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gear selector lever
soo i drive an automatic '97 mustang.. so ya know the gear selector lever is where a stick shift would be.. well sometimes when im trying to go from park to another gear, it wont budge because the little button thing wont push in. i mash down soo hard even with two hands, turn the wheel, rattle the lever around, anything, and it wont move. other times its perfectly fine. and it only does it sometimes when i try to get out of park. any one know why this could be happening? ive only had the car about 2 weeks [bought it from my uncle who had bought it to resell it] and it passed admissions and everything.
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Try spraying WD40 in the crevice of the button.
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problem is the shift linkage in those fords is connected to the steering column and in a lot of cases the steering wheel will lock up locking the shifter as well. a simple test is mess with the wheel a bit when the car is off, once the wheel lock comes into place, start the car (if it will start, some wheel locks wont allow that even) and then try to put it into gear. it prolly wont do it and wont budge. it's a safety mechanism doing it's job. what you do is simple, push the car, start pushing it down the road and the wheel lock will come off as the wheels are turning. then the shifter lock will turn off as well and you can go. now that's a pretty ghetto fix, but it works.
you could simply take it to a ford mechanic and have them fix it for you, and remove the locking mechanism involved. but that costs money and takes time. good luck!
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