Re: Stuck in park question

Posted by BigKev On 2010/9/8 22:13:39

Try rocking/rolling the car forward and back while trying to shift it out of park. This is actually one of the recommend methods for unsticking the park as covered in one of the STB.

One of the way the stuck in park can happen if you parked on an incline and put in in park and let it roll a bit before you hand the parking brake on. That little bit of roll can wedge the pawl against the gear and get it stuck. Rolling the car the the opposite direction can take enough stain of the pawl to allow it to shift free.

If that doesn't work and then the pan would have to be dropped to manually unstick it.