Phi
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I'm struggling to get the corsa into 1st , second and sometimes reverse, mostly 1st, is this a problem with gearbox or what? 
I have no idea lol it makes knocking noise aswell when you change gear to.
Is the gears out of sinq somewhere?
Help
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Pip308
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maybe the linkage need tightening, 15minute job for a garage
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Phi
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Oh see that's what I also wondered
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Pip308
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tbf, you'll get loadsa people saying different thing, your best bet is to go to a garage, they should just have a quick look for nothing as your a good looking female
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SportBoy
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prob a worn linkage if its a corsa c ,new ones are around 40 - 50 i think plus fitting.
[Edited on 15-03-2010 by SportBoy]
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JonnyJ
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Have you noticed the clutch pedal sitting higher than it usually is?
On my old XE i had to keep readjusting it as getting it into first sometimes was nigh on impossible, when i checked closer the arm the clutch cable is attached to on the gearbox was snapping
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Rich H
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Has the linkage ever been done on your car under recall / warranty Phi? The pre facelift ones were prone to playing up and were upgraded with a metal one as used in the post facelift ones.
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Robin
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Corsa C gear linkages are toss.
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Phi
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No rich, there's no recall, tbd it's a 9 year old car nearly, I havnt checked if linkage ever been changed in the books, i will just get it looked at next week.
No clutch isn't higher.
I can check it myself if I knew what I was looking at
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am4nf
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When is it happening? Like when your slowing down?
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Phi
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Erm not sure, well it'severytime I use 1st and 2nd, more 1st though
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ed
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I'd put money on there being a problem with the linkage. Impossible to say if it's worn bushes or a misaligned selector without having a look at it though...
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andys sxi
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yeah same problem as i had i was struggling to get in to 2nd when coming from 3rd gear and some times 1st gear aswell then i went on ebay and somebody was selling a genuine gearlinkage i got it for £20 (vauxhalls are £55)
i did eventally loose 1st, 2nd and reverse , so i got my gearlinkage fitting and its perfect now
yours is the preface version isnt it they are a common problem on them
April 08 feature car
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Crana
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It could be the plastic bit of linkage on the box or the gears might just need setting again
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Phi
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where would i see the linkage ? 
i just want to see
i wont be fixing ti myself, the car woul dget kicked and punched if i did it, i cant go near my car when its in a garage, i just get to upset lol
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Crana
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it goes here mate... When mine went it was hard to get in 1st
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Andrew
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Be the gear linkage. Went on my C 
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deano87
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Surprised it has lasted so long tbh.
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ed
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The part that goes wrong is the bearing on the pivot. That's mounted to the rear gearbox mount IIRC. The amount of play to get it to stop working is pretty small so I'm not too sure if there will be anything to see, especially as it's quite well hidden!
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Phi
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ohh okay, well payday next week, will have it fixed! defnitely sounds like thats the problem !
my car is low mileage for its ages and the woman before who owned it took it to vaux for everythign , even to have the rubber pad on the pedal put back on
so maybe if i read through the paperwork this was probably changed.... wel at least its something simple... phheewww
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Phi
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It died gear linkage went, as I was pulling out of a junction on to a busy road on a hill. :/ luckily at night not in rush hour....
Clutch stunk!!!
I hope it's not broked and it's just a case of adjusting that gear linkage , ahhhhh
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RS6
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gear linkage very common fault
they do a upgrade part fix
or
a full replacement for the money it costs for the upgraded part i would suggest you go with a complete new linkage
[Edited on 24-03-2010 by RS6]
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Toby
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im sure the gear linkage on very early C's were recalled
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Daimo B
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Why don't you just get Rich to adjust it.
Your not gonna do it yourself are you. Might break a nail
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