I have had the car for a year and have been doing the regular maintence, it is high milage at 87,000. It came with no papers, but I can assume it was driven hard. I do mostly city driving which is hard also. The problem is when the engine is cold it won't go out of park unless I pump the brakes a few times. I can tell it is ready to go into gear because the brake pedal will go to the floor.
Does anyone have any ideas?
It sounds like the shift interlock--which is supposed to prevent you from shifting out of Park unless the brake pedal is depressed--is malfunctioning. This is a fairly cheap repair.
Ummmm...VDC is almost certainly right about the shift interlock switch.
But please do clarify about the brake pedal going to the floor - that is not supposed to happen at all, and if it does go to the floor then you shouldn't drive until your brake system is inspected and repaired.
11/07/2009 11:17:22 AM
