stiff as in? its hard to shift from park to neutral or drive,3,2,1? do you park on a hill or any kind of incline? i noticed if i park at my buddy's house on a hill, shifting from P to D is stiff. so i set my e brake before i shift to P, solved the problem.
Stiff as in hard to move period! Took it to the dealer today and was told it needs replacing...to the tune of $400...luckily, it's still under warranty.
So far, I'm not too impressed with this shifter (and I work for a company that builds Ford OEM parts!)
No evidence of any kind of leak. Doesn't seem to be a problem with the transmission, only the shifter.
I'll find out more next week when the new cable is installed.
i have the same ? as chris. be sure to let us know. they may have said 400$ before they knew it was under warranty...i know car dealerships are hurting for money but come on!
that exact same thing has been happening to me, i was thinking about taking it in but after reading that it'll be $400, psh i'm over it, i'll take it to my friend thats a mechanic.
Well, the dealer first disassembled everything and tried to re-lube it.
I've never been successful trying something like this with automobile shift or throttle cables (and I have a motorcycle cable lube kit that I've been using successfully on bikes for years).
The dealer said that the normal cost, parts and installation, is $400.
Luckily, we bought an extended warrantee ....but still the car's only got 27,000 miles on it!
On a funny note...When I took the car to TASCA Ford, my local dealer, the serial number rang up on the work order as a Super Snake! A V6 Snake?! Nobody has any idea how that came up on the computer.
My shifter shifts very hard into park when she is in "R" or when she is in park and shifts into "R". No most of the time when going in or out of reverse, i shift her into "N", wait a second, press the brake in very firmly, then quickly shift. It reduces the "clunk"
STILL waiting for the dealer to get the new shifter so it can be installed.
I would think something like this would be a one or two day delivery...NOT TWO WEEKS!
Not a happy camper here.
Geezer
FINALLY got the new shifter installed...the difference is like night and day. It now shifts smooth as silk.
I got no answers from the mechanic regarding what happened to cause the old one to get so bad. I had asked them to save the old parts but when I asked again, all I got was "They were thrown away". They wouldn't look for them either! Not a good way to build customer satisfaction, that's fer sure.
Geezer
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