1999 Toyota Camry Transmission Stuck in Park

1999 TOYOTA CAMRY
89,000 MILES • 6 CYL • FWD • AUTOMATIC
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ROADRUNER
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I have had a 99 Camry sitting idle deciding what to do with it.Finally my neighbor agreed to let me store the car in her garage.Before I took it off the road my mechanic told me I would have to replace the transmission sensor.This is a spare car I inherited so insted of keeping it on the road I dropped the reg and ins and am now storing it.The problem is when I started it up and drove it around the neighborhood the shifting was difficult.As I pulled into the garage I put it in park and realized I wasn't in far enough.When I went to shift into drive to move forward the shift lever was just loose and not responding to any gears.It went up and down the p,n,d,etc but it felt like a cable was gone.I s this on account of the sensor letting go?It seems like I will have to have it towed out of the garage and to my mechanic in the spring.Any thoughts.Thanks
Oct 22, 2008 at 6:03 PM
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RASMATAZ
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Hi roadruner and welcome to 2carpros

What you need to do is go underneath and inspect the linkages could be loose
Oct 22, 2008 at 6:16 PM
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