Car jumped out of reverse
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E250 Diesel
Car jumped out of reverse
Strange thing. I had the car in reverse to back out of a parking lot (rolling downhill). All of a sudden after going about 10 feet, I heard a clicking noise and it popped out of reverse and went into neutral. I,then, reengaged reverse and it was OK.
should I consider this a normal behavior? I never had an auto tranny do this to me.
should I consider this a normal behavior? I never had an auto tranny do this to me.
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Did you get any alarms in the dash display? I've gotten the danger of roll away display before, and I think it went to neutral, too. I was in the garage, with the car in reverse, but something distracted me and I delayed in backing out. It's happened only once.
Point is I think the car will shift into neutral and throw the warning if it thinks there is danger of uncontrolled rolling.
Point is I think the car will shift into neutral and throw the warning if it thinks there is danger of uncontrolled rolling.
Last edited by DFWdude; Jul 31, 2018 at 03:08 PM.
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Did you get any alarms in the dash display? I've gotten the danger of roll away display before, and I think it went to neutral, too. I was in the garage, with the car in reverse, but something distracted me and I delayed in backing out. It's happened only once.
Point is I think the car will shift into neutral and throw the warning if it thinks there is danger of uncontrolled rolling.
Point is I think the car will shift into neutral and throw the warning if it thinks there is danger of uncontrolled rolling.
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Had a Chevy in 1978 and it always popped into neutral. Chevy dealer I bought from said it was normal. brought to another dealer and they said a switch was bad. They replaced the switch and it never happened again. I also never went back to the first dealership for anything. If it pops into neutral something is definitely wrong.
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While in reverse, my rear wheels had just dropped off the 1" step from the flat garage floor onto the driveway, so the rear of the car was marginally lower (sensed as rolling down hill?). I stopped briefly to inspect my mirrors to see that I would clear a car parked to the side in the driveway behind me. I took my foot off the brake and I then got the RED warning in the MFD on the danger of a possible roll away. I think the tranny was now in Neutral -- which triggered the warning message -- but frankly am not sure. I do remember applying the brakes again, double checking my transmission position and selecting R again, just to be sure. The warning cleared and I then proceeded...
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I found this out the hard (dumb) way. I had a newspaper on the driveway, so as I pulled up I was going to ease up to it, pop the door open and lean down to get it. As soon as I opened the door (car doing a 1-2mph roll) the car went into park lol. Wacked my dumb noggin on the a-pillar too.
