My moms car was dead and had no such release. I actually got it so the car would not shift out of park to allow it to be towed. Then it wouldnt let the key out of the ignition cause it did not know it was in park. All these “idiot proof” controls that frustrate you when there is no power.
Well, apparently the solenoid connected to the brake pedal that controls the shifting mechanism from being yanked into gear from park is fried-it is just a little part, and I will just have to baby it until I can order another one someplace, and get the co-worker’s nephew to install it.
It is an idiot control-and it functions whether the truck is on or off, just in case some dumbass is going to yank the thing into gear without their foot on the brake-so now that it is fried, it won’t let you go into gear at all from park, and that makes any claim to “safety” of that mechanism pure bulls***...
I’ve never seen a shift control override thingee you can get into and use on any vehicle but a 4x4-this is my 4th vehicle of that type in 30+ years, and they have all had one someplace on the floor in the console with the gearshift and the shifter to/from 2 and 4 WD-there has got to be a reason for that...
Meanwhile, I will be driving with a flathead screwdriver of the appropriate size in the console, and the cover off the shift lockout switch...