c3 reverse gear problem

kurjam

hi hope someone can help
i have a 03 plate cotreon c3, it drives fine no problem, except when i need to get it into reverse gear....
sometimes it reverses fine, othertimes as soon as i try to treverse the gear jumps out, other times it can take numberous attempts to get the car to stay in reverse gear....but it will eventually reverse....
any ideas ??

the garage say i need a new clutch cable would this be correct,

i had a squeaky fan belt as well and they just sprayed it with wd40, is that ok to do.....i dont need a new one had one 4 months ago !!!

Mankysteve

It is possible that the cable is gone. It could also be worn/lose gear linkage/worn gear box or engine mounts\worn reserve gear. Rubber stiffen when it cold does it get better when the engine warms up? WD40 should soften the belt in theory. Either that or it'll slip quietly instead.