A shorted wire in the console or the brake circuit. Does the car still have brake lights? If there are no children in your household then it is possible to defeat the lockmechanically.
If I'm not mistaken, the brake lights and the shift lock cicuit is protected by the same fuse, so if the brake lights are out, replace the fuse.
The fuse powers the shift lock out, when you step on the brake it powers an soliniod that allows the shifter to move. you possibly have no brake lights also.
Yes, and that fuse is a doozie. When that fuse blows, you can't shift the van out of park! The horn fuse is the same as the brake fuse that must be engaged in order to tell the transmission that your foot is actually on the brake and it's OK to shift out of park. If that brake fuse is blown, you have to pick out that small rectangle shaped plug that is located right on top of the steering wheel plastic housing. Once that plug is out, you can place a small flat blade screwdriver down into the opening and press down to release the shift lever lock so you can shift the car into gear. Too bad that the car book doesn't mention anything about a horn fuse. You just have to locate the brake fuse (which is in the fuse diagram) and drive away. Hope this helps.
check your brake light ...then replace the stop/horn fuse
Check to see if stop lights are working - same fuse controls both shift interlock and stop lights
700r4 gear shift lever want lock in place
Door lock fuse is the same as the interior light fuse its a 10amp fuse
pull the power lock fuse,,, my 94 cutlass did the samething..
is there a shift lock relaese on a 1999 grandam se
The shift lock release is usually a button on the side of a shifter. The shift lock release button needs to be pushed in before the car can be moved from Park to another gear.
The power lock fuse for your Town and Country Van can be found in the fuse box. The power lock fuse will be in the second column, fourth from the top.
the shifter lock need to be lubed to override the shift lock press hard on the brake and move shift over to unlock and pull down this will override it but not fix it remove shift covers and lube shift lock and should be fine