I have a 2005 Corvette, with an automatic transmission. The gear shifter was stuck in PARK. After a few tries, I got it to move to DRIVE and make it home. Now, when I place the shifter into PARK the electrical system stays on. I had to disconnect the battery to shut the system down. Anyone else have this problem with their Corvette? Any ideas as to what may be the problem?

Thanks in Advance.

 

Yes, it's a switch in the shifter assembly.

Some times you can bend the arm a little more so the switch make contact with the shifter in park, while other times you have to pull the switch apart to clean it contacts isntead. As for a replacement contact switch, GM does not sell them, but you can source mouser for a replacement if pulling the OEM one apart to clean it is out of your skill range.



Also to point out, the front switch is also the one controlling the unlock solenoid as well.


Hence when you put your foot on the brake to take the shifter out of part, the front switch has to be engaged (the one that is telling the car that the shifter is in park to start with) and once the pressure is removed from the front switch as you take the shifter out of part, it cuts the power to the lock solenoid so it not left in a powered states as you are driving the car.

So its the front switch that is not making a clean contact to either tell the car that the shifter is in park, nor the same as you are trying to take the car out of park to allow the rear lock solenoid to power up to pull the lock tab out of the way as well.

As for cleaning the micro contact switch, it has two rivets that hold it together. so you back up the button side of the rivet just out side it head, use a small punch to drive the rivets out (to un-flair the bent over sections), pull the micro switch apart to clean it contact parts, put the parts back in the housing and reinstall the rivets, then back up the rivet head and re peen the flaired sections again.

 

OK. Thanks, Dano523