HELP. Can't shift my car out of park.

[Iwantmymarkback]

Hey guys, again I have another problem with my car. I dropped my friend off, and the car won't shift out of park. It isn't recognizing that my break is being pressed down. It also says check tail lamps. It isn't a fuse. Can someone PLEASE help me?

 

[Lincolns Own]

turn the key 2/3rds and then try and shift it into nutral. then start the car the rest of the way. i forget that the problem was tho but u dont have to press the break down when u turn the key 2/3rds

 

[02LSE96LSC91SE84TC]

I think the brake light switch can do this, IIRC it happen to my brothers VIII

 

[Frat-man-du]

Brake light switch - same issue on my wife's stang was intermittnt until it just locked up.

 

[Iwantmymarkback]

Thanks for everyone's help, but it wasn't any of those things. It was a blown fuse. I have too much power in my car, because the idiots that installed my stuff didn't know what they were doing, they ran too little fuses, and messed it all up. Quick fix. Thanks again though.

 

[Frat-man-du]

Go figure...

 

[segxr7]

Check to see if your cruise control still works. The brake line pressure switch is on the same circuit, and when it starts to go out it tends to blow that fuse.

If your cruise doesn't work, check out that switch immediately. It's tee'd into the brake line in the passenger-side fenderwell. Unplug it and get a replacement if there's any sign of leakage or corrosion. If you don't, it might not blow the fuse the next time. Instead it will burn up and possibly start a fire. Your car does not have to be running for this to happen, either.

It's the same POS that's been involved in various recalls. Our cars weren't included because the switch is in a somewhat safer location, but it's still dangerous.

 

[Frat-man-du]

Check to see if your cruise control still works. The brake line pressure switch is on the same circuit, and when it starts to go out it tends to blow that fuse.

If your cruise doesn't work, check out that switch immediately. It's tee'd into the brake line in the passenger-side fenderwell. Unplug it and get a replacement if there's any sign of leakage or corrosion. If you don't, it might not blow the fuse the next time. Instead it will burn up and possibly start a fire. Your car does not have to be running for this to happen, either.

It's the same POS that's been involved in various recalls. Our cars weren't included because the switch is in a somewhat safer location, but it's still dangerous.

Funny you mention the recall. My 94 E-150 just got recalled with this issue - the solution was they just unplugged the relay - now no more cruse control. I was pi$$ed. I told them to fix it right. They said Ford does not have a permanent fix at this time. I think this is Bullcrap, but better to be safe than sorry.

 

[vr4]

Check to see if your cruise control still works. The brake line pressure switch is on the same circuit, and when it starts to go out it tends to blow that fuse.

If your cruise doesn't work, check out that switch immediately. It's tee'd into the brake line in the passenger-side fenderwell. Unplug it and get a replacement if there's any sign of leakage or corrosion. If you don't, it might not blow the fuse the next time. Instead it will burn up and possibly start a fire. Your car does not have to be running for this to happen, either.

It's the same POS that's been involved in various recalls. Our cars weren't included because the switch is in a somewhat safer location, but it's still dangerous.

ours is on a fused circuit. thats why its not in the recall. the recalled cars are not a fused circuit....short=fire.

 

[segxr7]

ours is on a fused circuit. thats why its not in the recall. the recalled cars are not a fused circuit....short=fire.

They're fused, it's just that the switch can burn up without drawing enough current to blow the fuse. In fact that happened to me with my '93 Mark.