blraider97

As the title states, was just out on a drive and lost 1st, 3rd and 5th in my ‘20 GT4 MT. Other gears work but not smoothly. Managed to get home but am pretty bummed. 3,300 miles, never tracked but driven decently hard on back roads. No signs prior, just went out while downshifting to 3rd. Just figured out that reverse is out as well. I’m sure the linkage or cable is busted. Will report back.

fhp911

Major bummer

What year and model P-car?

halfmonkey

6MT or PDK? Anything to hint that something was wrong or did it just go?

Archimedes

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phefner

Someone else had a similar issue at a track day. Was a simple fix at the dealer. Do please follow up.

blraider97

Added more detail to my original post. Apologies

ltfl09

Sorry I'm a noob at Manual trans. This is my first that I've actually owned, however I can drive it extremely well. How do you know if a gear went out? I only ask because when I put my car in reverse it doesn't show R lit up on the dash. Same with 1st gear until I get up to speed, not sure if that's normal but every other gear shows the number in the dash

NeilF

Happened to me on my 2020 Spyder. It was a simple fix as the cable was not properly seated from factory. I still understand the frustration however. Hope it’s the same minor issue I had. Scared the crap out of me though.
take care.

sanderabernathy

The 987 had an issue with shift cables on the MT. There were two that ran from the shifter around the engine to the gearbox. One would break with an audible pop and shifting would be difficult or impossible though you could get into a couple of gears. Sounds similar to what you have. Didn’t know the 718 had the problem.

blraider97

Yeah, getting into a working gear was a challenge after the others gears went. Thankfully I was relatively close to home so I only had to do two 2nd gear takeoffs which required a little slipping of the clutch. Will call tomorrow morning and have it towed to the dealer to see what they say. I guess that’s what happens when you take out a weekend car on a weekday!

blraider97

The car would literally would not go into gear. Push the lever into first and it immediately returned to the neutral position.

blraider97

I had just downshifted into 3rd at a fairly high rate of speed entering a long sweeping turn so you can imagine my surprise when the damn shifter snapped into neutral and there was nothing. It was definitely a holy sh#t moment.

floodtide

The same thing happened to me at the track in my GT4. It was the shift cables had come loose. The car sat at the dealer for two weeks waiting for replacement parts from Germany.

CZ718GT4

The light goes on when you let the clutch out, not when you put it in whatever gear.

TDT

I've been in a 718 GT4 that this happened to on track also - exactly this.. lost all Odd gears and Reverse.
Linkage had popped on the gearbox side.