so suddenly im unable to sift past neutral into park or reverse. if i leave it off for a while it will start working again but will randomly again get stuck in drive and neutral

HELP please. i realized is while turning around so i was pretty much diagonal across the road

 

try removing the little access tab with a pen or little flat head screwdriver. lightly insert it in there and see if it'll shift. also make sure your brake lights are coming on. if not then its your brake pedal switch. Last thing is there is a solenoid plunger and if you're really quite you can hear it when you tap your brakes. the sound should come from the right of the shifter underneath the console.

 

the screwdriver did it thanks. now what?

 

do you know if any coffee or soda was spilt on or around your shifter? How about those brake lights? Obviously that little plunger solenoid isn't doing its job. When you press on the brakes, the plunger is activated and it lets you shift into gears. You are just overriding it when you insert the screwdriver in there.

 

never spilt anything and brake lights are coming on fine

 

since the brake lights do go on, it means the electronics are fine, its just a mechanical problem with the selenoid

 

soo any way i can buy a solenoid somewhere and fix it myself im not gonna have time to get it into the dealership for awhile and am getting tired of the flathead sitting in my cupholder lol