On vacation and car will only go in drive.

seems like neutral safety switch is bad. Tried adjusting, no luck.

im on a mobile device and searching on here isn’t great.

anyone have a link for bypassing neutral safety switch?

 

I don't think there is a bypass for the xyz switch. Only for the gear selector lock out switch.
Other pros can chime in.

 

What exactly do you mean by "only go in drive"? When you move the shifter through the PRND321 range do the correct red lights illuminate on the shifter bezel and do the correct PRND321 characters appear on the instrument panel?

 

the lights are not matching on the shifter console with the physical position of the shifter, when the vehicle is in Park, it shows as in reverse and will not start. When in reverse, the car goes into gear momentarily then kicks out and will start. When physical in neutral the shift shows neutral and will start. The car will physically go into drive and into gear.

But will not physically go into gear in reverse.

 

there is a cable and nut. You can loosen the but and slide cable all the way into park tighten nut. It’s easy to get to and you can try adjusting

 

Yes. Try adjusting the cable first, the fine tune the adjustment by rotating the switch within its range.

 

replaced the switch. All good now...still a little intrigued at how the xyz switch controls a pretty mechanical tranny.

 

coincidentally I was just reading this in RAVE because my xyz is acting up. If I'm reading this correctly, the shift lever moves the xyz switch which then sends a signal to the gearbox to select the right gear. It's described as electronic control of gear selection



So reading that it sounds like the answer to the bypass question is definitely a no.

When you say you replaced the switch, do you mean you replaced the xyz switch?