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Re: DIY: How To Temporarily Fix Transmission Shift Cable Fault In Your Car by dave4rella(m): 2:36pm On Nov 02, 2021
Nice one
Re: DIY: How To Temporarily Fix Transmission Shift Cable Fault In Your Car by francofoks: 2:52pm On Nov 02, 2021
I can relate, it happened to me almost a month ago. Fortunately I watched YouTube n fixed it myself.
Re: DIY: How To Temporarily Fix Transmission Shift Cable Fault In Your Car by muheeb01(m): 3:00pm On Nov 02, 2021
This is very educative
Re: DIY: How To Temporarily Fix Transmission Shift Cable Fault In Your Car by seyz91(m): 3:20pm On Nov 02, 2021
cheesy i tell you
Chrizzz:
Na big man dey drive any car for this buhari regime
Re: DIY: How To Temporarily Fix Transmission Shift Cable Fault In Your Car by nitt: 3:24pm On Nov 02, 2021
Very nice.
Thanks for the tip
Re: DIY: How To Temporarily Fix Transmission Shift Cable Fault In Your Car by ableguy(m): 3:26pm On Nov 02, 2021
It's worse in Corollas, I helped one driver one day if not he would have been stranded that day. I showed him what to be doing until he gets to his mechanic, I know they would have told him his gear is faulty just to chop him.
Re: DIY: How To Temporarily Fix Transmission Shift Cable Fault In Your Car by Lxc1: 4:20pm On Nov 02, 2021
Ok
Re: DIY: How To Temporarily Fix Transmission Shift Cable Fault In Your Car by diportivo: 5:01pm On Nov 02, 2021
slimcassi:

Op nice DIY information.

But you should know that not all vehicles one can easily access the shift cable. I know about it when the 2009 Toyota Sienna at home developed the Same problem, the gear shift was too free wen shifting between gears but the vehicle did not engage.

Thought it was an electric fault, called the electrician, after several checks, the electrician discovered it was the shift cable, and it was a Sunday no mechanics available. He opted to do it himself due to experience.

Oga electrician almost dismantled the entire dashboard console just to locate the Shift cable, even after several parts been removed the Shift cable was still a problem to crab hold of completely, he just managed the space and room he had.

He did a little DIY with some parts of an old rubber slippers, cotton wool and super glue.

That got the job done.


now he knows grin



































































meanwhile,the sienna gear lever is mounted on the dash....how else wld whoever get to it if not by dismantling the dashboard? undecided
Re: DIY: How To Temporarily Fix Transmission Shift Cable Fault In Your Car by pswglobal(m): 5:53pm On Nov 02, 2021
Educative. God will continue to increase ur understanding.
Re: DIY: How To Temporarily Fix Transmission Shift Cable Fault In Your Car by Vince77(m): 5:56pm On Nov 02, 2021
Dec 24 2019, 6:30pm was the day I experienced this exact gear cable issue. I slept outside that night in the cold because the mechanic I called wasn't able to fix it till the following morning. Almost ruined my Christmas.

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Re: DIY: How To Temporarily Fix Transmission Shift Cable Fault In Your Car by sisisioge: 6:20pm On Nov 02, 2021
Please what about those ones where it actually starts and shifts well....but once I attempt to accelerate or even brake depending on which gear I've selected, it accelerates briefly before the acceleration meter starts going down and eventually shuts down. Then I usually turn it on again and gently accelerate to get it up enough to move. A mechanic had taken it away for 3 days without being able to unravel the cause even with the use of those scanners. It doesn't ground me but I cant just hurry out in the morning and expect to move immediately....I must spend about 3 to 5mins prepping it.

It's a 2013 Hyundai Accent. Please help.

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Re: DIY: How To Temporarily Fix Transmission Shift Cable Fault In Your Car by kenmaro: 10:55pm On Nov 02, 2021
Exactly how I fixed mine myself on my mazda 6. A very easy DIY job but very technical. It wasn't clicking into park properly and the P won't illuminate on the dashboard cluster causing it not to start at park except on neutral (N). I had to detect that myself and fixed within 10mins. It has a biscuit kind of bushing that wears off overtime.

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Re: DIY: How To Temporarily Fix Transmission Shift Cable Fault In Your Car by slimcassi(m): 8:03am On Nov 03, 2021
diportivo:



now he knows grin




meanwhile,the sienna gear lever is mounted on the dash....how else wld whoever get to it if not by dismantling the dashboard? undecided
You're right, but what I meant when I used the Sienna as example is that, some vehicle's gear lever are mounted on the dash as well but u can easily access the shift cable without having to dismantled almost the entire dashboard console.

For the Sienna, the guy loosed the entire bottom part, i.e clove box, stereo console, the storage space unit, the panel rack that houses the obd connector and even at that he still didn't get enough hold and space of the cable.

Anyway cars alike that, sometimes u know the problem and can see it but to access the problem u'll have to dismantle a whole lot of things just to get to something small.

Thank you
Re: DIY: How To Temporarily Fix Transmission Shift Cable Fault In Your Car by RZArecta(m): 9:42am On Nov 03, 2021
I've subscribed
Re: DIY: How To Temporarily Fix Transmission Shift Cable Fault In Your Car by nairabacks(f): 10:11am On Nov 03, 2021
My car went into nuertral yesterday while in D yesterday on the expressway ... frightening experience.

Please what is the cause ?
I'm too scared to drive it today.
Re: DIY: How To Temporarily Fix Transmission Shift Cable Fault In Your Car by GAZZUZZ(m): 9:54am On Mar 24, 2022
GAZZUZZ:
I am sure this has embarrassed most drivers before, sadly it will happen without notice to most Vehicles.


This Should guide will help you continue your trip and if you creative and can use tools, you can fix the problem your self .



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRxW0GT_yN4


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