When the transmission is in park the car rolls?

Tiny
STEPNE73G
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  • 1998 CHEVROLET TAHOE
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When the car is in park it still rolls.
Tuesday, January 12th, 2021 AT 10:49 PM

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Tiny
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How much does it roll when you put it in park? Does it just roll a foot or two until the parking pawl grabs or does it just continue to roll and not stop?

If it doesn't stop then this could be a couple things. First it could be the shift cable is not getting the vehicle into park so we need to run through the process attached below to replace/adjust the cable.

If this is not the issue then the parking pawl inside the transmission is not engaging and that will require removing and taking the unit apart. This is an unlikely failure so I suspect this is the cable.

Let us know what questions you have. Thanks
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Monday, January 25th, 2021 AT 2:52 PM
Tiny
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Thank you so much for your time Sir.
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Tuesday, January 26th, 2021 AT 12:21 AM
Tiny
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You are welcome. Let us know what you find on this. I am sure the solution for this will help others so if you get time to give us an update, that would be great. Either way, thanks for using 2CarPros.
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Tuesday, January 26th, 2021 AT 4:02 PM

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