My son said that the gear shift was stiff before turning off the car. Car was running well, before turning off, besides gear shift stiffness. When I got in the car the gear shift was frozen and the engine will not crank. Lights come on in dash. The steering wheel turns. I checked fuzzes under hood and in dash; none burnt out. I am not able to get car in neutral to move; it doesn't have one of those buttons to disengage. Any ideas, I'm confused. Thanks
I would first look at the mechanism between your gear selector and the actual transmission. That would likely be the source of the shifter stiffness/won't go into neutral. Note that there is an interlock between the trans and the ignition, so you can't start the car in gear. The engine computer could be thinking you are not in a park or neutral where you can start if the indexing sensor is off/misaligned by the problem with the shifter.
Listen to Glenn steady knows what he's talking about and just out of curiosity have your battery load tested cuz a weak battery can sometimes start all that
I tried a new brake light switch which didn't work. But because it seems like it rather happened quickly I will have battery load tested. It is an older battery. It shows 12.1 volts on Top Vision power pack you recommended. Not sure how to look at linkage between shifter and trans so I will start here. Thanks