My throttle when shifting to ALL gears P -> R -> N -> D -> 1 -> 2 ->3 is ok
but when I am trying to shift all the way back to P it seems to be stuck at R and have to use a little more force to push it to P

Anyone have this problem or knows how to correct this problem?
Do I need to change the whole unit? or what needs to be fixed? The car moves fine. Is only shifting to P position is not as easy as it used. to.

Help is apprciated.

if your car is anything like my car, you will need to have your foot firmly on the brake pedal to be able to get the selector back into park.
its ment to be a safety thing - stops the car rolling away out of control coz you have your foot on the brake.

Your park pawl might be a bit worn. Do you put your car into park and then apply the handbrake?

Your park pawl might be a bit worn. Do you put your car into park and then apply the handbrake?

Yes I do, is that the reason?

Is this a costly fixed? I can find another throttle though but I have never removed one before.

As far as I can tell the car moves fine.

$2 says its either the shifter it self, of the cables...

has nothing to do with putting foot on brake (only awd's have shift lock)

if your car is anything like my car, you will need to have your foot firmly on the brake pedal to be able to get the selector back into park.
its ment to be a safety thing - stops the car rolling away out of control coz you have your foot on the brake.

doddski, thats because you have shift lock.

Nexus, its the gear lever, not throttle. Throttle is the accelerator pedal and brake pedal
combination. And also, shifting into P and then applying handbrake will stuff up the ratchet
in the gear locking mechanism eventually, especially if parked on slopes often. Use following
methods for parking and leaving.
Parking:
1. Apply foot brake (and keep it applied until otherwise stated).
2. Shift into N.
3. Apply park brake.
4. Release footbrake and let the park brake take any slack.
5. Re-apply foot brake and shift into P.
Leaving:
1. Apply foot brake.
2. Shift into R or D.
3. Release park brake.
4. Release foot brake.

The problems with not parking as above will most likely to be moving the gear lever out of
P but you are having the inverse of the problem. Yours may be due to the gear selector
housing becoming clogged up with gunk. Remove the centre console (Do a search for
removal procedure) and check the platic notch housing. The notch housing looks like a
series of small hills. Ones requiring the pressing of the gear button will be deeper and ones
without will be shallower. Clean the housing and then apply some grease.

So is it normal not to apply handbrake when you park your car? Or do you apply them only on slopes?

So is it normal not to apply handbrake when you park your car? Or do you apply them only on slopes?

Its always good practice to apply handbrakes all the time. Imagine if you parked at a
shopping centre carpark during the christmas shopping frenzy, did not apply handbrake and
some one bumps your car. There goes the ratchet pin that locks the gears and there goes
your car hitting someone else car. However, if the handbrake was applied, the wheels won't turn but slide causing less damage to the ratchet pin, a bit more damage to your
bumper but no damage to a third party's car.

Well today I send my car in for changing my Disk brakes and brake pads, and asked them to look at my shifter.

FYI is a simple fix of JUST the shift knob that is damaged. If you buy any 3rd party auto shift button release will not be expensive. The cost to repair it at Automasters was $220, yes the original shifter with the button assembly cost that much.

I had a replacement from a wrecked Magna so I fixed it in 2mins for free.

So the problem was the gear shifter knob and not the gear box.

Hope this will help those who have this problem shifting to P.