# Console

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/console/61090>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** mustang, transmissions, ford\
**Created:** [February 8, 2011, 11:53pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/console/61090 "2011-02-08T23:53:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![johanneskeppler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/aeb1de/32.png) [@johanneskeppler](https://community.cartalk.com/u/johanneskeppler)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2011, 11:53pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/console/61090/1 "2011-02-08T23:53:49Z")

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My Mustang is an automatic. The shifter in the console sticks when changing gears. At times, I have to keep it half way into another gear or else I hear grinding or the car won’t go into gear. Is it my transmission or my console?

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**Author:** ![ken\_green](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/ken_green/32/816_2.png) [@ken\_green](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ken_green)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2011, 11:57pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/console/61090/2 "2011-02-08T23:57:07Z")

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Year ?

Cable or cable adjustment.

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**Author:** ![BustedKnuckles](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bustedknuckles/32/25_2.png) [@BustedKnuckles](https://community.cartalk.com/u/BustedKnuckles)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2011, 11:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/console/61090/3 "2011-02-08T23:59:19Z")

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Probably the shifter is out of adjustment or there is something broken in it. It is hooked to a cable that moves a lever on the side of the transmission. Have it looked at immediately by a good shop. This is not good for the longevity of the transmission. Keep this up much longer, and it will be the transmission ($$$$$$).