c6 shifthing problems???????
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From: Edgewood Washington
St. Jude Donor '11-'12-'13-'14-'15
Try pushing forward on the shifter before pulling it back into drive.
There are a couple threads with DIY's to disable the lockout.
Not a recall item but a fairly common A6 PITA.
There are a couple threads with DIY's to disable the lockout.
Not a recall item but a fairly common A6 PITA.
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AS A LAST RESORT IF YOU CAN'T GET IT OUT OF PARK SHUT ENGINE OFF THEN PUT START BUTTON ON ACC FOR SUM REASON THIS WILL UNLOCK SHIFT LOCK ON SHIFTER PULL DOWN INTO NEUTRAL START YOUR CAR AND SHIFT INTO DRIVE HOPE THIS HELPS DON'T FORCE SHIFTER AS IT WILL BRAKE SOMETHING 
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AS A LAST RESORT IF YOU CAN'T GET IT OUT OF PARK SHUT ENGINE OFF THEN PUT START BUTTON ON ACC FOR SUM REASON THIS WILL UNLOCK SHIFT LOCK ON SHIFTER PULL DOWN INTO NEUTRAL START YOUR CAR AND SHIFT INTO DRIVE HOPE THIS HELPS DON'T FORCE SHIFTER AS IT WILL BRAKE SOMETHING
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From: Edgewood Washington
St. Jude Donor '11-'12-'13-'14-'15
I broke my A6 shifter by forcing it out of park. Would only work in D and N.
New shifter was $178 from Gene Culley, and using the Forum for DIY help it took me about 3.5 hours to do the swap.
I had never removed my shift **** or had my console out before, but now I could probably do this in half the time.
A spry young Vette Mechanic, with experience, should be able to do it in an hour.
Broken shift cable is a different issue and more costly to fix, but what OP is describing, I don't think that's the issue.
New shifter was $178 from Gene Culley, and using the Forum for DIY help it took me about 3.5 hours to do the swap.
I had never removed my shift **** or had my console out before, but now I could probably do this in half the time.
A spry young Vette Mechanic, with experience, should be able to do it in an hour.
Broken shift cable is a different issue and more costly to fix, but what OP is describing, I don't think that's the issue.
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I broke my A6 shifter by forcing it out of park. Would only work in D and N.
New shifter was $178 from Gene Culley, and using the Forum for DIY help it took me about 3.5 hours to do the swap.
I had never removed my shift **** or had my console out before, but now I could probably do this in half the time.
A spry young Vette Mechanic, with experience, should be able to do it in an hour.
Broken shift cable is a different issue and more costly to fix, but what OP is describing, I don't think that's the issue.
New shifter was $178 from Gene Culley, and using the Forum for DIY help it took me about 3.5 hours to do the swap.
I had never removed my shift **** or had my console out before, but now I could probably do this in half the time.
A spry young Vette Mechanic, with experience, should be able to do it in an hour.
Broken shift cable is a different issue and more costly to fix, but what OP is describing, I don't think that's the issue.
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