dakota814

I go to get in the car and drive away I come to a stop sign an the guy behind me says I don't have brake lights, the just center light in the window. And when I let off the breaks my brake lights come alive. I'm stumped to this as I'm not good at wiring anything but that's just how the car came. Tried the parking light switch on top of the steering wheel and switching my head lights on and off. I don't get it. Please help! 1997 Subaru impreza 1.8 coupe

I realized it shifts from neutral to second but not 1st to second

as soon as the rain stops I'll take a look at it. The guy was telling me that I could just tighten the cables. Hopefully the gearshift is just too loose to find second gear.

The shift column is a bit loose too. I can moved it from side to side basically in neutral from 1st over to where reverse is. When I bought it for the initial test run I was able to grab second all the way through 5th.

1997 subaru impreza brighton 1.8 OD says 315xxx but I don't think its exactly accurate. Not much history that I know. Just bought it as a first vehicle and I love subarus. I've owned it for just over a week now. Was doing minor body work to pass the pa inspection.

Virgin to a Subaru but have wanted one since I was little. Here she is.

I went to start my car and the battery was dead. So I did the push start method in 2nd gear. It started up fine and I let it run for a moment to charge the battery. I took it for a spin and I can't seem to make it shift into 2nd gear now. It runs 1st fine and when it goes to second it seems like its in neutral. (Higher rev) but it didn't catch. Then i tried to go to 3rd and it went fine.The car has a lot of miles but I'm not sure if the shift column is messed up or if second is out completely? Please help! First car I've ever bought and I don't wanna have to sink 1000s of dollars into it already.