Stuck in park.

[badwithcars]

My 97 Pontiac grand am died over the weekend. I also wasted the battery in an attempt to start the car. Now it wont change from park to neutral. I need to move my dead car but the thing wont budge from park.

Is there something I can do to take it out of park with out buying a new battery?

[CarSuperfreak]

put a charger on the battery for just a little bit, then see if you can push the key forward and get it into neutral (you should be able to do this without the battery charged anyways though)

[badwithcars]

I tried charging the battery last night and the car still wouldn’t get out of park. I was told that it might be a safety feature that’s locking it. Is there a way that I can turn off this feature?

[Chameleon-kat]

Hhmm If I recall, some GM vehicles have a button that will release the lock'ed in park situation, don't know if the GA does or not. If it does it would be behind a little dorr somewhere on console I think

[brimickri]

You may need to charge the battery for a while, turn on the key, see if there is any power at all, you may have burnt out a relay cranking it til the battery died. Also you have to get power to the brake pedal switch. The brake must be pushed to get the vehicle out of park.

[The Right Formula]

Stupid idea, but have you tried to jiggle the steering wheel while turning the key? Sometimes they'll lock a bit if they're turned just right and prevent a key turn.

Call me crazy...

--Jason