My solenoid is going out on my 99 automatic V6 Coup. I need to be able to drive the car to the dealer, but the shifter is stuck in park at my work. It seems worse in heat. In the morning I was able to hit the brake until it worked. Now I can't move it. I believe it's the solenoid because my brake lights are out too. A friend told me that some Honda's have a keyhole to disengage the shifter lock even when the car is off. Is this true? Where is it? Any help would be appriciated please!


Modified by Puppetkirk at 6:19 PM 6/18/2005

 

On my old accord auto there was one. You can take your key and there should be a lil indentation that you could use your key to push down to let u shift into the gears manually. Im not sure if the newer one has it but mine was where you shift theres a lil slit there and u just put your key in there. For your tail lights have you checked your brake switch?

 

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Sounds more like a bad brake switch or fuse to me. Does your horn work?

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You have to remove the trim ring from around the base of the shifter to get to it.