Shifted from N back to D while driving by mistake!

[Khaled]

Hi,

I was driving today and thought that I was at manual mode. I pressed on the gas paddle and then wanted to shift to the 2nd gear, but instead of that I shifted to N and then by mistake I shifted back to D while I'm still pressing on the gas.

I was just thinking, is this going to effect my transmission in the future? should I be worried about it?

Khaled.

[blacksrjdm]

Hi,

I was driving today and thought that I was at manual mode. I pressed on the gas paddle and then wanted to shift to the 2nd gear, but instead of that I shifted to N and then by mistake I shifted back to D while I'm still pressing on the gas.

I was just thinking, is this going to effect my transmission in the future? should I be worried about it?

Khaled.

Shouldnt but dont do that all the time. BTW, its an automatic, put it in drive and go, no need to shift.
Modified by blacksrjdm at 8:37 AM 4/13/2009

[losenone]

As blacksrjdm said, it really shouldnt really affect it all but dont make it a habit. Neutral dropping the car will be a quick way to destroy your engine mounts

[lilojoj]

BTW, its an automatic, put it in drive and go, no need to shift.

Modified by blacksrjdm at 8:37 AM 4/13/2009

[ItsEcko06]

i've done this a few times on accident and revved my engine rly high. sounded sexy but its never good. just be more aware of it cuz i have bad memory so no bueno.

[EzeebMOS3]

Whats the problem with shifting to N while driving if you let the RPMs go back down....

I feel like it wouldn't by bad at all....could be horribly wrong tho haha

[mcheddadi]

there is no problem with reving the car in N. anybody who thinks otherwise is just miss informed or ignorant

[blacksrjdm]

there is no problem with reving the car in N. anybody who thinks otherwise is just miss informed or ignorant

That wasnt the question. He had shifted into nuetral while driving and was revving and still in the throttle when he was shifting back to drive, which would be called nuetral dropping. That is not good for the trans, the mounts, or the axles. Now if it was done by accident one time, then no worries, but if he starts doing that alot, I can guarantee he will be at the dealership with some issues.

[dangeris]

Yeah you should be fine, ...but you're lucky it didn't go one more gear up to Reverse. I did that one time in 1987 when I was test driving a Pontiac GTA. I hit a bump and the shifter went right form Drive into Reverse. :oy Damn thing just shut down on me. I was able to restart the car after a few seconds. I returned the car to the dealer and bought a different color GTA..a red one with MT instead of the black auto i was test driving

[2008AltiCoupeDan]

lol- ur fine

in my old car i beat the shyt outta the transmission....

i'd pop from neutral already at 2500rpm and slam into drive right off the line

this was back wen i wanted a new car lmaoand ironically- the transmission was still perfect, it was the engine tht crapped out on me lmao

[Kango]

I always wondered... like what dangeris did... is it possible to put it in reverse while traveling at highway speed like 70mph by accident? I've always been curious about this but never wanted to try for obvious reasons. ^^

Oh and yeah I did my share of neutral drops when I was way younger when I didnt much about cars. It was a used Mazda 626. Only took about 10 neutral drops from 6k RPM to drop the transmission~ =)

[Curtieson]

I always wondered... like what dangeris did... is it possible to put it in reverse while traveling at highway speed like 70mph by accident? I've always been curious about this but never wanted to try for obvious reasons. ^^

Luckily we have Myth Busters to do this for us!!! They tried this last season, maybe 2 seasons ago...the car has a special little mechinisum to not allow it to go into gear (on an Automatic). The same with Park I believe. They were trying it on late 90s cars or there abouts...link for your enjoyment.

http://www.dailymotion.com/vid..._tech

[Kango]

wow thank you.

Those guys have the best jobs.~

[guitarist982]

Yeah not too long after I got my car I was driving about 35-40 in D and the shifter got kneed into R (since the button doesn't have to be depressed to get into R). The car didn't jerk or anything ... just went out of gear and I pulled over to put it back in drive. But it freaked me out cause the reverse camera came and I was going pretty fast forward. I wasn't pleased

[superblackcoupe]

I've accidentally done this twice in the past week.

Annoying as hell. Wish there was some sort of "lock" that requires pushing in the lever when going from D -> N to prevent this kind of thing (sort of like needing to push it in when shifting out of park).