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04-03-2015, 09:20 PM | #1 | |
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Car stuck in park, can'T get the key out
Anyway, the shifter knob started acting up, can't get the shifter to move no matter how hard I pressed on the brake (break), try a lot of things, brake lights worked, took the cover off the shifter area and looked inside. Checked the fuses. Couldn't figure out if the starter switch had gone bad or if the shifter interlock was kaput. Finally took off the shifter knob with the frozen button and bingo. Pressing on the plastic straw was able to move the car into neutral and am on the road again.
Thanks to all who posted on this topic before.
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05-27-2015, 07:31 PM | #2 | |
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Re: Car stuck in park, can'T get the key out
Yeah the shifter has done strange things for me as well. I don't like how I can't put it in neutral unless the key is has activated the car. I have actually managed to force it into neutral when the battery was dead. Have to really shove on a shifter knob and it will finally go.
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Re: Car stuck in park, can'T get the key out
Have seen this problem with the console shifter on grand prix's.......the wires to the shift interlock, constantly flex..... over time, the wires break INSIDE the insulation, creating intermittent contact.....sometimes, the wires completely break....
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Re: Car stuck in park, can'T get the key out
I saw that u=tube video also but don't think that is the problem. Anyway, I put some w-D 40 in the key slot and the ignition switch is turning more smoothly now and the problem has not returned. Perhaps the contacts in the ignition switch were dirty from years of use?????
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Re: Car stuck in park, can'T get the key out
Just got a recall notice on my mom's Intrigue for the ignition switch. You might want to check to see if your year is part of the recall. Her's is a 02.
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Did see another thread on AF where the guy mentions putting a rubber pad between the switch and the car to push it tight against the dash. I did notice a similar looseness in my switch and plan on putting a thin wire on the back of the outer gray switch part that has the off acc start markings to see if it will hold the switch more firmly.
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Re: Car stuck in park, can'T get the key out
Found some 18 gauge galvanized wire in the garage, fairly thin stuff, and was able to stick some behind the hard black rubber fitting that has the off acc start run inscription.
It really tighten up the ignition switch and I suspect that time and miles has slowly loosed the ignition switch to the point that it was "acting up". Only time will tell but I think that this might have been the cause of the intermittent problem getting the car out of park.
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I would replace the shift interlock solenoid but given my luck the problem is probably in the brake computer gizmo.
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