Can't go into gear..., Is it my clutch or clutch cable? Options

[White_GTS]

I can't put my car into any gears at all. I drove my car today and 4 hours later I tried to go out with my and I reliazed that I was not able to put the car into first gear. It won't even push up or down. Seems like it is jammed. But the strange thing is I can put it into gear when my car is turned off. So when the engine is off I can put it into any gear but not when the car is turned on. So now my car is left outside of my house I have no choice to get a truck to drag my car back to Toyota. Any idea what it could be?

Thanks....

[SpedToe169]

Yah, that dealership deal sounds pretty shady to me. I'd say if you're sure the car is driving fine, then just drive it and don't worry about it. It wouldn't hurt to familiarize yourself with the parts and linkage just incase something is getting in the way of it. You can't really tell how much clutch you have left by where the pedal engagement is because you can adjust it....I guess if you have a good memory and know where it was before you could compare to that...but I've found that I usually fool myself into thinking whatever I want when I rely on that. I used to have a paseo and I was SURE the clutch was gone in the thing after I had it for a couple years. Just as I was about to swap clutches (almost bought it!) the motor blew. I found out while I had the motor out that I still had over 50% of the clutch material left, and everything else was tip top. It was all in my head. Now if the fact that I only had about a quart of oil in the car would have been in my head instead.....I might have saved $800.....Oh well, live and learn.