Hard moving Shifter out of "P"...

[JaK FRoSTWhiTE]

This started happening recently. Like one week or so.
I started my car in the morning as usual and let it warm up.
Then i went to get it out of "P" to move it down to "D4".
Well the shifter was being a pain in the ass, i had to use force to move it down.
And i hate using force in the morning

Well that only happened in the morning. But now its happening everytime
getting out of "P".
I've heard that the shifter cable needs to be adjusted...

Is that the cause of the hard shifter...

[FishyMan]

sorry i d k if i can help u but, i seen some cars that have a hard time going in gear, and i suspect it slipping. i've never had anything like that happen to me, but do u feel it changing gears?

do u have enough trans fluid?

[accord91lx]

yes you can try to adjust the cable... but i also recomend that you get some wd-40 or some lithium grease down into the cable... if you take the console out and look at the cable you'll see what i mean.........but yeah it will only get worse until it becomes next to impossiable to move it...then breaks.....which is fun to replace (had this happen on my 91 EX..)

[accordaffair]

My car does the same thing. I disassembled the console and adjusted my cable. Turns out it was already perfect and adjustment couldn't help any. I think I just need a new cable altogether. And I think your situation is the same.

[alb_accord]

well keep in mind u can adjust it in two places. one its by the shifter and one its where it goes in the tranny. i had the same problem... what i did is check the aligment and mess around with the cable going in the tranny.

[accordaffair]

Oh, I didn't know that, it must not have mentioned it in my repair manual.....I'll look at it when it's on the lifts later.

[HondaGuy1212]

i had the same exact problem all your need to do is put your car on a hill or driveway and face the car so its facing down the hill or driveway the reason why is when you spray the wd40 gravity will help and make the liquid go down the shift cable then you will be good to go and have no more struggles to shift from park

[hpaccord91]

i believe it the shift lock mecanism or go under the car and the cable wil be next to the tranny with a cover on it take cover of and spray the shit out it with lube then take center concole off and spray the shift cable with lube and keep bringing back and fourth

[integra_hot]

we fixed it w/ the part called the park brake light, i believe, its part of the brake pedal you will see it.

[alb_accord]

or otherwise called brake sensor etc. the same sensor that makes the lights in the back turn on and unlock the shift mechanism....
wait didn't it make a clicking sound when u push the brake on? if no then that is mostlikely the problem<<<<sometimes doesn't come out of P

[fast93accord]

Speaking of which i did one today at work. It was a bitch to get in and get it aligned, but once the holes aligned, it was a piece of cake from there.

[FishyMan]

THOSE are some nice jordans !!!

[BIGTUFFGUY]

mine does the same thing
its a know problem for our car ,as it gets older

[mrvinyl33]

Just trying to picture the shifter with the console removed. When spraying the cable portion under the console, where exactly do you lube it?

[mrvinyl33]

Any other thoughts on spraying the top portion of this cable?