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Anonymous Posted on Dec 19, 2011

Automatc 92 mazda mx6 stuck in drive even though shifter move easily

It recently would not go into park I adjusted the shift cable and it worked fine until today when i parked and even though shifter went to park the car stayed in drive no matter what i move the shifter to it stays in park

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Feb 09, 2009

SOURCE: Mazda 92 B2200 Auto Pickup Will not shift from Park to Drive

I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that when you park the car, you pull up the hand (park) brake, shift from drive straight to park and then take your foot off the foot brake and the car moves slightly as it transfers the weight of the car from the foot brakes to, in your case, the transmission rather than the park brake.
Most people do.

When you do this, you're usually putting the weight of the car onto a small lever engaging notches on the drive shaft in the transmission, not the hand brake. The hand brake's designed to hold the car, the lever isn't, it's there just-in-case.
Take a look at http://auto.howstuffworks.com/automatic-transmission5.htm to see how flimsy this part is.

  • To fix the problem, you'll probably have to get this part in your transmission replaced. Fortunately it's the least significant part of the transmission so don't let them shaft you just because it's part of an automatic transmission.

  • To fix what caused the problem, you need your hand brake / park brake adjusted at the handle. You'll probably find that it adjusts at the other end (inside the rear wheel hubs) whenever you reverse.

For what it's worth, to avoid doing this damage to automatic transmissions whenever I'm stuck in one, I shift to Neutral then take my foot off the foot brake, then the car moves as it's weight shifts from the foot brake to the park brake which I often haven't pulled hard enough. Only when, in neutral, the car is stationary without the foot brake do I put it in park.
In Australia, it became illegal a couple of years ago to not be in the driver's seat when the engine's running. My understanding is that this was because, when the engine's running, sometimes older Automatic transmissions damaged in this way can shift out of Park. This is believed to be what has happened when you see unoccupied cars reversing in circles on "wildest police video" programs on TV. I also heard of some Borg-Warner automatic transmissions fitted to 80s model Ford Falcons (common in Australia), 70s model German saloons, which were particularly prone to Park failing to hold the car on a slope. I drove one for many years in a '75 BMW 528 in which some of it's other drivers developed the same habit.
Similarly, in my own car, I don't take my foot off the clutch until I've taken it off the brake without the car moving. Though the local Road & Traffic Authority regulation states "First gear if you're facing uphill, Reverse if you're facing downhill" I do the opposite because whatever damage might be done to panels will be cheaper than what would be done to the engine if the hand brake failed and it's not going to make much difference in slowing down a rolling car, especially with this one.
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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jul 04, 2009

SOURCE: my 92 mazda mpv the shifter gets stuck in park and

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jul 28, 2009

SOURCE: Once in Drive, Jeep does not easily shift back to Park

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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joecoolvette

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  • Posted on Aug 12, 2009

SOURCE: timing setting for a automatic mazda mx6 92

The non-turbo 2.2 Liter engine?
6 Degrees.
Should be on your Emissions label under the hood.

(Firing Order is 1-3-4-2. Front of the vehicle is Number 1 spark plug. Distributor rotation is -> Counterclockwise. Spark plug gap is .044
44 thousandths of an inch)

Turbo 2.2 Liter engine?
9 Degrees. Emissions label is under hood.

(Firing Order is 1-3-4-2 Front of vehicle is Number 1 spark plug. Distributor rotates ->Counterclockwise. Spark plug gap is .044)

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Marvin

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  • Posted on Nov 12, 2009

SOURCE: Does anyone know if automatic shifter cables on 92

what is the problem with the car? and no this is not a problem I have heard before.

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