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Alfred.Espinosa@gmail.com - 21 Sep 2006 16:15 GMT

Does anyone know why my 1990 Nissan Maxima sometimes (more not than
does) does not allow me to shift out of park without holding down the
manual unlock? Sometimes I hear a clicking and it works like it
should, but most of the time it doesn't let me. Any help is
appreciated, thank you.

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Miss Manners - 21 Sep 2006 19:25 GMT

> Does anyone know why my 1990 Nissan Maxima sometimes (more not than
> does) does not allow me to shift out of park without holding down the
> manual unlock? Sometimes I hear a clicking and it works like it
> should, but most of the time it doesn't let me. Any help is
> appreciated, thank you.

Might be that the neutral safety switch in conjunction with applying
the brake (switched together) isn't releasing properly. I have a manual
tranny but do know the brake must be applied and that monitoring switch
must signal the neutral safety switch that it's OK to allow the shift.
One or the other may be faulty or out of adjustment.

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Chris H - 23 Sep 2006 05:17 GMT

You either have a bad shift lock solenoid or shift lock controller unit.
Solenoid is cheap, controller is kinda 'spensive. But it's worth fixing for
convenience and safety.

Chris
90 & 94 GXE's
and 2006 SE

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