Its out of warrenty, due to the age, so the dealer wont pay the bill to fix it and neither will the manufacturer, Landrover. Was a $5,000 bill to fix it. They say the synchomesh was heavily worn, but that is impossible given the use its had. There must have been something wrong with the way it was working to cause it. It also caused a major safety issue as we were going down a steep hill in the rain and dark when it failed and none of the gears would work. Luckily we were fine, but shaken. We are in New Zealand and have a Consumer Guarantees Act that may cover us as the car is not "fit for purpose". Will just have to wait and see if we can reclaim the money. I just wanted to see what a mechanic would say about the situation.
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