# 1999 Dodge Durango won't move

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/1999-dodge-durango-wont-move/113942>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** dodge, durango\
**Created:** [March 18, 2018, 8:12pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1999-dodge-durango-wont-move/113942 "2018-03-18T20:12:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![JohnLilley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ccd318/32.png) [@JohnLilley](https://community.cartalk.com/u/JohnLilley)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2018, 8:12pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1999-dodge-durango-wont-move/113942/1 "2018-03-18T20:12:06Z")

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picked the car up used toed it home was told it needed a brake line. It starts up and runs great just won’t move in any gear. but if you put it in gear and push on the windshield washer knob it will go. any ideas please help.

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**Author:** ![Nevada\_545](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nevada_545/32/41232_2.png) [@Nevada\_545](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Nevada_545)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2018, 10:09pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1999-dodge-durango-wont-move/113942/2 "2018-03-18T22:09:15Z")

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> [@JohnLilley](#):
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> but if you put it in gear and push on the windshield washer knob it will go.

The transmission will only engage when the windshield washer button is pushed? That is something I’d like to see.

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**Author:** ![Yosemite](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/yosemite/32/643_2.png) [@Yosemite](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Yosemite)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2018, 9:35pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1999-dodge-durango-wont-move/113942/3 "2018-03-19T21:35:20Z")

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That will confuse those car thieves.

Yosemite

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**Author:** ![It\_s-Me](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/it_s-me/32/12660_2.png) [@It\_s-Me](https://community.cartalk.com/u/It_s-Me)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2018, 9:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1999-dodge-durango-wont-move/113942/4 "2018-03-19T21:46:14Z")

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Doesn’t anybody screen these calls? 🙂