My Shifter Is Messed Up!!!

[ddba12]

Well I have had this problem since I bought the car but never seemed to care that much, and never noticed it till a while ago. My shifter moves without even pressing the button! It even moves when the car is off and when im driving. This can end up being a pretty dangerous and expensive problem if I don't get it fixed. Is the shifter itself broken, or is it something inside the transmission? Something happened like this to my buddies Chrysler LHS and it was almost a grand to get fixed. I amhopeing its just the shifter because I have seen them for like 12 bucks on ebay.

[gutlesschimp]

Is the little locket thing all the way in? Locking the nob to the actual shifter.

[ddba12]

Im not really sure what knob your talkin about other than the knob/button that you press in with your right thumb. I do press that in all the way but it doesn't do anything. I don't even have to press it in and it moves.

[exnine@gmail.com]

I think that your shifter is broken. The only way to know for sure is to take it off of the car, see if you can move the stick/ pole part up and down the gears without pressing the plastic on the top. (Without the shifter on.)

Depending on whats broken inside it might be cheaper to purchase another, or an after market shift knob. But then again. It might be an easy fix. Hope this helps. =/

[gutlesschimp]

Can you take the shifter off without doing nething right now?