That would be best. I've had some Mercedes-people driving my Saab 9-3 and they nearly broke the whole stick while trying to get it in reverse. The reverse on some Mercedes-models is located past 1st. If you explain them on forehand, most people don't have difficulties... But I don't know your neighbor so... "Brian Greene" <Delinquent1nopsamdnet.att.net> skrev i melding news:NybT5.2737$eU.175019nopsamsc07-news.ops.worldnet.att.net... > This issue had been addressed earlier last month. It was regarding a > problem with Saab 9-3 manual transmissions not shifting correctly. I found > the problem. Last night, I had my neighbor start my car while I was > installing a sport exhaust. I asked him to take it out of reverse, let off > the clutch and give it a few revs and then proceeded to explain to him that > the car has to be in reverse to get the key back out of the ignition. Bad > Mistake. Like every other non-Saab person I've ever met, he tried jamming > the stick into reverse. I told him about the button underneath the shift > knob and instead of pushing the button in with his fingers, he decided to > pull up on the whole shift boot and then jam it into reverse. This is where > the problem began. All of a sudden, the only gears I could get into were > 1st and 3rd. I slipped into 2nd somehow and had to limp home (In second) > because I couldn't get out. Just on the verge of calling Saab road > assistance, I noticed that the stick had some freeplay up and down. In > other words, you could pull the stick up about 3 inches...it was not in any > kind of 'socket'. Then it hit me. I did the opposite of what my dumbass > neighbor had done. I pushed the stick down (it had an unnatural tendency to > spring up), held the button in and shifted into reverse. That was it, > nothing more. Problem solved. > > I'll never let anyone behind the wheel of my Saab again. > > Brian > > -- > delinquent1nopsamdnet.att.net > Return to Main Index
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