No first or second gear?

RESTORERIGHT

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2018 PEUGEOT BOXER
2.2L
4 CYL
TURBO
2WD
MANUAL
140,000 MILES

It started off being hard to get into first and then locked into second. Turned off and the gear stick will go into all forward gears but there is nothing there in first or second and will not go into reverse.

Tuesday, October 25th, 2022 AT 2:10 AM

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KEN L

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This happens when the clutch disc is starting to fall apart and not allowing the transmission to fully disengage from the engine, it must be 100% free or the transmission will not go into gear when the engine is running.

Here is a guide that can help explain what I am talking about:

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/clutch-doesnt-work-sometimes-or-not-at-all

Let us know what happens and please upload pictures or videos of the problem.

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Tuesday, October 25th, 2022 AT 11:08 AM

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Sorry, I didn't make it clear. I re-started the van and would go into all forward gears but with first and second there was nothing there when lifting the clutch. Wouldn't go into reverse at all.

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Tuesday, October 25th, 2022 AT 11:15 AM

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And clutch is about 3 months old.

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Tuesday, October 25th, 2022 AT 11:16 AM

KEN L

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If you shut the engine off, will it go into all gears, clutch pedal down? If so, the clutch is not disengaging completely, you may have a bent clutch disc when installing the transmission. Can you upload a short video of the problem?

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Tuesday, October 25th, 2022 AT 4:17 PM