re help with mitsubishi galant gs transmission in article r j linnac phakt usc edu rmakarem usc edu total stranger writes hi i need your help with a problem i have with a mitsubishi galant gs transmission the car has a speed manual tranmission since the car was bought new while shifting from nd to rd unless i do it slowly and carefully it makes a popping or hitting sound the dealer and mitsubishi customer service reached by an say this is normal for the car is it and about a year ago at kmiles the stick shift handle got stuck while attempting to put it in reverse the shifter would not budge the clutch had no effect the front tires would not budge even when the clutch is fully depressed if the clutch is released the engine would die assuming that some gear was engaged while the shifter was stuck i could not make the car move it acted as if it were in neutral except for dying when clutch is released i finally was able to release the shifter by having someone rock the car back and forth less than an inch while i depressed the clutch and jiggled the shifter the shifter acted normally after that when this happened i took it to the dealer they checked the clutch it was o k they checked the transmission it was o k i had the exact problem a couple of months ago and again last week the dealer says there is nothing they can do because mitsubishi the says they have never heard of the problem and the dealer could not reproduce the problem while they had the car in all three occurances the car was parked head first in a garage and since the front wheels were stuck the car could not be towed to the dealer before releasing the shifter hence temporarily solving the problem and the dealer and mitsubishi refused to send someone to check the car while it was stuck i know there is smething wrong with the transmission shifting from nd to rd and getting stuck at random but i can t get the dealer to fix it i need your help with the mechanical problems and with how to handle mitsubishi all hints and suggestions are greatly appreciated and sorry to bore you with the long post thanks rabih try another dealer sometimes the sophistication of equipment etc is better at one dealer than another you may also find another dealer willing to help you with the problem joe
