hard to get car into Park

[ez8o5]

its hard to get my car out or back into park on a auto tranny, what should i do or what is my problem

[qbodsyt]

my old auto accord had that problem and all my mechanic ever did was lube the cable......i needed to get it redone every two years or so, but it did the trick

[Leung]

i found out i had to do that same thing the other day when i installed the junk yard auto lever but i also cut off about a quarter of an inch on the black tab that slides up and down as you move the lever. i only did that because i thought it was too long and was hitting the shift linkage and it wouldn't go any further. also what kind of grease are you using? i used white lithium grease.

[johnwiltfongjr]

I replaced my transmission and had the same problem. I ended up adjusting the shift cable in the console to fix the problem. It was only a tad off but just enough to make it hard to shift from park or into park. Haynes manual has a pretty easy procedure to do the adjustment.

[qbodsyt]

i used white lithium too. it seemed to work well, it just gets so damned cold up in the great white north that you pretty much have to relube everything every couple of years.

and yeah, haynes is a terrific book for things like this, grab one (its only about 25-30 bucks)

[Leung]

i'll adjust the cable also then if that will help solve the problem since i still have the center console cover off.