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

  • SnowblindAlbino@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    People really have no idea how their car works

    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.

    • painandstuttering@alien.topOPBEnglish
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      11 months ago

      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