# My shift lever is stiff when it's hot! (Dodge Grand Caravan) **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** caravan, dodge\ **Created:** [July 27, 2010, 5:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/my-shift-lever-is-stiff-when-its-hot-dodge-grand-caravan/52568 "2010-07-27T17:44:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Swampfoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a6a055/32.png) [@Swampfoot](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Swampfoot)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 5:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/my-shift-lever-is-stiff-when-its-hot-dodge-grand-caravan/52568/1 "2010-07-27T17:44:30Z")
Okay, get your minds outta the gutter, I’m serious. 2000 Dodge Grand Caravan, front wheel drive only, 3.8 engine, 3-speed automatic transmission. If the car is in stop and go traffic, idling awhile at a drive-thru, or just idling while waiting for my wife to get shoes, the shift lever becomes very difficult to move. It’s very tight and makes a creak when it’s moved from Park to Drive, or from any position to any other position. I fear that someday it will become impossible to move at all. I tried spraying hi-temp lubricant onto the linkage that I could see under the hood, but it made no difference. I have a Haynes manual and it mentions a shift cable, but does not say how to replace it if that is the issue. Why would a cable be any more difficult to move when it gets hot, anyway? Thanks for any insight you guys and gals may have! ---
**Author:** ![ignoramus9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/d07c76/32.png) [@ignoramus9](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ignoramus9)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 5:49pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/my-shift-lever-is-stiff-when-its-hot-dodge-grand-caravan/52568/2 "2010-07-27T17:49:39Z")
well the very first line of your post shot a big hole in my reply. dang.