# 2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee Gear shift lever

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2000-jeep-grand-cherokee-gear-shift-lever/17738>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [August 6, 2008, 1:11am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2000-jeep-grand-cherokee-gear-shift-lever/17738 "2008-08-06T01:11:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![stevetucke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b2d939/32.png) [@stevetucke](https://community.cartalk.com/u/stevetucke)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2008, 1:11am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2000-jeep-grand-cherokee-gear-shift-lever/17738/1 "2008-08-06T01:11:12Z")

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Button sticks which prevents removing the ignition key. Dealer cost to fix is over $600! There is a piece of fabric sticking out over the button. Tugging on this will allow removal of the key. Surely there must be some other way to fix this - other than replacing the entire lever.

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**Author:** ![Roadrunner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d2c977/32.png) [@Roadrunner](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Roadrunner)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2008, 3:20am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2000-jeep-grand-cherokee-gear-shift-lever/17738/2 "2008-08-06T03:20:11Z")

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Use a box cutter and trim the fabric.