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This is off topic but I'd be surprised if someone here didn't know.
2010 Ford F-150, 4 x 4, 65k miles. Transmission is stuck in park. Cannot move it. Someone know how this operates or what the solution to the problem is? Thanks!
 

Does the lever move? If not try turning the steering wheel hard one way and the other while stepping on the brake pedal. Sometimes the steering being held under pressure won't let the lever lock release.
 
What Jim said plus if your parked on a hill side it can cause the transmission to stick in park. We're assuming the trucks engine is running, correct? Check to see if the brake lights come on when you step on the brakes, I believe that's the same signal that goes to the transmission solenoid to allow you to shift out of park.
Dave
 
Not sure if the ford pickups of that age had the safety feature as the crown vic. The safety feature is if you have a brake light burned out, it won't let you shift out of park.In my case the brake light switch was bad.To get around it the manual says to start engine and put foot on brake and then shut off engine with foot still on brake and turn put car in neutral and then start car. Best of luck
 
try to turn key enough to unlock steering but not enough to light dash. then shift to neutral and start.there might be a solenoid that only lets you shift when brakes are applied.
 
On my 2019 Toyota Sequoia there is a slot on the transmission shifter cover that is for inserting a screwdriver to solve the exact problem you're having. It's all covered in the owner's manual which I only glanced at and have never experienced the problem. Have no idea whether Ford is similar or not. Have you looked in the owner's manual?
 
I hate spell check My post was to read after shutting off car turn key on but not to start and then shift to neutral and then start.
 
My 2009 Honda Element has the same thing. It has floor shifted automatic and the parts inside the steering column get confused sometimes, The solution is to take the key, remove the little plastic cover, push the key down in the slot as far as it will go with some pressure to ensure that you are depressing the locking lever. With the other hand move the shifter from P to N and remove the key, put it in the ignition key slot and start the car.

Sometimes wiggling the steering wheel back and forth while having one hand trying to turn the key and other times changing the tilt position on the steering wheel while trying to start will cure it, both tricks if they work will keep you from having to put the key in the slot on the shifter assembly plastic cover.

I spray the key hole with lock lubricant periodically and since doing that I have significantly reduced the occurrence to seldom.
 
Talk to a reputable mechanic. I had that happen to my 2002 and an inexpensive part fix took care of it. Good Luck! gm
 
That is the interlock that prevents the shifter moving out of PARK unless the brake is depressed.
Turning the ignition switch to the first position (the OFF position) should unlock the steering columen without activating the ignition. Then, the shifter should move out of PARK.
If you turn the ignition switch to the ''ON'' position, it activates the interlock, and the shifter will not move out of PARK until the brake is applied - BUT, it ''reads'' the brake light circuit to determine if the brake is applied. A bad fuse or a bad brake light switch that causes the brake lights not to work will not de-activate the interlock.
 
Try tapping the ignition switch with a hammer. Then spray some WD-40 in the key slot. I had this problem with my 2016 Ford 250 a few months ago after I mistakenly jammed my Kenworth key into the switch. Yeah it worked.
 
That happened to a man at the local boat ramp
where I live and it was a blown fuse in the brake
light circuit.
 
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