[Shotimes] ATX Park release button wont release

Mon, 4 Apr 2005 13:48:02 -0400

-----Original Message-----
From: Hartberger, Jason M. AT3 (AW) 
Sent: Monday, April 04, 2005 7:54 AM
To: 'Jef & Laura Denning'
Subject: RE: [Shotimes] ATX Park release button wont release

I can attest to this one. Check the Brake On Off (boo) switch on your brake
pedal, it's white and has two wires going out of it, connected to a rod
going toward the firewall. My ATX did exactly the same thing to me, and it
turned out to be that switch. It controls not only the brake lights going
on/off, but it controls the park interlock switch too. If the switch breaks
(or the wiring breaks off, in my case), it won't work any more. Try this:
put the key in one of the other positions other than "on" (I can't remember
which one it is, I think "acc" or "off"?) and try putting it out of park. If
it works then, it's your BOO switch. If it doesn't, then yeah, it's in the
shifter knob itself, and you gotta take the whole console off to change it.
Hope it's the brake switch.

Jason

-----Original Message-----
From: Jef & Laura Denning [mailto:jldenning@earthlink.net]
Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2005 10:54 PM
To: shotimes@autox.team.net
Subject: [Shotimes] ATX Park release button wont release

Suddenly, the release button on my ATX shifter won't release and I'm
stuck in park:  the button does not go all the way in.  So far I've been
able to fool with it (a lot) and get it released.  (Here's one for the
Karma book, it happened the first time on the day I decided to sell the
car -- after 108K miles!).  I've had trouble searching the archives, but
did find a post on removing the shifter knob.  Is that likely the fix?
Is it possible that the problem is a loose connection etc. under the
console? 

TIA

93 ATX, 108k mi (basically original owner).  

(Sorry if this gets posted twice,  the first time I sent it I was
registered but not subscribed.)
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