hey guys so today for some weird reason i cant even turn my car on because it wont even pass the Lock position on the ignition. and the car is stuck on park... so i cant drive it at all! anyone know how to fix this! i can hear the clicks when i try to turn the ignition but it wont budge its just really stiff and wont pass the lock position ive tried poking at the shift lock thing but nothing so far.. any suggestions? Thanks!

 

Hold down on the brake?

 

Buy a 6MT?

hehe.. J/K. I assume you tried taking the key out, rotating it 180 degrees and putting it that way? My Tacoma ignition sometimes won't turn unless I do that.

You might want to try spraying a little white lithium grease on your key and putting it in and out of the ignition a few times. Don't put a ton on it though.. just enough to loosen up the moving parts inside there. This does wonders for the keyhole on doors in your house, car, etc.

 

^+1 that s all good advice. I had trouble with my apartment lock and I sprayed some WD40 on the key and in the hole. That helped so may want to try that. GL!

 

White Lithium...

i wonder why it won't turn though... its odd, maybe you grabbed the wrong key?

 

Sometimes you need to turn the wheel to the side while turning the ignition. Happened once to my G20 and once to my G35.

 

modern automatic cars have that ignition/steering lock thingy.. just wiggle the steering wheel left right and turn.. ahah

 

^ I would think the dude knows that for sure... at least we hope so

 

^+2 that is most likely the issue. Pull the steering wheel to your left and as your holding it turn the car on. Should start right up.

 

Yeah if you move the wheel after you turn it off it locks up, so just move it around a little bit when you try to start it

 

its an 06 so its keyless . so all you do is pushdown and turn but it wont turn! im so mad cant even drive it ive wiggled the steering wheel pumped brakes did everything i can its getting to the point that i want to break it off!!! so fustrated...!

 

Out cars have what is called a shift lock solenoid. It is an electromechanical switch that stops the driver from shifting out of park.

Sometimes the shift lock solenoid goes bad and more frequently the control board for the shift lock solenoid goes bad. There is a diagnostic procedure in the service manual that will help you isolate the bad circuit. I was able to do it with a voltmeter. The control board cost me ~$70 (granted this was on a Murano but I am guessing things are similar) and it took 10 minutes to change out.

The good news is you have a shift lock override switch. By your gear selector there will be a little plastic cap. Pry it out and then stick something small down the hole - it will move a lever that disengages the shift lock and you will be able to shift into gear.

Brian

 

Thanks brian but ive tried the shift lock so many times and the thing won't budge! Idk what else to do but tow it to a dealer .

 

is the car sensing your key fob? try starting it with the vallet key.

 

Want to make sure I understand - you popped that plastic cover off and stuck something (like a key) into that hole and pushed down (you should feel some spring tension as you depress) and you still can't shift out of park? You should be able to depress it a 1/4" or so.

When it happened to me I kept trying to push on the cap not knowing it was a cap and it wouldn't budge. Unless your shift mechanism is broken or the linkage to the transmission is jammed, I can't think of a reason why it would be stuck. If either of those conditions were the case, it would probably feel loose and sloppy vs just stuck in park.

brian