Recently, when I first start car after sitting or in morning my check engine light will come one. However it never stays on lon enough to get to my mechanic to pull the code. Today however on my way home from work I got no check engine light but when I stopped to get gas , I put car in park then turned the ignition off, when I finished I turned vehicle on and went to put it in gear the gear shifter moved up and down freely and did not engage transmission.
Fortunately, there was a mechanic available at the station and he was able to engage the transmission manually (I have an automatic transmission w/ console shifter). When I arrived home I not thinking moved the shifter to park and the transmission went into park no problem.
A short time later I tried with a friend sitting in car to manually try to put it in gear and was unable to move it into drive gear.
My question is one problem related to the other , if not what could the problem be with the shifter? It feel like the cable broke but is there any other component of the transmission that could be broke (i.e. the unit the cable connects to on the transmission)?
Fortunately, there was a mechanic available at the station and he was able to engage the transmission manually (I have an automatic transmission w/ console shifter). When I arrived home I not thinking moved the shifter to park and the transmission went into park no problem.
A short time later I tried with a friend sitting in car to manually try to put it in gear and was unable to move it into drive gear.
My question is one problem related to the other , if not what could the problem be with the shifter? It feel like the cable broke but is there any other component of the transmission that could be broke (i.e. the unit the cable connects to on the transmission)?
Oct 24, 2008 at 4:39 PM
