Mechanism for vehicle transmission default to park

A vehicle comprising:

• a transmission, having a park mode and multiple additional modes and a mode selector rotatable to predetermined positions including a park position correlated with the park mode and multiple additional positions correlated with the multiple additional modes, respectively;
• an operator interface;
• and
• a gear selection mechanism operatively connected to the operator interface and including:
• an output member operatively connected to the mode selector to move the mode selector to a selected one of the park position and the multiple additional positions according to a selection input at the operator interface;
• and
• a default-to-park mechanism configured to override the selection input and shift the transmission to the park mode, the default-to-park mechanism having:
• a rotatable plate coaxial with the output member;
• wherein the plate and the output member are configured to interfere with one another such that the plate is moved in a first direction of rotation by the output member when the output member is rotated in the first direction of rotation, and the output member is moved in a second direction of rotation by the plate when the plate moves in the second direction of rotation;
• wherein the second direction of rotation is opposite from the first direction of rotation;
• a latching mechanism;
• wherein the plate is configured to be releasably held by the latching mechanism to prevent rotation in the second direction of rotation when the output member is in any one of the multiple additional positions;
• and
• a first biasing member biasing the plate to rotate in the second direction of rotation to return the output member to the park position when the plate is released by the latching mechanism.