A friend of mine test drove a Cobalt SS TC Saturday afternoon. He did a relatively hard 1-2 shift and the car would not go into 2nd gear. He took the car back to the dealership and the salesman claims the 'clutch has to be adjusted.' He thinks its some sort of linkage problem.

The car in question was brand new and needless to say it turned my friend away from it. He is not new to manual transmission cars, he had a 615 rwhp '03 Cobra, a built fox Mustang etc. He is just looking for a fun commuter car but this has kind of soured him on the Cobalt.

What do you guys think? Is this common and easy fix? Rare?

I wouldnt discourage him from the car because of that their badass thats just weird

He wants a sedan and they aren't too common in his area. The dealership called him and told him they would have their mechanic look at it and they want him to come back next Saturday to 'run some numbers.' Now he just has cold feet buying that same exact car.

did he engage the clutch?

jk thats is dumb

The clutch cant be adjusted on these cars...probably has something to do with the shifter cables or a lemon transmission.

did he engage the clutch?

jk thats is dumb


Yup. He's been driving manual tranny cars for ~ 12 years, a few of which with quite a bit more power than the Cobalt. Odd.

Have any of you guys had any issues powershifting?

A friend of mine test drove a Cobalt SS TC Saturday afternoon. He did a relatively hard 1-2 shift and the car would not go into 2nd gear. He took the car back to the dealership and the salesman claims the 'clutch has to be adjusted.' He thinks its some sort of linkage problem.

The car in question was brand new and needless to say it turned my friend away from it. He is not new to manual transmission cars, he had a 615 rwhp '03 Cobra, a built fox Mustang etc. He is just looking for a fun commuter car but this has kind of soured him on the Cobalt.

What do you guys think? Is this common and easy fix? Rare?

i bet 4th and reverse don't work either, i had the same problem, the one cable just isn't snapped into place under the front cup holders, REALLY easy to fix, i did so myself a week after i got it when i tried a noliftshift and lost 2nd/4th/Reverse, cable isn't clipped in but either way it's no big deal.

i bet 4th and reverse don't work either, i had the same problem, the one cable just isn't snapped into place under the front cup holders, REALLY easy to fix, i did so myself a week after i got it when i tried a noliftshift and lost 2nd/4th/Reverse, cable isn't clipped in but either way it's no big deal.

Literally, remove the cupholder and stick your hand in there. Re clip and re adjust the cables. This is becoming a common issue with an easy 60 second no cost fix.

At any rate, the salesman is a salesman and doesn't know anything about the mechanics... :thumbsdow

Shifter cable. That's what it is on mine. The fucking things are backordered too >=(

Literally, remove the cupholder and stick your hand in there. Re clip and re adjust the cables. This is becoming a common issue with an easy 60 second no cost fix.

At any rate, the salesman is a salesman and doesn't know anything about the mechanics... :thumbsdowlol ain't that the case these days huh?:lol:

yup the shifter cable is easy to put back in, for some reason it seems a bunch of the right cables didn't get clipped in properly, oh well.

hey use that for as u'r advantage to lower the price on the car tell them well if the car did that brand new what are the odds of me returning back for other things it might have ontop of that paying car payments lol lower the price at least thousand or 2 lol

GM has a big back order on shifter cables as of this day.... TEH CABLES ARE A PROBLEM and a TSB is coming real fast.....SO I'm told... and maybe a fix...

GM has a big back order on shifter cables as of this day.... TEH CABLES ARE A PROBLEM and a TSB is coming real fast.....SO I'm told... and maybe a fix...

i haven't had a single issue since i clipped the right cable down properly, 100+ noliftshifts and no issues at all, ss/tc FTMFW, minivan=FAIL

GM has a big back order on shifter cables as of this day.... TEH CABLES ARE A PROBLEM and a TSB is coming real fast.....SO I'm told... and maybe a fix...

I had my Dad run my VIN two days ago when I heard of this issue and nothing out yet...

i haven't had a single issue since i clipped the right cable down properly, 100+ noliftshifts and no issues at all, ss/tc FTMFW, minivan=FAIL

Never had an issue with this...

I had my Dad run my VIN two days ago when I heard of this issue and nothing out yet...



Never had an issue with this...

they just missed a clip, big deal...........took me 2.5seconds to clip it in and another 2.5 to clip the cupholder back in...........wow big deal........1BADSS/SC, your days here are numbered, were sick of your trolling and i will hunt down ever single one of your stupid posts and report them till they ban u, STFU and GET OUT:cssNET:

sounds like we found the car no_mo_tires test drove. haha

sounds like we found the car no_mo_tires test drove. haha

ummmm no not really at all.........i had the same problem surface within the first week i had the car so no_mo_tires had nothing to do with it........

it was a joke. lol. u ruin the fun. :(

it was a joke. lol. u ruin the fun. :(

fun is for the weak!!!!...............lol j/k, but u want fun u gotta try the lounge, all the fun on css.net happens in there:twothumbs

I have noticed that sometimes when doing a no-lift from 1-2 the car will absolutely refuse to go into gear. I'm still trying to figure out if this is a problem with the car or if I'm not being as consistent with my shifting as I should. Under hard throttle, however, I can do no lift shift from 2-3 and 3-4 every time without missing a gear.

I have noticed that sometimes when doing a no-lift from 1-2 the car will absolutely refuse to go into gear. I'm still trying to figure out if this is a problem with the car or if I'm not being as consistent with my shifting as I should. Under hard throttle, however, I can do no lift shift from 2-3 and 3-4 every time without missing a gear.

check your shifter cables below the front cupholder(it pops right out) see if the right cable is clipped in the same as the left. If it isn't clipped in properly, maybe u bent a cable.......warrenty ftw tho

When i test drove mine it wouldnt go into 2nd either. Had to really lock my elbow to get it into the gear. But it had 311 miles then and the problem has gone away at 900 miles. I credited it to the gear box and shifter being new.