Sticky Shifter...

Gmadden said:

I have a 2011 Leaf with a sticky shifter. I presume a previous owner spilled something that is causing the problem.

Here is the symptom: When I shift into R, the knob assembly sometime sticks. The vehicle goes into reverse and starts to move, but the electronics senses a fault because the shifter is in the wrong position, so it displays an error message and shifts to neutral. This can be dangerous if there is a car heading towards you and you lose reverse. Shifting into R again gives a few more seconds of reverse. D usually doesn't have a problem.

I'm an engineer and would just as soon disassemble the console to see if I can clean any residue before I pay for what will probably be an expensive repair at Nissan. I haven't found any disassembly instructions though. Anyone know how to disassemble the shifter console?

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mwalsh said:

^ I'll fix those pictures. Bloody FB keeps changing the server name where they're located, so the links fail. This is like the third time I've had to relink to them.

I'll find someplace else to host them.

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