well i was messin around with some buddies and my tranns wasnt goin into gear i notice the other day, my stick shift felt different like it would move out slowly in gear but it never broke loose. now i got no 2nd like its not grabbin it at all unless i slam it into gear. so now i got no clue whats happen then for a while it didnt wanna go into no gear at all any suggestions on wtf happen???

 

maybe the syncro went for second gear?

 

well see it does it in all my gears and when it goes in it dont scratch on anything. i'm hopin its just a linkage clip or something

 

If I am not mistaken because the car is front wheel drive the shifter is connected to the tranny by a cable maybe it is out of adjustment or something.

 

is the shifter "floppy"? Check the shifter cable bushings, there have been a few reports on the 08's of the bushings breaking. There is no adjustment on the shifter cables.

Then take it in - the car should be less than 6 months old, so I hope you are still under warranty .

 

I am a newb and not a wrench guy what-so-ever.. but isn't it ran with hydraulics and not cables????

 

The shifter connects via cables to the shift tower on the transmission. The clutch itself is a hydraulic master-slave setup, so no cables there.

 

actually there is. there are two cables that the actual "stick" manipulates to move the forks in the tranny. there is a clip on each cable and they can be unclipped and moved to adjust the linkage. but it doesn't really sound like that's his problem

 

MY CAR DOES THE SAME THING AFTER TONIGHT!!!!!!!!!
out of nooowhere...my car doesnt engage in 2nd, 3rd, nor reverse...i justttt picked up the car on friday ..im pissed

 

no problems here, yet... 740 miles...

 

i just took it in. they told me something inside the tranny came loose i checked it out be4 i took it in and everything looked ok so i'm waitin to talk to the mechanic and see what happen.

mine happend at 2578miles

 

The infamous roll pin issue is my guess, i'm surprised they haven't redesigned that yet.

 

is that a known problem to cobalts???

 

i just got a call from the dealer and they told me its the spring loaded pin that holds the shifter assembly in???

 

i went to the shop to check it out and yes sir its the roll pin snapped right in between the 2 walls