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2003 Toyota Corolla gear shift button

Tiny
GHEINTZ
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  • 2003 TOYOTA COROLLA
  • 4 CYL
  • 2WD
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 125,000 MILES
When I first start the car, the gear shift button is 'locked' and cannot be depressed (even when pressing the brake as hard as possible). It's an intermittent problem (doesn't happen every time when starting the car) and once the button is depressed, it's like it never happened.

In writing this question, I went to watch the brake lights and they came on when the brake was depressed. The button would also depress as well (back to the intermittent problem). My fear is one day the car will leave me stranded - stuck in park.

What could be wrong? Brake light assembly? Some sort of bad (or going bad) connection/cable?
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Saturday, August 8th, 2015 AT 1:30 PM

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Tiny
KHLOW2008
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If the brake lights are working and you cannot shift out of park, that would mean a fault with the shift interlock solenoid which is within the shift interlock ECU.

You would always be able to shift out of park by using the shift lock button as it is for emergency use when the shift interlock fails.
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Sunday, August 9th, 2015 AT 5:27 AM

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