tranny stuck in park

HavasuMike · Mar 19, 2019

My wife's 2011 EL won't come out of park. I took off the center cover and was able to push the plastic lock out of the way to get it home, but don't know how to fix the problem. I think there is a solenoid that is supposed to unlock it, but don't know where it is. Left it in neutral, but can't remove the key now.

mrbadwrench · Mar 20, 2019

Floor shift or column shift? I just went through this with a 2008 column shift and the part that has that plastic disk you have to move (brake interlock) is only attached with one screw (E4 inverted Torx head) and a clip. I took that out and then replaced the brake light switch. The old switch was bad and the new one was $8 at my local parts store. I'll put the interlock back in when the weather is better.

gixer2000 · Mar 21, 2019

mrbadwrench said:
Floor shift or column shift? I just went through this with a 2008 column shift and the part that has that plastic disk you have to move (brake interlock) is only attached with one screw (E4 inverted Torx head) and a clip. I took that out and then replaced the brake light switch. The old switch was bad and the new one was $8 at my local parts store. I'll put the interlock back in when the weather is better.

Mine was the same thing.. brake light switch at the dealer was $22.

HavasuMike · Mar 21, 2019

It turned out to be the brake light switch also. It is a floor shift. Sounds like it may be a common problem. My vehicle has 190k miles on it.

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