Won't shift into reverse or park

Reynaldo Andico

• 2431 Answers
• Posted on May 06, 2011

SOURCE: 89 ford escort LX 89,000

the transmission may still be rescued I had this problem before find the band adjustment adjust it to 1/2 turn try to do this first, also these are notorious for the transmission transducer to leak internally pull the hose is it wet in there if it is replace it, try the simple approach to solve the fix before somone says its mechanical and internally damage

SOURCE: My 2007 seabring won't shift out of park... Car

The car is probably on a steep hill and a lot of pressure is on the park pawl in the automatic transmission. If this is the case, a hard sudden pull should release it. Make sure the brake is on. When parking on a hill in the future use the parking brake before placing the lever in park.

SOURCE: Gear Shift won't go into park. Shifter real

Something with the shift linkage is messed up.

SOURCE: 2005 nissan altma won't go

I have seen this problem before. Frist thing is do you have a test light and seond thing is how comfotable are you with taking part of your dash apart? You might need a control unit in the upper portion of the instrument cluster.

SOURCE: It started with the loss

Sounds like the cable from the shift lever to the transmission has broken or come loose. You may have to get it towed in to a dealer to have it fixed.