# 1996 plymouth neon manual transmission

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/1996-plymouth-neon-manual-transmission/20409>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [October 6, 2008, 2:02am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1996-plymouth-neon-manual-transmission/20409 "2008-10-06T02:02:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Joker91](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/90db22/32.png) [@Joker91](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Joker91)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2008, 2:02am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1996-plymouth-neon-manual-transmission/20409/1 "2008-10-06T02:02:19Z")

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I have a 1996 plymouth neon with a manual transmission. About a month ago, the clutch failed on me while I was trying to slow down. I tried starting it a few days ago, and could not get it into gear at all. So I shut off the engine, put the car into gear, and started. The car didn’t lurch at all. THe emergency brake was off, and the clutch was fully engaged. Is this a failed transmission?

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**Author:** ![pleasedodgevan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/51bf81/32.png) [@pleasedodgevan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/pleasedodgevan)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2008, 3:45am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1996-plymouth-neon-manual-transmission/20409/2 "2008-10-06T03:45:50Z")

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No.

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**Author:** ![markmast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4af34b/32.png) [@markmast](https://community.cartalk.com/u/markmast)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2008, 4:07pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1996-plymouth-neon-manual-transmission/20409/3 "2008-10-06T16:07:36Z")

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Your clutch is not releasing completely. If it drags just a little bit, the synchronizers will let you shift into gear.