Check your auto shifters cable

[Shotokan1509]

Truck was hard to get out of park sometimes but figured it was a Ford trans. Ended up getting a ride home in a police cruiser because I couldn't get my truck in drive.

Well thats your problem right there!

 

[Jayford]

should have put the e-brake on and popped off the linkage and tried shifting by hand (had to on an aerostar once ) but i guess i would have thought it might have been the transmission too not the cable. was it rubbing back and forth on something??

 

[Bent Bolt]

Looks like it was up against the exhaust. Cables and lots of heat don't mix.

 

[Shotokan1509]

should have put the e-brake on and popped off the linkage and tried shifting by hand (had to on an aerostar once ) but i guess i would have thought it might have been the transmission too not the cable. was it rubbing back and forth on something??

That is how I moved it afterwards with another person, but since I would be under the truck I could not be driving too.

It rubs on the exhaust's y-pipe. I guess instead of routing the cable better, Ford thought just put a shroud and let it rub away! Got them past the warranty period I guess. The replacement is going to do the exact same thing.