Shifter won't move out of park

Asked by Taz Mar 17, 2017 at 06:13 AM about the 1998 Cadillac DeVille Sedan FWD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

Car won't shift into gears they
disconnected a part in the engine bay
to get it into a gear so I can move

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Rowefast answered 7 years ago

The thing that locks the shifter in park is the shift interlock solenoid. A lot of times a wire breaks off. Also the brake light switch would need to be checked as that is part of the interlock system.

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Guru941L92 answered 4 years ago

Hi, I have a 1998 Cadillac DeVille, there is a display that reads thief system detection, car may not restart. Now it will not go into gear! Can you please give me any information on this I just replaced the body control modular. Thank you!

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