Hard to shift out of park

[MoDawG]

My brother has a 92 Accord which is hard to pull out of park, but switching to all the other gears works fine. Only from P ---> R is you have to tug it.

[vietkid_2006]

replace your shifter cable.

it's kind of expensive but i would get it replaced before it fails on you.

it's 100+ at Honda

[whitejdmcb7]

are you parking on a hill???

[dano28]

^^^^^ Yep..and...is he applying the hand brake ??

[MoDawG]

It does it all the time whether parked up a hill, down a hill or on a flat road. Parking break on or off. Could it be the shift linkage?

[Hondapawa]

It does it all the time whether parked up a hill, down a hill or on a flat road. Parking break on or off. Could it be the shift linkage?

It did it on my car and i've replaced the Shifter cable. Problem solved !

[vietkid_2006]

It does it all the time whether parked up a hill, down a hill or on a flat road. Parking break on or off. Could it be the shift linkage?

yes i just told you that up there. ^^^ replace your shift cable. it'll be smooth again.

[Potatoswatter]

I didn't realize mine was stiff, and one day while moving cross country, in the middle of nowhere in Iowa, it seized up completely. I managed to put it in drive, where it stayed until I got to Oregon, and moving, until I got it to a garage. At the garage, I finally had to do a 3-point turn to pull in, and we had fun turning it off and pushing it backward .

So yeah, fix it before that happens.

[vietkid_2006]

I didn't realize mine was stiff, and one day while moving cross country, in the middle of nowhere in Iowa, it seized up completely. I managed to put it in drive, where it stayed until I got to Oregon, and moving, until I got it to a garage. At the garage, I finally had to do a 3-point turn to pull in, and we had fun turning it off and pushing it backward .

So yeah, fix it before that happens.

like i said. fix it before damage happens.

and that's ironic how you got stuck in Iowa. i live in Iowa

[MoDawG]

like i said. fix it before damage happens.

and that's ironic how you got stuck in Iowa. i live in Iowa

How hard is it to change it?

[MoDawG]

is there any write up?

[vietkid_2006]

sorry i don't know. i had my mechanic do it for me....

[Sarthos]

Shift cable for sure. I was driving to work from my house and noticed my rear seat wasn't latched so I shifted into park while I was still in my development and shut it, but the car started rolling backwards. Then I kept trying to get it to shift right but no matter what I did or where it was on it only did reverse and neutral so I reversed half a mile to my house.

To replace it, 2 people is nice. Have one person move the shifter knob while the car is off and you're under the car. You should see the cable moving near the bottom of the transmission. There's a cover over it you have to remove. Remove the cover and you can bolt that side on. Remove the center console and the shifter knob and shifter assembly so you can attach the cable to the shifter inside the car. I think I had to drop the exhaust for some reason during the process. It's not hard though.

[nighthawk57]

that is the shifter control cable for sure!I had this problem with my old cb7 and i did not fix it and one day i could not shift out of park at ALL!I had to tow the car and it was a PITA to get ot on the towing without breaking the tranny Park pin.Get it fix asap,you will save in the long run

I have pics from my Haynes repair book but i dunno how to post pics,i will try to find a way to post them.

[nighthawk57]