2004 Lincoln Navigator / Aviator Shifter is Stuck - Won't move from Park or move
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- Опубліковано 2 вер 2010
- If your shifter looks physically like this one then it applies, as there were various Ford vehicles that were produced.
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I never would have believed that this one video has saved so much headache and money from it's viewers in trouble. I have received calls all over asking for additional help. The issue is pretty straightforward and there is not much I can say but to be careful and move slow. Take pictures each step of the way so you can figure out how to put things back together if you need.
I could not believe some of the most amazing stories I heard about the Lose or broken Console Shifters Handle in the Lincoln Navigator and then I starting hearing about other Lincoln's with the same or similar issues like the Aviator.
I made this video to help the DIY'er that does not want to spend $800-$1,200 in repairs and can fix it for almost free.
There are no posts on repairing this so I made this do you could get this done yourself and save a ton of money.
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here is the link to the Spring and Screw replacement from Ebay - www.ebay.com/itm/NAVIGATOR-AVI... - Авто та транспорт
I was installing an aux input in my 2004 Navigator and the shifter got stuck on park. I came across your video and it totally saved the day. You saved me a tow plus what ever they would have charged me at the dealer. Thank you so much for posting this!
Thank you!! I watched your vid and then fixed mine in less than ten minutes. You're a lifesaver!
I love it. I get feedback at least twice a month and I am glad this is providing a service for others. E
THANK YOU THANK YOU!! very nice of you to take the time to post this video. It was very helpful.
Sir, thank you very much for uploading that vídeo, it helped me a lot, that with my lincoln car and not a mechanic page. I did it myself and could thank him for his video.
thanks, looks like my spring just got compressed a little over the last 20 years and stopped working, I did get pretty good at working the brakes in park, usually 3 pumps in park and I would be able to get the key out.
Good for you, yeah its all in that upper mechinism
A local Lincoln dealer might sell it, I am not certain. If not, go online and look for a specialty hardware sales. It is about the size of a old ball point pen spring. Find one of those and try it but the spring is much stiffer. That will give you the reference you need. You only need it to go over the pin and fit up into the housing that will keep it in place. Hope that helps
Thanks for posting this video it saved me. Time and of course a couple large bills...I performed tjis in ten mins after watching ur video a two times.. I'm in cen cal...
befor you do anything check the break light sensor! I spent 1300$ + fixing the gear shift, and it didn't fix the problem, the whole time it was my break light sensor. check your break lights and make sure they work. if not its break light sensor
I have a 05 Aviator and the dealer ended up breaking mine. It was $1200 just for the replacement shifter. Glad I didn't pay for it!
Thanks a lot you saved me a lot of money. Great vid.
Very helpful, thank you .
Hi thanks I'm have this problem and my Lincoln know I'm not the problem thanks for these video
Thank you 🙏
Thank You very much for your video, you are gonna save me $600
This issue seemed to happen to me but The dealership it was towed to is telling me the inside plastic is kind of all busted. No idea how that happened. Is it still possible to fix this with the spring/screw even with the inside looking "bad".?
Did the spring work ?
Eric, I'm not sure exactly what you are saying to do. Did you just replace the spring to fix it or what?
It was working fine, but was loose. They went to move my truck and the salesman was messing with the knob and dislodged it. The service manager (Ford no less) told him that in order to shift it, he had to pull "Up" on the knob at the same time as depressing the button. They snapped the shaft in half.
thanks
Eric, thank you for the video. Our problem is that our shifter is stuck in park and won't move. My husband was able to remove the console underneath the shifter & we now have to push the little white release button (sorry don't know tech. term) at the same time we move the shifter in order to get it to move. Obviously, we want to find a more permanent solution. Do you have any ideas or suggestions. Thanks, Melissa
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤this comment just saved me from being stranded at the gas station with my kids
Sometimes I get random calls from Canada and Mo, desperate to see if I can talk them off the broken vehicle ledge. Sorry, that I cannot do much.
I have an 05 aviator ..same assemble... my shifter button stopped working so i took it apart and the "oval hook" that the pin behind the button is attached to that u see in the video.. is broken.. it snapped in half.. can someone tell me what the name of the part is and and how do i replace it.. its about 8 9in long and has a T at the bottom to keep from pulling out.. PLEASE RESPOND even if its jst the proper name.. thank you
i did all that you say, the spring is in good shape took it out and put it back it does the same no different than before
***** Ralph for that and know it is very frustrating. Verify that the spring is in place, the button that you press when moving from one selection to another has spring in or or resistance, cause if it does not, then your spring is not in right.
In the years that we have had this up, I have not heard of at least fixing the issue or making it able to shift. Sounds like you have more than just that as an issue and I cannot shed any light that might help. :(
sucks that it's a little different concept with a 07! i hope its just something like this?
can anybody see where he is pouring the spring at
This happens to me. Very possible this is the better fix but when mines gets stuck, lifting the front of truck off the ground releases whatever is getting stuck. Hope that helps someone.
A soft screwdriver????
Did you know tye top cap comes off
@witoescobar call me if you want to 714 329-4860 I have about an hour.
WAT$ 300.JMM .G.
Most repair facilities wast to replace the entire assembly, which is about $1500, parts and labor.
Hi Eric, Thanks for this great viodeo, I am from London and I have Lincoln Navigator, had exactly same problem and went to the Mechanic and he asked me £500 (about $800) for part and repair, as he told me whole mechanism needs to be changed, I came home watched this video and bang on, I DID IT MY SELF, without spending a single penny,
Thanks a lot mate, you dont know how much this is helpful for the people having this problem.
You are Gem!
ERIC! This video saved my ass today. That screw had backed out, and the spring had made it's way out. I am now back on the road! Thx!
