Was driving my car (automatic) up hill yesterday after turning a corner onto the hill I noticed the gears stopped changing the car was revving supper bad but I couldn’t stop on the hill to check what was wrong as there were cars behind me, by the time I was able to pull it it must have been about 3/4 mins of the car struggling and screaming at me coming up hill.
When I stopped and checked for issues I noticed my gear stick had knocked out from D to D+ -
When I shifted it back I took it for a short drive before coming back home where all seemed to me ok, I’m just wondering would I have done major damage to my car with this and why would it have just knocked out of D while driving?
I’m hoping it’s all good I know 0 about cars it’s my first car and I just bought it from a dealership 3 months ago
People really have no idea how their car works
They really don’t.
OP is asking and in the process, learning about their car. While your response has no value.
I am sure you know how everything you buy works.
… that’s why operations manuals are included with almost everything you buy.
Thank you :)
One of my kids did this as a new driver at 16-- hit the freeway in our SUV in second gear, realized it was “loud” and pulled over to call me. Going 65 in 2nd with a small V6 is indeed noisy. Lesson learned. Seems like that’s something basic we should be teaching new drivers.
I also was aware the gear wasn’t changing but couldn’t check what it was, immediately figured it out when I stopped safely and because it was so loud and all up hill and sounded like the car was under strain, I thought I’d ask if I’d done any damage, but that makes me stupid apparently
I have only been driving for 2 months
I knew that I shifted it into manual but I didn’t realise until I had come to a stop and I was worried that all the strain of being stuck in first gear and revving was damaging my car