Shifter Detent

[SilverBullet75]

I remembered this thread when I got in my car this morning... mine has a firm stop at Drive. There is effort to put it in 3rd. Hope that doesn't scare you.

[deermagnet]

Sounds like everything is fine with your shifter. Where you see the black arrows, you can shift freely without pushing the button. To shift in positions shown with the white arrows, you must push the button first.


Mark

[Tone]

Once you press the button and move to reverse, you can move all the way to 3rd and back to N WITHOUT pressing the button - back out of the driveway and then move it to D or 3 - 3rd is prefered for city driving so the VX has more power does not have to unlock the converter and downshift so often.

[mrtew]

To the first poster.... are you saying your shifter doesn't stop at all at the D position or just that it doesn't lock into D and require the button to move further? Mine definitely stops very securely in D before moving further down to 3, but it doesn't lock in D.

[Sheik-YurBooty]

Tone, what do you mean when you stated 3rd is prefered for city driving? Can you please explain, and at what speed can you take it to in 3rd w/out harming the tranny? Thanx, Bruce

[scarpezio]

Thanks for the info. The diagram explained it perfectly. Yes, the shifter has a detent in D but I was curious as to if it should stop in D and require a button push to go to 3. Diagram says no so it is working as expected

[xdfarrx]

I think Tone pretty clear as what he said. The tranny is going to do less shifting in third, as the torque converter as well, subsequently being easier on the tranny... and use the power button which also tightens shifting. Do search for further explanation on this topic...