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Question posted by maryjo17469 on January 19th, 2013

Won't Shift Out Of Park Until Really Warmed Up.

I have a 1998 automatic pontiac firebird. Lately Each time i start it I need to warm it up for 5 min before it will shift out of park. today it wouldn't come out of park at all. Do you know why?

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