Golf V R32 :: Override Automatic Shift Lock?
Nov 9, 2008
I was listening to Car Talk a little this weekend and they had a call in from a woman who had an older car (Volvo, I think) where she could not get it out of Park, perhaps related to her dog spilling a lemonade down the console area.
'Click and Clack' confidently said that every car has an override for the servo loop that requires you to have your foot on the brake before shifting out of Park.
"Should be in your manual", says they; citing examples of sticking a screwdriver down a slot in front of the shifter, stuff like that. VW calls it "Automatic Shift Lock". I looked in the manual, and I don't see any override tricks.
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