Mini One Gearbox

[kayc]

My daughter has a 2012 Mini One with 45k miles on the clock...it wont engage first or second gear easily or at all sometimes however all other gears are fine...anyone come across this before?my initial thoughts are the gearbox is knackered..ta

[kayc]

E-bmw said:

My initial thoughts would be a loose/bent/worn bush on the gear selectors.

Get your eyes on the selectors where they enter the gearbox/rods under the car while someone is trying to engage 1st/2nd & you may be able to see what it is, they are normally fiddly to get at but entirely do-able DIY.

Ok i'll give that a go..thanks for the advice

[kayc]

watchnut said:

I have a similar car it is also 2012, and has 102,200 on the clock, it is used for teaching, it has a hard life. 1st and 2nd gear have to be selected with soft hands and it always goes in otherwise it is very "Notchy".

If yours is really difficult then like above it needs to be looked at

Reverse is best done "swiftly" to get through both the gates.....I personally think it is a poor design.

good luck sorting it

Ok thankyou.its being looked at this weekend so I will report back when I know what it is..