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Car would not start until I fiddled with the gear lever

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Old 03-25-2015, 08:48 PM
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Default Car would not start until I fiddled with the gear lever

Hello;

Today I had a rather unpleasant experience. I took my grandmother to a outpatient procedure, and when I went to pick up the car to go home afterwards it would not start. I tried playing with the gear shifter and then the car started. It seems like it "thought" it wasn't in "park". I have tried to duplicate this but could not, but it happened once before about six months ago. I do not like things that prevent me from starting my car.

What is starting to go here? What needs to be replaced?

thanks for any help
 
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Old 03-25-2015, 09:53 PM
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You probably need to adjust the selector lever cable and gearbox lever/shaft to sync everything up. There is a special plastic tool to set the selector lever and then adjust. All info is in JTIS.

You don't need the special tool but it helps.

bob gauff
 
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