Every now and then, usually when it is most inconvenient, like a parking manoeuvre, I cannot move the shifter beyond out of drive into park or reverse.

I have taken the shifter surround off and can see the little white plastic solenoid working. I cannot get it to fault no matter how many times I pump the brake pedal. When it gets "stuck" the solenoid is not moving. I was planning on replacing the pedal switch first, then looking at the solenoid. But after some more experimenting, I have noticed that when putting the car in drive and moving off, the solenoid is in the unlock position. It only locks when the car is moving at about 15km/hr/ then it unlocks when you slow right down. I presume this is to prevent you shifting into reverse when traveling, The times that it has got itself stuck, I have been driving along, slowed down and then tried to move into reverse. If the whole system is working then it should have unlocked when I dropped my speed.

I have lubricated the mechanism and I do not think it is getting jammed or anything like that.

Anybody else fixed this problem?

 

Do your brake lights function normally or do they also sometimes not light up when hitting the brake?

 

check both brake switch stoppers. one is for the brake light and the other is for other functions like cruise control stop and shifter lock.

 

Yes, checked those and they seem all good. I changed the solenoid under the shifter, which did not fix the problem. Now looking to replace the shift lockout module behind the dash.
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