Having an intermittent problem here. 00 cavalier. once and a while when I put the car in park and shut it off, the key wont go all the way to off so that I can remove it. I have to jam in into park a few times before I can. The button is all the way up as far as I know.
Any ideas? Kind of a pain when in a hurry. Seems to always finally let go once the wife finds her keys in her purse....
I'm thinking that perhaps there's a cable inside the console that can be adjusted?
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Do you have an aftermarket knob? It might be on wrong and pushing the shifter button.
No nothing like that, but the console has been out so I'll check for the shifter cable under there. We'll see.
My buddies sunfire does the same thing. When it happens, just try slapping the shifter forward when its already in park. It works for him. I know its not a fix, but it could help until you find one.
Take the colum cover off, look for a cable with a blue end on the underside of the column. Unclip it and tuck it away... good bye park interlock =) You can now shift freely without needing to even have the key on.
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I had this problem on my 97 Sunfire. Problem was the cover on the button on the shifter was sliding up and not letting the button release out all the way.
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my gfs 99 sunfire does the same thing. the car will start and shut off but ive gotta unhook the neg terminal when we park. would that be the cable mentioned?
