car will not start and gear shift levet will not move. After ~15 min lever will move and car will start in neutral

By now you ought to be on your third car battery....check the voltage and perform a load test (if so equipped) but basically if more than five years old is the source of you disappointment~ ....also clean off the ground lug leading to the chassis/frame and to the engine, and wirebrush the terminals to assure the delivery of a solid 300 amps cold cranking power!

When you say it won't start, does it turn over fine but just not fire? If that's the case I don't think it's the battery or ground but I could be mistaken We have had our 01 Ody die while driving & not restart. Usually waiting a few minutes & it will start fine. It's only done it a few times & I've only been in the car 2 or 3 times, so it has been hard to troubleshoot. Tonight it did it & I wanted to try something I found to see if it was the ignition switch. I tried to take it out of Park but it wouldn't budge. I'm not sure if that was the case in the past because this was the first time I had tried that. After waiting 15 minutes or so, it started fine & went into gear. After doing some more reading, I think I am going to pull the main relay & look for cracks in the solder.