# Outback is slipping out of gear **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** outback, subaru\ **Created:** [April 17, 2011, 7:13pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/outback-is-slipping-out-of-gear/63801 "2011-04-17T19:13:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![brianquincy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@brianquincy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/brianquincy)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2011, 7:13pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/outback-is-slipping-out-of-gear/63801/1 "2011-04-17T19:13:38Z")
i own a 97 outback with an 07 engine 5 speed manual. It wont stay in 3rd or 4th gear and is getting worse what exactly is the problem ---
**Author:** ![common-sense-answer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/common-sense-answer/32/716_2.png) [@common-sense-answer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/common-sense-answer)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2011, 9:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/outback-is-slipping-out-of-gear/63801/2 "2011-04-17T21:02:54Z")
It Could Be The Shift Linkage / Cable(s), Engine / Transmission Mounts, Or The Transmission, Etcetera. However, if it keeps coming out of gear then it definitely will be a transmission problem. I wouldn’t use 3rd or 4th or even drive the car until you determine what is wrong with it. CSA ---
**Author:** ![ok4450](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ok4450](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ok4450)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2011, 12:41am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/outback-is-slipping-out-of-gear/63801/3 "2011-04-18T00:41:15Z")
If you spend a lot of time in 3/4 gears and have a tendency to drive with your hand resting on the shift lever then odds are the 3/4 shift fork and synchronizer sleeve are worn. To repair this means the trans has to come out and be diassembled. I’ve repaired a number of these types of problems and in almost every case it’s the fork and sleeve.