1998 Pontiac Firebird My Firebird is stuck in park

1998 PONTIAC FIREBIRD
140,000 MILES • 6 CYL • 2WD • AUTOMATIC
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FIRELARK
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Hello my 98 automatic base firebird has developed a problem with getting stuck in park. I turn the car on (starts up with no problem) then i press down the break then i try to move the shifter to drive....its stuck and it freezes up randomly like this. Im worried because i dont know how much it would take to fix it. pls help


trans and engiene were replaced 40000 miles ago 140k on body
Jul 17, 2010 at 10:53 PM
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RASMATAZ
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Are your brake lights working? if so have the shift interlock control solenoid tested
Jul 17, 2010 at 11:38 PM
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FIRELARK
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yes the brake lights still work, when i depress the brake. The weird thing is it randomly just gets stuck every once and awhile. its a pain because its not relaible and it takes a few hours for the problem to randomly dissapear after waiting a few hours
Jul 18, 2010 at 10:57 AM
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