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Anonymous Posted on May 25, 2012

1996 pontiac sunfire manual transmission wont shift

Car wont shift into any gears except 5th?? clutch cable replaced almost a year ago.

  • Anonymous May 28, 2012

    yes the clutch pedal enguages. 5th gear works and I am assumeing all gears work you just cant shift into them?? It seems to have been a ongoing problim as I have seen it on the internet in a few places but no solution was ever posted?? I bought the car from a friend who said he had the same problim and replaced the clutch cable a year ago which I guess fixed it .. my problim is the clutch cable shouldnt go bad within a years time so there must be something causing this??

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Does the clutch pedal engage? This sounds like a clutch problem to me.

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check automatic adjuster on clutch pedal under dash .

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check the fluid in the slave cyclinder if its low it can cause this

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while driving my 1998 pontiac sunfire, it will stall as I turn come to a stop. I have to pump the gas the get going again. What is it, help?

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SOURCE: I have a 1997 Pontiac

Sounds like the clutch is going out. I would check the operation of the clutch slave cylinder. Also check the clutch master cylinder fluid level.

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  • Posted on Jan 18, 2011

SOURCE: manual transmission in 1997 pontiac sunfire stuck

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