Q: Cannot get in gear.

asked by on January 06, 2017

Have a 2007 Pacifica. Has 74000 miles . Went to drive it and the gear shift would not go into reverse. There is a clicking sound at the gear shift control when I try to put in gear. Of course I pressed the break before I tried to put it in reverse. Any ideas.

My car has 74000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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