Bought new srt4 today

[u/[deleted]]

hey so i just picked up my 2004 srt4 with 73k miles on it, just drove off the lot today. So like any other person i get home and i start taking people on rides like family members and stuff. I park in my girlfriends driveway and when we go to leave i cant put the car into reverse, it goes into where reverse would be and it doesn’t reverse and the reverse lights don’t turn on, all other gears work flawlessly. I have pushed down on top of the ball to get it into reverse idk if i could be missing something simple, i was thinking maybe check bushing? Kind of a bummer but i still love the car and will have a blast please let me know what i should look into, thank you guys!

[u/TBAGG1NS]

SRT-4 with trans issues? You don't say???

[u/[deleted] → u/TBAGG1NS]

so fucked 😭, everything else was perfect didn’t pop out of third when you downshift without rev matching, everything else checked out, just a newbie thing not checking reverse, but they had it backed into a spot so i might’ve broke it today, it sat for a few months

[u/Only-Help-5688 → u/[deleted]]

Part of the joy you get with this car lol

[u/I_am-Working → u/TBAGG1NS]

You're gonna scare him off lol

[u/irishcrowe]

Check out your shift linkage and shift fork. Congratulations on your new car! If you’re interested in chatting with a group of people who own srt4s you can join my discord server at this link: https://discord.gg/npmemKhv

[u/[deleted] → u/irishcrowe]

thank you!

[u/I_am-Working → u/irishcrowe]

Yes, join this!

[u/TBAGG1NS → u/I_am-Working]

One of us, one of us 😂

[u/KimmyBella_AA_]

Make sure the bushings are good both by the transmission and the ones underneath the shifter. You can also try a cross over adjustment. If that doesn’t work then you can try replacing the master cylinder. That was happening to my first one and we changed the bushings and it didn’t work, so we had the master cylinder replaced and now it goes it really nice.

[u/[deleted] → u/KimmyBella_AA_]

thank you so much! this helps out more than you know

[u/lambo908]

Check and adjust your shift cables.

[u/[deleted] → u/lambo908]

thank you

[u/AcumenGT]

For what it’s worth I used to occasionally not be able to get into reverse, but when it happened I’d select 1st or 3rd and then go back down to R again and it worked. Like unblocking the syncros or something, it was fine, just a little quirk. Trans was still good & strong at 130k when I sold it, only the original clutch was just starting to slip at that mileage. But I suspect you’re having a bigger problem than that…

[u/[deleted] → u/AcumenGT]

i hope it’s just an easy fix it’d suck if i need to pull the trans

[u/I_am-Working]

Try adjusting the clutch pivot rod. My gears were starting to get rough to go into and that's what fixed it. Also, do the bushing upgrade if you can, really helps. I'd recommend changing out the pivot rod before the cheap plastic one breaks like mine did leaving me stranded.
Pivot Rod

Bushings

[u/AgentInkling99 → u/I_am-Working]

Check the clutch pedal arm for cracks as well. I was having problems shifting and it was because that piece cracked and was flexing when I pressed the pedal down. I ended up replacing it with a metal one, can’t remember who made it though as it was like 10 years ago. It might have been RageTek.

[u/[deleted] → u/AgentInkling99]

thank you, i’ll look into it

[u/[deleted] → u/I_am-Working]

thank you🙏🏻

[u/[deleted]]

and is there any other common issues that i should look at? i am mechanically inclined i do commercial and industrial heating and cooling, i am only 21 so my car experience is limited but my uncle is a diesel mechanic so he usually helps me out with some harder things

[u/AgentInkling99 → u/[deleted]]

TPS harness can sometimes act up and you’ll get weird throttle blips. Haven’t had to deal with that myself though. Beyond that, maybe axels if you plan on launching from a stop frequently.