Ouch! That stick is hot!

[Newport Viper]

04 Silver 21,000 miles

The metal shaft below the shifter ball gets really hot! To hot to hold for more than a few seconds. Normal daily driving. 20-30 miles.

Normal?

 

[Malu59RT]

My 08 does it also, as well as the shifter bezel. Don't know if there is a solution.

 

[Bobpantax]

Solution: Don't touch it. Hold the knob. Alternate solution: wear a driving glove on your shift hand.

 

[Gisler]

Had the same problem check the rubberseal under the shifter mine was broken, since I replaced the car is a lot less noisy and the stick stays cool.

 

[Racer Robbie]

The only solution I have found is to get yourself some black heat shrink tubing and shrink it around the shifter shaft with a heat gun.

 

[Hiss]

Same as Gisler-had to change the rubber seal. Very hot till I made the change.

 

[Fast Too]

My shifter stick isn't hot at all

 

[twinturbo3150]

mine gets pretty warm

 

[Newport Viper]

Maybe, it's the 115 degree weather we are having in Palm Springs today!

 

[TBarrow]

I replaced the rubber boot under the console. The original was torn and the entire console got really hot. It is held inplace with 6 pop rivets. My shifter still gets hot but everything else is cool. I even added the Hushmat sound deadening.