Hoping someone might have some insight into this -

2001 integra w/ 98k, A/T. Wife pulled into driveway yesterday, tried to shift into park and got stuck in reverse. No noises, just stuck. Now I can't get it out of reverse. Driveway has slight grade - I tried rocking the car forward and then have her try to shift out, no luck. Any ideas?

 

check linkage

 

Ditto the above, jack her up, USE JACK STANDS, and get under her and check all the linkage... http://www.acuraautomotiveparts.org/...ystemcomp=List All&vinnoT=&trim=&trans=&view=normal .94

 

Thanks for the responses, will check it out.

 

Does the car have a release next to the shifter? Usually you can stick the key in there and it will release the lock on the shifter.

 

The shifter is not locked into park it is locked into rev., the park lock should not have any effect other then in park.

However, stranger things have happened, if linkage looks OK, then I would pull the console and have a look at the shifter itself, even a coin dropped in there could jamb up the shifter, or maybe something broke. 94

 

I ended up pulling the console apart and lubing up everything I could, including the park lock/release mechanism. That seemed to do the trick for the time being. It's still a little stiff between park and reverse, but any gear shift after that is smooth.