Originally Posted by pleasedontsink
OK so I finally got the problem, and it was not the computer, BAS, or anything even close to that. I finally got everything apart and found a tinnnny screw lodged in the solenoid activated when you depress the break which allows you to move the shifter. From the looks of things, it looks like the screw came from the W/S switch on the inside of the housing, and it came undone and fell into the solenoid.
What a freak incident but at least i saved the $500 for a new shifter
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I was just going to suggest this exact problem.

That was me being sarcastic by the way.