Maybe people have asked this before, but my shift lock doesnt work any more when i press the brake so i have to do it manually, so i was wondering if anyone has figured out how to fix it.

 

break the white plastic that keeps it lock

 

Do you mean that little button that you have to press down to move the gear selector?

 

yea the little orange button, usually you just step on the brake and shift but mine you have to push the orange button

 

Generally this is due to a blown fuse. My mom's Camry wouldn't go in gear without depressing the shift lock because I had blown the fuse for the rear tail lights. No taillights = not safe, so the shift lock was activated. Check your fuses. The other idea the manual says is that the shift lock is activated on cars that have a low battery charge. Maybe have your battery checked out.

 

The white piece is in side the plastic cover. remove the surround and you'll see a move-able white plastic piece, just that a pair of needle nose that rip it out. probelm fix.

 

have you done this yourself?

 

if anyone knows the wiring for this, and a way to bypass it that way, id be up for doing a write-up id rather not just mangle the system

 

Yes, I had the same probelm, sometime works sometime don't.

 

this might sound silly but where is the plastic cover do you mean the fuse box cover?

 

the plastic that surround the shifter. it's a snap-on. there is a box/motor that moves a white plastic lock that keeps the shifter from moving. remove that plastic.

 

U have a bad switch.. There's two that can do it but more than likely just one bad. I had the same problems a few years back. Worked sporadically, then nothing at all. I used the little orange button for a while, then had it fixed when it was in for something else.