P0930
Gear Shift Lock Solenoid Control Circuit Low
- Severity
- High
- Driving
- Drivable — book it in
The gear shift lock solenoid circuit is reading low - typically shorted to earth or open circuit. The module cannot control the park lock, so the lever may be trapped in park or may not be locked at all.
Possible causes
- CommonWiring shorted to earth or open circuit between the module and the solenoid
- CommonCorroded or damaged connector under the console
- CommonOpen or shorted solenoid winding
- PossibleBlown fuse on the circuit
- RareFailed control module driver
What you might notice
- Cannot move the selector out of park
- Lever moves out of park without the brake pedal
- Check engine light on
What to check, in order
- Disconnect the solenoid and check whether the low reading persists at the harness.
- Measure the solenoid winding resistance against specification.
- Inspect the connector under the console.
- Check the fuse and the brake switch circuit.
- If the lever is trapped, use the manual override release described in the handbook rather than forcing it - forcing the lever breaks the detent mechanism and turns an electrical fault into a mechanical one.
Read this code from your own car
Plug an ELM327 adapter into the OBD-II port under the dashboard. Pin16 reads every stored, pending and permanent code, explains each one like this page does — offline, with no account — and shows what the car recorded when the fault was set.
Where this code sits
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Transmission and control modules
P0900P0901P0902P0903P0904P0905P0906P0907P0908P0909P0910P0911P0912P0913P0914P0915P0916P0917P0918P0919P0920P0921P0922P0923P0924P0925P0926P0927P0928P0929P0930P0931P0932P0933P0934P0935P0936P0937P0938P0939P0940P0941P0942P0943P0944P0945P0946P0947P0948P0949P0950P0951P0952P0953P0954P0955P0956P0957P0958P0959P0960P0961P0962P0963P0964P0965P0966P0967P0968P0969P0970P0971P0972P0973P0974P0975P0976P0977P0978P0979P0980P0981P0982P0983P0984P0985P0986P0987P0988P0989P0990P0991P0992P0993P0994P0995P0996P0997P0998P0999