Ok! Time to replace the control panel elements. It's pretty gross under there, so everything gets a scrub and a good bit of TLC. I replaced the steering wheel springs with new ones, the gears on mine are ok but I might replace them in the future. The gear shift shaft has two small metal balls with a spring in the middle on the bottom. This "locks" the gear in place so it doesn't drift while playing. The spring was totally broken causing the balls not to create tension, making for a flappy shifter. No one likes a flappy shifter right ladies? After a deep cleaning of everything I have a new robust spring and now the gear shift really locks in High or Low. It feels great.