# 2002 Ford Escape Gear Indicator

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2002-ford-escape-gear-indicator/35097>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** escape, transmissions, ford\
**Created:** [August 15, 2009, 6:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2002-ford-escape-gear-indicator/35097 "2009-08-15T18:22:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![MikeM95831](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecae2f/32.png) [@MikeM95831](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeM95831)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2009, 6:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2002-ford-escape-gear-indicator/35097/1 "2009-08-15T18:22:51Z")

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This is a minor issue, because it doesn’t affect at all the way the car runs…  
  
  
  
 Recently, the gear indicator has started indicating that the car is in more than 1 gear; it will indicate P & R, or 1 and R, or… Virtually every combination except the correct one.  
  
  
  
 I want to emphasize that the car is running perfecly normally.  
  
  
  
 Is there a switch I can clean/replace easily that will correct this? I figure it’s just a short.

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**Author:** ![MikeM95831](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecae2f/32.png) [@MikeM95831](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeM95831)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2009, 12:35am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2002-ford-escape-gear-indicator/35097/2 "2009-08-17T00:35:24Z")

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Okay, now this has turned into a major issue: The car won’t start.

Grr.

Could this be the “Transmission Range Sensor”, aka the “Neutral Safety Switch”?