I have a 97 Saturn SL manual transmission. For a fewdays now, Ive been having trouble shifiting gears. I push the clutch, no problems, start to shift gears & getting it to go from gear to gear is so hard to do, it hurts my hand & arm.
Someone please help! Ive got to keep this car running, as I cant afford a new one, & I have NO clue what the problem is!!
Thank you!
Well sounds like maybe the shift rail is bent, this will require the transmission to be removed and repaired, u will need a professional to check this for, the trans is a very expensive repair, so guessing is not a good idea, it can be some other problem, we are really just giving general info from here, hard to diagnose a problem we can't see 1st hand..
have the fluid level checked, but if it were low the trans would have a very loud whining noise in it from dry bearings, no i am sure it is the shifter linkage or the shift rails that are your problem, 35 years of doing this for a living tells me this..
there is no way to know the cost until a GM or Saturn technicain looks at the problem.
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Not that Ive noticed really...
This is the 1st manual transmission vehicle Ive ever owned, & I honestly dont know much about it...
But, the clutch seems to be okay as far as I know...
Im going to try to get it checked this week... Just wanted to see if anyone had an idea what it could be, thinking maybe could get a friend to fix it for me...
I drove it today & I was able to shift, just had to put some muscle into shifting the gears LOL..
Could it be maybe something like needing some kind of fluid? (I dont even know of manual cars have any different things like that...)
Im willing to bet that youre right then! I have no clue about cars!
Is it expensive to fix a shifter linkage?
Should I stop driving it until I get it fixed? Or would it be okay to drive it for a few days?
how is the clutch, does it feel funny in any way?
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