and 2nd still aren't that smooth though.

S42002

rub.

Andrew C.

that's excellent advice for many situations . . . ;-)

bobbO

The best solution, in my experience, has been to engage first gear beforehand (you don't have to release clutch so this works in tight spaces, too). While engaging the clutch, shift to first, and then shift to reverse. It works every time.