In this video I bring you along as I have a look at a customers car that is stuck in park. Now bear in mind most if not all cars have an over ride to get the car out of park so familiarize yourself with that system before you need it in an emergency. It could be a mechanical interlock failure, a bad brake light switch, a broken wire, corroded connector and the list goes on.
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I leased a 2009 MKZ. I was shocked to see the sticker said, assembled in Hermosillo, Mexico. So much for 'buying' American. The 3.5l also has the self-destruct water pump
Your NAPA sponsorship is on its way, a suitable area manager is on their way with it..😂😂😂
Good advice. Thanks.
Good info!
Another South Main home run. I own a 2010 Fusion that this could directly help me with in the right situation.
You made him wait a month for a $10 switch, when it was most likely the cause? Hmm.
I need a chiropractic adjustment after watching that
Fascinating… getting under any dash is a pain and getting out is a bear
Napa won’t sponsor such a successful channel, and it’s an independent too. Sounds like they treat Eric like garbage being that DIY customers can probably get better discounts and refuse to sponsor him
I like when these fail on cars with push-button start. Always makes for a happy customer, especially when they have a car full of screaming kids and groceries turning to goo in the summer heat because their car won’t start.
easy peasy!!!
Back in my towing days, hauled many a cars because of this exact issue.
I'm disappointed… no brake cleaner harmed in the making of this film.
You should have asked him to set the cruise control and see if it was hard to disengage by tapping the brake.
"Lucky Guess" = "Provisional Diagnosis"😉
Great video! Some differences between makers – sometimes there is a rubber gasket on the brake pedal where the switch contacts and that will wear out/fall off and cause a failure. For the Honda brake switch, the white section at the end is the only part that moves and the black section is threaded. Push down the depth you want and then twist to install
I'm still thirsty
I know how to get Napper to sponsor you. Tell them you are going to remove the NAPA Care Center sign from the front of your building! Boom. Bang. Done.
Years ago, a co-worker informed me that my brake lights were out. A kwik check under the dash showed all wires connected. I had to laugh at myself on the 15 mile drive home, because up til then, I had no idea they were inop. For the drive home, at 9pm, I drove like a lil old lady, petrified someone would hit me from behind. If it was daytime, I would have turned on my parking lights to at least illuminate the rear lights, but being dark out, the park lights were already on. Made it home ok, installed a previously road-tested switch, all was OK.
It was a great video .Thanks..
This literally just happened to my girlfriends fire escape lmao
All your videos are great Eric, thank you.
Been there with the brake light switch fail. Fortunately mine was covered by a recall.
Eric the correct nomenclature for component removal is "Unclick." You should already know that by now. Ask Ray.
I'm old enough to remember when NAPA parts were better……. sadly not anymore
No NAPA sponsor but you are a NAPA autocare center, what’s up with that?
Thanks!
Just pull it out and it only go's in the hole one way. Lol 😆 🤣 😂
48 ounce bladder buster 😄
Justin Timberlake on the brakes
We don't want them as a sponsor 😜
Wowzer…. I'd be appreciative of not getting out of park if my brake lites didn't work, right?
You know what I like best about watching your videos? Watching someone else work on a car! I definitely don’t miss it! Ha. (I mean other than the fact that you are a good guy working on cars and I learn something on most videos. I mean other than that.)
Stinkin Lincoln
When was the last time we heard the Da-Dom! Brake Cleaner! We miss it… (Maybe some random Brake Cleaner appearances? Just a thought…)
I would also recommend knowing where the key fob override is if the battery dies in it. Steering column, center console etc
Those original ford parts are cheap as crap. Just Imagine the naper chinese copies.
I had a Mazda that had the same issue a handful of years ago. I'd had issues taking it out of park intermittently, so I started carrying a screwdriver in the center console. One day some stranger in a parking lot told me that my brake lights weren't working and I finally put two and two together and bought a new switch at Autozone (not a sponsor).
brake switch
I had a 79 Ford Grenada that went through 4 brake light switches in a year. I got to the point that if someone got a little too close for comfort when I stopped I would immediately get someone to tell me if the brake lights were working. I had 2 from Autozone fail after the original one did and went to Napa for the last one. It was still working when I got rid of the car.
Modern problems. I miss the old neutral safety switch,,,
my wife asked me to join her at a yoga class…nah.. I don't need a class… I do yoga every day! (under a dash, it a wheel well, some guys trunk…) I'd just like that 2nd elbow for the times when you need to twist an extra 90 degrees and there's no joints left!🤣
I had two 98 Toyota Camry's and there was a link at the end of the cable that went to the transmission shifter. That link got rusty and broke on both of them. I did a quick fix on one of them with a piece of wire to get it going , and that quick fix worked for a few years until I got rid of the car. The second Camry I saw a guy on the street with his head under the hood cause his car wouldn't go. I showed him the fix and he got it home, but he decided to sell the car so I bought it from him . I did a little bit nicer fix on that one using some plumbers strap instead of wire ! Worked fine .
