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Brittney Copeland Posted on Dec 04, 2013

My 03 Nissan Altima will not shift into P. It wil show that it's in reverse when I'm in park. When I go to reverse it will shift into neutral and so on. I think I need a new shifter cable clip. But I'm not sure. Right now I have my e-brake on and I am in reverse so it wont roll downhill. Cant get the key out when its in neutral.

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Hi.You still can get key out by pressing the secret button near the shifter.Then you have to check adjustment nut It locates on AT at the coupling of cable and transmission shifter.There must be 5mm hole it must be aligned in P (or N i forgot) range.Just need to lose 12 mm nut,put gear shifter in P ,insert 5mm drill bit,then retight cable nut.

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SOURCE: 1998 nissan altima gxe -ignition problem

Hi what is happening is that your turn off your car and left the wheels turned to one side and specially if your car is parke in a hill what you have to do is to force the steering wheel to the same direction of your wheels this will free up the ignition switch it is going to be hard let me tell you but it will work and this is why your shift don't work once you have the ignition switch free then your shift will work again

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  • Posted on May 15, 2009

SOURCE: Wont shift out of park unless I stick a screw driver in a small hole above gear shifter.

You must remove the console yes, and you need to replace the shift lock solenoid.

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  • Posted on Jul 16, 2009

SOURCE: 1994 Nissan Altima shifter will not shift out of

check the transmission gear ,and shift lever.

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  • Posted on Aug 28, 2009

SOURCE: 2006 Altima doesn't shift into reverse

The problem that I could see is the transmission/shift solenoid. The solenoid thing is located inside the transmission. The repair should run $200-$250 or there abouts. If you don't fix it quickly though, you will wreck the transmission and you don't want to know how much that costs!

You may also contact the manufacturer for second opinion.

Hope this helps and have a great evening!


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  • Posted on Feb 04, 2011

SOURCE: My 2005 nissan altima shifter

Shift cable needs adjusting or replacement if rusted.

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