# Stuck Gearshift

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/stuck-gearshift/38280>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** nissan, maxima\
**Created:** [October 18, 2009, 4:50pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/stuck-gearshift/38280 "2009-10-18T16:50:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![rrintercessor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/838e76/32.png) [@rrintercessor](https://community.cartalk.com/u/rrintercessor)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2009, 4:50pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/stuck-gearshift/38280/1 "2009-10-18T16:50:23Z")

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Does anybody know why the automatic gearshift would start sticking?  
  
  
  
 It started yesterday and I couldn’t move it all today.

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**Author:** ![Caddyman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/caddyman/32/23_2.png) [@Caddyman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Caddyman)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2009, 5:20pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/stuck-gearshift/38280/2 "2009-10-18T17:20:31Z")

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Probably one of the safety interlocks has failed. Normally, must you step on the brake before you can move the shifter?? Lots of Micky-Mouse linkage to go wrong…

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**Author:** ![rrintercessor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/838e76/32.png) [@rrintercessor](https://community.cartalk.com/u/rrintercessor)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2009, 5:32pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/stuck-gearshift/38280/3 "2009-10-18T17:32:19Z")

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I am going to try that, I’ll let you know how it went.

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**Author:** ![rrintercessor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/838e76/32.png) [@rrintercessor](https://community.cartalk.com/u/rrintercessor)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2009, 5:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/stuck-gearshift/38280/4 "2009-10-18T17:44:43Z")

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It worked. How would I keep the release button from getting stuck when I’m trying to get out of park?

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**Author:** ![Caddyman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/caddyman/32/23_2.png) [@Caddyman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Caddyman)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2009, 5:58pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/stuck-gearshift/38280/5 "2009-10-18T17:58:26Z")

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Try cleaning and lubricating the shift mechanism. PB Blaster with an extension tube attached to the nozzle might be able to get in there and free up the stuck parts. Center console shifters are not very serviceable…