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There are times when you would want to shift your automatic gear lever from park (P) to other positions but it wouldn't move. It just seems the lever is stuck in that park position.

The lever may not shift even after applying more pressure to it.

When you find yourself in this condition, don't force it. There are procedures you can follow to get you out of the situation.

One of the reasons why the gear selector won't move is because the shifter is locked. Another reason it won't move is if the shifter cable is broken.

Your automatic gear selector can get locked sometimes but there is an easy way to get it fixed when the problem is locked selector.

Follow these simple steps to use shift lock release when the gear selector isn’t shifting.


1. First thing is to engage the parking brake,
2. Remove the key from ignition.
3. Find the shifter lock override slot. This is usually close to the lever plugged with a plastic cap.
4. Remove the plastic cap and push down the button inside the slot. This can be done with a flat-head screwdriver or any other pointed object.
5. As you're pushing down the override button, step on the brake pedal and move the shifter away from the park (P) position usually into neutral (N) position. 

The lock shifter button will also come handy if you need to push a car especially when the key is not available to turn on the ignition. However, this button is not available in every car.

Tell us if this button is in your car and if you've ever used it. 

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Lalasticlala
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Seun

on a jaguar car where is this switch?

AUTOJOSH1:
This can be done with a Igbo screwdriver or any other pointed object

Igbo screwdriver? I don't understand that.

Wow, so nairaland autocorrects flat_head to igbo?

That's deeply offensive and tribalist.

How would you feel if terrorist was autocorrected to Muslim?

Both are tribal and ethnic denigrating slurs, and should not have any place in public discourse, much less officially being sanctioned.

If the autocorrection was an attempt to defeat tribalism, then it failed woefully because it's even more tribalist and insulting than the original comments.

This place has gone to the dogs

antagonist:


Igbo screwdriver? I don't understand that.

Wow, so nairaland autocorrects flat_head to igbo?

That's deeply offensive and tribalist.

How would you feel if terrorist was autocorrected to Muslim?

Both are tribal and ethnic denigrating slurs, and should not have any place in public discourse, much less officially being sanctioned.

If the autocorrection was an attempt to defeat tribalism, then it failed woefully because it's even more tribalist and insulting than the original comments.

This place has gone to the dogs

are u effing kidding me?

this is unacceptable..... so Flat-head is auto corrected to Igbo?

cc Dominique, lalasticlacla, SEUN...... this is not OK @ all

Princetom are u seeing this?

bring the gang please