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I drive a 2001 VW Jetta GLS. (inb4 "you sound poor")
Yesterday, when I was driving, all of the sudden, I couldn't "find" first gear. Shifting into the first gear position would put my car in third. It took me about 30 seconds to realize that I would have to put my shifter in the reverse position to find first gear. On my car, that means pushing in the shift knob and moving it further to the left. I have to wrestle the shifter to put it in reverse now.
Hopefully this formats correctly.
Normal:
R-1-3-5
---2-4---
Now:
R/1-3-3-5
------2-4--
I tried using my Google Fu to figure out how that happened, and didn't find anything. I didn't feel anything "break", and it happened suddenly. I haven't had any issues with "finding" first gear, and suddenly at a stop light, I stalled on green when it ended up in third instead of first.
Mechanic brahs, wtf is going on?
(Also, been driving standard for 12+ years; Not a user error)
Yesterday, when I was driving, all of the sudden, I couldn't "find" first gear. Shifting into the first gear position would put my car in third. It took me about 30 seconds to realize that I would have to put my shifter in the reverse position to find first gear. On my car, that means pushing in the shift knob and moving it further to the left. I have to wrestle the shifter to put it in reverse now.
Hopefully this formats correctly.
Normal:
R-1-3-5
---2-4---
Now:
R/1-3-3-5
------2-4--
I tried using my Google Fu to figure out how that happened, and didn't find anything. I didn't feel anything "break", and it happened suddenly. I haven't had any issues with "finding" first gear, and suddenly at a stop light, I stalled on green when it ended up in third instead of first.
Mechanic brahs, wtf is going on?
(Also, been driving standard for 12+ years; Not a user error)