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need help, car wont come out of park
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venom0088
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Jan 7, 2011, 8:28 PM
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need help, car wont come out of park
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hey, i have a ford mustang 2000, 95k miles on it. Its pretty cold where i am at and its been snowing. I usually warm up my car every morning .
well today i let it warmup, and everything is fine. EXCept for the fact my stick ( i have an auto tranny) did not want to budge from park... i did hit the brake, and i did move my wheel. none of that helped. I opened the hood, to see if maybe i needed to take the battery out, and reset my car compute. I closed it back up, and out of nowhere it worked. i drove around , parked again. And bam it happened again, i plan on getting it towed tommorow... to a mechanic. Im just wondering what the issues could be, and how much i could be expecting to pay.
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re-tired
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Jan 7, 2011, 10:27 PM
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It's a fairly common prob . There is as interlock pin that prevents you from shifting out of park unless the brake pedal is pressed . Ford had a prob years ago with cars going into gear when not wanted. Most tiimes its fuse or bad brake switch . Less common is bad solenoid.Yours sounds like a bad brake sw.
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Hammer Time
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Jan 8, 2011, 6:15 AM
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Verify your brake lights are working first. If not, check the brake light switch and the fuse that feeds it.
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re-tired
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Jan 8, 2011, 10:22 AM
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. Most tiimes its fuse or bad brake switch . * * could not have said it better mysellf lolo LIFE'S SHORT GO FISH
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venom0088
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Jan 8, 2011, 11:06 AM
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quick question guys, btw thanks for the help. Do i have a shift autolock release somewhere in a 2000 mustang? if i do it should be a small button near the p n d r labels right?
i was told i should use a key to press it or something of the sorts?
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re-tired
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Jan 9, 2011, 9:04 AM
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I believe theree is a small covcer near the shifter , remove the plug and insert a small srewdriver in and push down at same time with key on move shifter out of park. start car in neutral.
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