So my MINI died today. Was driving it and turned a corner when it just quit going. Motor is still running fine. Won't go into reverse and 1st won't even budge it. Its like its stuck in neutral. Or like the linkage came off. Is this a possibility? Help me please.
We could help you more if you could give us a bit more information, like what year etc your car is.... Is it a stick or automatic? if a stick, it's possible the shift cable popped off the ball on the linkage, you should be able to see it looking down on the driver's side near the firewall
Sorry. A bit disoriented lol. Its a 2008 S 6spd manual. I will check that. At the moment its sitting in a random driveway and I'm in the middle of moving across town.
It sounds like the linkage slipped off like Minidave said above. It rev fine but you can not put it into any gear?
That is absolutely correct. That was my first thought as well. I'm gonna take a look at it tomorrow to see if that's the case. Hoping it is cuz that sounds like the cheapest route.
How many miles? We had a members MINI with 60K miles that the clutch just gave up right out of nowhere. Driving down the interstate and the revs just went up. No warning what so ever. Just like this case. Concerned it could be the clutch instead of cables. Our second gen cars do have some issues with them.
I had an 03 that had shift linkage issues. Sounds like what's going on here. There's two cables one for vertical one for horizontal. If you can move your shifter sideways but not forward or backwards. You might check your cables at the transmission side. If you have play all around but no gears check it at the shift end. The cables are attached with a small plastic clip and they fail often! Mine went one at a time and it was a bit of a pain. So I'd recommend doing both cables if possible. Good luck
So after messing around with it this weekend I've come to the conclusion that it may b the clutch after all. Just seems weird to me to have a clutch quit like that without warning. Had a clutch on a corolla I had go out and I drove it for a few months while it was going and eventually it went completely. Paid too much to trade this POS in right now. I love it but would much rather have anything other than this at the moment.