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TYRA2703
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I have an olds achieva 1997 and my break light and abs light will not go off and i cannot take the car out of park what should I do
Mar 9, 2007 at 7:11 PM
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CHEVY22
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do you still have brake lights?? or are the out also
Mar 10, 2007 at 8:09 AM
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TYRA2703
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I do still have break lights
Mar 10, 2007 at 10:11 AM
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CHEVY22
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ok this sounds like a shift interlock cable problem
Mar 10, 2007 at 10:13 AM
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TYRA2703
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ok so how would i fix that and thank you for taking the time to tell me this
Mar 10, 2007 at 11:22 AM
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CHEVY22
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it is a cable that runs from your shifter to the brake pedal , you should have a small slot on the shifter base that you can fit a key type object into , if so try that and see if the shifter moves atleast this will get you going for now
Mar 10, 2007 at 11:28 AM
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