The neutral safety switch in the shifter is worn out. It detects when the car is in park or neutral.
Your safety interlock switch is going out or is not adjusted properly. There is a procedure for adjusting the switch. The switch is on the transmission in the engine compartment. If you want to adjust the switch, loosen the botls holding the switch and follow steps 7-8 below. Else, you can just replace the switch entirely by following all steps.
Fig. Fig. 1: Neutral safety switch location-vehicles equipped with automatic transaxle Fig. Fig. 2: Adjusting the neutral safety switch
The neutral start and backup switch are one unit mounted on the top left end of the transaxle. The neutral start portion of the switch allows electrical current to travel to the ignition system when the shift selector is in park or neutral only. The vehicle will not start when the selector is in any other gear. The backup portion operates the rear backup lamps when selector is in the reverse gear.
REMOVAL & INSTALLATION
See Figures 1 and 2
To install:
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