The shifter is held in park unless you depress the break look their for the lock out controllers
The brake light switch on top of the brake pedal. to temp. fix this if you are stuck some place.on the right side of shifter at the base of the console is a slot. find something solid that will fit down in side and there is a button to push down. as you push the button, depress shifter button and the shifter will release out of park.
This is the locking mechanism that prevents you from shifting from park without depressing the brake pedal or pressing the release button to the right of the gear shifter. This is the locking mechanism that prevents you from shifting from park without depressing the brake pedal or pressing the release button to the right of the gear shifter.
To be able to press the button on the shifter to remove your car from park you must press the break in.
There is a plastic rod inside of the shifter arm, it unlocks the shifter from the park position when the button on the shifter handle is pressed. So, press in on the shifter button and pull the shift handle straight UP (you might have to pull hard). You should be able to remove the broken pieces of the plastic rod with some wire. You might have to go to a junk yard for a replacement.
Insert key. Turn to ACC. Push brake. Push button on shifter. Move shifter out of park. It helps if park lock cable is not broken, and if vehicle is not on an incline.
What type of vehicle? possibly broken parking paw (not good) if it will park but shifter just wont stay you have a broken shifter safety switch (this is the switch that requires you to depress the brake to shift from park) if it is an older vehicle it is a broken shifter the button you press to shift is broken if it is your parking paw you will need a different transmission or take it to a transmission shop to have it worked on (paking paw is a small knob inside the transmission to keep the vehiclke from rolling and coould be broken if you park on hills without using the parking brake)
I have had the same problem with my '93 Impreza. The button on the automatic shifter will not depress to take it out of park. There is an override option in the owner's manual but I think the real problem is the brake light sensor. Ocassionaly, when I can actually get it out of park, you can hear a clicking noise when the brake petal is pressed, this is the shifter-lock releasing. It must be the sensor for the brake petal going bad.
Depress brake pedal. On a 2005-2008 there is a spring retainer that breaks inside the shifter.
If you are unable to press in the button to move the shifter. Replaces the brake switch connected to the brake pedal.
Take leather boot off shifter. there is a white plastic button that u push on then move shifter....this unlocks it manually
Let up on the button just a little as you jiggle the shifter back and forth, eventually you will be able to fully depress the button and shift into drive. Dont forget to press the brake while you do this.