Hello! Can you help, please? I need to purchase an entire electronic gear shifter - the entire assembly. The gear shifter hasn't been working properly. After a few attempts to repair without success, I found a repair shop that has been willing to thoroughly assess the issue (and the time it takes to...

These 240 Volvos are very durable, but will have quirky failures as parts wear. Check the bushings in the shifter linkage from the bottom side. They can get sloppy and may cause this problem. volvolugnut Hi Volvolugnut, Apologies for the delay to respond but I just had the 240 repaired! Thank you s...

Thank you, Volvolugnut, for your thoughtful reply. I will look into your suggestion of the break interlock linkage. Before I had this problem, I always pressed the break and held to gear selector from Park into reverse or drive. I'll look for any worn or broken metal or plastic parts. I did find old...

Hello, Firstly, I am so happy and relieved I found MVS and all of its good members! I've read the suggestions that have been posted related to moving the gear selector out of park and I've read the manual as well. I was able to fiddle with the selector and it finally popped into Park however it only...