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Just thought I'd share my recent experience on my 2012 Outlander GX4 Diesel with 6 Speed Manual Gearbox.

I took it into my local garage yesterday for an oil change and when I collected it later on I tried to drive off I was unable to select reverse, forward gears were fine so I feared the worst thinking it was a failed gearbox.

I went in and they said that odd we reversed it in and out a couple of times, then one of the mechanics said, hmm let me just check something.

He jumped in and fixed it in 5 seconds.

It turns out that on the test drive after doing the oil change his OCD compelled him to turn the gearbox knob round to line it up as it had spun round slightly and was crooked.

Sure enough if you unscrew the knob 1 turn it prevents you selecting reverse, turn it back and hey presto all sorted.

Later I called my local Dealer they said its not a deliberate anti theft design feature, there are no recalls on this vehicle and that they had never heard of this before.

I Googled it and there is no mention of this anywhere, so I thought I'd post this in case someone else has the same issue and wants the fix https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/e...1/16/1f609.png