It pops out with a finger-nail (for those of you that don't bite your nails).

Then, stuff your key in there to get a one-time bypass (it will pop back into place after you shift).

The manual describes this as well as I could.

I can't see the need for it, except that all the "safety" interlocks have gone overboard.

The Sonata has something that is worse than any car I've ever had. If you shut off the ignition in neutral or drive, you can't shift into park without moving the key back to the "run" position.

Pain in the butt. I've been working on techniques to optimize gas savings. One of those techniques (that I used all the time in the Santa Fe) was to shut off the car as soon as I parked. Sometimes even shutting off the car BEFORE I was parked (neutral coast into parking spot).

Sonata makes this a little harder. I messed with the shift-lock, to see if I could get the Sonata to work the way the Santa Fe did. No luck.

 

Originally posted by TeamCNY@Aug 19 2007, 09:07 PM
It pops out with a finger-nail (for those of you that don't bite your nails).

Then, stuff your key in there to get a one-time bypass (it will pop back into place after you shift).

The manual describes this as well as I could.

I can't see the need for it, except that all the "safety" interlocks have gone overboard.

The Sonata has something that is worse than any car I've ever had. If you shut off the ignition in neutral or drive, you can't shift into park without moving the key back to the "run" position.

Pain in the butt. I've been working on techniques to optimize gas savings. One of those techniques (that I used all the time in the Santa Fe) was to shut off the car as soon as I parked. Sometimes even shutting off the car BEFORE I was parked (neutral coast into parking spot).

Oh man, just drive slower.

Sonata makes this a little harder. I messed with the shift-lock, to see if I could get the Sonata to work the way the Santa Fe did. No luck.

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o mannn just drive slowerrrr

 

My wife's Volvo 850 used to have this occasional problem of the gear stuck in Park. She learned to use this trick, though on the 850 it was more accessible...

 

I was told that it's for when you get in an accident. Locks the car in park so you can't drive away from the scene.

 

Originally posted by dogstar
I was told that it's for when you get in an accident. Locks the car in park so you can't drive away from the scene.

I pray that whoever told you that was joking or severly misinformed!

 

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I was told that it's for when you get in an accident. Locks the car in park so you can't drive away from the scene.

I pray that whoever told you that was joking or severly misinformed!

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Meh, don't really care, I probably wouldn't have paid attention to it unless it was mentioned.

Mine locked when my first sonata was written off, so I figured it was a plausible explanation.... I wouldn't have wanted to drive that car even if it was able.

 

What is a Write Off really?. :57:

 

Originally posted by MiamiLX@Aug 21 2007, 04:26 AM
What is a Write Off really?. :57:

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I think it's a nice way of saying. TOTALED. no?
I mighta missed by a mile, not sure.


I had a friend, when I was in college and didn't have my Sonata there YET, and her car (p.o.s. daewoo) always had a key in that park release thing.
I never knew what it was for until she started having me drive her around and I realized every now and then the park would lock and I'd have to poke that button. Power steering would die in that crap too.

hahaha, eventually I got my sonata to school and couldn't have been happier, even spent a few nights in it HAHA. :grin:

There was another time I slept in my Sonata
Visiting a friend in Providence RI.
Someone puked in her bed so we had to spend the night in the FREEZING cold in my Sonata? I got 'arrested' that night too! but it was by "Campus Police" and they just took my pipe and pot. Had to drive up to Boston the next day to pick some more goodies up for the drive back to NJ


BTW in case anyone is interested I am BACK IN SCHOOL! John Jay college of criminal justice and I'm also doing ROTC. good fun.

 

But the real question, how many times have you been arrested?

I thought of you today as my key wouldn't release. I have

had no problems with the Shifter, although I share 'kn's concern.

So Willayy are you one day going be the Police?.

About "Write Off", I'm sure you are correct. I was watching

a Seinfeld episode, and he is talking about the "Write Off".

 

Twice but the first time was just a "petit (pronouned petty) disorderly persons offense"
Let's just say it was alcohol related. hahahaha I love seinfeld too, great show, almost as good as curb your enthusiasm

Yes, one day once I'm done protecting the great U.S. of A. I do plan on doing the same here at home. You know cops in Bergen and Suffolk County make a 6 figure salary 10 years on the job, base salary at almost 60,000? Plus great benefits and think of the overtime which I think is even more if you work the third shift. Pull over a DUI right before your shift is up spend a few hours on paperwork and it's like working another day hahaha. The pension is great too how many jobs out there can you retire at 50?
Funny thing, my mom says my experiences now will help me once I'm a cop. She doesn't condone them in any way but she says I'll know all the 'spots' to catch kids hahahaha and she thinks ill be real vigilant about it, you know, out of spite.


fftopic: fftopic: fftopic: sorry admins!

 

Originally posted by MiamiLX@Aug 21 2007, 01:26 AM
What is a Write Off really?. :57:

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$25000 in damage on a $26000 car.

 

I thought shift locks came out when Audi had their "unintended acceleration" problems. Another lame attempt from the government to save us from ourselves.

 

Originally posted by TeamCNY@Aug 19 2007, 09:07 PM
The Sonata has something that is worse than any car I've ever had. If you shut off the ignition in neutral or drive, you can't shift into park without moving the key back to the "run" position.

Pain in the butt. I've been working on techniques to optimize gas savings. One of those techniques (that I used all the time in the Santa Fe) was to shut off the car as soon as I parked. Sometimes even shutting off the car BEFORE I was parked (neutral coast into parking spot).

Sonata makes this a little harder. I messed with the shift-lock, to see if I could get the Sonata to work the way the Santa Fe did. No luck.

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2nd Gen Santa Fe's have the same deal going on... 1st you're like WTH?

 

Originally posted by UniR@Aug 24 2007, 09:30 PM
2nd Gen Santa Fe's have the same deal going on..

WTH indeed!

What are they trying to protect us from, accidentally putting a non-moving car that is not running into 'park"? I can't really see where that would be a problem, and yet they spent valuable engineer time, and added parts and logic to the car, just to keep me from putting the lever up to "P".

 

My wifes 2006 Sonata was boosted with the polarity reversed and a few things popped.... amazingly the battery did not explode. One outstanding issue is that the transmission will not come out of the locked position unless it is done manually by inserting a key or similar into that slot.

Anyone have any ideas what the problem might be? Not sure which fuse or breaker controls this.

 

I've always heard the reason the button is there because if the battery is dead, you can not shift to neutral to push it out of the way. It manually releases a mechanism that they have a small electric motor to do when you step on the brake pedal.

Yes, all because of someone who shifted into reverse with out their foot on the brake pedal and ran over someone or something so they sued.

 

Solenoid pulls block out of way so you can move shifter.. thanks to some AUDI owner back about 35yr ago.. now we have to step on brake pedal and allow electric to operate solenoid to move block out of shifter gate so we can operate shifter..

Nothing by law that I am aware of from keeping you from removing the "block" to allow free operation of shifter

 

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