My 2003 Mitsubishi Eclipse Spyder will not shift out of park. The button will not depress.

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Press brake pedal and see if brake lights are on. The brake light switch is part of the parking release unit.

Most cars you have to push brake pedal to shift out of park etc. the switch at brake pedal is bad or out of adjustment. God-Bless! Its at top of pedal arm.

The two relays for the front [main] wipers are part of the front ECU [engine computer] and are not serviceable separately. The front wipers are powered by a 10 amp [#22 in the relay box] battery hot fuse and a 20 amp [#18 in the junction box] & two 7.5 amp [#20 & #23 in the junction box] ignition hot fuses. The front ECU is located under the hood. It sits on top of the driver's inner fender well.

Check the brake light switch located on the brake pedal arm. Its above the pedal under the dash and has a connector with several wires attached to it. The switch is either bad, broken, or out of adjustment. If you have to step on the brake to shift out of park there is also a another switch located there as well.

Carefully check the button and stick. I suspect that there may be a piece broken off of the button so it doesn't reach into the slot properly.

This might seem weird but a lot of people like my daughter who has kids drop things into the floorboard which migrate to underneath the shifter console where those objects interfere with shifting! Just a thought.

if there is not a button, then a good **** up will get them past the clips inside

I HAVE A SPYDER ALSO. ALTHOUGH, I HAVE NEVER HAD THAT ISSUE, THE ONLY WAY I COULD GET THE ALARM TO STAY OFF WITHOUT GOING OFF AGAIN IS BY INSERTING THE KEY INTO THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR. THAT RESETS IT PROPERLY.

Hi hotglass04. Your transmission will need to be rebuilt, or as you say, screwed. You can drive it home, just be sure to avoid all areas where you may need reverse, park out in the open, for instance. I feel you can drive it for as long as you have to, just stay away from trying to shift into reverse.

Greg.