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P07BE

Transmission Park Position Sensor/Switch A/B Correlation

The two redundant park position sensors A and B disagree — one reports Park, the other does not. Until the discrepancy is cleared the TCM cannot trust either reading and falls back to a safe state (typically blocking key removal and engine restart).

  • Check engine light: Yes
  • Emissions related: No
  • Repair difficulty: hard

Symptoms

  • Check engine or transmission warning light on
  • Harsh, delayed, or missing shifts
  • Possible limp mode (locked in one gear)
  • Slipping or shuddering during gear changes

Common causes

Ordered by how often each turns out to be the cause.

  • One of the two sensors drifting outside toleranceCommon
  • Mis-adjusted shift lever mechanismPossible

Parts involved

  • Park Position Sensor A
  • Park Position Sensor B

P07BE is a generic OBD-II code defined by SAE J2012. Exact wording and diagnostic procedure vary by manufacturer and model. Code definitions are drawn from the public-domain OBDex dataset; the workshop notes are our own.