# Transmission don't go to reverse

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/transmission-dont-go-to-reverse/16216>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [July 4, 2008, 3:13am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/transmission-dont-go-to-reverse/16216 "2008-07-04T03:13:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![edant71](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9fc29f/32.png) [@edant71](https://community.cartalk.com/u/edant71)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 3:13am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/transmission-dont-go-to-reverse/16216/1 "2008-07-04T03:13:10Z")

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my 1998 nissan pathfinder won’t go in reverse, the mechanic replace the transmission but it still won’t go in reverse what could possibly be wrong??

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**Author:** ![transman618](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/transman618/32/24_2.png) [@transman618](https://community.cartalk.com/u/transman618)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 11:55am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/transmission-dont-go-to-reverse/16216/2 "2008-07-04T11:55:54Z")

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Is this an automatic or stick shift?? Which engine do you have??

transman

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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:** [July 4, 2008, 6:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/transmission-dont-go-to-reverse/16216/3 "2008-07-04T18:23:37Z")

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Is your mechanic “stumped”.Are we dealing with a part that has a unknown history? Or is this a re-build that has gone wrong? I know your post says “replace” So the old transmission woultn’t “go into” reverse and now the “replacement” transmission wont “go into” reverse? Same concern that a replacement transmission didnt fix. Yea manual or auto.

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**Author:** ![edant71](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9fc29f/32.png) [@edant71](https://community.cartalk.com/u/edant71)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2008, 10:14pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/transmission-dont-go-to-reverse/16216/4 "2008-07-05T22:14:43Z")

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it’s an automatic transmission, that goes on forward but not reverse. engine V6 3.3L  
Thanks guys any comment is appreciated

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**Author:** ![transman618](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/transman618/32/24_2.png) [@transman618](https://community.cartalk.com/u/transman618)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2008, 10:07am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/transmission-dont-go-to-reverse/16216/5 "2008-07-06T10:07:03Z")

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Reverse is pretty basic, no electronics involved here. Either you got another bad transmission or there might be something wrong with the linkages.

transman

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**Author:** ![galant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/77aa72/32.png) [@galant](https://community.cartalk.com/u/galant)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2008, 6:21pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/transmission-dont-go-to-reverse/16216/6 "2008-07-06T18:21:23Z")

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I don’t know much about trannies but could this be a shift linkage issue rather than interior tranny?