Ford escort sedan.will not release from park to move vehicle?

Ford escort sedan. Will not release from park to move vehicle?

Could be a shift cable or a shift interlock solenoid.

Check your brake lights fuse. Your brake light switch has to work to shift out of park.

First of all, do you have your foot on the brake when you are trying to shift out of park? If you do, have someone stand behind the car and see if the brake lights are working. If they are not, the brake light switch on the pedal has either failed or gone out of adjustment.