RAV4 sr180 gear problem

[berbick0107]

Hi all , looking for some advice please, I have a 2009 RAV4 sr180 which i have owned for 7 years and has been a brilliant vehicle, recently it has developed a fault where it will not go into 1st or reverse gear quite often and then seems to work fine , I have checked the slave cylinder for leaks and seems to be working ok , it has also had a new clutch about 15000 miles ago , so I was wondering if anyone else has come across this problem before that can point me in the right direction please .

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Mine lost 6th on the M1 on the way to Leeds. A gearbox specialist sorted it - seems it just seemed to stop wanting to play. My garage said they'd seen a few like it