It needs to be in park or neutral to start. All cars have a "safety" switch which prevents starting in gear.
put your foot on the brake push in the button the button in an the shifter and move it back to reverse or drive that's for an automatic anyway
The shifter. D is for drive which is forward and R is for reverse. N is for neutral. You have to have the breaks pressed down all the way in order to move out of park and into D or R.
More than likely - no.
Need more info. Are you saying that? 1. The vehicle won't go into reverse? 2. The vehicle shifter won't go into reverse? 3. The vehicle shifter won't move into reverse or drive?
It sounds like the transmission shifter linkage is disconnected.
Need to know if it is standard or automatic.
Shift linkage broken or misadjusted?
There could be a number of reasons why the automatic stick will not go into gear on a 2006 Ford Taurus.A few of the things could be a bad shifter, low transmission fluid, or even a bad tranny.
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until you face a wall.
could be the clutch is slipping, if it has a hand clutch or if it has a automatic foot shifter there is a clutch, actually TWO clutches with the automatic foot shifter type.
The gearcase will have to be removed again. Before reinstalling it, ensure that both the shifter handle, and the gearcase are engaged into forward gear.