I have a 2015 landcruiser,it is a queen on the road and had only driven 73000kms,its toyota maintained.
I bought it from a friend about an year ago,it had the interior upgraded to the 2017 look.
I tried to use the physical shift lock button today ,just out of curiosity and to my dismay, it didn’t work at all,
I pressed the button all the way to the bottom and tried to shift from P to N but it didn’t budge.
What may be the issue?
Considering I have nothing else to consider, I’d say this…
Might be the problem.
Someone please explain what is thee shift lock and what is it supposed to do? If it prevented shifting, seems like it works. Maybe I even have one myself.
Remove the console cover and check if the release lever is properly aligned with the service opening in the bezel.
It’s more like the shift “unlock.” Most (all?) auto trans equipped cars have them. It’s a manual override of the lock that keeps you from being able to shift out of park without the brake on and, sometimes, the shifter button pressed in.
I had to use one recently on a car with no battery power.
I think on mine you insert a key into a slot. It’s in the manual
That sounds about right. Or usually anything will work (like a screwdriver). You’re basically just needing to depress a lever hidden under a little pop-out trim plate or the like.
I learned about them when my old Escort’s shift interlock was so crudded up it wouldn’t work in the cold. The little solenoid just couldn’t do it, so until I cleaned it all up I had to manually override it.
Yes i used a screw driver to push it all the way to the bottm
The thing is,the upgrade only introduced a cover for the shift lock,the button is under the cover.Nothing else
If your car doesnt start incase you need to tow it or take it back to a mechanic,you need to shift from P to N but because you cant start it the gear would be locked in P.The shift lock allows it to override this so that you can put your car in N to tow it
I can see the button go all the way to the bottm through the cover