Itried the little plastic pink lever to no avail

Set the emergency brake.

Locate the shifter lock override slot located on the shifter console near the shifter lever. Normally, the slot is plugged with a small plastic cap.

Remove the plastic cap covering the override slot and insert a key, nail file or similarly shaped object into the slot and push down.

While pushing down, depress the brake pedal, grab the shifter and push in the shifter lock button located on the shifter as you normally do and then move the shifter to the Neutral position. With the brake pedal still depressed, start the engine with the shifter in the Neutral position.

Hi there! That happen to my Chrysler 300. The gear wouldn't shift at all. The problem was..the little pink plastic thing that makes the car shift broke. We called the dealership and they were trying to make us pay a lot of money to replace WHOLE SHIFT GEAR! I was like no sir..so I did researched and I replaced the pink plastic thing with an aluminum one that won't break ever. It was 49.99 from the website I bought it from. They are on sale now for 29.99. My husband replaced piece took him an hour to do it. Never had problems with gear since. Here's the website where I bought it from...

WHATEVER YOU DO..DO NOT TAKE IT TO DEALERSHIP..THEY WILL CHARGE YOU AN ARM AND A LEG AND WILL REPLACE WHOLE GEAR AND PUT PINK PLASTIC THING BACK IN..WHICH EVENTUALLY WILL BREAK AGAIN..GOOD LUCK!!! :)

It should be located at console behind shifter at handbrake area.....There should be a removeable
plastic popout......Behind this is a plastic pink lever...or black...Some are white,,,Most are pink..
...Just lift up on the lever.....Check owners manual to confirm it...REALLY need engine size and mileage....It may not work if you find it considering age....I have had to change shifters before
because of release lever not working properly....Make sure foot is on brake when trying to shift
Hope this helps...................Metalpoet

I just finished repairing my 2007 - 300 for the same issue. Pulled in the garage.. went to go out , and could not get the shifter out of park. Researched this issue online.. First step is to remove the right side plastic holder next to the shifter. There is a small hole that has a pink plastic piece. Push this in while moving the shift lever out of park. If the shift lever does not move, then the other "pink thingy" piece that is located inside the shifter box has most likely broken. There is a tiny spring that attachs to this pink piece ( probably a $0.50 piece of poorly engineered product ) that breaks off. See the following link on how to fix this problem. I drilled a small hole in the pink plastic piece where the small hook broke off.. then attached a cotter pin through the hole , and fastened the spring to that... should not have any further problems.. this link demonstrates how to remove the shifter box. The entire process took me roughly 2 hrs to complete... saved myself hundreds of repair dollars!!http://www.300cforums.com/forums/tech-tips-review/61876-tech-tip-review-park-lock-out-mechanism-installation.html

havent a clue what this could be ,but one thing is for sure its going to be a dealer only part

If your brake lights work, then the problem is in your shifter assembly. Don't make the costly mistake of paying 342 dollars for a new shift assembly.  Go to Lowe's and buy a variety spring pack for $3.97.  You will need to use the longest spring in the box for the fix.  You will need a needle nose pliers and a flathead screwdriver.  Using the screwdriver, remove the the chrome ring around the shifter assembly.  This will give you a half inch space in diameter of the assembly to work with.  Now you will need to use the needle nose to slightly make a hook out of the spring ends.  Attach one end of the spring to the thin key lock wire on the left of the assembly.  You will use the needle nose to guide one end of the spring down there and attach it gently to where the wire meets the pink plastic lever.  Now carefully guide the other end underneath the black LED power lines and bring it towards the bottom part of the assembly.  Attach the spring to any hole you find where the spring can sit underneath and out of the way from the chrome ring you will ultimately put back on last.  

The problem is the pink lever doesn't move back when the driver pushes the gear selector from park all the way to the right.  The pushing pin is a peice of plastic with the frailty of a toothpick.  Over time, this plastic breaks off and leaves the driver stuck in park.  To test if this is your problem do the following:  with your right hand move the gear selector from park, all the way to the right side and at the same time with your left hand and a flathead screwdriver, gently push the pink plastic lever down..then try moving the gear selector to reverse or drive.  If this works, then the spring solution I just described will save you literally hundreds of dollars in costly repairs.

Had this happen to me yesterday.  Remove the liner in the cup holder.  There is a hole that you can stick your finger in to push the gear release lever forward.  If that does not work, pull up the chrome bezel around the gear shift.  there is a pink piece of plastic attached to a spring, push that down and towards the rear of the car and you should be able to shift freely until you put it in park again.  Make sure the car is running and your foot is on the brake while trying either solution.

The car has a shift solenoid that releases the shift lever so you can move it into gear when you apply pressure on the brake pedal. Upon depressing the brake the shifter should move freely. If not the solenoid for the shifter has gone bad

You don't need a shifter assembly. Inside your console is a small "pink" plastic lever that has a spring attached that locks the shifter in park. The small "pink" plastic piece where the spring is attached breaks off. Mine broke off at 45000 miles. Billet technologies makes a aluminum replacement for about $60.00 that won't wear out. The Chrysler forum has pictures and detailed instructions on the replacement procedure.

This happened to me. And googleing the solution was very unproductive so I decided to take stuff apart and figure it out. I fixed it. Here's how. First, other forums told me that pressing on the brake releases a lever that allows you to shift from park, and that is true. Then I was told that the mechanism that releases that lever is broken and you can remove the gear shift trim, press on a pink lever to release the gear shift. That did NOT work and besides, when I pressed on the brake, I still heard the 'click' and that told me that the brake/release mechanism still functioned and that I should look elsewhere for the problem.

Here's what ultimately solved the problem. I had to remove the gear shift housing. In order to do that, I had to remove the center console. At first, it seemed like a daunting task but in the end, screw/fastener removal was logical and the parts went back together in a snap. Still, my wife saw the project mid-progress and got scared. No worries, happy ending. Anyway, once I removed the gear shift housing, I noticed another pink lever that was never mentioned in any of my google attempts. This other pink lever fits in a notch within the gear shift assembly and should be released as soon as you push the gear shift to the right on it's way down to the reverse position but only if the key is turn to the 'On' position. This lever is spring loaded. In my case, the little tiny plastic clip on the inside of the gear shift housing that holds a 10 cent spring (I'm guessing its 10 cents) was broken. That's it.

So my choices were to either by a new gear shift housing assembly for $300+ or use a dremmel tool to saw off the portion of the this pink lever that fits inside the aforementioned notch. I'm broke so I chose the later. 3 hours later, my 2006 Pacifica was mobile again. So what's the down side of sawing that piece off? Now it's possible to pull the key out of the ignition while the car is still running. If you can deal with that, you can save a lot of money. However, I TAKE NO RESPONSIBILITY IF HARM COMES TO YOU OR YOUR CAR BY PERFORMING THE SAME FIX AS I DID! But now you know.