Why did my reverse not work any longer?

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Asked by Nikki Jan 11, 2015 at 08:24 PM about the 2000 Dodge Neon ES Sedan FWD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

I have a manual five speed 2000
dodge neon es. It won't let me go into
reverse but all other gears work fine.
Is there a simple fix?

8 Answers

30,465

Yes ... could be this problem View it at ~ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8PyPTWcrWU~ He said the fix was less than a $5 part. I hope this is your problem too Good Luck

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We checked and that part is fine. It just locked me out of reverse...

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30,465

If it were me, I would concentrate on that area since it's either the shifter or the linkage. Unless the trans has been giving you some kind of indication before you lost reverse then I seriously doubt it's the trans itself.

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Yes. Everything was working great. I drove to store. Parked. Was in for ten minutes. Went to start car and back out and I was locked out of reverse. Maybe reverse takes fluid to help it not get stuck?

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30,465

Nope ... from what I see there is a mechanism outside the trans that pulls that linkage out. I don't know where you live but in some snowy area's that linkage may have hit something ... donno, just my guess . But as I said earlier ... I seriously doubt there's anything wrong with your transmission

3 people found this helpful.

Any luck in fixing Neon. I have 04 same problem. new SHIFTER cable and new bushings. reverse still don't work

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My reverse in my 2003 neon didn't work but all other gears took it to transmedic in troutdale oregon it sat there for two weeks i went and got it turned out to be a super easy fix by myself under the battery take out the battery holding bracket and right under it are two cables mine wete just sitying on the post woth no bushings at all i bought a pkg at orielys for 18.99 kinda tricky getting them on right but pretty simole just make sure the cable on the left post is pulled all the way forward

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My car won't go backwards in reverse , but it drives excellent in forward , what's the reason for thiis?

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