Quality Schmality.

I get more upset about my car everyday.

Jeez.
Patrick

 

Sometimes it takes me FOREVER to get into reverse. This also happened when i had my IX but i had a 6 puck clutch and alot of upgrades in it.

But on my X i still have the stock clutch but im about to upgrade the clutch soon. Can the mitsu dealer do anything about getting locked out of reverse? Cause if they can then i obviously have to bring it before i upgrade my clutch or they just wont touch it and blame it on that. I would try everything. 1st gear then reverse, 5th then reverse, then i would just start cycleing through the gears randomly and finally it would pop into reverse. Doesn't happen all the time but definitely happens more than it did on my IX.

You think this is a problem mitsu can do something about?

 

The 2nd-3rd-Rev thing works for me everytime now. I am also wondering if Mitsu will do anything about this. I'm afraid it's too late for me though. It would be nice to hear if there's a permenant solution to it before I pull the tranny just to have it happen again.

 

Well I'm glad to see that this is happening to others and even when the car is left stock... I feel that in due time there will be some kind of adverse action/solution by Mitsubishi to remedy this problem, all we need is more people to lose revers haha. And btw the 2-3-R does not work me me nothing ever does. I hate my car now haha.

 

Try 4th - 2nd then rev and see if that works .

 

Today....The exact same thing happened to me. Today, out of the complete blue, my car is now locked out of reverse. I dont know what to do. My car modifications are in my sig as well as my purchase date. No matter what I do, I can't get it into reverse. Its like Im hitting a wall. Anyways, I need to know who can repair something of this sort? I have someone to pull the transmission out, I just need to know if theres anybody in northern jersey to pull the transmission apart and fix this issue. I'm so upset. I just hit 7k miles today, my car was purchased on 3/5/09

 

Wow , sorry to hear man . You can try DG Motors in long island and see if they can take care of that for you .

 

Do you suspect the shifter bushings? It looks like the only thing you've touched that relates to your transmission.

I want to stick this thread, but I need more people to come out of the woodwork and tell if they have this problem. It seems weird the car has been out here almost a year and a half, and now we are only hearing about it just now.

Specifically, if there are any cars on stock clutch, flywheel, and stock shifter bushings with this issue, I need to hear from you. Thanks.

I had a Prelude that did this in the past. HATED IT. Let's get to the bottom of this, cause, repair, symptoms, etc.

 

Also wondering what fluids you're running and if they were changed before this happened. I changed to AMSOIL with the clutch, about 2 months prior to the reverse issue. I'll verify tonight that the level is still good.

 

Today, I had a chance to take a look at it. I disconnected the shifter linkages and ran the gears through the transmission. I was on Buschur Racing Shifter bushings. The issue is inside the transmission and the transmission needs to be pulled out. Its on the stock clutch and OEM transmission oil. The transmission completely locked out Reverse. I've had the car pushed twice now. It's hard with the evos ridiculous turning radius. The issue is currently being resolved. Will fill you in with more information once this issue is agreed to be resolved by Mitsubishi Motors.

 

I have made posts in the past about this problem as it happened to me about a month back. Haven't logged on in a LONG time, sorry. I took the car into the dealer and they too told me that they would not cover it under warranty because I have mods. I have not taken the car into the dealer about not being able to shift into reverse since because the problem corrected itself. I found that by moving the gearshift to the left and right several times while trying to pull it into reverse allowed the gearshift to go into reverse. After doing so over time, the problem with the gearshift going into reverse fixed itself and I had no problems shifting the car into reverse easily until two days ago. I over-revved my engine when shifting gears and now the problem exists again whereby I cannot shift into reverse. Now that I think back, the same thing happened the first time I lost my reverse. I am convinced now that the problem is due to over-revving the engine when shifting gears (not sure what gear I over-revved but distinctly remember doing so). I am convinced that the same will happen to a stock car as it does a modded car. The mods don't have anything to do with it. I am able to again get the car into reverse by moving the gearshift to the left and right while pulling it into reverse. It is not easy, but it works. I have no doubt that it will again correct itself over time but would love to know what is happening inside the tranny. I will consult Mitsubishi for their input. I feel like taking a new car out for a test drive, over-revving it, and causing it to lose the reverse just to prove my point but I am not that kind of person. I just need to convince them that it has nothing to do with mods. Mitsubishi needs to be reasonable about honoring the warranty for issues that have nothing to do with mods. After all, we buy these cars to mod them. I am a reasonable person and would never expect them to warranty something that I caused. I certainly over-revved the car, but that is a simple mistake that should not cause reverse to go out. It is a Mitsubishi engineering defect in my opinion and I am going to fight it.

 

When you say overrev, do you mean miss a gear and overrev or just rev it past redline? Because spinning it past redline definitely is not what causes it. The rev limiter is 7599rpm on these cars, and both my Xs hit it on the street and dyno many times. That's why the rev limiter is there, to protect from overrev.

Lots of guys here have hit the factory rev limit, and many tuned ones have spun higher.

I haven't been locked out of reverse yet.

Do you have a clutch or any shifter mods?

 

I had a similar overrev before my reverse went out, so I can support this therory. Think about taking 3rd when you needed 5th on a drag strip. I'm pretty sure the rev limit means nothing at that point. The engine will spin much higher than 7500 if it's forced too.

My reverse has also loosened up since doing the 2-3-Rev trick, and has basically 'fixed itself'. I still have a grind going into 5th though, which I'm not sure is related, but started at the same time and is also annoying.

 

over rev. is enemy of the engine, not the transmission.
Bad foot work or too much TQ, can cause transmission damage, over revving the engine is not.

 

"The engine will spin much higher than 7500 if it's forced too. "
Only if you do a money shift. other wise the ECU limits your RPM.
Of course on tuned ECU, the RPM limit can be as much as the tuner decide.