ACKK!!! MY CAR IS A POS!!

[Danman]

ttt!

 

[Thegonagle]

Check the brake light switch by the pedal, and shut up about your POS. Sounds like a small problem to me, but I would recommend that you have it looked at, since you appear to lack the two ounces of patience it takes to troubleshoot and repair the ONE problem you're having.

(ED: I assume it's ONE problem, the brake light switch, since you need to have the brake depressed to shift out of park. The interlock is electrically operated when you press the brake.)

 

[Gibson486]

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Originally posted by: flot
Yeah, you're not being very clear here. Is the shifter physically not letting you move it out of "P" ?

Almost all automatics have a shift-lock that is an electric solenoid, attached to the break pedal. However mostl (my 91 Nissan 300ZX has it) also have a manual override, usually a little pushbutton lever along the bottom of the shifter. Do you have one of those? That would rule out the most obvious problem, that the shifter is locked in P.
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<<No, the only button I have on my shifter is the Over Drive button. I turned it off and then tried to shift. It still doesn't allow me to. I am sorry for not being too clear, it's kind of hard to explain something about cars when you have don't have a clue what the fvck you are talking about. >>


Also look in the center console. There should be a small piece of plastic (about the size of a finger nail) that should be able to come off with a flat head screw driver. I remember my mom's car had the same problem. The shifter would stay at "p" and would not budge. We had to take off that peice of plastic and insert the screw driver, and whola....it was able to shift.