A guy I know has an I think 2003 RSX Type-S with about 9,000 miles on it, and he was driving it a couple of days ago and then had some trouble taking the car *out* (not putting into) third gear, but with a little bit of force it came out. Then the next day he was racing and did a quick shift from 2nd to 3rd and drove around in 3rd for a while and when he tried to take it out of 3rd he noticed it was stuck, so he stopped in a parking lot and looked around by the tranny and couldn't see anything wrong. He can drive in 3rd gear fine, just can't take it out, and the clutch seems fine. The shifter, when you shake it from side to side, moves kind of at a 45 degree angle instead of exactly side to side, and it seems as if the shifter was popped out of place and turned about 45 degrees or something like that. They had no jack to jack the car up so they couldn't look underneath. So anyway, I'm just wondering if anyone else has had this problem. I read that someone else on Honda-tech had this happen to them but it didn't say why or how to fix it. If anyone knows anything (or can do a better search that I can) please help out. Thanks.

Cliff notes: RSX-S 6spd tranny won't come out of 3rd gear after fast shifting

 

I had an opposite experience twice. Two times my tranny wouldn't go into first. The second time was worse as I had to pull out in a second. After a while, I got it back into first with a little force. Tight as hell, drove it around and it was normal after that. I believe it was probably metal shavings in the tranny.

 

your tranny is done...it happen to me twice

 

"your tranny is done...it happen to me twice"

Wouldn't he be able to rebuild the tranny for cheaper than replacing the whole thing? And just curious, what exactly happened to the tranny to make it do that?

 

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it's under warranty, take it back.

 

check your clutch.

 

My friend had the same problem. 2003 Type S w/20k miles. He did a quick shift from 2-3rd and coasted to a stop light and tried to get it out of 3rd but it was stuck. I mean would not budge at all out of 3rd, we could have broken the shifter in half before it would come lose. Took it to Acura, Tranny is done, they blamed it on driver abuse. After arguing back and fourth for a day they covered it under warranty.

 

shift forks

 

bent a fork?

 

Does he have any mods? In particular a cold air intake. If so, it could be jamming. He should check the linkage and see if it's hitting in 1st, 3rd, and 5th. If not, then you might've bent a fork..hehe..

 

"Does he have any mods? In particular a cold air intake. If so, it could be jamming. He should check the linkage and see if it's hitting in 1st, 3rd, and 5th. If not, then you might've bent a fork..hehe.."

He has a short-ram, so no cold air... an kinda a noob question, what exactly could make a fork to bend? And about how much does a new one cost? The guy has warranty but I'm just curious... Thanks.


Modified by Hatch_R at 9:26 PM 11/17/2004

 

if he has a warranty bring it back to them, it cost me a 1000 just to fix the transmission, you might wanna take out that cai, before you bring it back to the dealer

 

Yes, since he has warranty, he's taking it to get it fixed, but I'm still wondering what could make the fork bend cause I'm just curious.

 

the first time it happened to me, water got into the tranny somehow, but i don't know about the second time

 

Alright, thanks everyone who replied.

 

i gto a 03 type s tranny with 14k for u then for $1000