On Sun, 11 Dec 2005, Gary Hedlin wrote:
>
> Ok, I stand corrected as far as the neutral saftey switch. But I still
> am certian there is some type of failsafe to prevent a catastrophic
> event in case of an abrupt stoppage. I remember one time I was at the
> strip with the 98 trying to manually shift through the gears, and while
> going from 2nd to drive I accidentlly went to far and put it into
> reverse. It shut the engine down right then and there. Now what
> exactly caused it im not sure, but given the nature of DC'S electronics,
> i'm almost sure there's something there.
>
I've had my automatic stall the engine when I rolled backwards while in a
forward gear. I expect that's what happened to you, not any sort of
electronic protection.
On an unrelated note, I'm surprised and pleased that there were no adverse
effects of dropping from 2 to R at full throttle!
-- MikeM SAS '98 CC
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