Here's a strange one.. i got in the car after work today and as i went to shift into drive i heard a crack. i thought nothing of it and drove home.. when i got hope i couldn't get the shifter into Park.. only drive and neutral.

i took the shift knob off and the plastic bar thing that allow you change gears has snapped!!!!

HELP!!
anyone have this happen??
any suggestions would be helpful.

i'll try and glue it but i dunno... (i also got no reverse cos of this!)

is it just the button ontop? best bet mitsu or wreckers

Here's a strange one.. i got in the car after work today and as i went to shift into drive i heard a crack. i thought nothing of it and drove home.. when i got hope i couldn't get the shifter into Park.. only drive and neutral. i took the shift knob off and the plastic bar thing that allow you change gears has snapped!!!! HELP!! anyone have this happen?? any suggestions would be helpful. i'll try and glue it but i dunno... (i also got no reverse cos of this!)

Hey mannix !
What that plastic bar is: its a saftey devise so you must depress the gear shift knob so you can not accidently push the shift up into reverse or park when your driving along !
Its only a 4 millimeter roundish plastic white strip like a piece of spagetti !
If im correct at the moment you can only select 1,2,3,4, and netral !
If you undo the gear nob with the screw at the front botom of the gear nob you may be able to manualy (with the longest piece) push the plastic piece down enough to put it in reverse or park ! I had the knob button break before and I know it takes a bit of preasure to push the plastic bit down ! Just go to mitsubishi or wreckers and get a new one !

Nic
WA

hey guys,

i called mitsu and they didn;t even know what part i was after and told me it'd be monday before they could get someone else to look int it... Bugger that for a joke..

so after a quick trip to the wreckers i finnaly found spare (only one auto amonst 6 manuals phew!)

all fixed and picked up a few extra while i was there and all for $20 :D

It depends where it has snapped. I snapped the end off one on a customers car once. I just found a metal rod the same thickness and cut it to size and put that in there. From memory there is a shaft that holds it in place.

If its unfixable though you might want to replace it completely.

edit - ok im too late disregard that