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Dashoes - 27 Jan 2008 23:39 GMT

Hello,

I have a 1993 Paseo and this afternoon, for the first time, I had trouble
pushing the button in order to move the gear. Does this mean I might have
trouble with my transmission?

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Jeff Strickland - 27 Jan 2008 23:55 GMT

No.

There is an interlock that is operated by the brake pedal. You have to
depress the brake pedal to shift away from P. Some interlock mechanisms
control your ability to depress the button on the side of the shift lever,
others simply impeed movement of the shift lever.

My guess is that the switch on the brake pedal is not working well, the
solenoid that is operated by the switch is not working well, or the linkage
between the shift lever and the transmissioin is not working well. Any
combination of these will give you the symptoms you report, and given the
age of the car, I suggest you look at all of these before you consider going
inside of the transmission. You could be having transmission troubles, but I
do not think the symptoms you describe come from inside the transmission,
they come from outside of it.

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Mike hunt - 28 Jan 2008 00:14 GMT

Me thinks it is because you have a problem with your botton ;)

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Ray O - 28 Jan 2008 02:39 GMT

> Hello,
>
> I have a 1993 Paseo and this afternoon, for the first time, I had trouble
> pushing the button in order to move the gear. Does this mean I might have
> trouble with my transmission?

I doubt if you have trouble with your transmission. If it has been cold and
snowy/icy where you live, you may have had some ice buildup in the shifter
linkage.

I believe that the shift lock mechanism that Jeff Strickland does not have
any effect on the button, only on the shifter lever itself when it is in
park.

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Jeff Strickland - 28 Jan 2008 17:37 GMT

>> Hello,
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> any effect on the button, only on the shifter lever itself when it is in
> park.

I believe you are probably right. But, the goal is to keep the car from
being shifted inadvertantly away from Park. There are mechanisms that lock
the movement of the shift lever itself, and some car makers will lock the
release button which has the same affect at the end of the day as locking
the shift linkage.

I am not certain how the Paseo accomplishes the lockout task, but the point
is that if the button dies not move, the problem is external to the
transmission. And, while the OP stated that the button does not work, it is
not clear that the button can not be depressed, oor if the shift lever is
not responding to the depression of the button. Either way, it would be
prudent at this point to look at the lockout mechanism, going back to the
switch on the brake pedal.

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Ray O - 29 Jan 2008 03:01 GMT

>>> Hello,
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> prudent at this point to look at the lockout mechanism, going back to the
> switch on the brake pedal.

Every Toyota I've seen uses a shift lock solenoid that prevents the lever
from being moved out of Park, regardless of whether or not the button is
pushed. If the OP cannot depress the button on the shift lever, then it has
nothing to do with the shift lock solenoid. If the button does push in and
the lever does not move out of park, then the shift lock solenoid or brake
light switch should be checked, and in the meantime, the OP can pop the
cover off of the emergency shifter release, insert a key or screwdriver into
the opening, and shift out of park.

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