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Once in Drive, Jeep does not easily shift back to Park
I start in Park and switch to Drive. Car is fine, until I attempt to return the shifter to Park. The Jeep does not engage into Park. Instead, it switches to 1st gear and remains there, regardless of the position I move the shifter to.
Park, Rev, N, Drive... They are all the same, forward gear. If I constantly move the shifter through the gear positions and back to Park, it will eventually engage in Park, after several minutes.
If I turn off the engine while in 1st Gear, of course the Jeep will not start until I can find a way to once again engage Park.
Transmission fluid level is not an issue, otherwise I am clueless. Any ideas?
Re: Once in Drive, Jeep does not easily shift back to...
Try to check the trans mission gears of your 1995 jeep grand cherokee.The shift fork and the clutch sleeve of the trans mission is locking to the other gears .And then also check the starter motor and its solenoid.if the starter motor solenoid is destroyed or worn out replace .
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the switch is PRNDL. (sure a loose or bad cable will do that)
when worn out they do that, warn contacts. inside.
if you go under car and shift by hand, ends, wonderment.(a test)
the contacts on pins 1 and 3 are bad
or the lever fails to index switch correctly (cable bad or loose etc)
all it takes is a volt meter at pin 3,
btw all fail like this, in the end, no switch lasts for ever.
You mention the knob on the shifter is loose. Do you remember if the knob has always been loose or is this recent? I ask because I thought there was a button to push or a lever to lift to move the shifter into or out of R and P. So that you might not accidentally push the shifter into either of those settings and possibly damage the mechanism. If there is a lever or button, it might be that the button or lever doesn't fully disengage when you press it BECAUSE the knob on the shifter is loose. You might need to tighten the knob. Might need hex keys / Allen keys or small screwdrivers to tighten the knob. good luck.
try to change you car battery and then shift to park and try to start the engine if that didint help contact me on [email protected] i will help you to get it back agian
The can can't run. Why need to shift...? If you want to shift anyway. Be careful if down or up hill the car will roll. Here if need to shift away: -Put key in ignition, turn to start, but do not start. Now apply brake then shift.
The shifter is connected to a cable that is then attached to a small lever on the transmission. Disconnet the cable at the transmission end and you'll likely be able to physically put it in neutral. Disconnect it at the shifter end and you'll be able to move the shifter to trigger the neutral lockout switch and allow the car to start. You can also short this switch to trick the car into thinking it is in neutral.
sounds like you have a broken shifter cable, kinda a pain to change unless you've done a few, it attatches to the top side of the transmission under the air filter housing and runs from there through the firewall and up the side of the steering column where it attatches to the shifter assembly
My wife had 2007 suzuki forenza with the same problem , I look it over, the problem was the brake light switch. I Bought a new one at suzuki dealer in orlando for $15.10 part # 37740-86z21 and replaced it my self , it took less than 5 munites to replace.works great now.The reason the gear would not shift out of park is that the brake switch has to send a signal to the relay switch on the gear shifter to remove the shift lock .If this switch is not working it can not send that signal to the relay.Another way you can tell it is the brake light switch is that your rear brake light would not work .You can also bypass this and use your car until you get the brake light switch , here how .look at your gear shifter and locate a small oval shaped cut out (it may have shift lock written next to it ).take a small flat screw driver or some thing Similar and pry out that little plastic incert .Then when you start your car and you are about to shift out of park place a key of any a small screw flat driver into the hole and push down and shift out of park.Once out of park you can shift to any gear if you return the shifter to park you would have to incert the screw driver again.If you need to locate the brake light switch just follow your brake pedal up under the dash board it will be a small white plastic switch attached above the btrke pedal .IT is very simple to replace ,when you locate it just twist it anti clock wise and it will come off , then press the clip in the plug and remove the brake switch from the wire harness.To replace the new one just press the brake pedal down place the switch back where the old one came off and twist clock wise until it snaps into place.and replace the wire plug.REMBER When you get your new brake switch DO NOT press it down or it will get stuck.IF this happens just pull it back it out.and do not buy this part at any auto parts store because the connecter woul be smaller .go to a suzuki dealer ....THEN WHEN YOU FIX THIS PROBLEM GET RID OF THE CAR THIS IS ONLY THE START FOR PROBLEMS TO COME ...GOOD LUCK..
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