Yesterday my 5 speed 99, suzuki grand vitara, started out just fine moving through all the gears as I drove down the road. About ten minutes down the road, at a stop light, I sit in neutral, light turns green and I cannot engage first gear, I about broke my arm trying to shove it in gear, finally with a ton of grinding I pulled it down into second gear, I go to shift up into third and it wont engage, I try to go back to second and it wont engage, it is stuck in neutral, with a foul burning smell. I cant even get the stick shift to get close enough to a gear to make a grinding sound, not even reverse, whats wrong, what happened? I replaced the clutch about two years ago, still the original transmission, 160,000 miles. Did not feel like this when the clutch went, this is different.
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There is usually a button behind the brake pedal which does two things.
A. it actuates your brake light
B. It also unlocks the the gear selector
Sometimes they simply need an adjustment usually a 13mm lock nut and advance the switch in small incriments.
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Sounds like a clutch problem to me.
So, with the engine off, can you select all gears? If yes, your gearbox is probably OK.
And now with the engine idling, can you select any gears with out crunching? If this is difficult, then try this next test in an area where movement forward or backwards won't be a problem.
With the engine OFF, foot ON the clutch, the handbrake OFF, and in 1st gear, start the car. BE READY TO TURN IT OFF.
If the car moved forward as you cranked the engine, then your clutch is not adjusted properly or has worn out. That is more-than-likely the smell you got before - burnt clutch disc from it slipping.
You can drive it, but every time you want to start off, you'll have to turn the engine off, select 1st then start the engine. Accelerate slowly, making sure the revs don't rise faster that you're speeding up, and change gear by judging engine revs between gears.
Don't keep driving it as it is, as you WILL have gearbox problems if you don't fix the clutch.
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Check the fluid level on the clutch master in the engine compartment. The clutch slave is located down on the bottom by your transmission.
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