Q: My truck won't shift outof park

asked by on November 29, 2016

When I crank my truck up the service advance trac and hill descend lights come on and will not let me shift out of park. Just locked in park. Will not go into neutral or drive what do I do?

My car has 95000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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