A855 - 5 Speed
At this point all I can do is hope I got a good one.
Ugh, tough position to be in, I wish you the best.
There's just no rhyme or reason, no cutting off point, no production run, that clearly delineate when problems began, seems to have been throughout.
This isn't even my opinion, they've all stated it, just never publicly.
I know I posted videos of shifting 3/4 with a wrench with the rods off, under the car. It had what appeared to be a 2 click thing going on when put in gear, sometimes.
Also, iirc, the shifter was easily knocked into neutral when in 4th, sometimes, but not even everytime it would pop out by itself.
Just trying to think of things that might give you an indication, that you could possibly try while outside the car.
As I type this, I'm thinking, this is horrible that one person who had a nightmare experience is trying to give some kind of guidance to someone who could already be in the same situation.
The goal isn't to make it worse for anyone, damn, we didn't create this problem, but we are the only support we have with this trans.