Ok so my car drove fine this morning, parked at a car wash and turned it off. When i turned the car back on, I tried putting it in first, and the damn thing just wouldnt have it, but it finally did slip in, (the car is off) while the knob is in first gear position, i can push it over to 3rd gear position without pulling it back out of 1st, it just slides over, wtfffff is going on? i looked under the hood, there was no clip on top of the shift cable, i went into a gas station and got some paper clips, just to try my luck, that didnt really help....
what could this be???!!

 

u needa give more details on how it happened

 

No i didnt go through the car wash i parked in a self serve and i was about to wash it but then discount tire called and said my tire came in so i left before i washed it, but when i got across the street next to the gas station the gear shifter felt wierd so i parked there

 

if u can move to 3rd gear without going back it could be that shifter cable bad or your gear selector most likely the cable though which shouldnt be too bad

 

I don't know anymore details!! I parked, and turned it off, when i turned it back on 1st gear slides to third, called my shop and told them about the shifter cable clip missing, he suggested the paperclip method to see if i could make it to the shop, put two paperclips in the shifter cable where it hooks up to the tranny,, no success, all the other gears go in just fine, its just 1st and 2nd that are bunk, I just looked on the garage floor, and there is a big puddle of oil....uh oh, i have a leak....but even if i had a leak, i didnt even drive it half a mile just now, and it was full last night...

 

hm thats weird u gota get your tranny checked out then the car wash wasnt the cause it was definitely happening because of the oil on the floor

 

if the tranny is effed up something would have happened before, it has been driving fine since outta the shop....

 

I think its something to do with the cables or something......**** idk....im kinda SOL right now, idk what to do with this car anymore =[ but its my dream carrrrr

 

i know its tough man i jsut had a scare with my car it was just shutting off on random times when it wanted to...found out my o2 fix for my cat was grounding out on my chassis...what i did was prepare for the worst and hope for the best...you never know with these cars the simplest thing can **** everything up

 

I havent had my car for 8 months, cuz of problems, i havent drven the car for one whole month yet, i just got it back last night, and now this **** is happening...and i ship out in 2 months.....=[

 

damn that really sucks...try calling a bunch of shops and see what they say

 

found the problem, there is a small white clip under the shift cables, that piece must have broken off when the tranny was reinstalled...$6 part from dealership

 

ohh well at least it wasnt something more serious

 

NOOO!! god damnit the friggin piece is on backorder, the dealership doesnt even have it, said it would take a couple of days.....meanwhile my car is parked at a damn gas station, had to face my worst fear and leave it there over night, good thing its down the street from my apt.....guess I am gonna have to wait AGAIN to get my car, its almost to the year mark....

 

why is this happening to me......with this car, everything that COULD go wrong HAS gone wrong, in every way possible short of totalling the damn thing, which wouldnt make a diff becuase i have already replaced pretty much every damn part