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VW Stuck in Park

Posted by Mark | Filed under Life

I see from my server logs; I am start­ing to get hits on peo­ple search­ing for help with the same VW stuck in park prob­lem I had. In hopes that this helps oth­ers out, I’m post­ing the steps I got from VW’s road­side assis­tance below. These instruc­tions worked on my 2002 VW Golf GLS with an auto­matic trans­mis­sion, but may or may not work on any other vehi­cle. And I make no claim that they are safe to use on any vehi­cle. So if you fol­low these instruc­tions, you do so at your own risk!

1. Press down on the break pedal 5 times.
2. On the 5 time, hold down the break pedal and start the car.
3. Let the car run for 5 sec­onds, while still hold­ing down the break pedal, and then turn it off.
4. Again while still hold­ing down the break pedal, give the key a one quar­ter turn in the ignition.
5. Still hold­ing down the break pedal, move the gear shift so that it is between Neu­tral and Drive.
6. Finally, with your foot hold­ing down the break pedal, start the car. Hope­fully, you can now shift your into what­ever gear you need and drive it to the near­est VW ser­vice cen­ter to get it fixed.

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