I had that knob come off on me this weekend and thanks to your video now I know that set screw must have come loose. I figured out the rest of the assembly but didn’t pull that ring down to expose the set screw. Thank you.
Good job Eric and thanks for posting this video. I may do a video response to show how to get the shifter plastic cover off without breaking it and show why yours is "fixed" but not repaired. If yours has always been loose and you can slide it up, it has always been broken. The set screw is the key part. If it comes loose and falls out, you will eventually twist the shifter and break the plastic shaft it is attached to. Then the shifter will slide up allowing the spring to come out.
I am so pleased to hear this and you saved yourselves hundreds of dollars. I get reports like this allot. Great job.
THANK U, MY Bro. I work and my car got stuck in park and I get off at 12:30 I can get it out of park till 2 o'clock a.m. so I thank you and I really appreciate you taking the time to make the video
Thanks !! the screw came out and spring on my 05 aviator I had no idea what had happened I couldn't get the key out after watching your video 30 minutes later it was good as new !! Thank you again !!
Sean, glad your helping others with a viable solution. My question is to explain to the readers how to correctly remove the shifter without breaking stuff.
Just wanted to say thank you, this video helped me tremendously with the exact issue i was having. Your video probably saved me hundreds of unnecessary dollars! Thanks again.
Doug Fletcher me too!
this worked perfect. I watched it several times before I tried it!! thank you so much for making this video.
Thank you so much! Your video saved us!!!!
Thanks for the information I used this video along with another to save me lots of money.
So glad it helps. It's the video that keeps on giving.
Thank you for a shift lesson!
Thank you for the video! You saved me a lot of money. Also the mrs thinks im the man because I fixed her car lol Appreciate it.
Hi Eric, thank you for the video. Using your video I was able to get my navigator to shift out of drive. Unfortunately when I took everything apart the plastic sleeve (or whatever its called) that the spring sits down inside was totally broken. The lower part where the pin goes in still functions so I can get my keys out by pulling up on the button on my shifter. Am I forced to get the whole shifter assembly now that I have no where to put the spring or can the plastic part just be replaced?
Dude, Life saver. Thanks for the video.
So happy it helped.
Thanks, man, you are life saver. I fix the problem in 5 min!
i realized that my comments page on my blog had a bad link and I just fixed that. Love to see your comment there - www.erickirkhuff.com/lincoln-navigator-and-aviator-shifter-fix-solution/#comments
Glad to help
Thanks for the video
Eric, if the spring is damaged beyond repair, where can you get a replacement. Is there an item # for it? Great video! I got stuck with a repair of $500 and it still isn't working correctly.
Thanks for This!
saved my butt big time! thanks a ton man!
It so pleases me that I get notices at least 3 times a month. E
Eric Kirkhuff i did the worst of the worst. pulled it up, bent the spring and managed to smash the wires. thankful that i've been working with wires for many years, was able to solder new leads on and get it all back together correctly thanks to your video!
@musictlc1 You know, I do not know, but it is a very very unusual one that has a tapered head and is like 4mm long. I would order it from Lincoln. You may want to look below and see if you can find the screw, you just may get lucky. It is magnetic so it just might get picked up with a extension magnetic wand.
Good to know but nothing broke that was critical. The place where the spring broke on the edge, but not to the point of being non-functional. The screw is typically still there and loose or has fallen out of the hole. Use blue Permatex to keep it screwed in for life. Yes, taking the cover was a bummer as i think I did pry it and get a small edge to break off, but it is just cosmetic and the break was internal so I use a dot of rubber cement to keep it in place. My alternative was $1,000.
Just curious, how did they break yours if it was not working anyway?
I spilled coffee on the shifter and it locked do you think it has something to do electrical or its the same as you show on your video???
@MrCHUCK5NORRIS Chuck, At the time, I had no input from anyone anywhere and I looked at a number of top shifter bezels and there are many types. Mine was actually lightly glued so, yes it was that or $1,500 with the dealer. Please let me know if you have a better way to remove it so you do not leave any marks on it.
Can you share the ebay link with us for the spring?
the top of the knob has a spring loaded hood that pops up and forward (like the hood of a car). you don't need plyers to load spring, or even disassemble anything else.
Sometimes the spring is stretched and because many people do not have small hands, a pair of hemostats make it easier to insert. You also need to find that tiny screw to set the handle or it will break again, and it is a very very very unique screw.
Sometimes the overdrive off light comes on and it feels like it shifts gear. Do you think it's related? My gear shift moves freely.
+elml90 it makes me happy every time I hear a success story like that. Paying it forward.
+elml90 The override wire is very thin and delicate. It might be getting smashed or shorted if not placed properly. It usually follows straight down. The override does not affect this issue. They integrated allot of interlocking switches that do not allow you to test the stinking thing until you put it back together. Work slow and be very careful not to pull or push items and the shifting system. Be gentle. My advice, if it works, and you have it back together and you do not use the overdrive, leave it alone, otherwise you got to look to see if the switch or wire is not being pinched.
hi i accidentally lost my spring do u kno where can i buy a similar one
How did you take the top off
hello guys someone can tell me if an aviator selector shifter fits in a navigator being the same year (03 - 04)
@EricKirkhuff haha i just thought it was a little funny that you said that =P.
@seanbay37 Good call, you should list your phone number here. I am all for helping others. Maybe you can post what city your in and what your range of fees are.
2005 model is completely different.
john vargas John did not know that and I will update the written part later
Eric Kirkhuff N/P jut workin on a 2005 and it really beat me up.
Send me a photo of your shifter, EricKirkhuff at gmail.com
3-30-2018 I updated this to remove the 2005 Navigator
did you really say use a soft screwdriver? lol
Yes he did lol