🚨 2025 Hyundai Palisade: Emergency Neutral
The 2025 Palisade uses a conventional console-mounted shift lever with electronic shift lock, essentially unchanged from 2024.
🧰 Drafted with AI under the editorial review of Chris Hackleman & Jeff Moore — details like the exact override location may vary by trim; verify visually before prying anything.
⚠️ Chock the wheels first — neutral means the car can roll. Set the parking brake while you work, never stand downhill of the vehicle, and try a 12-volt jump before any override: power fixes most stuck-in-park problems instantly.
The procedure
- Ensure the vehicle is on a level surface and set the parking brake firmly.
- Turn the ignition to the ON position (push start button twice without brake pedal) if battery has any charge remaining.
- Locate the shift lock release slot—it is a small rectangular opening with a cover cap on the left side of the shifter base, near the driver's side edge of the console.
- Use a flathead screwdriver or similar tool to pry off the shift lock release cover cap.
- Insert the screwdriver or key into the exposed shift lock release slot and press down firmly while simultaneously pulling the shift lever out of Park.
- Move the shifter to Neutral.
- If the vehicle must be moved without any electrical power, continue holding the shift lock release pressed while moving the shifter to Neutral.
Shift-lock override location
Small rectangular slot with removable cover cap on the left side of the shifter base, toward the driver's side of the console.
With zero electrical power
With zero electrical power, the shift lock override slot still functions mechanically. Press and hold the override while moving the shifter to Neutral. The steering wheel will remain locked, so the vehicle must be pushed straight or loaded onto a flatbed. The electronic parking brake cannot be released without 12V power—if EPB is applied and battery is completely dead, the vehicle cannot be rolled and must be flatbedded.