Peugeot 406 jumps out of reverse

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Thu 15 Feb 2007 08:32
Peugeot 406 jumps out of reverse - rogie
My 2000X 2 litre petrol 406 GLX estate (106000 miles) jumps out of reverse if you are anything less than gentle and you're not going uphill. To re-select reverse you have to put it in 1st gear then come back to reverse otherwise it won't engage. The linkage at the gearbox end doesn't appear to be loose or worn. Peugeot service man claims not to have encountered it before. It's an ex-lease car and up to 87k miles would probably not have done a lot of reversing. Any ideas?
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Thu 15 Feb 2007 08:48
Peugeot 406 jumps out of reverse - lolingram
Does the gearlever appear to travel fully into the reverse slot? If not check engine mounts for a slightly displaced engine/gearbox.

I recently bought an XUD Xantia with 70k on the clock, which didn't engage 1st gear fully... turned out to be the linkage protection cage had never been properly installed and this physically prevented the full engagement of 1st gear - worth checking also.
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Thu 15 Feb 2007 09:39
Peugeot 406 jumps out of reverse - rogie
I'll have a look. It doesn't appear to "snick" right in, but I don't recall an event that might have displaced the engine/box. Thanks.
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