# The Mysterious Shifter Handle on my 1995 Toyota Avalon

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-mysterious-shifter-handle-on-my-1995-toyota-avalon/18939>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** transmissions, toyota\
**Created:** [August 31, 2008, 11:34pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-mysterious-shifter-handle-on-my-1995-toyota-avalon/18939 "2008-08-31T23:34:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![j.weisman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bc8723/32.png) [@j.weisman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/j.weisman)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2008, 11:34pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-mysterious-shifter-handle-on-my-1995-toyota-avalon/18939/1 "2008-08-31T23:34:27Z")

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My 1995 AvalonXLS drives beatifully without any problems until yesterday at 189,000 miles, the handle used for shifting the transmission started to make a rubbing noise that went from whisper to where it could be clearly heard, at which point I could feel a little vibration. Car still rides great. No sign of transmission problems. Not due for transmission service for another 13,000 miles. Any thoughts?

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**Author:** ![researcher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/edb3f5/32.png) [@researcher](https://community.cartalk.com/u/researcher)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2008, 5:29pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-mysterious-shifter-handle-on-my-1995-toyota-avalon/18939/2 "2008-09-02T17:29:22Z")

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Just to help us lurkers, is this transmission a manual or an automatic? Is the engine an I4 or a V6? What size is the engine?

I am thinking something is rubbing up against the cable houseing(s). But it could be low oil level on a manual transmission.