Hi,
Yesterday morning my daughters Ford Ka was very difficult to get into or out of gear. This was the first time it had been driven that day and all it managed to do was get to the bottom of our cul-de-sac, turn round and get back to our house. In that short trip both my wife and daughter tried it and both had the same problem.
Once back home I tried it and, Sods Law, it was fine. No problems at all.
They say there was no grinding of gears or any unusual sounds just an incredible resistance when engaging and large force required to disengage.
If the thing was just going to be used locally I would just tell her to get back in it and see if it ever happened again, but it's not. I bought it for her (privately) a week ago and it is to be used away from home as she is at Uni. Up until yesterday morning it has behaved perfectly. Even did a test run up to her Uni. and back (150 miles round trip) with no problems at all. (goes a bit better than I expected for such a little thing).
I had the clutch and the brakes checked last Monday and the garage said they were OK.
It's a Ford Ka 1.3l K2 (with P/S and E/W) 1998.
Any ideas or suggestions as to what may have been the cause? (until some cause is found and rectified it will always be suspect and I won't trust it) It is going back to the garage for a check-up but as the problem is no longer 'present' it might be difficult to pin it down to anything. So I am hoping that one or more of you have come across this in the past and can provide some ideas which I will pass on to the garage if they come up empty handed. The garage I use is honest and won't simply say they fixed something or other when in fact they haven't.
Thanks.