My 08 caliber (automatic) won't shift out of park while engine is running
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Asked by reverend1735 Jul 25, 2012 at 04:36 PM about the Dodge Caliber

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

I know it's not the stearing collum being locked up b/c the engine starts and the stearing wheel will turn with no problems....  but when i press down on the brake, the shifter won't go out of park..  (whuile the engine is running)

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shawntek answered 7 years ago

THE SHIFT LOCK SOLENOID IS PART OF THE SHIFTER ASSEMBLY. IT WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED TO SOLVE YOUR ISSUE. SORRY FOR THE NEWS BUT IT IS WHAT IT IS. THEY ARE AROUND 170.00 CDN.

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Tom answered 5 years ago

For people’s further reference; On the other side of the plastic lever exposed under the driver-side circle is a metal rod that goes up and down. If depressing the brake + pushing the plastic lever doesn’t work, you can uses a philips screwdriver to loosen the gear panel and the whole gear casing to get at that metal rod. Gently pushing it upward will release the gear stick from Park. Probably it will lock again when you return to Park, but you can repeat that until you get it fixed properly. https://youtu.be/NkJx0Phvmbc

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