Step 1
Remove the center console cover around the parking brake lever located inside the car between the driver's seat and the front passenger seat.
Step 2
Turn the adjuster nut with your wrench or pliers located at the end of the parking brake cable rod, to loosen the adjuster nut. Make sure it doesn't come off the end of the parking brake cable rod.
Step 3
Raise your Honda Accord rear wheels in the air using your jack and support both rear wheels with your jack stands.
Step 4
Pull up on the parking brake handle for two notches or clicks. Tighten the adjuster nut until there is a slight resistance on the rear wheels when they are spun.
Step 5
Release the parking brake lever. Verify the rear wheels do not have resistance and are able to spin freely.
Step 6
Pull up on the parking brake lever three to five notches and verify the rear wheels do not turn at all.
Lower your Honda Accord using the jack and remove the jack stands from the rear wheels.
Items you will need
- Wrench or pliers
- Jack and jack stands
Got your email asking for more details on the 1998 honda accord that is stuck in park. we tried the rocking thing and that didn't work. are there any fuses or switches that could be checked.? I really can't afford to tow the car anywhere.else.
Already found the swith to disengage shifter. Its located under the shifter so you have to pull all the trim work and press the button. We put a screw in there so we don't have to keep pushing the button every time we use the car. The only difference will be that you don't have to hold the brake pedal down to shift into gear. Thanks anyway, I figured it out myself.
Pam
Have you tried rocking it to disengage as I suggested? Just sometimes a person places the shifter into the parking lever location right before the car is completely stoped and sometimes that puts preasure on the parking pawn inside the transmission which does not allow a person to move the lever w/o removing that mechanical preasure. Just a thought.Just advice from the ether world that cost nothing to try; May be taken with a grain of salt.
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