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Old Feb 25, 2010 | 05:42 PM
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my car got stuck in park today. i press the break still wont shift. so what i had to do is cut the car off and pull the e-brakes up and put and car in N and start. then i out in in drive. but when i put back in park get stuck again. i cut the car off for about 10 minutes started the car in got out of park with no problem. what can this be
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Old Feb 25, 2010 | 06:07 PM
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Neutral Safety Switch

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Shifter cable adjustment.
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Old Feb 25, 2010 | 07:49 PM
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Neutral Safety Switch

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Shifter cable adjustment.
its an automatic to let you know
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Old Feb 25, 2010 | 07:52 PM
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It sounds like that stupid switch that sits on the brake pedal may be going bad.
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Old Feb 25, 2010 | 08:00 PM
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its probably the shift interlock solenoid. do you hear a click noise when you press on the brake pedal?
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Old Feb 25, 2010 | 08:02 PM
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Yes, probably the brake light switch. The plunger on the switch may have deteriorated/broken off.

See this link for this guy's cheap fix:

http://ldsdates.com/blog2/2007/09/18...-light-switch/

You can always replace it too.
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Old Feb 25, 2010 | 08:09 PM
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See this:
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Old Feb 25, 2010 | 08:25 PM
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Originally Posted by matt96ex
its probably the shift interlock solenoid. do you hear a click noise when you press on the brake pedal?
i was not getting it i had to cut my car off put it in N the start the car cut it back off for like 10min then start back came out of park with no problem started to get the interlock
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Old Feb 25, 2010 | 08:26 PM
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See this:
thats what am going to do
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Old Feb 25, 2010 | 11:55 PM
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On the shift lever console you may find a little lid: if you remove it you can use a pin to manually override the blocking of the shift lever in P. This override procedure is also described in the owner's manual.
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