2003 Saturn ION "shift park" Questions

...move the gear shift out of park. The safety lock was the problem, I could not see why they put it there as the shifter locked into a groove anyway so I removed the lock and he has had no trouble ...

...caused this for me was that I had not put the car fully in park--I had to shift out of park & re-shift to get it to stay in park. Once it was fully in park, the key would unlock. Hope this

...shift in park and then when I press on the brake pedal there is a loud clicking noise. Is this normal or is something wrong with my car. It does not do it if it is in reverse or drive just park. That ...

2007 saturn ion four cylinder automatic will not shift out of park. what can be done??? Brake must be pushed down to release shifting lever also locks with the key

...shift lever ( 2006 ION 2 /50,000 mi ) the problem is in the shifter. there's a switch that needs adjustment. if you push it into park with some force (i hesitate to say slam it into park...) it will ...

Also make sure you are in Park when turning off the ignition. Push on your gear shift to be sure. If that doesn't work put your car in neutral with parking brakes on and then try to turn ignition off

...park also squeaks the clicking sound is normal. that is your shift interlock switch basically telling the shifter that your foot is on the brake and it clicks to unlock the shifter so that you can ...

...Possible Causes Inspect the control cable for proper adjustment Inspect for damaged manual shift shaft and parking system components - make repairs as necessary and retest the

key won't turn off key won't turn off Shift from park to reverse and back a few times and see if the key works

can't remove key from ignition, Adjust shifter to park,Flip shift lock with brake on, Tap Brake. sometimes it works. The key switch itself maybe going bad.