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need help with 850 engine start puzzle 850 1996

posted by  someone claiming to be Mrsha on  Thu Jun 20 04:20 CST 2002 [RELATED]

850 PnP or Micro switch starting

It's the PnP switch, not the microswitch in the shifter that's causing your problem. That microswitch doesn't effect starting, all it does is release the shifter from Park when the brake pedal is depressed, nothing more.
Winter mode & fleeting trans problem. 850 1996
Classic description of the PNP switch failure. Very common. Typically
Act up on first cold morning (so you are a bit out of sync unless it is
Still cold in NY).
Warning: More then one transmission has been replaced when this
Switch is bad and replacing the switch is what is needed. Cost
Is 3 to 4 hundred to replace. You can probably go for a few months
With it as is -- don't have to replace immediately, but will eventually.
Turning off the engine and restarting often clears it (eventually
It won't





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