I recall reading about an owner that was experiencing his S80 sticking in park some time ago. I had this same thing happen to me last night with my '99 S80 T6. I was visiting a friend and the car sat out overnight (the first time this has ever happened, instead of in its nice, heated garage!) in subzero temps. When I went to leave this morning I could not get the car out of park. And yes, I had the brake depressed. It wasn't until I turned the wheels with the steering wheel that it would finally allow me to shift out of park. Was it just the unusually cold temps perhaps?
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S80 stuck in park - different owner
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Fredrik Lidström
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I have the '00 S80 T6 and I have never experienced this problem in cold weather. It is parked outside in temperatures below -10 celcius all winter.
However I experienced a similar problem once and I tried _everything_ to get it out of park. It didn't matter how many times and for how long I turned the engine off. It took me a good 15 minutes before I figured out it was because I had the parking lights on. Is it supposed to lock into parking gear when the parking lights are turned on?
However I experienced a similar problem once and I tried _everything_ to get it out of park. It didn't matter how many times and for how long I turned the engine off. It took me a good 15 minutes before I figured out it was because I had the parking lights on. Is it supposed to lock into parking gear when the parking lights are turned on?
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What are the parking lights?
Fredrik Lidström said:I have the '00 S80 T6 and I have never experienced this problem in cold weather. It is parked outside in temperatures below -10 celcius all winter.
However I experienced a similar problem once and I tried _everything_ to get it out of park. It didn't matter how many times and for how long I turned the engine off. It took me a good 15 minutes before I figured out it was because I had the parking lights on. Is it supposed to lock into parking gear when the parking lights are turned on?
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I don't know if it is the same light configuration in the S80 for all countries. But here in Sweden you have the 0 (off), Park and Low/High Beams options on the knob. In Sweden it is against the law to drive with the fog/spoiler lights and regular headlights at the same time, so you'll you have to turn the headlights off. And since we also have automatic headlights in our cars, there is no point in turning the knob to 0 since it won't turn of the lights as long as the engine is running. So I had turned on my parking lights and forgot all about it...