Hi
My wife drives a 2002 Honda Odyssey and started complaining that the gear shifter would slide between gears, so I test drove it. She is correct - the Odyssey almost effortlessly slides between gears, like something is stripped or worn. It stays in gear, it's just WAYYY too easy to shift (no brake or effort required to shift). If I drive it slow enough, I can shift it from Drive to Reverse.. while I'm moving! Not cool! The auto trans seems to shift and act fine - it's the gear shifter that seems worn.
I adjusted the shifter cable (as per Haynes manual instructions), but it didn't help. One thing I did notice, when I disconnected the shift cable & pushed it all the way in, I pulled it back two clicks (to get to Neutral). I felt it click from P to Reverse, but I could hardly tell when it went from Reverse to Neutral. Make sense? Any ideas of what it might be or where to look?
tks for the HEP!
Dave
My wife drives a 2002 Honda Odyssey and started complaining that the gear shifter would slide between gears, so I test drove it. She is correct - the Odyssey almost effortlessly slides between gears, like something is stripped or worn. It stays in gear, it's just WAYYY too easy to shift (no brake or effort required to shift). If I drive it slow enough, I can shift it from Drive to Reverse.. while I'm moving! Not cool! The auto trans seems to shift and act fine - it's the gear shifter that seems worn.
I adjusted the shifter cable (as per Haynes manual instructions), but it didn't help. One thing I did notice, when I disconnected the shift cable & pushed it all the way in, I pulled it back two clicks (to get to Neutral). I felt it click from P to Reverse, but I could hardly tell when it went from Reverse to Neutral. Make sense? Any ideas of what it might be or where to look?
tks for the HEP!
Dave
Jul 19, 2010 at 11:34 AM
