MattScott
Approved Vendor
I figured this would be a good thread to start as alot of people that own a Land Rover will have this problem.
Tonight, for the second time, I ran into the infamous brake switch failure, at a mcdonalds drive through. Embarrasing, right? Luckily I found some wire and a pocket knife and I was able to fix it. Anyway, I was thinking there should be a thread for this as maybe I could get some suggestions as to completely remove the shift interlock solenoid, and the solenoid that prevents the key from being removed. I know this could happen in the middle of nowhere, and I´d like to completely bypass this.
If your vehicle suddenly wont shift out of park, heres what I can offer to this thread:
Take a piece of wire, or anything conductive, and use it to jump the two connectors on your rear heated window. Specifically the connectors on the passenger side.
Press the button for your rear headed windows.
Your vehicle should now shift out of park allowing you to get home.
Your brake lights will be on until you get this fixed.
This can be prevented by carrying a spare brake light switch, which I did not have on me, a mistake.
If anyone has a cross reference for parts numbers, that would be great to put on this when people search for the problem.
Tonight, for the second time, I ran into the infamous brake switch failure, at a mcdonalds drive through. Embarrasing, right? Luckily I found some wire and a pocket knife and I was able to fix it. Anyway, I was thinking there should be a thread for this as maybe I could get some suggestions as to completely remove the shift interlock solenoid, and the solenoid that prevents the key from being removed. I know this could happen in the middle of nowhere, and I´d like to completely bypass this.
If your vehicle suddenly wont shift out of park, heres what I can offer to this thread:
Take a piece of wire, or anything conductive, and use it to jump the two connectors on your rear heated window. Specifically the connectors on the passenger side.
Press the button for your rear headed windows.
Your vehicle should now shift out of park allowing you to get home.
Your brake lights will be on until you get this fixed.
This can be prevented by carrying a spare brake light switch, which I did not have on me, a mistake.
If anyone has a cross reference for parts numbers, that would be great to put on this when people search for the problem.
