# 2006 Ford Taurus X jumping out of gear when parked?

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-ford-taurus-x-jumping-out-of-gear-when-parked/118647>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** taurusx, ford\
**Created:** [June 4, 2018, 8:07pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-ford-taurus-x-jumping-out-of-gear-when-parked/118647 "2018-06-04T20:07:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![Pratt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c77e96/32.png) [@Pratt](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Pratt)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2018, 8:07pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-ford-taurus-x-jumping-out-of-gear-when-parked/118647/1 "2018-06-04T20:07:41Z")

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do these cars have any jumping out of gear when parked

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**Author:** ![circuitsmith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/circuitsmith/32/40376_2.png) [@circuitsmith](https://community.cartalk.com/u/circuitsmith)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2018, 9:21pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-ford-taurus-x-jumping-out-of-gear-when-parked/118647/2 "2018-06-04T21:21:42Z")

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Only if the shift linkage or the parking pawl arm are knackered.

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**Author:** ![sgtrock21](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/sgtrock21/32/246_2.png) [@sgtrock21](https://community.cartalk.com/u/sgtrock21)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 3:41am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-ford-taurus-x-jumping-out-of-gear-when-parked/118647/3 "2018-06-05T03:41:51Z")

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Got a recall notice on our 1985 Crown Victoria for jumping out of park (which it never did) in the late 1990s when we no longer had the car. I would check for a recall on the Taurus which could still be valid.