Automatic gear box was stuck in P, have changed the Brake Switch but now have limited movement fro P to D then only from D to N, do I need to reset anything or do I have another issue
It depends on the year of your vehicle weather or not the shifter release mechanism is easy to get at or not. Some shifters have a small slot right under the D on the shifter that you can put a pencil in to release the shifter. If it doesn't have the slot then you have to pull up the shifter wood to expose the release lever. A faulty brake lamp switch can cause a shifter not to release and so can spilling fluid into the shifter assembly which would result in replacing the shifter assembly mechanism as a complete unit.
The car has a brake light powered Park lock, so if the brake lights are not working when the pedal is pressed the car will not come out of park. Check the brake lights first. Also the owners manual should have a set of instructions to bypass the part lock, it varies with each car but some you turn the key to just short of the on position and wiggle the shifter while doing that, others there is a button hidden on the shift console. I would look it up but MB doesn't allow free access to the owners manuals of thier cars and trucks.
SOURCE: 1987 Porsche 944 shifter issue
All the 944s have a loose shifter you can replace you shifter with a short throw shift kit . You can find them on ebay for about 70 bucks
SOURCE: 1994 sho - 3.2L ..cannot get gear shifter to move
Shift interlock solenoid is probably bad. The override is down by the shifter with a little round cap that pops out to push a long narrow screwdriver into the hole.
SOURCE: ford galaxy 2002 manual. Stuck in a forward gear
their are three shafts and one of them is the fixing that holds the shaft to the gearbox and this one has most likely broke allowing the others to move but ?? not the selector shaft
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