I had to have my car towed to a service center because my gear shift was stuck and would not let me get out of reverse so I tried to pull it back and then it "popped". The gear shift then would move freely up and down the different gears but stayed in park. The diag from the shop was that the "cable" was broken which made it hard to switch gears and then because of that the shifter was bent when I tried getting it out of gear. My extended warranty covers automatic internal transmission parts consisting of gears, input and output shafts, bearings, front pump, planetary assembly, sprags, governor assembly, valve body, torque onvertor, transmission case, Chain, drum assembly, solenoids, bushings, accumulator, clutches, bands, servos, parking pawl, speedometer gear, transmission cooler, pistons. Would the cable that they are talking about as well as the shifter be covered under one of those parts? I'm confused and frustrated.
All the parts you listed are internal to the transmission. The cable is external - it runs from the shifter lever to the range selector lever on the transmission. Their analysis doesn't sound right though. If the cable is broken, the shifter should move freely as you described. But that (broken cable and bent lever) happened AFTER the problem of the transmission being stuck in reverse. Your efforts to unstick probably bent the shifter and broke the cable. It would seem something was jammed before you tried to get out of reverse, possibly inside the transmission.
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I got mine fixed. Had to change the cable and the whole shifter assembly. It wasnt too bad in price, less then $200 total, and my son-in-law changed it in about 1/2 hr in the driveway. Just go to the dealer and get the parts break down for that area and get the cable and chances are, you will need the assembly too.
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Probably needs a new shifter cable.If you can disconnect it from the trans side,and it is still stiff,then it's the cable.
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check to see if the brake lights come on it may be a problem with a brake switch under the dash not letting the shift lock release. there may be a seperate switch just for it so check and see it there is two switches touching the brake pedal lever if the brake lights come on.
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do the brake lights work? the system has a lock out that keeps you from moving out of park unless the brake circuit is activated, hence no brake lights no park lock out release, if the brk lights do work u most have a stuck or defective park lock out solenoid.
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