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The column gear shift is to hard to shift when nessesary. Spouse could not shift into park and had to leave car in drive position on two occasions and call for help. She has since refused to drive the car. The car could have rolled after leaveing the vehicle since she failed set the parking brake.
Consumer states the column gear shift is too hard to shift when needed, consumer used both hands to shift into another gear. Dealer contacted. Consumer also stated that while driving the engine started to race, when she checked the dashboard, she saw that the gear shift had somehow shifted to neutral. (the vehicle automatically shifted to another gear unknown to her, same thing repeats) there is a whining noise coming from the engine. Consumer feels that this vehicle is too dangerous to drive. The consumers mechanic insists that the scarceness of the part is an indication of universal failure.
- Congers, NY, USA
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