# Sticky shift lever on hot days

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/sticky-shift-lever-on-hot-days/80614>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** toyota, camry\
**Created:** [July 29, 2013, 6:16pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/sticky-shift-lever-on-hot-days/80614 "2013-07-29T18:16:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![ypli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/e9c0ed/32.png) [@ypli](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ypli)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2013, 6:16pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/sticky-shift-lever-on-hot-days/80614/1 "2013-07-29T18:16:05Z")

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My 2000 Camry --4 cyc has a problem with the shift lever on hot days. It is hard to move from P to R to N to D and the other way back to P. There has never been any liquid spill on it. In cold days, the lever shifts fine. Does anybody have any idea?

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**Author:** ![knfenimore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9fc348/32.png) [@knfenimore](https://community.cartalk.com/u/knfenimore)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2013, 8:49pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/sticky-shift-lever-on-hot-days/80614/2 "2013-07-29T20:49:09Z")

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There is a service bulletin for Canada #1124 that is for your problem. It replaces a pin on the Automatic Transmission shift linkage.

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**Author:** ![ypli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/e9c0ed/32.png) [@ypli](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ypli)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2013, 5:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/sticky-shift-lever-on-hot-days/80614/3 "2013-08-01T17:23:57Z")

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Thanks to knfenimore’s reply but I could not get a copy of the service bulletin for Canada #1124. An independent garage changed the shift cable for $500 and the problem is gone for now.