2007 automatic....I get home put it in park turn the engine off but on the dash showed me still in drive. Will not let me turn engine back on. I have tried to loosen the break cable which allowed me to shift but the dash still reads drive, I also disconnected the battery with the hopes when I reconnect it would recognize it was in park but that was more of a pipe-dream fix. Clueless, please help.

 

Never opened one up but sounds like a position sensor

 

on older vehicles it would be the neutral safety switch , probably similar here but maybe an integrated unit

 

I've seen this a lot when the shift cable beaks at the trans.