Transmission Linkage Sticking

[Real]

While out of town for the holiday weekend my transmission linkage suddenly began "sticking". It has always moved freely between P, R, N, D, 2 & 1 in the past. Now I am getting some resistance and it doesn't always positively "click" into a gear selection immediately.

Fortunately, the transmission is selecting the correct gear and seems to be functioning normally. It is just the transmission lever that feels different.

I had the tranny flushed and refilled by a dealer about 5k miles ago and it really needed it. The tranny has shifted much more smoothly since the service, particularly dropping from OD to D when accelerating.

No other symptoms, yet.

Has anybody experienced anything like this? Any ideas? This is my DD and I can't afford to be without her and I surely don't want to do any damage by ignoring this.

Thanks for the help!

[9toys]

The lever on mine does that occasionally. I've noticed it primarily when it is cold out or when I've run the A/C for a while. It's more like the dust shield that the lever potrudes through that is hanging up rather than the transmission itself. It doesn't do it when it is warm.

[mmaakk]

Ditto on mine, I will clean the shield and see if it helps. Might help if you can take it apart and get under the cover, I know I have spilled a little coffee or soda at one point or another!

[Real]

Thanks for the feeback, but my issue was definitely not with the dust cover. There was definitely some binding somewhere in linkage. I say "was" because the situation resolved itself (possibly temporarily) after about 5 days just as suddenly as it started.

I did notice that there was some some resistance in the "lockout" button on the thumb-side of the shift lever. I suspect that somehow that button was not engaging fully for some reason.

At this point I am not going to take apart the console to inspect, but I will update if the problem reoccurs.