Start sometime

have a 1997 nissan pickup.2.4 liter automatic don’t happen all the time.but sometime i can take a ride some where and cut truck off.and it will crank in park.but if i shift to neutral it will crank any idea by the way truck have 270000 mile on it .guess i need to retire this puppy.

“it will crank in park.but if i shift to neutral it will crank”

I think that we are missing a key word somewhere.
Can you clarify exactly what happens (or doesn’t happen), and when these events take place?

I am guessing that the neutral safety switchneeds to be replaced, but that is just a supposition without some additional clarification.

sorry about that . will not crank in park sometime. if i shift to neutral it will crank.

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Replace the Neutral Safety Switch!

+1 for VDCdriver.