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While trying to find why my 92 Honda Accord would not shift out of park
except using the key to unlock the shift console, we were told to look at
the selonoid under the console and the shift switch. We did. Couldn't
find anything wrong with either,but did not buy new ones yet. However,
now the power windows do not work and the tachometer isn't either ( think
it was before we worked on it, but maybe it went out when the shifting
problems started). Any ideas?

mklady wrote:

> While trying to find why my 92 Honda Accord would not shift out of park
> except using the key to unlock the shift console, we were told to look at
> the selonoid under the console and the shift switch. We did. Couldn't
> find anything wrong with either,but did not buy new ones yet.

A more likely cause is a worn stop lamp switch (on the brake pedal).


> However,
> now the power windows do not work and the tachometer isn't either ( think
> it was before we worked on it, but maybe it went out when the shifting
> problems started). Any ideas?

I'm not completely sure, but have you checked the fuses?

On Tue, 22 Nov 2005 07:55:45 -0500, High Tech Misfit <me@privacy.net>
wrote:

>mklady wrote:
>
>> While trying to find why my 92 Honda Accord would not shift out of park
>> except using the key to unlock the shift console, we were told to look at
>> the selonoid under the console and the shift switch. We did. Couldn't
>> find anything wrong with either,but did not buy new ones yet.
>
>A more likely cause is a worn stop lamp switch (on the brake pedal).

Could be, but here are the symptoms of the console shift switch
problem:


My friend purchased a (transmission) console switch from
www.hparts.com (no longer operating). The part is Honda#
35700-SM4-A91 and the price was $31.63 plus $5.62 S&H. She had a very
experienced amateur install it. He looked at the manual briefly then
went out and installed it in under 20 minutes. It should be pretty
straight forward for anyone with just a little experience, only
slightly tricky part is to adjust it (if necessary) so that the
indicator lights match the shift lever position.

Results: Since installing the switch about five years ago, she has
had absolutely no problem with it. Previously the car would always
experience the syndrome until it had been warmed up for at least 20
minutes on even a moderately cold day.

To recap the symptoms:

- Vehicle is 1990+ Accord with AT (others with AT may be affected
also)
- Problem is strongly linked to cold temperatures.
- Key cannot be removed after shifting into P
- Dash indicator light does not indicate "P" even though transmission
is positively in P
- Car cannot be shifted out of P after this has happened
- Problem solves itself when the "P" indicator lights which occurs
after a period of time related to the interior temperature of the car.