Navigator won't go.
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Navigator won't go.
Bunch of searching, and haven't found an answer to my particular set of problems.
2000 Navigator 4x4. Wife drove it to work (2 miles) yesterday. Came out of work last night. . .and the car won't move. None of the forward gears work, reverse doesn't work, and switching from A4wd to 4wdH to 4wdL doesn't make any difference.
The OD light on the stalk isn't lit, and nothing happens when you push the button.
Gear selector moves like normal. It *feels* normal. But gears don't engage.
I swapped the filter this morning. Under the car (with the engine off) I can hear things moving around when she shifts gears.
It has been shifting hard from 1st to 2nd for a few months.
She said she didn't notice anything wrong yesterday when she drove it. . .no bangs, no jolts.
We do have snow/ice on the ground. . .read something about maybe the transfer case is in neutral? Any way to check/fix that?
Would the solenoids suddenly go bad AND would that cause none of the gears to engage?
Obviously I'd like to avoid having it towed to a transmission shop. . .anything else I can check/try before that?
2000 Navigator 4x4. Wife drove it to work (2 miles) yesterday. Came out of work last night. . .and the car won't move. None of the forward gears work, reverse doesn't work, and switching from A4wd to 4wdH to 4wdL doesn't make any difference.
The OD light on the stalk isn't lit, and nothing happens when you push the button.
Gear selector moves like normal. It *feels* normal. But gears don't engage.
I swapped the filter this morning. Under the car (with the engine off) I can hear things moving around when she shifts gears.
It has been shifting hard from 1st to 2nd for a few months.
She said she didn't notice anything wrong yesterday when she drove it. . .no bangs, no jolts.
We do have snow/ice on the ground. . .read something about maybe the transfer case is in neutral? Any way to check/fix that?
Would the solenoids suddenly go bad AND would that cause none of the gears to engage?
Obviously I'd like to avoid having it towed to a transmission shop. . .anything else I can check/try before that?
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Bunch of searching, and haven't found an answer to my particular set of problems.
2000 Navigator 4x4. Wife drove it to work (2 miles) yesterday. Came out of work last night. . .and the car won't move. None of the forward gears work, reverse doesn't work, and switching from A4wd to 4wdH to 4wdL doesn't make any difference.
The OD light on the stalk isn't lit, and nothing happens when you push the button.
Gear selector moves like normal. It *feels* normal. But gears don't engage.
I swapped the filter this morning. Under the car (with the engine off) I can hear things moving around when she shifts gears.
It has been shifting hard from 1st to 2nd for a few months.
She said she didn't notice anything wrong yesterday when she drove it. . .no bangs, no jolts.
We do have snow/ice on the ground. . .read something about maybe the transfer case is in neutral? Any way to check/fix that?
Would the solenoids suddenly go bad AND would that cause none of the gears to engage?
Obviously I'd like to avoid having it towed to a transmission shop. . .anything else I can check/try before that?
2000 Navigator 4x4. Wife drove it to work (2 miles) yesterday. Came out of work last night. . .and the car won't move. None of the forward gears work, reverse doesn't work, and switching from A4wd to 4wdH to 4wdL doesn't make any difference.
The OD light on the stalk isn't lit, and nothing happens when you push the button.
Gear selector moves like normal. It *feels* normal. But gears don't engage.
I swapped the filter this morning. Under the car (with the engine off) I can hear things moving around when she shifts gears.
It has been shifting hard from 1st to 2nd for a few months.
She said she didn't notice anything wrong yesterday when she drove it. . .no bangs, no jolts.
We do have snow/ice on the ground. . .read something about maybe the transfer case is in neutral? Any way to check/fix that?
Would the solenoids suddenly go bad AND would that cause none of the gears to engage?
Obviously I'd like to avoid having it towed to a transmission shop. . .anything else I can check/try before that?
As far as the transfer case being in neutral I think it stays in what ever gear you left it in. It shouldnt go into neutral when you shut it down. What do you mean by it it feels like its going into gear. RPMs lower truck bumps fwd a little?
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Transfer case: I just wondered if maybe (auto-4wd) it was in the middle of switching from 4wd to 2wd (or vice versa) when she killed it. . .
RPMs don't change, but the shifter *feels* like it should. Meaning I don't think it is a linkage problem.
RPMs don't change, but the shifter *feels* like it should. Meaning I don't think it is a linkage problem.
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With the shifter in reverse, we can push and move the car.
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In that case the linkage is all good and you've pretty much confirmed that it's either an internal tranny issue or the torque converter broke.
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