94 Legacy Doesn't want to shift out of Park

[SldrDghtrDntCry]

Hey there, i've got a 94 Subaru Legacy that recently has decied to pick a fight with me and refuse to shift out of park! its been an on going battle for the last few months with it only recently becoming a major problem. usually all i need to do is a tap the breaks for a min or two and sometimes restart the car, however this last time that i went to use it, it refused to budge at all!

so i was just wondering if anyone out there had this same problem to and know what they did to go about fixing it? i'm a poor college student with some car repair expericance looking to fix it on my own as low cost as i can. Fairly sure it might have something to do with the Automatic Transmition wiring, took apart the shifter and found 2 wires *a white and black one* should i try resetting the connection on them or what??

thanks for the help!

[vrg3]

Does it shift out of park easily when you press the override lever at the front of the gear selector surround?

[greg donovan]

there is a solenoid in there that has probably failed. depending on the VIN of your car and when it was made it could cost a fair amount of money to replace.

the one on my 95 failed so i zip tied it in the "open" position and disabled the safety switch. so the car can be shifted out of park w/out applying the brakes. not the safest solution so be carefull.