My Mountaineer is trying to commit suicide
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My Mountaineer is trying to commit suicide
In the last two days, my 98 mountaineer has rolled three feet into the street while I was eating lunch in a restaurant and then rolled a foot toward a retaining pond at a store I was at. I was only in the store for 20 minutes and the incline was very minimal either time. But today it rolled forward and yesterday it rolled backward -while in park. Any suggestions?? Thanks!
5.0 124,000 miles 4x4
5.0 124,000 miles 4x4
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I think you should have a reliable Trans shop check the linkage adjustment and they might have to pull the pan on the trans to make sure the park pawl assembly is not broken or loose.
You might want to hurry before it hits some or another vehicle
You might want to hurry before it hits some or another vehicle
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mrk is right, there is a pawl that drops into the gear set and stops things from moving. without that it can roll forward or badk. you could just be out of adjustment or it could be broke off. you can test by stoping on a slight hill, put in park and lit off the brake. (dont get out). does it feel like to goes into park-- also look at the needle on dash.
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I've never heard of the pawl, I'll have to have my buddy at the local tranny shop check into it. That makes me feel a little better, I was picturing low compression allowing the motor to turn over and it to move! But it runs great. I haven't used the parking brake yet for fear it will stick on me. Thankfully this part of Indiana is really flat!! Thanks guys!
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I took a manual transmission class, I've never had the pleasure of digging into an automatic. I don't plan on it either! Is that something my incredibly mechanically inclined husband could look at? He rebuilds motors and basically everything but transmissions. Is it visible as soon as the pan is off? We are going to change all the fluid and filter anyway this weekend. Would the repair manual show something like that?
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If it is an AWD make sure that your front drive shaft spline is not stripped, or either of your front axles. If any of these parts are stripped then the car will creep on an incline even when the parking pawl is engaged in the transmission.