ok so i got some new tail light in and i was switching them over this evening. i get done with the left side and i go turn on the car to make sure everything's working good... i get in the car right turn single left turn single brake then when i go to put it in reverse i cannot get it to go into reverse. i have an auto so i punch the button on the side of the shifter and nothing its stuck in park!!! im panicking for a sec then i look up at the cluster the vsc the abs and the traction control lights are all on and i cant toggle the traction control button. i had a moment of sanity and i remembered the little white button underneath the cap to manually override the shifter so i got it in reverse. but whats going on what happened it still wont come out of park unless i push that button...
help plzzzzz

 

You pinched your tail lights wires against the chassis when you installed them- that's my guess.

 

that would cause the car to essentially not function??? a little extrema. but i went and checked the wire it looks fine no cuts or scraps of any sort

 

weird

 

Check all fuses in the underdash and underhood boxes.

 

I'd be curious as to what you find...that just doesnt sound right

 

well i got it fixed i think i hope. first of all i took out the lights i was trying to put in... i don't know if they are the cause just yet i am going to try and put them back in later but when i have a full day in case this happens again. but what i ended up doing was for the most part was a hard reset on the abs and the ecu... i just took out all the fuses and relays that had to do with either one of those 2 in all the fuse boxes and just kept them out for about 10 mins. cranked the car once turned it ff then cranked it again and they all wen away and i could shift again...

but please if anyone has had this happen to them an know what i did to my poor baby please tell me... so i never do it again...

 

Has happened to me. You pinched wires installing the tail lights. Take them out. Fix any damaged wires and reinstall, no pinching this time. Seems like a fuze will be blown also, find and replace it should then be all better.

 

Were they LED's?