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My 2000 MPV gets stuck in park. The parking gear will not light up to indicate the van is in park. Once the van is running for about 20 mins or more the parking gear light will come on and I am able to press the brake and put the van into drive. However when I turn the van off I have to wait at least another 20 mins or more and start the process all over again. What can I do to eliminate the issue.

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It sounds like a shift lock solinoid ....this prevents the car from being shifted out of park when ur foot is not on the brake....u will have to bring this to a repair shop since the faulty part is located inside the paneling where ur shifter handle is

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    Shelia Butler Dec 02, 2013

    I have the same problem with my car of the same year. Did this work for you?

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About 3 month ago my cousin's 2000 MPV lost transmission power when I tried to accelerate coming out of the street parking. I drove the van for about 3 minutes then I parked again and turned the motor off and on again. When I drove the van out the street parking the transmission worked fine and had no issues for about 2 months. Then the dash gear indicators went crazy, the markerson the dashboard started to jump from [D] to [N] and then both came at the same time and for moments it had 3 markers lite at the same time and the transmission didn't change gears when trying to speed up. I had the clicking noise under the dashboard and later on I couldn't shift from park to Drive but this didn't happened all the time, until one day the whole system fail and I had no electricity at the brake switch, at the fuse that protect the circuit and at the Relay under the dashboard. After reading some information about the same problem others had with this type of car I decided to replace the transmission range sensor or Neutral switch before doing any other work and soon as I replaced it everything started to work fine again. I got the switch from my local Autozone store for about $115.00 plus tax, I tried to find it on their web site without luck. Part number is: SAFETY SWITCH, Duralast F4062 It can be found online under this information too.

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