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When i shift from Park To R its the transmission is in high D drive. When in any gwar besides Park its in high drive

Richard Murphy Jun 02, 2018

Its a 1998 Lincoln continental 142k miles.
Richard Murphy Jun 03, 2018

How does that link help me? Lol, I'm puzzled about my car.

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Willie Cooper

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Your transmission works by a cable it is stretch and ready to break you might be able to tighten it but if it breaks in park you can not drive if it breaks in drive you can not shift to park to start the car anyway

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Anonymous

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Posted on Feb 16, 2009

SOURCE: lincoln ls shifts hard into reverse

You will have to have the solenoid body replaced in the tranny and have the PCM reprogrammed.

Rick Jones

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Posted on Feb 23, 2009

SOURCE: Shift

broken linkage

DFARLEY

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Posted on Apr 24, 2009

SOURCE: How to shift the transmission from park to neutral manually.

there is a shift linkage on the tranny ,look for the end of the cable on the tranny turn the linkage by hand , should be on top or right on front side.

Harvey N Tawatao

3854 Answers
Posted on Jun 22, 2009

SOURCE: transmission will not shift

Check the Vehicle Velocity Sensor (V V S)-(Speed Sensor) or the wire harness to the VVS. IF the ECM is not getting a signal from the V V S, the PCM can not give the signal to switch gears. The V V S is on the drivers side of the end ot the transmission that is held on by one bolt. Best thing to do is to have the truck scanned at Auto Zone for a DTC code and to confirm that the V V S has gone bad and they can give you the step by step instruction to replacing the sensor and takes about 15 min to do. Good luck and keep me posted. Keep an eye on the transmission fluid, make sure you don't run the transmission to hard and burn it out over a $40.00 sensor which is better then $1,800 for a transmission replacement.

Marvin

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Posted on Jan 17, 2010

SOURCE: shifting from park to drive transmission bangs

has the transmission been test for electronic fault codes? do this as a 1st step, this may be a problem with shift solenoids or the Transmission Control Module, or TCM for short.

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