Cadillac Repair: Wont shift to park, steering column, local service

Question
I have a cadillac 96 sts. All of a sudden yesterday i had
problems shifting to park from drive and today it stopped at
all. i can shift down frm reverse to 1 and up to reverse again
but cannot shift to park at all and the keys wont come out
unitill its in park. can u help me??

Answer
Hello,

I do believe I can help you.  You are going to need the car towed to not a dealer, but a local service center.
GM uses what is known as a "park" cable that leads from the shifter to the steering column. Its purpose is that the car has to be in park before the ignition key can be removed.

Over time, this cable will fray preventing it from going back into the housing and not letting the car shift through the gears.

If you have never replaced one, you don't want to. The labor rate is no more than an hour. This cable must be purchased by GM though.

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Thanks.