fiesta gearbox issue....

poosemon · 14 Jan 2010 at 17:40

My girlfriends car, a '99 fiesta 1.25 zetec has developed a problem selecting 5th gear.....

When we first bought the car it then developed a problem where 5th would randomly pop out when driving, the garage then adjusted the selector and it worked fine, then it started not going into 5th all the time and the garage replaced the 5th gear selector, 6 months down the line and it won't go into 5th at all now but all other gears are fine....anyone else had a similar problem? Does this sound like the selector again or could this be a bigger problem?

Ricochet J · 14 Jan 2010 at 17:42

Have a look into replacing the gear linkages.

ghop · 14 Jan 2010 at 22:30

Our Focus occasionally has a problem getting into reverse gear. When this happens, you have to release the clutch and put it down again, then it'll work. Perhaps this will work on the Fiesta as well? With 5th it's a nuisance though and you should definitely get it checked out.

poosemon · 14 Jan 2010 at 23:48

ghop said:
Our Focus occasionally has a problem getting into reverse gear. When this happens, you have to release the clutch and put it down again, then it'll work. Perhaps this will work on the Fiesta as well? With 5th it's a nuisance though and you should definitely get it checked out.

have tried double clutching etc and all it does is grind, will see if i can find a transmission specialist/ford specialist around exeter to have a look at it....fingers crossed wont require new gearbox or something, cheers for the suggestions...

poosemon · 18 Jan 2010 at 14:03

just an update...

rang a transmission specialist today and he suggested that the selector was over adjusted and it has actually worn 5th gear out, does this sound plausable? price to fix it was quoted at 156+vat, does that sound fair?

cheers for the advice/help!

Vonsteve · 18 Jan 2010 at 15:22

I can't help you unfortunately, just saying hello. Didn't know you were still active on these forums!! How's Kernow these days?