# 2002 Ford Taurus SE wont shift into gear **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [October 5, 2014, 6:48am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2002-ford-taurus-se-wont-shift-into-gear/87512 "2014-10-05T06:48:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![fixorepairdaily](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b5a626/32.png) [@fixorepairdaily](https://community.cartalk.com/u/fixorepairdaily)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2014, 6:48am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2002-ford-taurus-se-wont-shift-into-gear/87512/1 "2014-10-05T06:48:51Z")
Found on road dead is right, my car has 160000 miles before it broke down. The early symptoms that I noticed was my brake light would come on every now and then. When my car first broke down a plastic pin or clip that connects to the column above the transmission next to the senor disconnected. I noticed this when my car wouldn’t move and then I put it back into the hole so it can shift into which it did when I started it. I then went to a store and got a metal pin to hold it in place so I can shift into my gears. after I left the store about 30 min later I was trying to get up to speed and my car wouldn’t go over 45 mph and then wouldn’t shift into any gears and I parked it on the did of the road. I later replace the plastic pin that holds the shifter cable to the transmission column and still nothing. I then thought it was the transmission range sensor because the brake light is on and still nothing. When I turn on my car the brake light remains on and I can shift out of park and when i do that it will shift threw all the gears. I’m starting to think my transmission gone but I’m confused why the brake light is on. ---
**Author:** ![pleasedodgevan2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ad7895/32.png) [@pleasedodgevan2](https://community.cartalk.com/u/pleasedodgevan2)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2014, 10:25am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2002-ford-taurus-se-wont-shift-into-gear/87512/2 "2014-10-08T10:25:22Z")
I owned about eight Fords over the years and they were all made like that. 160,000 is about 20,000 more than I would recommend driving one. Get rid of it before it kills you. ---
**Author:** ![missileman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/missileman/32/1366_2.png) [@missileman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/missileman)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2014, 4:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2002-ford-taurus-se-wont-shift-into-gear/87512/3 "2014-10-09T16:45:45Z")
The Ford Taurus and Mercury Sable models of that era had weak transmissions. They have fans on this forum who will say otherwise but I have personal experience with them and I know better. I don’t believe @pleasedodgevan2 is one of those fans after reading his post. Our 2001 model Sable didn’t make it to 100K before needing a transmission and my mother-in-law’s 2003 model fared a little better at 130K. She drove it with a slipping transmission around town for a couple of years but she rarely exceeded 35mph. Your brake light probably comes on because of a badly adjusted or faulty brake light switch. They are about as cheap as a switch can be.