Stuck in fail safe after hard stop

Nov 30, 2008 | 02:53 PM

rickstone

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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?

Nov 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?

Nov 30, 2008 | 03:42 PM

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AT, Tiptronic

Brakes replaced about 3 ms ago

Nov 30, 2008 | 04:15 PM

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Is your car driveable now?

Nov 30, 2008 | 08:48 PM

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No, because I cannot shift out of neutral

Nov 30, 2008 | 09:07 PM

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try unplugging the battery overnight.

Dec 1, 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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