Difficulty selecting reverse gear?

[JDNaude]

Hi Everyone.

I'm new here and have been lurking for the last few weeks.

I took delivery of a 2007 Toyota Hilux S/C 2.7 4x2 last week. I am loving it to bits but something is really bothering me.

I sometimes have difficulty getting it into reverse. Sometimes force helps but other times I have to select another gear or two before I can get it into reverse.

I have never had this problem before with any other vehicle and was wondering if this is normal or not.

I hope someone here can shed some light on this for me.

[Henris]

Sounds like your clutch is not releasing properly.

You can also try selecting any other gear before you try and put it into reverse. All the gears have a syncro ring and reverse doesn't. So the idea is to stop the cluster, before you try and engaged reverse.

[Bryan Webber]

Sounds normal to me. well on petrol cruisers in general. what gearbox is in this model? same as old 3rz-fe? I would not worry though. On a few toyota's with strong gearboxes it wil do that.

[martins]

My D4D occasionally doesn't select reverse either. With motor running I select neutral, let the clutch out, re-engage the clutch and re-select reverse. I have never thought anything to be wrong with this.

[Generaal]

I have had this on every single toyota i've ever driven. it's not just on bakkies, but on the cars too (had this on all 3 my corrolas). I found that putting it in 1st, letting the clutch go just until it grips (or moves the vehicle) and then trying reverse again, smooths out this issue.

[SimonB]

Must be a Toyota thing... none of us understand...

Seriously though my old man's 'luxes were all like this as was my corolla and wife's conquest.

[ArrieMeyer]

Same here, have it on the 2.7, the Fortuner and the new Hilux.

Just put it in neutral, give it a small quick rev, depress the clutch and select reverse. I have also always understood that it was because the reverse gear does not have a synchro ring.

[JDNaude]

Thanks for the replies. I am glad to hear this is a "standard feature" and not a problem with my gearbox. Today I tried a different tactic and I must say it helped quite a bit. Only had a problem with it once.

I noticed this morning when getting into the Hilux that it wouldn't select reverse again so I started it before trying it again and this seemed to help. I kept doing it this way the whole day and didn't have the problem again.

[Bryan Webber]

Does it do it every time without fail?

[Henris]

You could have gear oil in that gearbox and that will make is sticky and notchy.

Modern gearboxes use multi grade oil lately. I like using a oil from Shell 20w60. I have used it for quite a while and I must admit that the results are very satisfactory.