Difficulty Shifting

[dukmon]

Needing to be more deliberate with using force to shift from park to drive/reverse. Wondering what the cause might be.

Transmission mounts maybe?

Anyone else experiencing this?

'15 with a little over 110k miles.

 

[bronc076]

I'd take the plastic off around the shifter and see if something has gotten into the shifter like coffee, wife's hair tie, lego block. Next I'd check at the transmission for anything binding. These are cable actuated, right? I don't think they are fully electronic.

Actually I'd probably check the transmission end first. I'm leaning towards crud somewhere or bad cable. You been in the mud recently?

I don't think a bad motor mount would cause this as that's typically only a symptom with old school linkage type connections. I'm thinking our trucks use a cable.

let us know what you find!

 

[NYC570]

There are a few threads about this issue but I belive no real solution has been found. Mine sufferers from this but it's intermittent

 

[dukmon]

This is constant.

Initially, I thought it was me. Just over a year ago, I bought a F-150 for towing some stuff, then in short order it became my daily and the 200 became my wife's daily. I drive about 35 - 40k miles a year, making the truck my daily made sense.

So, my first impression was having not driven the LC in a while, I'd forgotten how shifting felt. My wife brought it up recently though, so it's getting worse.

 

[lx200inAR]

Here are a couple threads, but there are more.

Stiff Shifter on a 2010 LX570

Got a new to me 2010 LX570 back in August , 83k Miles, and have noticed an intermittent stiff shifter. Stiff when shifting from Park thru the gears to Drive. It goes into all the gear positions and shifts properly when driving. This is very intermittent, and I don't see alot of other folks...

forum.ih8mud.com

The one below claims cleaning the MAF fixes the issue.

Intermittently stiff AT shifter in 2015?

I have a 2015 LC with about 85k miles. About once or twice a month I'll experience a really stiff shifter that takes way more elbow grease to move than it should. Doesn't bother me so much but the wife had to use both arms to move it. Hard to explain but it feels like a series of rubber bands...

forum.ih8mud.com

 

[stonepa]

Mine has done this since new in 2015. No real issue and no real ‘fix’ that I have found. Seems to be strongly moisture / humidity related with my vehicle.

 

[dukmon]

Appreciate the thread links there, lx200inAR.

stonepa, interesting. It was particularly humid here when my wife mentioned this last week.

 

[bentonrover]

It seems that people with this issue has the 2015 model year. Both LX and LC

 

[cboyd]

yes - I have a 15 and had this issue - particularly after a lot of wet weather, puddles and sitting in damp conditions. had it going for a year or more and it was frustrating.

some threads on here talked about doing a MAF cleaning and that it resolved the issue... i was skeptical, because I have no idea how a MAF would would be implicated in this, but it does turn out that there are some interactions between the shift linkage, trans temp and other ECU stuff I cannot explain.

So I did the MAF cleaning when I was in for some other service - i've not had the problem since.

 

[INTP]

MAF cleaning fixed this issue on my 13 LX

 

[dukmon]

What's a good MAF cleaning thread, dear sirs?

 

[LTSR]

buy a can and get to it? (remove maf from vehicle)

 

[dukmon]

AND gain 4 - 10 HP at the wheels?

I'm on it!

 

[dukmon]

Cleaned the MAF up recently. Had to take a brush to it in addition to the cleaner.

Pleased to report this indeed remedied the shifting issue. The difference was immediate, shifting like new.

 

[INTP]

Cleaned the MAF up recently. Had to take a brush to it in addition to the cleaner.

Pleased to report this indeed remedied the shifting issue. The difference was immediate, shifting like new.

What kind of brush did you use?

 

[dukmon]

Nylon bristles, soft.