Quote Originally Posted by Tone
NOT - how do people come up with these incredible and erroneous resolutions! A tranny will shift out of park with the engine off - has NOTHING to do with pressure or fluid level. Jammed Shift Interlock is the problem.

No disrespect Tone but we have two '99 VX's and neither one of them will shift out of Park with the engine off, and that includes stepping on the brake pedal. They both seem to to need the engine vacuum in combination with transmission fluid pressure to activate the shift lever. I always notice in cold weather and we do have that here, that they go into gear faster with more brake pressure pressure on cold first start. Once the VX is warmed up, however, they slide into Drive instantly with moderate brake pedal pressure. That's been my experience.