2007 Escalade won’t shift into drive

[Yukon-ya]

Good morning,

I have an issue, my Escalade won’t shift into drive or reverse. Not sure what happened but could someone please tell me what might be causing this before I send it to the shop?

 

[Yukon-ya]

Also I live in Houston and if anyone knows of a good place to go, that would be awesome, thank you

 

[Trey Hardy]

Good morning,

I have an issue, my Escalade won’t shift into drive or reverse. Not sure what happened but could someone please tell me what might be causing this before I send it to the shop?

Likely the shift cable on the driver side of the transmission came loose it’s held on by a plastic clip that loves to break at the worst times I believe we drilled and put a cotter pin in my buddy’s or rigged something up to get him by but it was better then the factory plastic clip I’ve seen tow truck guys use safety wire somehow also

 

[donjetman]

A known issue is the shift cable falling off the shift lever on the side of the transmission. Take a quik look.

 

[Yukon-ya]

This is great news

I thought it was much worse sadly haha

Honestly I haven’t wanted to deal with it and it’s been sitting in my driveway for over a year now I think smh omg…

 

[Yukon-ya]

I kinda feel embarrassed sadly but I should’ve reached out sooner

 

[Doubeleive]

if the shifter is working normal and not all floppy like a limp noodle, or simply will not move at all then other possibilities are the shift interlink

 

[Yukon-ya]

if the shifter is working normal and not all floppy like a limp noodle, or simply will not move at all then other possibilities are the shift interlink

Shifter moves like it should, so that’s positive

 

[Doubeleive]

Shifter moves like it should, so that’s positive

if the shifter functions like normal
then it's not the linkage and it's probably not the interlink either.
have you checked the fluid level?
does the indicator in the cluster move when you adjust the shifter? i.e P/R/N/D/....

 

[Yukon-ya]

I did, the last time I checked haha it was over a year ago but I also checked it a month ago and it showed what indicator it was in