Friend has a s60 non-turbo automatic. She got stuck at the store and couldn't get it out of park. When I got there, I found that the S60 has no shift-lock overide (seriously?) like my S90. After fooling around with it for a while, I yanked up on the shifter until the whole knob/button assembly came off (as if you were removing it to remove the console) and reinserted it. Worked great. That was about 2 months ago. Now she is having problems with it occasionally not wanting to come out of "P" and now sometimes it won't go from "N" to "R" or "P", but it will go back and forth from "D" to "N" and down into the numbers. You can bang it around and get it to work sometimes and sometimes it's real stubborn. Any ideas??

Thanks

Andy

Our 2.5T 2006 S60 had a similar issue that progressively became worse (while it was under warranty). First, the dealer stated it was a simple lubrication of the shifter (it took them 1/2 hour). This worked for 1-2 days. Next, I took it back and the dealer stated that it is likely the teflon part and possibly a simple mechanical/electronic item that had to be replaced (it took them 1-2 hours). That worked for 2-3 more days. Finally, I took it in and told them that I would not want our car back until they could figure out what it was and FIX it, while I asked for a rental. Sure enough they gave me a rental (under warranty) and ... three days later it was apparently correctly diagnosed and truly fixed. It turned out to be the related electronic control unit (a rather expensive repair). Fortunately, it cost us nothing. I suggest you start in a simple way (as suggested by Claus and the other fellow) and hope that it is not the so-called electronic control unit.

1995 850 turbo sedan, a really great car
2006 S60 2.5T, a really nice car my other half likes very much

Sounds more like it is the shifter button that is the problem. You might want to spray some WD40 under the button, or put the shifter out and oil the shaft that gets pushed by the button.

Klaus
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So shiters have a teflon rod down the center of the shifter see if yours does.

see if it's broken al all and or it may need some grease on it.