Q: Car wont go into gear 2001 Toyota Celica

asked by on February 26, 2017

Hello, so my car wont go into any gears on or off. when its on i can hear a whining noise and as soon as i push the clutch it goes away my pedal for the clutch feels fine nothing wrong. could it be a tranny issue?

My car has a manual transmission.

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