Gear Stick Hitting Handbrake When Put In Reverse

[sean1993]

when i put my car in to reverse the gear stick is hitting off the handbrake..i noticed from lookin at another lexus the my gearstick is laying to the left..rather than the conventional way of lying over to the right andbody know what my problem could be??

[Stuart Aspey]

Someone will know, but not me. Sorry. Welcome to the LOC by the way.

[normski2]

Well thats weird.

I'm almost sure, when i had my 200 that the shift was left then forward, If I recall rightly.... if you had an open grip you could quite easily knock the stereo settings.

[Youngiceman87]

I have a 200 and reverse is definitely left and forward. Unless hes talking about the automatic then im sure that makes sense. If its leaning left instead of right then no doubt something is loose or broken.

[IHgs300]

Something is definately wrong, ive got an auto and whatever gear its in doesnt come near to handbrake.

[The Editor]

............. andbody know what my problem could be??

Your gearbox is hanging out the bottom of you car !!!!

[ChrisIS200SportTTE]

That's not right at all! Get it looked at ASAP!

[Raymond.]

Unscrew the gearshift know and pull up the chrome surround and pull the whole fascia towards the back and have a look underneath.

[CHUNKY CHIP]

when i put my car in to reverse the gear stick is hitting off the handbrake..i noticed from lookin at another lexus the my gearstick is laying to the left..rather than the conventional way of lying over to the right andbody know what my problem could be??

Manual or Auto ??

[PatrickM]

Someone before you have had the gearstick pulled out and then put it in wrong again. The Is200 shifter has an angle to it. So if you have had it pulled out and then put back in the wrong way, well then that is your problem :)

[sheerdrop]

someone has re-fitted the engine in the boot :D (sorry!!!!! hope you find out whats wrong dude :) )

[Lance]

Your gearstick has been fitted incorrectly. An easy job to fix.

Pull gently around the gear lever cover - the whole plastic bit including the cig lighter and ash tray should lift up, Unscrew the gear knob and slide the whole lot off the lever. Remove the bolts that hold on the steel cover. Remove this cover and then pull the gear lever out. turn it 180 degrees and put it back in. Refit covers and job done!

[sean1993]

cheers its a manual..thank for all your feed back..the reverse gear is still to the left and up but when i put it over to the left its goin to far over and hitting of the handbrake anybody have this problem before orr know how to fix it?

cheers

[Youngiceman87]

If ur unsure about taking it apart maybe u shud get a mechanic to have a look. Its all well and good asking for advice but ultimately u prob wud like it fixed sooner rather than later. Putting some pics up of ur problem might help others see the issue also.

[Lance]

Your gearstick has been fitted incorrectly. An easy job to fix.

Pull gently around the gear lever cover - the whole plastic bit including the cig lighter and ash tray should lift up, Unscrew the gear knob and slide the whole lot off the lever. Remove the bolts that hold on the steel cover. Remove this cover and then pull the gear lever out. turn it 180 degrees and put it back in. Refit covers and job done!

This will fix it.