This happened when I got home, and I could not put my XC90 into park. I ended up leaving it in neutral and putting my batter on a charger until I got the bro…
2004 Volvo XC90 Gear Shifter Stuck – Removal And Repair – Will not shift into or out of Park
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Brilliant help I got stuck in car park in middle of Hong Kong and looked up
your clip while there, worked a treat got home without calling tow wagon or
dealership.
Thanks for your help.
I’ve a 2004 V70, same thing, stuck in Drive/Neutral pointing in the WRONG
DIRECTION.. ~:-/
Got it home and ran your vid, which gave me the push to go and have a look.
Turns out that the plunger in the gear knob had disconnected.. re-connected
and my mother has an brother called Robert. There is probably something
broken.. and it will probably do it again.. but it’s a quick and easy
(5mins) fix.
Thanks for taking the trouble to post this vid.. very much appreciated.
thank you
Texas Coder, I’ve just experienced this same problem of not being able to
shift above Neutral, hence, not being able to remove my key from the
ignition. Many thanks for the helpful video tutorial! It certainly has
assisted in my diagnosis of the problem. I think I am going to tackle this
one myself. My husband may have to assist me a little bit but then again
maybe he wont…
Thanks for the great Video! Realy Helpfull. I didnt buy a new knob though,
but repaired the old one with 2 component glue.
@mamurao Thank you, I am glad you liked it!
@pinhoja No bother at all, thank you for the comment and for watching. For
your situation, it would be best to have a mechanic inspect the shifter and
vehicle. It’s hard to guess at what could be causing your issue. The safest
thing to do, have a mechanic diagnose the problem. Post back what you find,
I am interest in knowing the cause and fix. Thanks again for watching and
commenting!
Worked like a charm – thanks!
awesome video !!!
Thanks, this has just happened to our 2005 XC90, The same small plastic
part fell out when I removed the gear shifter. I wouldn’t have attempted to
repair it myself if I hadn’t seen your posting Thanks again you have saved
me a fortune as British Volvo shop rates are crazy. Peter
@SovetskieSoldat Thanks for watching and for the comment! To be honest, I
do not have the DVD setup in my XC90 and I am not sure how you would turn
yours off. In your situation, the best thing to do would be to take it to
your mechanic and have them diagnose the issue. When you do get it fixed,
post a comment and let us know how it turned off.
Thank you so much for taking the time to show us how to do this. Much
appreciated!
You have described our problem perfectly. Can’t wait to tackle our s60.
Thanks
@1402pete That is awesome, thank you for watching and for the comment! I am
glad you were able to repair your Volvo and the video helped! Have a great
day!
Nice fix buddy. Tks
Just yesterday I had same issue- stuck in Drive or Neutral only. Local
dealer parts guy and service guy scared me into having it towed to them for
diagnosis and repair because they said it could be a couple different
problems and since there is no returns on electrical items(one suggested
possible problem was the park safety neutral switch on the Trans for $200)
I had them fix it and it was the shift knob! But now dealer says i need
shift lock solenoid? anyone know how/where located to replace?
I was laying in bed and the wife whent to move her truck at 6 in the
morning and was explaining to me the truck wouldn’t go pass netral, all I
saw was $ signs, thank God for guys like you and Youtube so we can teach
each other to avoid some of those pricey repair shops that charge on fear
and not the problem itself, I must say all is great and working, thanks and
keep posting
Sorry to bother you although my gearbox once it gets to the driving
position it does not remain there and it slides immediately to manual. Do
you have any ideas – please!
Thank you for the comment and for watching! That is awesome you were able
to get it situated! It certainly sounds like the same situation I had, and
you can certainly fix it yourself! Keep me updated and let me know if
replacing your shifter solved the problem. Thanks again for the comment,
and I am glad the video helped!
Hi, I have an XC90, and the shift gear is stock in manual position, I do
not see that the knob is broken. At this moment I have my suv in may
parking and took off the battery. I recently changed the ABS system due to
the abs problem message. Could it be that the gear stick is loose?
Do you know how to uninstall that sterio? Or how to imput an AUX port?
Hi I wish I found this video before I went out and had the shifter replaced
on my 04 XC70. This was exactly my problem although it was intermittent. I
took it to the dealer and they replaced the shifter for me…$130 later. A
little much, but I’m glad that’s all it was and it had nothing to do with
the transmission.
Thank you for making this video. That exact thing just happened with our
2007 xc90 & your video helped us figure that out. Once the knob is off our
gear shift works fine.We have the new knob on order.
@xChikox Thanks man! What did the dealer end up doing to fix yours? I
freaked out too when it happened, and thought, well I am either going to
have the dealer fix it, or break it more fixing it myself. Luckily, it
worked out to where I found the problem and was able to fix it myself.
Thanks for the comment and watching!
Thanks for this video – was stuck this evening with this exact same problem
on my wife’s 2005 xc70. In my case however the plastic trigger broke
completely and the actuator pin fell out. Watching this video helped me
figure out the fix. Saved me much $. Thanks again!!
Hey can you tell me how to turn off the DVD? It doesn’t have a turn off
button and it drains my battery.
good video man, many thanks
hi… I have a 99 toyota camry,,, Everytime i shift the shifter from the
parking to the reverse it is hard …Is it a transmission problem
Weird how that happened, this happened to me the other day in the XC90! but
thanks for the tips, i ended up getting the dealer to come out and check it
out and bring the car to the dealership but it kinds scared me when it
happened haha good video though!
12:02 it sounds like your masturbating the gear shift
@backwoodsctryboy Thank you man! I really lucked out, and it was a
mechanical issue, and not an electrical one. Good call on the ETCG forum, I
posted it to the repair forum so others can have access to it. I planned on
doing that last night, but after this video started uploading, I went to
bed 🙂