# Gear shift hard to get out of park after transmission work

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/gear-shift-hard-to-get-out-of-park-after-transmission-work/66165>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** radio\
**Created:** [July 11, 2011, 7:14pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/gear-shift-hard-to-get-out-of-park-after-transmission-work/66165 "2011-07-11T19:14:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![mcmurph1009](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b77776/32.png) [@mcmurph1009](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mcmurph1009)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2011, 7:14pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/gear-shift-hard-to-get-out-of-park-after-transmission-work/66165/1 "2011-07-11T19:14:10Z")

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Had transmission work done a week or so ago and now the button on the gear shift doesn’t want to be pushed in to get me out of park. I have to repeatedly push on it while pushing the break pedal all the way to the floor. I can hear a thunk/click each time I try to push it in. I have no trouble getting into reverse, neutral or drive or going back into park. I drive a 1997 Oldsmobile Bravada, automatic transmission, with just under 140K miles on it. Getting out of park wasn’t a problem before the transmission work. I have a 12 month/12k warranty on the transmission work but the shop is 2.5 hours away (car problems happened while out of town) and I’d rather take it to a local shop to get it fixed but what needs to be fixed and what did the transmission shop do to cause this?