My car tries to go forward in park and neutral.

Asked by J Mar 06, 2014 at 05:10 PM about the 2010 Chevrolet Cobalt LS XFE Coupe FWD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

Took off shift linkage,to verify that it was
not the problem. it also doesn't move in
reverse. No burnt fluid.

J answered 10 years ago

Transmission guy said that they don't rebuild these trannys,they are called throw aways because,they cost too much to rebuild. He quoted me a price of $500.00 for a 25,000 mile warranty and $850.00 for a 100,000 mile warranty. Cheap,also $500.00 to install.

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Giulio answered 8 years ago

Sounds like the tranny shifter linkages move moved, broke, or bent and are causing the shifting issues. Very common in some cars.

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Garcia1986 answered 5 years ago

My do the same you able to figure out what it was

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Took off shift linkage,to verify that it was not the problem. it also doesn't move in reverse. No burnt fluid.

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