Have you performed work on the vehicle lately? Had the console out (assuming a floor shifter) for any reason?
If yes, it is possible that you have the cable (between ignition switch and shifter) out of adjustment.
If you suspect the brake pedal switch, are the brake lights also stuck on? Do the brake lights illuminate when you depress the brake pedal? Will the cruise control set? Use these three questions to troubleshoot if the pedal switch is functional.
If this just suddenly began, then I would suspect the brake pedal switch.
Try these things and report back for assistance.
Probably the interlock solenoid or the wiring to it. Usually if the solenoid is working you can hear it click when you put your foot on the brake and it is in park. It usually defaults to the locked position when not activated. yours is the opposite so it my be stuck open. They are usually located in the console shifter and are wired to the brake switch..check both.
SOURCE: 1997 Pontiac Sunfire (automatic) transaxle
I do not know what you are looking at in the manual, but you probably heard a horrible noise when you put it into park, as the parking pawl tries to hold the car in place. Thist usually does not harm the transaxle. If the engine won't start then something else happened, perhaps the neutral safety switch was damaged or knocked out of adjustment. You might try to move the shifter back and forth and then back into park and then try to restart. If that doesn't work try to put the car in neutral to start. If you must have the car towed somewhere the repair should not be expensive, just have them reset the neutral safety switch.
SOURCE: grinding and very hard to shift, and now the shifter is stuck
how does the clutch pedal feel?..clutch out of adjustment,needs clutch job...kev-mn.
SOURCE: key locked in ignition... can't get it out. HELP!
while in park, press harder up past park and it will disengage. Otherwise there is a pin on the ignition you can press and remove the entire ignition. You call also lightly tap gently around igniton piece to loose the pins inside that hold the key.
SOURCE: Most of the time when shifting into park on 2002
you have either a faulty shifter assembly or the ignition shift interlock cable that runs between ignition cylinder and shifter assembly it is very common for the cables that causes this.
SOURCE: The gear shift is locked
It has a brake-transaxle shift interlock. You should just push the brake in to shift, but if you have done that, and it still won't shift, with foot on the brake, push the shifter all the way into park. Sometimes they don't always go into park all the way. Also if you park on a hill, it puts pressure on the btsi, so you cant shift it. Have someone push the vehicle back, just enough to take the pressure off and it should shift. I had this happen to me with my Grand Am.
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