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The car is a 1999 Z24 with about 120,000kms on it, its automatic. The car won't go into any gear, the shifter does not move from park. When the brake is applied the button on the top of the shifter will not depress so you can take it out of gear. Any ideas?

Thanks
-Mike

 
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Take it to the dealer.....

God I hope this doesn't await the fait of my Z24 in 22,000 kms.

 
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I have a feeling its something like the brake safety switch, and if its something stupid like that i could fix it....and what happened to your Z24?

-Mike

 
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Perhaps it's the switch...do you feel any clicking when you depress it....is it easier to press or tougher.

My Z24's fine. It's almost at 100K. It's just a daily, nothing special, springs and a radio. I just don't want it to quit on me at 120k because I'm about to drop large $$$ on a serious car that'll be summer only.

 
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yeah it could be your break sensor or whatever see if i your tail liights light up when you press your break if they dont change the break sensor underneath your pedal... if they do light up then your ed with another problem

 
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ahhh, yah the button on the shifter wont depress, so thats why i figured it could be the safety switch, i ll check out the brake light situation aswell...

-Mike

 
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Don't worry about your car dying. My friend's 1996 Sunfire GT has around 280,000kms on it. One can only hope that GM has sorted out every single problem in the last 30 years they have been producing the Cavalier/Sunfire J-body platform.

 
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J-Body drive-tran = practically invincible.

The rest of the cars are hunks of ...

 
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As i suspected, i took a closer look at it just now and it is the brake safety switch, i messed around with it and some WD-40 and its all good now, thanks for the imput guys

-Mike

 
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wd 40....the jesus juice of cars ahaha

 
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With WD-40, zip-ties and duct tape you can fix anything