specialidiot

This has been happening off and on for the last couple of months. using the SmartKey, I park and use the "Stop" button to kill the engine.

But when I open the driver door, I get a tone like I left the lights on, with a warning on the display "to engage steering lock, press and hold stop button".

I was at the dealer this morning for an unrelated issue and they hadn't heard of this happening. They reset the sensor that detects the Park position.

But this evening it happened again. I'm not able to lock the car, and the side marker lights remain lit.

Anyone have an idea about this? There are no codes.

gk1

Isn't pushing the "stop" button once like turning the key from "run" to "on"? And the second push of the stop buttton is like turning ignition to "off" which also locks the steering column.

specialidiot

The first part of the message says that I must "Put the shift lever in Park or the car may roll away"

Yeah, that would be important to know, huh.

gk1

Ah ok. That's not normal :-) They should replace the sensor that detects "park".

specialidiot

Brake pedal is locked, I get a couple of icons on the dash, the gear lever won't move, not even the glove box will open.

I'm waiting on a tow.

frybear

I had this problem, twice. Replaced entire shifting mechanism, twice.

specialidiot

Went down to the garage this morning to do about 3 hours of running around town. Bank, dry cleaners, get in a quick run, etc.

Didn't happen.

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specialidiot

did you have any codes? I got nothing.

Stephan16

Hi.

I know this is a old thread but now I have the same problem. How did you fix it?