So I was driving down the road to work when all of a sudden my shifter just what seemed like popped out of gear as i was trying to shift to second.
I quickly decided to drive my car into the nearest parking lot while the car still had momentum and now my car is sitting at the traffic court parking lot.

I can't engage into any gear. The shifter moves around like i'm pushing it down to go into reverse. I can't even go into reverse.

Its the OEM shifter with just an aftermarket shift ****. Funny thing is, I have the TWM short shifter coming in tomm.

But does anyone have any idea what the issue could be? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

hmmmmm i had a similar thing happen to me in another car that I used to have but mine got locked into 5th gear vise not being able to engage any gear... only thing that I could think of would be maybe a syncro or something...

 

Sounds like you broke the linkage.

 

how involved is it to replace this?

 

i'm in a debate whether i should take this to a local reputable shop or to nissan.
Thing is, i have the extended warranty but not sure if this would be covered by nissan.

any suggestions?

 

Prolly put on stock shiftknob and get it fixed under warranty.

 

quick and easy thing to check

pop open the shifter surround, remove the 4 10mm nuts that hold the metal plate and larger rubber surround, and then remove the smaller rubber boot that surrounds the base of the lever - see if the linkage is still bolted to the shifter - it's a single nut/bolt, I want to say 12mm

if that's not it, it will require more careful inspection by a shop

 

Thanks a lot!

 

* update:

luckily it was just the shift rod bolt that came loose!
whew!