Q: Car won't go into gear.
My wife pulled it in front of our house and when she put it in reverse it wouldn't go into gear. The clutch goes down put the shifter just "bumps" when you try to put it into any gear. We had the clutch replaced 3 years ago.
My car has 100000 miles.
My car has a manual transmission.
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