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Q: Car won’t shift out of park

asked by on December 31, 2017

A few days ago I went and bought a Bluetooth radio transmitter so I could listen to music through my phone. These transmitters work through the cigarette lighter which I then remembered wasn’t working. I go to check the fuse to see if it’s blown but it seemed fine. I also pulled other fuses out, out of curiosity to check the status on them. To my recollection I put everything back in their correct spot. The next morning I go to start my car and take it to work and to my surprise see that the shifter won’t shift into reverse. It’s stuck in park and won’t come out. I popped open my hood and manually shifted it into reverse to see if it was able to move and it did. I can also manually shift it into neutral and drive. I hooked a diagnostics machine up to my car and it said about losing connection to the TCM. Is the tcm the problem or does it have something to do with what I did with the fuses the night before since it was operating perfectly until then. Thanks In advance

My car has 110000 miles.

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You will need to make sure you put all the fuses back in the correct places since the fuse will power the shift interlock. Fuses number 2 and 14 control the shift interlock. Make sure fuses are in place and then try it again. If you still have issues then you will need further assistance by a mechanic like one from YourMechanic.

Volkswagen
fuses
anti-theft
Jetta
2010
L5-2.5L
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