[Loaorndnam]

Does anyone know the location of the sensor that triggers the "shift to park" message when turning off the vehicle? Mine has started malfunctioning, I was planning to see whether cleaning, and spraying it with WD40 would help. If not, the solution seems to be changing the entire shifter assembly. I have included a couple pictures of the shifter assembly as well. In addition, the specific vehicle is a 2017 2SS with the A8 transmission.

[ctrlz]

The sensor appears to be triggered by a cam on one side of the shifter pivot. You can kind of see it in the 6th picture of this listing.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/28476012400...yABEgKpm_D_BwE


Your looking at $110-160 for a whole (used) shifter assembly on ebay. I would probably buy one before trying to fix the old unit. Not sure from the photos how easy it is to get apart. Once you have a working unit, you can mess with the old one. A lot of these microswitch sensor gizmos may be glued together.

[Loaorndnam]

Originally Posted by ctrlz

The sensor appears to be triggered by a cam on one side of the shifter pivot. You can kind of see it in the 6th picture of this listing.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/28476012400...yABEgKpm_D_BwE


Your looking at $110-160 for a whole (used) shifter assembly on ebay. I would probably buy one before trying to fix the old unit. Not sure from the photos how easy it is to get apart. Once you have a working unit, you can mess with the old one. A lot of these microswitch sensor gizmos may be glued together.

Thanks! I was able to get the sensor to work for a couple of days by cleaning it, but now it is back to being faulty. I have just ordered a new shifter assembly. Does anyone have experience with changing the shifter assembly, seen it in a service manual or video of it being done?

[Gunkk]

IIRC the trans has to be dropped. Used to be a few DIY threads and videos of folks doing Hurst shifters. This should cover the key steps: https://youtu.be/xZdZJRLRHWk?t=50