I get a "transmission not in park" message but it is in park.

Is my dashboard just being sarcastic or is a wire loose or what ?

Before you answer that I don't think I can get performance or manual mode on the shifter either.

Wiring ajar or a computer issue ?

What say you ?

Not having any luck at all with that car of yours are you. This is where you might have to go to the local Fiji Ford dealer.

Does it just flash up when you're starting or shutting-down and then dissapear, or stay up permanently?

If the former it's possibly your battery on its way out...that causes a few troubles with the electronics. But otherwise probably a faulty gear position sensor thingo.

Cheers Sucker, yes only on shutdown. I suspected a sensor issue.

Noted re: battery.

Remember I joked about the potholes issue here ... Delicate terminals maybe weren't built for such jarring impacts.

((( have finally educated the mrs about NOT braking into the potholes))

*** memo : iPhone spellcheck on potholes brings up pothead.

Having driven in Fiji , you just don't know what is coming around the corner.

Pot hole , Blackie the cow, it is not a Gameboy.

Difference is you die in real life ( pun intended)