depress brake pedal
Disengage the linkage.
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Park for automatic transmissions, and Neutral for stick shifts.
Park
take apart the dash, and reset it to park when the car is in park.
you must apply the brake fully to put your vehicle in park
its the bitsi cylinoid in your gear shift which allows u to take the car out of park when u engage the brake u need to replace your gear shift assembly i just replaced mine 400 bucks
it means your transmission is on the winter mode.this mode shifts your trans.from first gear to third gear(skips 2nd gear).to activate and deactivate,press snow flake button by your shift stick.
linkage is sticking
If your Ford Contour is stick in park, the transmission may be going out. You gear shift may also not be all the way in place.
i have 94 cadillac sadillac that keep cut off when in gear
Yes it is possible, especially if it was not fully in gear and a manual transmission. If it is an automatic, it must be in Park to hold. Always set the parking brake.