Wannago Posted June 14, 2005 Share Posted June 14, 2005 Hi all, New member here, and I'll have to admit I've just joined in an attempt to leech some info. The wife's car, a '94 Tercel (auto) has been presenting a problem lately. The floor shifter gets "stuck" when she tries to take it out of park - more specifically, the release button on the side of the shifter seems like it's locked and won't depress. She says it has been doing it for awhile now, and she nornally holds her foot on the brake and just bangs on it with the side of her hand, and eventually it goes in. Sometime she has spent 15-20 minutes just getting the car to come out of park. Any suggestions? I haven't driven this car for a long time, and I am assuming that the brake needs to be depressed to be able to depress the button and get it out of park. If this is the case, then I suspect that the problem might be some sort of electrical glitch in the switch/wires/solenoid etc. My Volvo had a manual release to get the car out of Park, although I don't see one on her car. I'm feelin' the heat here boys, as I am always tweaking and tuning on my SRT, and now I'm expected to be a Toyota tech. Help? Tks Mark Calgary, Alberta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fidgits Posted June 15, 2005 Share Posted June 15, 2005 at a guess - you probably could do with changing the gearbox oil. Quick and cheap, and it could solve the issue... if not, then it could be expensive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevelaw Posted September 24, 2005 Share Posted September 24, 2005 Take a look at the left of the floor shifter console. We ARE talking about an automatic, right? If so, there is a small plastic insert that can be removed with a small flathead screwdriver. There is a depression lever in there which releases the shifter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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