trouble with shifter

Okay I have a 98 GTP Having problems with getting out of park

Will still come out after a little foreplay but have seen on here before about this problem. Any old school members remember. Please Point me in the right direction/

Okay I have a 98 GTP Having problems with getting out of park

Will still come out after a little foreplay but have seen on here before about this problem. Any old school members remember. Please Point me in the right direction/


It sounds like a BTSI problem. Most likely the shifter assembly and shift lock solenoid.



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I had the same problem with my 2000 GT. Guess what??? Here's what is wrong. I replaced the shifter ($250) thinking it was the solenoid attached to it, and the P R N D 3 2 1 lights on the dash still kept flickering, and the key would not release out of the ignition when I put the car in park...

There's a 10 amp fuse for the BTSI (see your owner's manual) which is the Automatic Transaxle Shifter Module. Believe it or not sometimes the fuse doesn't make contact with the fuse housing causing an intermitent connection that causes the BTSI that controls or signals the solenoid near ignition that the car is in park thus releasing the lock to work "off and on."

So here's what you do.... Take that fuse out clean it off, and then actually bend the 2 pieces of metal sticking out of the fuse in opposite directions so that when you put the fuse back in, it ensures a stronger connection to the pieces of metal inside the fuse housing. I did this and the lights no longer flicker, and everytime I have the car in park I can shift to other gears, and I can release the key out of the ignition.

2000GPGTBlue2dr,

Do not resurrect old threads this old. Also, I counted at least 8 other posts on similar issues. At this point what you are doing amounts to spamming, post whoring and violates AF forum rules.

Although your fix helped you it may not be the fix for other members and the solution varies among model years. BTSI problems are not just related to the BTSI fuse.

This is your only and final warning.