Gear Issue

[Shauna_H]

I've had my DS3 a year and a half now and from I got it, it has intermittently pulled itself out of reverse. The car beeps to say its in reverse and when I try to move off it pulls itself out of gear or slowly grinds out of it, if that's a better way to describe it. It could take 3 or 4 attempts to get the car to actually reverse. It happens more often when I try to reverse even on a small incline. It's done it when I've driven it, my mum and my boyfriend - who is a mechanic, so its not just my driving lol :rolleyes:

I've had it back to my dealership on numerous occasions and they insist there isn't anything wrong with it, its never done it when its with them apparently. I even went as far as ringing Citroen and having the car booked in but all they done was drive it and replace the gear box oil - the service advisor told me she thinks it could be a clutch but without Citroens permission they couldn't pull it apart as they wouldn't pay for it. Its highly embarrassing when it does it in a busy car park or at a school. The car has just turned two so it isn't exactly old - its really doing my head in now and I'm getting nowhere with the dealership.

The car also doesn't always like going into 1st or 3rd - I've been stuck at traffic lights trying to get it into first to move off - also mega embarrassing. Has anyone ever had this issue? Or have any ideas as to what it could be?

[Dangerousfish]

How old is the car?

Do you only notice the issue when the car is cold or does it happen in the warm too?

I was going to suggest gearbox fluids but you mentioned that's already been done.

[Shiro]

The problem with reverse "is not a bug, it's a feature". It's because the reverse gear is not synchronized. So if this happen just put your car in first gear and then back in reverse
And for the second problem: Just use a bit more force, my gearbox had this problem first but after some miles (approx. 12500) it was better.

Btw. this is only when you have the 5-gear transmission

[Shauna_H]

The cars just turned two, it does it warm and cold. Could drive it an hour or more and stop at a shop for a few minutes and it will do it when I try to move off.

Force doesn't work when it doesn't want to go into first. I've to put the clutch in an out a few times before it will go into gear when this happens. There's also 33,000 mile on the car so I don't think it needs anymore miles for it to run better lol

[DaveB]

The car also doesn't always like going into 1st or 3rd

That suggests that it may be a problem with the gearchange mechanism rather than the gearbox itself. Otherwise, it may be the clutch dragging, i.e.not clearing properly when you press the pedal.

[Shauna_H]

That suggests that it may be a problem with the gearchange mechanism rather than the gearbox itself. Otherwise, it may be the clutch dragging, i.e.not clearing properly when you press the pedal.

The clutch can feel a bit shuddery but I don't know if that's how it should feel. The only other car I drive is brand new so I can't even compare the clutches