2022 Jeep Gladiator PO850 Park/Neutral Switch Input Circuit Error

[adamjedgar]

Hi guys,
I had my gladiator out in a really boggy mud hole yesterday (similar to that shown in my profile picture on left) and after winching through it, the above error appeared.

We obviously couldnt do anything about it out on the trails, and so i tried to drive about 40km home, however, we only made it halfway before the car decided to leave me stranded in the front row of a set of traffic lights, centre lane of 3, in middle of a major intersection, during evening peak hour.

It was over an hour before any emergency services could get there to help us and to move the jeep.

We couldnt even get out of the car for that whole hour there was soo much traffic and no where to stand off the side of the road in that particular location.

Traffic services eventually figured out that the gladiator had a park break override cable that you can pull so that the vehicle can be towed forwards...(the transmission is stuck in park). I didnt even know about this cable (bloody jeep dealership never mentioned anything about this when i purchased the car brand new a year ago)

I have removed and cleaned the large round transmission plug on the RHS...that one was relatively clean...so i dont think it was the problem.

Which of the auto transmission connectors relates to this code and can it be removed and cleaned whilst laying on the ground underneath the car (without a hoist)?

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[Hootbro]

Data I have is all LH drive model. There is connector XY230A in the right wheel well behind the fender liner that is the in-between connector between the inside electronic shifter (which is the inside shifter handle even though it has a manual throw, still electronically tells the transmission to shift).

XY230A has caused people other problems as a lot of other systems also go to it and is in a crappy place down low.

 

[Lost1wing]

I searched for p0850 here and found one guy has a rock jammed in somewhere. The dealer found it and save the rock for him.

 

[Joe_G]

I'm sorry I don't have an answer for ya but I'd like to learn about it myself.

Thanks to you I learned about the orange parking pawl release, that could come in handy someday.

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