Q: Car won't shift out of park.
My car won't move out of park. The car starts but all the lights are out on the dash except the radio and I can't move the shifter lever out of park. The windows, wipers, and radio are the only thing that is working. If I let the car run for a while the lights come back on and I was able to drive it. This has happened twice.
My car has 175000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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