My wife has a 2000 SVT and at 30,000 miles, 3rd gear quit working, Ford fixed tranny, and ever since, Sometimes the shifter will not engage first or reverse, until you push the clutch pedal at least twice. Sometimes it also gets hung in reverse, where pushing the clutch in, does nothing. This only happens in 1st and reverse.. the clutch doesn't slip at all and the other gears feel fine.. Any ideas, the service people say its the clutch, but this problem didn't appear until after Ford worked on it.
