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Old 11-16-2003, 11:24 AM
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Default Had a very odd/scary experiance this afternoon....need advice

I come to a stop sign think i am in Sport mode but really in Drive. so im pullin out and accelerate and push the shifter into what i thought would be Drive but turned out to be neutral and the engine RPMs shot up and all the gear lights lit up...then i pulled off to the side of the road and turned the car off and strted it again...it seems to be working perfectly fine...what the hell happend?
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so you started moving and shifted the car into neutral by accident... what's the issue here? that's not really a big deal, i wouldn't sweat it.
Old 11-16-2003, 11:44 AM
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Default Don't know why "all the gear lights lit" but I wouldn't worry about it

Mechanically you didnt do anything bad to the car, as long as you didnt throw it into D while the revs were still high.
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its happened to me too, it just sounds scary but nothing wrong with putting car in neutral
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if there are no lights on and everything sounds and feels normal should i worry at all?
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Default Re: Don't know why "all the gear lights lit" but I wouldn't worry about it

i did throw it back into D by instinct im not really sure at what RPM but there was a slight thump then i pulled off the side off the road and the car restarted fine and all the gears are smooth
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The rev limiter should protect your engine from over-reving. I wouldn't worry.
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Default happened to me last week.

freaked me out as well. i think it was just a rev limiter fart.
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Isn't this just driver error?


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