# Escort ZX2 Shifter able to be pulled up and pushed down **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** escort, manual-transmissions\ **Created:** [March 17, 2016, 12:43am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/escort-zx2-shifter-able-to-be-pulled-up-and-pushed-down/92786 "2016-03-17T00:43:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![shorteLuv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@shorteLuv](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shorteLuv)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 12:43am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/escort-zx2-shifter-able-to-be-pulled-up-and-pushed-down/92786/1 "2016-03-17T00:43:34Z")
I’m not sure if it’s a missing bolt or another issue, but my shifter just started becoming “sticky” while in neutral. Sticky meaning when I go to slide it side to side while in neutral it’s slow, and it’s slow to return to the middle when I release it on the left just under 1st (while in neutral). I noticed that I can pull up on the shifter and it actually lifts and glides easily then, but add I shift over the day it pushes back down and repeats. Goes into and out of gear ok, I hear some grinding nose even in neutral unless I lift up on the shifter. Side note that may be unrelated, my hand break stopped laying flat when disengaged. I it pops up slightly causing the break light to come on. Both began about the same time. Thoughts? Solutions? ---
**Author:** ![BillRussell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/billrussell/32/3179_2.png) [@BillRussell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/BillRussell)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 1:23am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/escort-zx2-shifter-able-to-be-pulled-up-and-pushed-down/92786/2 "2016-03-17T01:23:02Z")
Manual or automatic? “brake” ---
**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 1:25am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/escort-zx2-shifter-able-to-be-pulled-up-and-pushed-down/92786/3 "2016-03-17T01:25:32Z")
Year? Tester ---
**Author:** ![shorteLuv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@shorteLuv](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shorteLuv)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 1:49am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/escort-zx2-shifter-able-to-be-pulled-up-and-pushed-down/92786/4 "2016-03-17T01:49:05Z")
Sorry, I thought that was included. It’s manual, the hand/ebrake, 1999 escort zx2 ---
**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 2:06am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/escort-zx2-shifter-able-to-be-pulled-up-and-pushed-down/92786/5 "2016-03-17T02:06:06Z")
You need to have someone remove the center console to determine why the shifter is loose and why the parking brake doesn’t function properly. Tester ---
**Author:** ![shorteLuv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@shorteLuv](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shorteLuv)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 3:48am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/escort-zx2-shifter-able-to-be-pulled-up-and-pushed-down/92786/6 "2016-03-17T03:48:02Z")
Thanks, I’m going someone has had this happen before. I will pull the consul when I have time and see.