i did a search and nothing came up with nothing. my shifter is stiff only when its cold out. you really have to pull down hard to get to R or D5. after you drive and the car is fully warmed up, its back to normal when shifting back to park or any other gears. anyone else come across this problem?

 

ummm..... are you pushing the brake when you shift out of park, cause there is a thing called a shift interlock

 

grease up the hinges that are under the cover.

 

try opening it up and see whats wrong with it
that dont sound right

 

have you ever spilled anything on it. it could be just sticky

 

Was that a joke bro?

 

Thats what i would ask. Has any thing ever been spilled in that area. You may need to take the console apart and clean the shifter up and regrease things.

 

I spilled coffee there b4 but i took it apart and cleaned it already.. Might just be that i didnt do a good job cleaning.. Any suggestions on what to use to clean it?

 

Do u have a picture of the hinge that you're talking about?

 

I've opened it up to clean it b4.. Might be the coffee i spilled a long time ago

 

Open it back up and get some grease in there.

 

Grease anything that moves. Simple green works great

 

I'll try that when i get a chance this weekend

 

Thanks bro, can i buy this simple green stuff at autozone or a walmart?

 

yeah, dont use alcohol, dumbass me thought, yeah this'll clean it up nice and good, yeah well it took some of the finish off the plastic parts it's not too bad though.

 

I have this SAME exact problem, only when it's cold though. It's the weirdest thing

 

spilled drinks will also short out the shifter circuit senders units- 3 of them are located underneath a plate below the shifter handle
The only moving mechanical parts are at the handle- the rest is electronic signals- no connection between trans and shifter handle

 

then what is that shifter cable doing then

 

theres a shifter cable? oops- hope thats my last mistake for the year dededeeee
I thought we were fly by wire on the trans signals-
why does it use the 3 electronic sensors for shift `request` by driver?
Dealer wanted 700 to replace mine so I sprayed crc electronic cleaner with a straw everywhere I could get it- getting stuck in SS mode problem solved

 

you mean in SS, cause one is to up shift, an other to down shift, and the third is to proably tell when it is in SS

 

Dang- I learned something new this year- thanks fries!