Hey guys,

Last night driving home from work my fit wouldn't shift into any gear on the bottom of the gate, gears 2/4/6/R. Manual transmission. The issue happened with the car running and not running. Then out of nowhere it stopped and started working fine. Any ideas? I plan on taking it in this weekend but figured I'd post here first.

 

Wow....I have no idea.....have driven manuals most of my life, including my '15 Fit LX, never heard of such a thing. Yeah, I'd get it looked at stat

 

So 1/3/5 are OK but 2/4/6/R are kaput?

If you can't shift into 2/4/6/R even with the engine off, something is blocking the lower gates. My guess is a mechanical obstruction, but caused by what? Misbehaving software?

 

I had the same issue on my 5 speed suzuki after I forgot to fill the transmission with oil. Suddenly I had lost access to gears 2/3/4 but 1 and 5 and reverse would work just fine. The loss of access to gears happened suddenly as I was pulling out of a parking lot & I could also not access them with the engine turned off... as if the syncros seized or something.

 

Agree!
Check the linkage first and around your shifter boot.

 

here is a longshot..

usally there is sort of strut what keeps the shifter and the engine trans so they cant move independently, are the bushings worn(if we have such a thing)

 

Follow up with everyone on this thread. I have had zero shifting issues since this post. It happened that day for about 5 minutes and never popped up again. My local Honda shop is on some odd hours because of the whole COVID-19 thing, and I am still working full time so I haven't had a chance to take it in.

 

As someone else said something was blocking it? It probably fell off? I had the same issue last fall and a squirrel had hidden a walnut on top of the transmission blocking the linkage.