Shift dial started to get glitchy when spinning back to park past reverse

[Luckynail]

Hi I have a hybrid XL w/360 coming up on 13000 miles. Today when going to reverse out of a parking spot the dial shift stopped at reverse and wouldn’t go to park - it was giving me resistance. I tried several times and it did eventually go to park however it used to just spin and spin and now it sometimes stops at park and won’t go any further counter clock wise - but not all the time - it feels clicky, when spun counterclockwise and clockwise past reverse.

this is not like when you’ve your door open and try to go into gear and the dial won’t move until you close the door and restart/re turn the key. On a side note I’ve never had to have my foot on the brake to start-I imagine this is a thing with the hybrid?

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[pnorwood54]

i never shift to park. just turn off engine and it shifts to park automatically.

 

[Luckynail]

Hi I have a hybrid XL w/360 coming up on 13000 miles. Today when going to reverse out of a parking spot the dial shift stopped at reverse and wouldn’t go to park - it was giving me resistance. I tried several times and it did eventually go to park however it used to just spin and spin and now it sometimes stops at park and won’t go any further counter clock wise - but not all the time - it feels clicky, when spun counterclockwise and clockwise past reverse.

this is not like when you’ve your door open and try to go into gear and the dial won’t move until you close the door and restart/re turn the key. On a side note I’ve never had to have my foot on the brake to start-I imagine this is a thing with the hybrid?

i never shift to park. just turn off engine and it shifts to park automatically.

 

[Luckynail]

Yes I get that you can do that - it doesn’t explain why it’s getting stuck and giving resistance in addition to not spinning past park - but when you switch from park to drive as it passes reverse and you can feel it click going past reverse like it got a little stuck going the other way towards drive - No issues past that and it will continue to spin past drive with no resistance.

 

[fechter]

This happened to me this weekend.

Did you ever find out what the cause was?

 

[Ford Motor Company]

This happened to me this weekend.

Did you ever find out what the cause was?

Good morning. Would you please send over a private message with your VIN and dealer info so I can look into this shift dial concern?

 

[1929]

i never shift to park. just turn off engine and it shifts to park automatically.

Bad habit that could cause safety issue when driving vehicle other than Maverick.

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