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Clutch/shifter Locks Up On 5 Speed- 05 Sorento KIA

 
Fergy Fergy
New User | Posts: 1 | Joined: 12/05
Posted: 12/22/05
05:02 PM

Hi folks, I'm new to the forum. In the last month, our 05 Sorento that has about 13,000 miles on it, has had this problem 3 times, twice in one day. My wife slows to a stop, puts in the clutch and shifts into neutral, and the clutch pedal stays on the floor, and the shifter gets stuck in neutral. She's tried several things, turning off the car and starting back up, and eventually for no certain reason, it unlocks and lets her shift into first and she's going again. It happened the other day in heavy stop and go traffic and she freaked out and said she would not drive it until it was fixed. It is at the dealership now waiting for repair. None of them had ever heard of anything like this, neither has the field engineer, or myself. We've both driven standards for years and have never seen anything like this.
I'm hoping that someone might have had a similar experience and remembers the outcome. The technicians are driving the vehicle every day to try to get it to duplicate the problem. Anyone seen this before?
Thanks,
Doug