Falling out of fifth, My car goes from 5th to neutral by itself Options

[aslearvert]

Hi guys,

I've been having a problem with my car lately. It shifts into every gear just fine. And it will stay in every gear just like normal except for fifth. If I let my foot off the gas really quickly while I'm in fifth gear, it will fall out of gear and go into neutral. If I keep pressure on the gas pedal, or let of the gas slowly when I want to slow down, it will stay in fifth just fine. I have heard that this might be because I have low transmission fluid, which is entirely possible because I have never checked it or had it flushed, and I'm not sure if the owner before me did. I've also heard that it may be a synchro in the tranny. Please let me know what you guys think. Thanks very much!

[hurley97]

if I were you first thing I would check is the shifter cable linkage on the trans itself (and maybe even at the shifter). it's probably not that since if it were it would happen in more than just one gear, but it's an easy thing to check and rule out.