We were riding in the sand this last weekend and my wive's 02 recon es got stuck in neutral and we could not shift it into any gear! Even manually with the little tool! It's still under warranty and dropped it off at the dealer's yesterday. Anyone seen anything like this?

 

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I've seen it on alot of 2002 Ranchers, but not the Recon.

The problem with the 2002 Ranchers are that Honda changed the strength of the shift detent spring for 2002 making it easier to shift. By doing this, they essentially weakened the spring causing some of them to break.

Honda has been paying for these fixes. They have us order the spring for the 2001 model instead. This fixes the problem.

I can't say for sure that this is your problem, but worth mentioning to your dealer in case he is a small dealership who doesn't do alot of shop work compared to larger dealerships.

If your machine is under warranty like you say it is, there shouldn't be a problem and your dealer will know anyway when he removes the rear cover from the engine.

Let us know what they find in there.

 

KNOWSALOT, thanks for the reply! I will post when I find out what's wrong.

 

I sent this very informative response to shagdog19.

He who doubts the KNOWSALOT and thinks that KNOWSALOT is a taxidermist!

KNOWSALOT does not work for the IRS nor does he have skin problems.

QUITE simply he is President of the KNOWSALOT Facility

Chet
VP KNOWSALOT FACILITY

 

it happend to my fathers rancher
but his was stuck in gear and would not budge at all
how come that neural saftey thing is on thoes machines
that sucks unless its for a good reason

 

Update, the recon has been at the dealer for one week. They haven't even looked at yet! I know that they are busy, but 1 week and nothing yet? Should I complain to the manager? or wait patiently? BTW, it's still under warranty. Purchased it new april 23 of this year!

 

FYI,update! Honda fixed the recon under warranty. 2002 service bulletin #2 for recon es. Fixed broken shift arm or something to that effect.