Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Do you like to rest your hand on the gear lever while on the road? Not a good idea, as that could damage the gearbox. Franziska ...

When a gear lever suddenly feels stiff or refuses to move out of park, it is more than an annoyance, it is a warning that something in the driveline or its controls is not working as designed. I look ...

Besides the wear thing, there’s also a safety concern with resting your hand on the gear lever. Ideally, one should rest both their hands on the steering wheel in order to handle an emergency or make ...

The good news is that this probably isn’t an actual gearbox problem, but rather one with the mechanical linkages that select each gear or perhaps even the gear selector itself. If you can remove the ...

That means releasing the clutch while the gear lever is in neutral to drag the transmission parts to the right rotating speed to smoothly engage the next gear. Timing is critical — but it’s easy once ...

DETROIT - Hyundai is recalling its popular Sonata midsize sedan to fix problems with the gear shift levers. The recall covers 883,000 cars from the 2011 through 2014 model years. The Korean automaker ...

The push button gear-shift in the soon-to-be-launched Honda CR-V (left). The conventional gear-shift lever in the current CR-V (right) The new Honda CR-V that will soon be launched in India (for the ...