Won’t go into third gear

[Pricey25]

Hello,

I have a 2013 IQ that’s done just over 60,000 miles and it has suddenly stopped going into third gear. After a bit of experimenting it goes into third gear by double clutching, but I wanted to know if anyone has experienced this as I’m getting very expensive quotes from garages.

One garage said it looks like where it goes into third gear has worn down and that they have to send it off to repair it, and for the repair, plus new clutch, Labour, VAT  etc is £1554.

I’ve then been to a Toyota garage, they charged me £96 for a diagnostic to say that the gearbox needs taking apart to find out what the actual problem is and it’s £660 for this as it’s 6.5 hours work to take apart.

They won’t be able to tell me what the issue is until they’ve taken it apart, but have said “off the record” they think it’s the synchro which should be around £100 to fix. But they can’t guarantee me this, worse case scenario is a new gearbox which is probs around £2500, gulp.

They’ve also advised me to not drive the car while I’m making my mind up and to not use third gear at all. Other garage didn’t say anything like this.

Just wondering if anyone has had a similar issue or any advice?

Cheers! 

[Gforceuk]

Mine started doing that and I traded it in asap