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Ethan Boyle Posted on Mar 23, 2013

2000 Ford Escort, engine runs fine but the car will not drive

There is no forward, reverse, or park. When the engine is running and I put it in gear then park I hear a lot of clicking that winds down and stops. With the engine off and transmission in park, I jacked up the car and turned a tire and the other tire does not mover accordingly. I can see both trans axles are fine going into the transmission (CV joints are good). The shifter moves as expected.

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    Ethan Boyle Mar 23, 2013

    I forgot to add the time of failure. When I took off from a stop light I heard a loud pop and the engine running freely under no load. Also, this is an automatic transmission. Thank you for any responses.

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    Ethan Boyle Oct 18, 2018

    I know this is late, but what happened was that there is a common problem with this transmission where there is some pin that wears out and breaks, that leaves the transmission disconnected from the engine in a way that you can no longer move forward or reverse.

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Sounds like it is time for a tranny change...sounds like a bad tranny.

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It really sounds like one of the cv joints has failed. Even though boots are intact joint could be broke inside-just double check.

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SOURCE: cv axle removal from transmission

take a pry bar to the side of the tranny and pry the cv out, there is a clip on the shaft of the axle on the inside of the tranny

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SOURCE: my ford exp. wont shift out of park the column

CHECK BRAKE LIGHT CIRCUIT(FUSE,BULBS,ETC.)THIS HAPPENED TO ME ALSO.GLAD I READ THE OWNERS MANUAL BFORE TAKING COLUMN APART.

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