[Shotimes] ATX Park release button wont release

[Kevin & Cheryl Airth]

Jason:
 Be careful because on the ATX the cruise control disconnect switch will
also cause the same problem. If stepping on the brakes harder and harder
seems to help this would point to the CC disconnect. It tends to leak
sometimes too. It's mounted on the bottom of the brake M/C and most Ford
dealers will tell you it does not exist.
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>
> 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
>
>

>
> 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).