Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 14:50:27 +0100 From: "Adrian England" <adrianospam.moleskinnopsamin.net> Subject: Re: 1999 9-3 Reverse question 5-sp manual
don schad wrote: > Hi. I have a Saab 9-3, 1999 with a 5-sp. It currently has 52k on it, > and I have owned it for about 6 months. Occasionally I can't get the > thing into reverse. I know that I have to pull up the ring, so that's > not the problem - it goes partically into the slot, but not into gear. > Sometimes running through the shift pattern 1-2-3-4-5-R I can get it > in, but occasionally even doing this multiple times will not work. > Under such circumstances I have found that putting it into 2nd or 3rd > gear and stalling it generally works. > > I have searched the news groups and I found refernces to Saabs not > have a syncro-meshed reverse, but it wasn't clear if this was only for > older cars or if this continues into the 9-3s etc. The lack of > synchro problem is certainly what is seems like (esp. given that > runninng through the gears often works), but this little problem can > be quite dangerous, not to mention annoying. > > Am I experiencing a Saab "feature", or is this something that I should > have addressed by a transmission person? > > Thanks very much for your input, > > don There is only a handful of cars that have syncromesh on reverse. This does not make a car dangerous? The problem you are experiencing is the gears not lining up with each other. 2 ways to get around the problem. 1. hold clutch down for a few seconds before selecting gear 2. if it fails to go into gear lift clutch pedal slightly, press down again and try selecting gear -- take off "ospam" to mail me
