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Re: Have trouble finding park or nuetral gear with...
It sounds like your safety neutral switch. Put the truck in park and pull the shifter towards you and try to start it. That usually engages the neutral switch. You will need the switch replaced
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Hello chauncy. First off need to know if its floor board console or steering colum let me know if its the floor board option youll need phllips screwdriver an remove floor board panel cover shouldpop out to acess shifter assy
what is the reason why you need to acess the shifter is the reason due to not being able to shift gears while steping on brake pedal could be shifter release actuator you should hear a selinoid releaseing the park release pin in shifter every time you hit the break pedal tap brake pedal an listen for the shifter release selinoid in steering coloum if not its the brake light pedal switch or release selinoid in steering coloum
The Neutral Safety switch monitors the position of your gear selector lever and either interrupts or allows the starting circuit in your car or truck to do its job. On newer vehicles it may also monitor the position of the brake pedal to make sure that the vehicle is in park or neutral AND that your foot is on the brake.
If your vehicle is equipped with a neutral safety switch, it should NOT start UNLESS the transmission is in Neutral or Park. On the other hand your vehicle SHOULD start when it is in Neutral or Park. If your car will start in Neutral but not in Park, you have a bad switch. Also, if your car or truck will only start by turning the key to the start position and wiggling the gear selector lever, your neutral safty switch is in need of replacement.
The nuetral safety switch is usually found near the gear shifter. If your car has the gear shift on the column, then the neutral safety switch is usully mounted on the steering column near the brake pedal. On floor mount or console mount vehicles you will find the nuetral safety switch mounted near or on the shifter mechanism.
Is this an Automatic transmission? If it is, and what is happening is that when you turn the key the starter will not engage, then you play with the shifter nob, and then it will start, then it is the
NUETRAL SAFETY SWITCH.
This is there to ensure that you cannot start the car in a gear, and will only start in either Park, or Nuetral. They go bad, just like anything else. Try starting the car with the gear-shifter in the NUETRAL position. I bet it will start.
Where the switch is located on this car, I am not sure, but it is not an expensive fix.
Sounds like to me you may need to have the nuetral safety switch adjusted or replaced. This switch will allow a vehicle to start only if the gear shifter is in the park or nuetral position if it starts in any other gear it may need to be adjusted or replaced hope this helps you.
there is a small cable/string attached to the steering column part of the shifter. when you move the shifter it pulls the cable/string, which moves the lever in the cluster on the PRNDL display. basically look carefully at where the shifter base is and you should find the cable/string thing, and reattach it.
At the bottom of the tilt steering coloum is four bolts that, sometimes, come loose and, from time to time, will come out. If this is the problem have a flat bed tow truck take it to the mechanic. Again, if this in the problem, "YOU DO NOT WANT TO DRIVE IT"! Trust me. VSA
try starting it in nuetral. if it starts everytime then the shifting switch is going out. If nothing changes then maybe the ignition switch is going bad and just by chance it starts by wiggling the shifter.
If this is a manual trans maybe the nuetral safety switch on the clutch pedal is going out.
yes a sensor, depending on the model it will be called a neutral safety switch or a transmission range sensor, check with your local parts store, get the part they list and get under your jeep and find it, usually on the drivers side of the trans
You will likely have to replace your park neutral position switch. Try shifting the car between neutral and park 20 to 30 times without the engine running. This can help clean any contmination of from the contactors inside of the switch.
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