GrahamGeo Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 Any ideas please. I have a 59 plate 1.4 petrol 5 speed manual. Recently after driving a short distance the change from 2nd to 3 gear has become sticky and sometimes the gear stick needs to be taken back to 2nd again then it will go into 3rd on the second try. A slight squeak can be heard on changing gear. Since new the car has never allowed a change from 2nd to 4th gear but 4th back to 2nd no problem. Is this normal on this model? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harveycafc Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 Any ideas please. I have a 59 plate 1.4 petrol 5 speed manual. Recently after driving a short distance the change from 2nd to 3 gear has become sticky and sometimes the gear stick needs to be taken back to 2nd again then it will go into 3rd on the second try. A slight squeak can be heard on changing gear. Since new the car has never allowed a change from 2nd to 4th gear but 4th back to 2nd no problem. Is this normal on this model? I had a similar problem with a sticky gearbox and found that simply cleaning the wires and greasing it up helped a lot. With regards to skipping up I believe most newer motors don't allow for it. I think the engine will automatically match the speed of the engine to the gear you are changing into so yeah this is normal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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