Q: my car refuses to go into gear and the clutch paddle looks fine and the clutch wire is ok , but when the car is turned off it gear

asked by on June 30, 2017

suddenly while i am driving the car refused to go into gear i pressed the clutch paddle as hard as possible but the gear wouldn't move or change for a while then after struggling for more than 10 minuets it ran smoothly and the problem kept on appearing and disappearing
My car has a manual transmission.

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