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Old 11-30-2008, 02:53 PM
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Stuck in fail safe after hard stop

I should have posted in this forum the first time...after coming to a hard stop my car is now stuck in neutral ....anyone know how to fix this?
 
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Old 11-30-2008, 03:37 PM
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Do you drive a MT or AT?

Have you tried turning the car on and off?

Are you sure the brake pads arn't stuck on the rotor?
 
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Old 11-30-2008, 03:42 PM
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AT, Tiptronic

Brakes replaced about 3 ms ago
 
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Old 11-30-2008, 04:15 PM
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Is your car driveable now?
 
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Old 11-30-2008, 08:48 PM
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No, because I cannot shift out of neutral
 
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try unplugging the battery overnight.
 
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Old 12-01-2008, 02:14 AM
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dont the automatics have a shift-lock override thing? little square somewhere that you pop a cover off of and use a screwdriver or something?
 
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Old 12-01-2008, 02:18 AM
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^^correct
 
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yea it's in the trunk.. that little needle/wrench thing... i think... 6mt ftw
 
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Old 12-01-2008, 01:48 PM
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I am just curious. Anyone know why that happens? Why does it go to neutral stay in N after a hard stop?
 
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Old 12-01-2008, 03:09 PM
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its the cars way of saying.. DUUDE wtf? lol
 
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