I had just started the car (I had to press the accelerator over the past month so it wouldn't die, sometimes even at trafic lights, basically the rpms would idle iratically -usually underreving the engine), anyhow, at about 200 yards from my house I heard a 'thump' coming from the engine after which the engine kept running but all the gears from Park to Low have no effect on the car -- I gotta say that now the shifter works/slides quite easily!
Anybody?
2006-08-31 05:17:17 · 11 answers · asked by JoHn B 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
I had just started the car (I had to press the accelerator over the past month so it wouldn't die, sometimes even at trafic lights, basically the rpms would idle iratically -usually underreving the engine), anyhow, at about 200 yards from my house I heard a 'thump', possibly after putting it in neutral, coming from the engine after which the engine kept running but all the gears from Park to Low have no effect on the car -- I gotta say that now the shifter works/slides quite easily!
Oh this happened just before a traffic light. I usually put the car in neutral so it wouldn't underrev and turn off- yes, its an automatic - now that i think about it it seems that it's stuck in neutral since even Park wont hold
Do the additional detail make it any more clear?
2006-08-31 06:25:18 · update #1
Check the linkage (from shifter to transmission), then check the drive shaft (rear wheel drive) or half axles (front wheel drive)
If this is all okay, it is probably the transmission.
2006-08-31 05:28:49 · answer #1 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like a broken shifter cable or the bolts mounting the shifter bracket at the transmission is loose or fell off..
2006-08-31 06:46:10 · answer #2 · answered by wright works 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like the shifter has come disconnected somewhere. It could even be on the inside of the transmission.
2006-08-31 05:25:49 · answer #3 · answered by smoke 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The transmission was the "thump" you heard. It thumped out. The gears are gone. Sorry!
2006-08-31 05:24:19 · answer #4 · answered by ed 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if your car is front wheel drive then you broke your cv joint if this happens the no gear will hold the car or it wont pull lots of luck
2006-08-31 13:22:49 · answer #5 · answered by gregoryfarve 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Another job for the transmission mechanic
2006-08-31 05:30:13 · answer #6 · answered by Handyman 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cv joint............if broken the car will not sit even in park and will not pull in any gear. Check the cv joint.
2006-08-31 10:59:53 · answer #7 · answered by turbietech 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
bad news , no details bout your car but if its front wheel drive cv joints possible
2006-08-31 05:54:37 · answer #8 · answered by foothill4fun 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ouch! This sounds expensive, like a new gearbox.
2006-08-31 05:22:47 · answer #9 · answered by nomore 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You just broke a CV joint didn't you.
I told you to be careful with my car,,damn you..
2006-08-31 05:26:55 · answer #10 · answered by Vulcan 1 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