Why does the reverse gear not engage in Priora?

The transmission is the most mysterious unit in a car, especially for people who are not technically savvy. And everything seems simple - you squeeze the clutch, push the handle and the car goes. However, if suddenly it doesn’t go, then you don’t know what to think. Therefore, when something happens to the gearbox - reverse gear does not engage , for example, then at least cry.

And if it happens in a garage or in a parking lot, where there are always a lot of advisers who always know exactly why the gear won’t engage, then after several minutes of heated discussions you begin to regret that the gearbox in the car is not an automatic, but a manual transmission. Although automatic transmission is also not without such problems. But let's start in order.

So, reverse gear does not work, what should I do ? Well, for starters, it would be nice to figure out how serious the damage is. To do this, you need to remember how the box behaved in recent days. If nothing has caused concern, then there is hope that not everything is so bad: the transmission is still a complex and reliable element, with a large margin of safety - and it doesn’t just break out of the blue. If reverse gear does not engage, there may be several reasons. We will move from simple to complex.

Lada Priora Hatchback › Logbook › Lost speed

As soon as I got home, I stopped at a traffic light, the traffic light turned green, I turned on the first one, although for some reason the rear one turned on and I almost quickly backed into the face of the car standing behind me. And this was repeated several times, the rear speed took up residence in the place of the first, displacing it who knows where