Okay this problem only happens every know and then. It seems whenever i drive my 97 civic dx hatchback hard in first gear I'll go to shift and the gear won't change. Even though I physically move the shifter from first to second gear the gear itself will remain in first. I believe this is a problem with my shift linkage but i'm not sure. What makes this problem even stranger is that when it happens my car doesn't stop accelerating. I remove my foot from the gas and yet my car keeps on going in first gear until it reaches redline. Then it stays at redline making that "psh" sound for about 5-10 secs. My shiftlinkage and throttlbody cables aren't related to one another so I don't get why both of these keep on hapening at the same time. I'm not sure what to do to fix it either. If someone could please help me and suggest how to fix this problem. I fear that it is putting an extreme amount of strain on my engine too because of the redlining due to the fact that it doesn't change gears but keeps on accelerating. I really need help and any suggestions or comments are welcome. Thank You in advance to all who help me out. THX

 

Someone please help me out

 

stop beating on it and it wont stick redline in the mean time

 

I need a fix... and I don't beat on it.

 

not so sure what can be the prob. but you should prob. change the tranny. try cleaning your throttlebody and cable cuzz it might be sticking.

 

Alright, Will clean my cable and things... I checked my shiftlinkage and its not holding sturdy at all. The shift linkage appears to be fine but the linkage it self seems to be real loose.

 

The tranny won't shift well if the throttle is sticking.You need to remove the load on the tranny by lifting on the gas before you shift.Get the throttle working right and see if this helps the shifting.
Glenn

 

Alright. any ideas on what else could be wrong. I cleaned my throttle body cables and everything looked fine.