I was driving along this morning and while I reached to change the radio I hit the shifter. It went from D to N without pressing the button. I did not hit the shifter hard at all. Is this the norm. I have never had a AT so I don't know if this is the norm for AT's....
I remember seeing a chart somewhere in the manual about which gears require you to use the button and which ones don't. I have one of the infamously abridged 2004 owners manuals, so I suspect it is in all of them. As for the actual answer to your question though, I don't know because like a lot of other people here, I don't rtfm. (I think it is one of the first rules of being a guy.)
yes, you can shift up to neutral without using the button, and vise versa; also, you can drop down into drive from reverse without using the button as well, which is nice as long as you're careful to use only when in a stopped position!
Yeah, going from D to N (or R to N) without depressing the button can be done in just about any automatic I know of. In fact, was driving years back in my 6000 STE. Buddy ended up bumping the shifter (on the center console), and I panicked for about 5 seconds when I saw the RPMs go through the roof (70 mph from drive to neutral).
Yeah, going from D to N (or R to N) without depressing the button can be done in just about any automatic I know of. In fact, was driving years back in my 6000 STE. Buddy ended up bumping the shifter (on the center console), and I panicked for about 5 seconds when I saw the RPMs go through the roof (70 mph from drive to neutral).
I also kinda freaked out. I thought I had to put the clutch in for a second. I ended stepping on the brakes.... I was :shock:
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