Q: I have a 2002 Ford Explorer 4L auto and my shifter lever will not shift into gear but it will shift it out of gear
My car will not shift into gear the shifter lever moves up and down but it will not shift into gear but it will shift out of gear I have to get underneath the truck and put it into gear by using of ranch on the gear shift lever transmission I can't see or haven't looked to see if the linkages came apart but I assume it's together if it's pulling it out of gear what would be my issue is there something loose somewhere or what
My car has 225000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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