I have a MK1 Sharan (2000 W plate) 1.9TDi Sharan with manual gearbox.
Gear selection became progressively more difficult a couple of days ago - starting with slight resistance in left to right movement along the gate. After a couple of hours driving I couldn't get 5th or Reverse gears at all. I've checked gear lever and cables including cable mountings and they all seem OK. Looks like the problem is with the selector mechanism on the gearbox but how do you access and remove it. I read somewhere that you need to remove the battery tray, but another article said that this shouldn't be removed. Any advice would be really appreciated. Thanks.