Car doesn't like 3rd
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Burning Brakes
Joined: Jun 2002
Posts: 1,037
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From: Richmond Texas
Car doesn't like 3rd
Dad and I went playing around with his car the other day. A couple of full throttle runs here and there (alright, a LOT of runs). For some reason now, the car randomly pops out of 3rd gear now. We never missed a gear while driving it and we didn't speed shift/power shift, nothing. Very easy on the shifts. It will go in 3rd, and you can floor it and it will stay in right up until redline and it pops itself out. Are the snychros going bad? I was wondering if the bolts in the shifter need to be adjusted (we have a Kirban shifter). We had it in the dealer last week cause the reverse lock out quit working (car would go right over into reverse, but wouldn't actually go into it, it's working now though). Anyways, I'm wondering if the dealer accidentally messed with the bolts or something. Thanks for the help yall.
Le Mans Master
Joined: Apr 2001
Posts: 8,133
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From: Ex-SF Bay Area; now happily Denver area
Re: Car doesn't like 3rd (66ImpalaLT1)
I'd take it back to the dealer. At about 3k miles mine started popping out of 1st, 3rd, and 5th and the dealer had to pull the transmission...but they did get it fixed.
