I have a 02 F350 V10 4x4. Tonight I went out to go to a friends house and the truck started fine but when I push in the brake it will not release the lock on the shifter. You can hear a click noise when you push in the brake pedal. Thanks for the help!
Matt

 

Do the brake lights work? If not the solenoid to release the shift won't work.

The work around is to turn the key one detent from off. This is before anything electrical turns on. Now move the shifter to N and start the truck.

 

yup, my guess is on the brake light switch also.

 

I have an 05 F350 had the same thing happen to mine.A simple fix.the part is about $25

 

Okay it will go to neutral before the power comes on
Thanks for the info! But the brake lights do work. So where do I go from here?
Thanks
Matt

 

Keep in mind that around 1999 or so, Ford went from using the brake lamp circuit to disengage the shift lock to using a double pole brake switch that used the second half of the circuit for signalling, including shift lock release. Because of that, the brake lamp s can work just fine, but a faulty switch can still cause a failure to release the shift lock. As a confirmation that the signalling side of the switch is good or bad, see if tapping the brake pedal disengages the speed control (if it works in the first place).

 

Speed control does now work
I will try this. Thanks

 

cruise does not work now at all now did work before. I checked the fuse for the SCDS and it is still good. Any ideas? Thanks fo9r help!
Matt

 

When you say cruise don't work do you mean it won't disengage or it doesn't work at all? The brake switch shouldn't have any thing to do with cruise working but the brake switch will keep the cruise from disengageing. I'm betting its the switch on the brake.

 

I got a new switch from O Relly and it was still the same. no cruise,and the truck is still locked in park.
Matt

 

brake lights do work

 

cruise will not trun on. no lights on the dash after u push on then set.

 

anybody got any ideas on this? Any input would be a big help.
Thanks
Matt

 

Check the single fuse that is common to both the cruise control and the shift lock. See owner's manual.

 

I looked in the owners manual and found nothing about the shift lock or the cruise. Any ideas? Maybe I need to try and find a schematic for the truck.