possible bad 5th gear

ok so the other day i was on the highway and my car was driving fine, i shifted down and took my turn wen i was ready to put my car in 5th gear it went into third, i tried to get it into 5th sevaral times. i have never had problems with my gears b4 never any grinding or anything, i know my shift linkage bushings are bad could that have caused this problem. or is my 5th gear gone

5th gear synchros can be bad or shift fork…hopefully you dont need a new tranny…cold be the cold weather as well… does it grind when u try to put it into 5th?

no ive never grinded a gear since ive had the car. it has always shifted nicely. it was kinda random thing but i still cant get it into gear