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stuck in park?
#575380 July 22nd 2012 7:46 pm
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03 dodge ram van.wife had the van.we just got back from camping. drops friend off. goes to leave, van wont go into drive. she says van is running but cant put into gear, stuck. what can it be? thanks.

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65dreamin #575388 July 22nd 2012 8:02 pm
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doesnt move on shifter

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(1) try pulling the gear shift towards you when you try and shift gears
(2) if that doesn't work, crawl under the van and see i there is something bent, misadjusted, or jamming the linkage
(3) if that doesn't work, you re going to have to drop the pan and see if something is jammed in the transmission itself

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65dreamin #575507 July 23rd 2012 11:48 am
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Does the linkage move at all or the shifter move at all?? its possible a connected piece of linkage came off, lost the retaining pin holding it to the transmission or what not. Worth looking into at least smile


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65dreamin #575511 July 23rd 2012 12:16 pm
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well,she says last night she got in van and now its working?????

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65dreamin #575522 July 23rd 2012 1:53 pm
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gear shift lever??

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65dreamin #575523 July 23rd 2012 1:54 pm
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check to make sure the steering wheel wasn"t turn the whole way one way or the other.. My pick-up sometimes does that.. Just have to turn wheel a bit . know that sounds simple but just food for thought.

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65dreamin #575524 July 23rd 2012 2:11 pm
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I'm not a Dodge guy but most late model vehicles have some type of shift lever/brake pedal interlock.
(My GMC has a brake pedal activated solenoid that pulls a cable release for the shift lever.) I'm not sure what type of interlock Dodge has but I would check to see if it's working properly.

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65dreamin #575533 July 23rd 2012 3:17 pm
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yeah all the newer vehicle have brake interlocks on them my lebaron failed on me so I ended up breaking it off, but lebaron's very different from 03 ramvan. I don't have much info for you there. Check the brake pedal, sometimes there's an extra linkage on it it may be coming loose or something. Only thing I can think of.


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