# Fender bender

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/fender-bender/29448>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [April 21, 2009, 3:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fender-bender/29448 "2009-04-21T15:55:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![kencurtis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c2a13f/32.png) [@kencurtis](https://community.cartalk.com/u/kencurtis)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2009, 3:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fender-bender/29448/1 "2009-04-21T15:55:19Z")

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I was recently in a fender bender when i was hit I was in first gear just srarting out clutchjust fully deployed. I was hit in my mitz ecliptz that has two cables that run from the stick to the trans.just after I was hit Inoticed a clunk noise when starting in first.now the car will not go into the lower cable gears unless done manualy.what is wrong.

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**Author:** ![GreasyJack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/df705f/32.png) [@GreasyJack](https://community.cartalk.com/u/GreasyJack)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2009, 5:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fender-bender/29448/2 "2009-04-21T17:04:15Z")

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Probably the position of the transmission relative to the shifter has changed due to the accident. I’d get it checked out before you drive it around anymore- it could indicate some serious structural damage.

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**Author:** ![oldschool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e19adc/32.png) [@oldschool](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oldschool)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2009, 6:12pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fender-bender/29448/3 "2009-04-21T18:12:47Z")

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I cannot understand your post, paticulary the part about “lower cable gears” and “done manually”.

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**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2009, 6:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fender-bender/29448/4 "2009-04-21T18:55:09Z")

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If I understand your post correctly (and I’m unsure if I do) then the two possibilities that come to my mind are the scenerio that GreasyJack described or that the cutch is no longer disengaging properly. Both could be caused by a change in relative position of the negine/tranny to the respective parts, whether shifter or clutch.

If this has a hydraulic clutch damage could also have caused the fluid to drain out.