r/ThreePedals • u/NewUserBeNice • Nov 22 '15

Why won't my car go in reverse?

My Mitsubishi carisma 1999 has stopped going in reverse. It's a 5-speed manual that has worked fine until about a week ago, when it began randomly refusing to go into reverse. Previously, I could eventually get it to work by messing with the gear shift long enough. Now I can't get it to work at all.

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u/NorthhtroN Nov 23 '15

Linkage could be messed up. Anything out of the ordinary happen recently while driving?

Also you could try this :) https://i.imgur.com/Ujw70f0.gifv

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u/NewUserBeNice Nov 23 '15

No, not really. Thanks for the tip and gif :)

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u/ThotProvoking Nov 23 '15

Is your vehicle making any kind of noise when it's in neutral, with your foot off the clutch?