Car will not shift from Park....Help!!

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Mar 5, 2006 | 10:30 PM

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Car will not shift from Park....Help!!

Hi,

I have a 2000 XJ8 with 67k miles. First of all when i pressed the unlock switch on the key transmitter the car did not unlock. I changed the batteries and it still will not unlock or lock. I manually opened to door and when i started the car i tried to shift to drive and the car just simply will not shift from park. I called roadside assistance and they told me to unscrew the screw next to the park sign next to the shifter and once removed stick a pen down the opening and it did indeed shift but everytime i need to shift from park to drive i have to stick a pen in the shifter. Any thoughts on why this is happening. Please help.

Jagman2000

Mar 6, 2006 | 05:43 PM

Max

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RE: Car will not shift from Park....HELP!!!!

The switch your releasing manually with the pen needs to be replaced. Go to
Roadfly
and search on "J gate removal".

Hope this helps.

Mar 21, 2006 | 01:00 AM

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RE: Car will not shift from Park....HELP!!!!

This does not sound like a broken J gate. It sounds more like the car has gone into security mode. The transmitters need to be reprogrammed to unlock the car.

Jul 28, 2014 | 04:44 PM

thejagman

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stuck in p

I had the same problem. .and member helped me...so check if the brake lights come on when u press the breaks. If they dont its the brake switch. The switch is concted the j gate solenoid...that the clunk u hear when u select from P to reverse or drive.

Jul 28, 2014 | 05:15 PM

deancantrell

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On my 98 I had the same thing and traced it to a blown fuse in one of the heal fuse boxes.

Jul 28, 2014 | 07:18 PM

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I had the same problem with our 2001 XJ8 - I could not get the shifter out of park. 1st I thought that the brake light switch on the brake pedal might be the problem.

Then I also noticed that were a number of other things like the interior lights not coming on when I opened the driver's door and the garage door opener did not work. I also mentioned to my wife that there was something wrong with the windshield washers (since they were not working).

Check fuse# 7 (15 amp fuse) in the rear left hand fusebox - it controls "Body processor module (battery supply for solenoids, lamps and motors).

Sure enough it was that fuse that needed replacement and it fixed the problems.

Jim Lombardi