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  1. Edge Shift to Park Warning Message

    in Recalls, TSBs & Warranty

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    I have to do the fix now and copy/pasted the DD2000GT solution into MS Word and cleaned it up for printing.

     

    1. Set the parking brake
    2. Start your car and move the shifter into drive (you need to do this so the console cover can move back away from the dash face-plate)
    3. Turn the car back off.
    4. Remove the center console with the cup holders.
    5. Remove the two side trim pieces by pulling straight up.
    6. Remove the 6 screws holding this cover down under the trim pieces with a Torx T-20 bit.
    7. Separate the center console from the dash face-plate - this also pulls straight out (towards the shifter) and is kind of difficult so pull carefully but aggressively. Pull straight up on the console from the rear closest to the storage box and it will pop loose and up. You will not be able to pull it up much due to a few wires still attached to the console, but it is more than enough to get the job done.
    8. Working from the passenger side, locate the existing microswitch mounted to the shifter towards the front. Pry it away from the shifter using a thin blade flathead screwdriver and un-route the wiring so you can pull this switch out enough to work with it. I cut the leads off the old switch where it was soldered in place and I had enough wire sticking out that I could splice the new one in easily. NOTE - Leave just a little of the wire coloring on the old switch so you can match the wires up to the new switch leads as the colors are not the same.
    9. Take the lever off the old switch and press it into place on the new switch,
    10. Re-mount the new switch to the shifter by pressing the posts into the appropriate holes on the shifter base. NOTE - install the switch with the lever down and the leads on top.
    11. Put the console cover back into place just enough so you can operate the shifter.
    12. Start the car and test your splices before putting everything back in place in case you need to pull it back out and fix the wiring.
    13. After you’re sure everything is fine, put the console back together in the reverse order you took it out.
    14. Smile that you finally fixed this annoying problem for $5 and less than an hours work!

       

      *EDIT The forum broke the MS Word formatting, of course

     

     

    Any tips for step four? (ha!) I'm not sure if I missed anything but I can't find instructions on how to first remove the console before removing the sides.

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