To open up, this is my first post. I bought an '04 Crossfire 6-speed, low miles yesterday. My only problem with the car is that at times I have a tremendous amount of trouble going into reverse. I realise the lift up, left-back idea, but still, after driving somewhere, parking and coming back out, it is a pain. I have checked the TSBs and Tech forums to no avail, none seem to address my exact situation. Any thoughts/suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

PS I have no trouble getting it in reverse after it has set through the night.

Edit: After realising I didnt explain it very well, here is my issue. I pull up on the ****, left and back, but then nothing. I can yank, heave, tie the **** to a rope and the rope to a horse, and it still wont go into gear (slight exageration for effect). But eventually with some wiggling it will just drop in.

 

An old habit I have from many years of driving a stick is to shift into 2nd before I go to reverse. Just a quick drop in and then out and over to reverse usually lines things up so it will fall right in. With transmissions that have reverse on the right side I do 1st then reverse. Just seems to line the gears up more closely so that reverse can just slide in (reverse is usually a straight cut gear instead of angled like the rest of the gears).

 

I appreciate the quick reply Freak, I have owned a couple of other manuals before and hadnever had this problem. I assumed that it might have something to do with reverse being on the lower left, as I have never owned a manual that had reverse in that position. I will try what you said right now and see if she works. Thanks!