S13 Automatic shifter problem

[JEDIs13]

89 s13 stock sohc automatic
My car started acting up last week, it wouldn't start unless I put pressure on the shifter pushing it towards park. I would turn the key and nothing would happen at all, if i turn the key then put pressure it would start. this morning it wouldn't start at all. I have power, my windows roll down and the radio works. I took apart the shifter and the pin is pushing the parking sensor back, but I noticed the white box to the right of the shifter gets really hot. I'm going to get a shifter from pick a part tomorrow, but I was just curious if anyone had a similar problem? Is there something else I should check?


I did use the search button and didnt see any threads with a similar issue

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[sr20det-s14]

neutral safety switch

[JEDIs13]

Isn't the neutral safety switch only on manual cars?

[mr_eh]

it's the neutral safety, it's to prevent you from starting the car in reverse or in a forward gear... it's probably something in the mechanical portion if it works when you apply pressure, it's possible it bent and is now broken after applying extra pressure

[JEDIs13]

Can I bypass this switch? How is it fixed?

Currently searching for answers on my own

[JEDIs13]

According to projectRDM there is no neutral safety switch?

The neutral switch is not needed for anything. All it does is signal a manual ECU that the transmission is in neutral. Does not affect starting, engine operation, idle, anything. An auto car doesn't even have any sort of input. You're confusing it with a neutral safety switch, which on some cars like Hondas won't allow the car to start in gear. Nissan does not use that type of setup..

[Frank_Jaeger]

Automatics will not start out of park. I've tried in neutral.

[JEDIs13]

ProjectRDM was wrong. There is a Neutral safety switch. I bypassed it at the connection under the fuse box on the passenger side in the engine bay.

[sr20det-s14]

Yup you should be able to start any auto car in neutral or park so long as your switch isn't busted like the one in this thread. I do it all the time in my auto. of course I've seen the sensor when it's in park be bad but work in neutral

[sr20det-s14]

and you were thinking of the switch on the clutch pedal at first which you can bypass just the same is really easy either way