I worked at a local place that sold RV trailers, installed truck
accessories and rented utility trailers. I argued with him numerous
times about inspecting trailers when they came back from rental to
ensure they were good to go next time. He wanted to not put out the
money until he knew he would have income from it. Once he took a week
off and we went through the trailers. The next bunch of rentals went
well as just hook up and verify lights. One vehicle the truck wiring
was screwed up. Anyway that business may go broke over the winter due
to passing off too many customers.

Dale Davies


We have been delayed yet another day. We are not scheduled to tow it
up until Thursday the 6th.


Dale, can you find something out about that Ram ProMaster 1500 stuck
in park problem? I'll send some pictures later this morning.

Paul Lamar

Paul,

Not sure if this applies to your stuck in park problem, but I have
seen on several different makes of vehicle the inability to get out
of park because the driver rarely set the parking brake which left
the vehicles weight on the pin that locks the transmission in park.
Eventually the hole gets elongated or ovalized and begins to stick.
I've seen some where if you rocked the vehicle while someone tried to
shift you could get it out and others that required a tow truck to
pull the weight off the pin. It's generally more difficult if the
vehicle is on a slope.

Cheers

Rob Brawley

Thanks Rob.

We tried that. No luck.

This green lever supposedly gets you into reverse.

Paul Lamar


   Seems to me my son had a similar problem with one of his cars. He was able to manually pull back the leather dust cover around the shift lever and use a small tool to unlock a pin to release the lever from park. Not sure if your vehicle has a similar arrangement. Worth looking with a pen light / inspection mirror.

George Mazurek


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