Did a post on Scoobymods, but got little reaction, so I thought I'd try my luck here.
Having two problems on a 2004 XS:
Shifting between gears is not very fluid - I get a kind of creaking sound of plastic on plastic. It seems to me to be a problem more at the base of the shifter itself, than the linkage into the transmission. I'd like to lubricate appropriately. Does anyone have a procedure for dis-assembly to get at the points of contact? I see how to at least get the cover off in this procedure, but was hoping someone had been in a bit deeper on the automatic shifter.
Also, I have what must be a neutral safety switch, or shift interlock issue. Sometimes, when in Park, attempting to engage the starter motor gets no reaction. When you move the shifter left-right in the Park position, however, you can hear a relay click, so I thought that the mechanism for determining that the lever was in park was working correctly. My wife says that pushing the lever forward "past" park makes it work again. I saw another suggestion to simply try in neutral, but when this problem occurs, it won't allow you to move the lever out of park. When you do get it back into the state where it does allow you to move it out of park, it starts then anyway, so there's no need to to to neutral.
I would like to know exactly what the lockout mechanism is. I figured that if I move it from left to right in Park, and can hear a relay click, that it is disengaging/engaging the shift interlock microswitch. Apparently not, though, because when everything is working fine, it will start fine when the lever is either to the left or the right in Park. Does anyone know what that relay click signifies?
So there must be another sensor involved beyond the relay click one I'm hearing.
Thanks,
David
Having two problems on a 2004 XS:
Shifting between gears is not very fluid - I get a kind of creaking sound of plastic on plastic. It seems to me to be a problem more at the base of the shifter itself, than the linkage into the transmission. I'd like to lubricate appropriately. Does anyone have a procedure for dis-assembly to get at the points of contact? I see how to at least get the cover off in this procedure, but was hoping someone had been in a bit deeper on the automatic shifter.
Also, I have what must be a neutral safety switch, or shift interlock issue. Sometimes, when in Park, attempting to engage the starter motor gets no reaction. When you move the shifter left-right in the Park position, however, you can hear a relay click, so I thought that the mechanism for determining that the lever was in park was working correctly. My wife says that pushing the lever forward "past" park makes it work again. I saw another suggestion to simply try in neutral, but when this problem occurs, it won't allow you to move the lever out of park. When you do get it back into the state where it does allow you to move it out of park, it starts then anyway, so there's no need to to to neutral.
I would like to know exactly what the lockout mechanism is. I figured that if I move it from left to right in Park, and can hear a relay click, that it is disengaging/engaging the shift interlock microswitch. Apparently not, though, because when everything is working fine, it will start fine when the lever is either to the left or the right in Park. Does anyone know what that relay click signifies?
So there must be another sensor involved beyond the relay click one I'm hearing.
Thanks,
David