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Simple easy Repair on this one Good video Eric O @SouthMainAutoRepairLLC
When you back up to store front like 711 check your rearview mirror
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Eric: everyday we learn from you; THANKS aLOT 🤠👍
Once Sma gets a million subscribers and out of the blue Napa wants to sponsor.
That was amazing big guy
👍👍
Soda! It’s pop baby!
Ford BOO switches have been an issue for decades.
Quick and easy fix. Good guess. Mr.O. to the rescue.
your sound is way to low in last 4 or 5 vedio
Great video Mr. "O"..
Still don't understand why the thunder Naper won't sponsor the best auto channel on the tube..
Stupid stuff like this is one of the reasons I bought a car with a manual transmission.
I see in typical first generation Fusion/MKZ/Milan fashion the dashboard is preparing for liftoff – like a LeSabre haha
Listening to peoples “work arounds” is funny. Some of the most bizarre approaches – CarTalk on NPR made sure to highlight some of the absurdity sometimes haha
Only had a brake switch problem like this on a 2006 Taurus. I’ll have to remember to check the brakes!. Had a couple of failed solenoids on the shifter interlock on the floor shifter from overturned bladder busters lol
That beat box deserves a thumbs up 👍
Those 1st Gen Fusion, MKZ, Milan were solid cars.
I had a '64 Triumph Hearld, convertible, 4-seater, RED! The brake light quit working; I removed the brake light switch by the brake pedal, disassembled it, wiped off the teeny-tiny spider smashed between the contacts, reassembled it and replaced it in front of the brake pedal. Why can't we fix our cars like that today?
In a recent video you said you could turn corn into meat,,, I'd like to see that.
Can we petition napa to sponsor this man ?
This is all because the of the Ford Granada…
Over extending the switch could also keep the pedal (read brakes) from fully releasing.
Remember when you get a sponsor you get a boss too.
Whatsa switch like that cost.
Audio has been a bit low in the last few videos?
48 oz bladder buster! 😂👌👌
Good thing to know.
You know how you have the brake cleaner sound? You need a NAPA sound.
Napa should pay you for the sign in your shop
The 48 ounce bladder buster 😂😂😂
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
As always a great video! I had a car that refused to shift an it was the bloody shifter itself that failed. Took a lot of time on the google to figure out how to get it to into neutral. Knowing in advance how to deal with an issue like this is solid advice. An oz of prevention and all that.
Also you could ask “Have you been using your cruise control, and having problems with it not disengaging when you press the brake?”
Loved it, even my wife thought the beat box was funny.
As always you have be half contortionist
on the 4th gen explorers it was the white box inside the shifter and actuated the lock out
On my 2005 Dodge Magnum there is a little plastic hook that typically breaks off and it won't shift out of park. My broke at about 115k miles. Cheap repair if it's a do it yourself.
Thank You!!
Fine job!
Hope that guy has luck with the rest of the car
👍
Great fix. Thanks for sharing.
I even had to go to an online video to change a headlight. Woe!
It's amazing what you can do when you know what the problem is. 🙂
Good thing your athletic
What does a brake switch have to do with not being able to shift out of park?
Good tip bro !
Great info! Thank you! But what about the rotary shift knobs Ford uses now?
Eric thanks for hooking Ray up with the correct Brake Kleen intro sound now his intro is legit!
Nice work
Simple when you know what to do. He could have kicked the switch. Over ride is aways good to know.
Great video, retired trans man here. In a emergency you can turn the key just to unlock the steering wheel ( as not to energize the interlock) move the shifter to neutral position then start the car then move shifter. Just some helpful info. Thanks for the videos always look forward to them. Keeps me working in my head with out lifting a tool. 👍
Maladjustment, such as you described, may have been all that was wrong with the original brake light switch. 🙂
I've had a couple of weird problems that were related to the brake pedal. A couple of years ago, my F150's cruise control quit working. I could turn it on, but in a second it would stop working. After consulting the Mighty Google, I was headed to the master cylinder to check something, but mine looked different from the one that was described. The next suggestion was to check the upper brake light and sure enough it was burned out. I used one from the bed lights that were in the same number. It worked. Apparently the open filament makes the cruise think that the brake pedal is down.
Remember when there was a slot specifically designed to slide a car key into to do that!
Wait. Remember car keys?