Took positve off for an hour then hooked back in, no change ... nothing except dome and door ajar lights comes on ... and still can't shift out of park and move my car.
At this point, I am really afraid that I will not be able to start my car and move it out of the parking lot corner (It's a dead corner, tow trucks can't even get in)...
Another hour of google and a little bit of luck yielded a slight fortunate turn of event. Yup, some might have guessed it, I found the manual release button under that impossible to ply open plastic tap and I was able to manually release the interlock and move! Phew. Just ran a meter on my battery and is registering 11.62Volt … since I am a bit askance as to whether my alternator is charging my battery for the computer might be fried, I did not take my car out for a test drive. Since I’m sans lights except high beam, and it's raining really hard out and the time is 1am, probably a good idea, too. :)
What I gathered from research is that since my lights are not working, PARTICULARLY the break light, ergo I cannot shift out of park. When I press on the break, I know the solenoid did not fire for I did not hear a click from the shift interlock release.
Well, at least I can now drive to the dealer to get it fixed! Now, I just need to print out a big label and plaster it on the back of my car "LIGHTS NOT WORKING. I HOPE YOU STILL REMEMBER YOUR HAND SIGNALS FROM DRIVER'S ED!"
Dropped car off on Thursday and signed off on 2 hr for inspection ($129 per hr). They call me back on Monday and said they found the problem, a blown 140 amp fuse. Yeah, he said 140 and I’m a bit confuse … didn’t know fuse run that high because the highest I saw was 40 in the fuse box.
So there! One little fuse, all these problem. The dealer even said they are only charging one hour. Granted, I know how easy this could be for them – plug the scanner in and replace one fuse.
Guess I am paying 200 bucks for a fuse, a full electrical diag, and a car wash!
Thanks for all the help guys!