Automatic transmissions have separate forward & reverse clutches. Your forward clutch is likely failed - burned out, etc. I had a similar failure on an Olds Cutlass many years ago. Got the car home by driving backwards for about four blocks (not recommended!).
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Your '01 Lincoln Town car might not shift gears because it is low on transmission fluid or because the transmission is damaged.
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Odds are the clutch is in need of a adjustment or replacement.
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it could be the shift linkage being that both gears over there wont work
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If it won't shift in all the gears.
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In the car there's a small hole by the shift gears, take cover off, we used a metal nail file To press down, this now lets you shift gears.
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Sounds like a problem with the idler gear in between the reverse gear and the layshaft.
How many gears does a 1969 dodge charger have?
if it was automatic it had a torqueflite tranny and had 3 forward gears and a reverse and if stick shift you had either a 3 speed tranny (rare) or a 4 speed.
How do you shift gears on an ATV?
It depends on the make and model. Some have a toe shifter like a motorcycle that is operated with the left foot. Other models have buttons on the handle bar that shifts gears electrically. Still other, newer ones are shiftless. You put it in high, low or reverse, and no shifting is required.
97 Hyundai Elantra auto trany 18 ltr eng the trany will not shift into any of the drive gears but does shift into reverse and will move in reverse when its trying to shift makes constant ticking sound?
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Why won't my truck shift gears?
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My Mercury Mystique dont shift gears fast?
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What are the signs of losing a clutch in a 2002 Honda Civic?
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How many gears does an average automatic car have?
Automatic cars offer drivers much greater convenience as they no longer have to manually clutch in to shift gears. Most automatic cars available come with 4 gears, plus an additional reverse gear.
Why would a 1993 RX7 not shift into reverse?
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Your 1995 Chevy blazer will shift down into the gears and back up but it wont go into park It stops between park and reverse with the gear shift up in park?
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Why would a 1995 Plymouth Voyager not work in reverse as if all the gears changed places?
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How do you fix the reverse lights on a 1996 Plymouth Vorager when all other lights work but when you shift it in reverse you get no reverse lights?
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Can your car be repossessed while parked in reverse?
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How do you know if the transmission is going in a car?
Can you shift gears? IF you can its at least working. I guess your question means the opposite. So if you feel slippage when shifting gears or cannot operate in one gear (reverse, for example), the transmission is about to give out.
What is the shift pattern for a 1998 beetle?
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What would cause a 1996 Pontiac Sunfire not to shift into reverse?
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How do you shift a 1984 Honda TRX 200 into reverse?
shift to nutral,then move lever to reverse
