Q: Manual transmission gears won't shit ford focus 2006

asked by on February 11, 2018

When my car is off I can shift into all gears. When it is on I can sometimes shift into 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th but not 1st or reverse. It is very difficult to shift. When I put the car in reverse when it was off and turned the car on it moved in reverse without me taking my foot off the clutch
My car has a manual transmission.

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