# Gear shift stuck

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/gear-shift-stuck/73996>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** explorer, ford\
**Created:** [August 9, 2012, 12:48pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/gear-shift-stuck/73996 "2012-08-09T12:48:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Coxy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Coxy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Coxy)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 12:48pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/gear-shift-stuck/73996/1 "2012-08-09T12:48:58Z")

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I was pulling into my driveway. I put the car in park, but when i went to get out of the car, it started to roll forward. When I finally got it stopped, I tried to shift it, and it wouldn’t shift to any spot. Then it became stuck in between Park and Reverse. I can’t move the gear shift and I have no idea what to do. HELP!

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**Author:** ![RemcoW](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/remcow/32/2471_2.png) [@RemcoW](https://community.cartalk.com/u/RemcoW)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 3:00pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/gear-shift-stuck/73996/2 "2012-08-09T15:00:03Z")

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What kind of make/model is it?  
On many cars there’s a shifter override in front of the stick that you insert a key into to move the shifter without having to put a key in the ignition. Look in your manual.