A little while ago, I was locked out of reverse completely. The car grinded into reverse when it was cold and sometimes was locked out of reverse. I then went on a road rally (Royal Flush Poker Rally: Autism) and my reverse was completely locked out at the end of the 4th leg. The car could not engage in reverse. I had the dealer look at it. They took out the trans and found out it was a bent shifter rail which caused the lockout for reverse. Everything was replaced under warranty. I asked some people how the shifter rail bends and many say its because of shifting too hard. Any thoughts or explanations of this situation? I got the car back, my parts are all on. If theres something I'm doing wrong with this X, I would like to correct it before this issue occurs again. Ive driven other manual cars before and this never happened. Thanks for the knowledgeable input in advance.

-AJ

 

bending or breaking a shift rail is all user error. Try engaging reverse smoother. I usually put it into 1st once and then back into reverse. Works smooth.

 

I figured it was user error. I did try to force it into reverse a few times when it didnt go before the shift rail bent. Also, going from 4th to 5th seems like a stretch. I feel like I may grind going into fifth. I am positive that the clutch is completely depressed before shifting. After they replaced the shift rail, it became pretty smooth. It's even smoother than when I drove it off the lot.

 

I'm curious is theres just a separate shift rail for reverse. If there's a separate shift rail for reverse, then it must been that the only way it would break or bend is shifting into reverse aggressively and not necessarily another gear.

 

Wow, you have been racing it and got it fixed under warrenty, nice.