# Toyota pickup slips out of first gear

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/toyota-pickup-slips-out-of-first-gear/71276>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** toyota\
**Created:** [March 4, 2012, 7:38am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/toyota-pickup-slips-out-of-first-gear/71276 "2012-03-04T07:38:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kichi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/35a633/32.png) [@Kichi](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Kichi)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2012, 7:38am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/toyota-pickup-slips-out-of-first-gear/71276/1 "2012-03-04T07:38:08Z")

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My 1992 Toyota pickup (138,000 mi) started popping out of first gear today. How big of a problem is this and what needs to be done??

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**Author:** ![UncleTurbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e9a140/32.png) [@UncleTurbo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/UncleTurbo)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2012, 7:45am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/toyota-pickup-slips-out-of-first-gear/71276/2 "2012-03-04T07:45:25Z")

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I’d hold it in gear and shift to 2nd very quickly once the car is rolling. The fix would involve a transmission tear down and overhaul. If the truck is in great shape it could be worth fixing, but at this age it is now a “unique chacteristic” of your truck that perhaps you can learn to live with.

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**Author:** ![GSragtop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7c8e57/32.png) [@GSragtop](https://community.cartalk.com/u/GSragtop)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2012, 8:10am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/toyota-pickup-slips-out-of-first-gear/71276/3 "2012-03-04T08:10:34Z")

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Most likley a bad synchro. My camaro has on in third, I can up shift into it, but not down Shift into it with out it poping… I think it better to loose first as you can always start in second.

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**Author:** ![ok4450](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ok4450](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ok4450)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2012, 10:34am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/toyota-pickup-slips-out-of-first-gear/71276/4 "2012-03-04T10:34:34Z")

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Worn shift fork, worn sychronizer hub/sleeve assembly, or even excessive end play in the mainshaft or countershaft.  
The repair of any of these problems require removal and disassembly of the transmission. A DIYer could do a piecemeal repair but at that age and mileage a shop doing a proper repair should overhaul the transmission.

If you can’t live with the problem then finding a used transmission would be the most inexpensive route to take for a fix.

Do you spend a fair amount of time in 1/2 second gear in traffic with your hand resting on the gearshift lever? If so, this can contribute to shift fork and synchronizer sleeve wear.

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**Author:** ![Jocko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f14d63/32.png) [@Jocko](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Jocko)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2012, 2:36am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/toyota-pickup-slips-out-of-first-gear/71276/5 "2012-03-06T02:36:06Z")

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This problem is well known and may be cheap and easy to fix. Try this first:

> **[Toyota Tacoma Manual Transmission Pop Out of Gear? Here's the Simple Fix!](http://www.instructables.com/id/Toyota-Tacoma-manual-transmission-pop-out-of-gear/)**
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> If you have a Toyota truck with a manual transmission with a considerable amount of miles on it, there's a good chance that you suffer from a common problem that...