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Lynn, I just arrived back from out of state business and don't know if your 
car is fixed.  I am not mechanically inclined, but I have had the 'exact ' 
same symptoms to occur, more than once, on more than one vehicle.  Whoever 
suggested taking it out of park and returning it to park is suggesting what 
has worked for me ,every time these symptoms have occurred  

You responded that you couldn't move the shifter.  You should be able to turn 
the key, turn the wheel, and move the shifter.  It might be worth trying 
again.  I have had to 'force' the shifter before -- well, really, it is more 
that I was rocking the steering wheel hard  and pulling the shifter 
simultaneously.

There is not a reason for your steering wheel and your gear shirter to remain 
locked once the key is engaged.  Try rocking the steering wheel harder and 
pulling the gear shifter at the same time.  It could just be the way you cut 
your wheels when you parked.  

If this doesn't work, it cost nothing and you didn't have to climb underneath 
the car or even open the hood.  Good luck ....bob

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--- On Sat, 1/24/09, Lynn Wigglesworth <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com> wrote:

> From: Lynn Wigglesworth <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] Car problem
> To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Saturday, January 24, 2009, 7:57 PM
> > I have seen automatics not be able to sense that they
> were in park.  Easy 
> > to
> > check - turn the key, take it out of park, put it back
> in, try and start.
> 
> Not easy; the shift won't move if the brake pedal
> isn't depressed, and the 
> brake pedal won't move. It's stuck and won't
> move even a fraction of an 
> inch. So there's no way to take it out of Park.
> 
> I don't get along with engines. I don't know one
> part from another. Heck, 
> I'm getting a scythe because I'm sick of fighting
> with my gas-powered weed 
> eater.
> 
> Lynn Wigglesworth
> Tioga Co. PA 
> 
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