Cappy
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So I took my New Jeep with 30 miles on it for a quick drive yesterday. Just outside my neighborhood I was driving and saw a very nice water bottle on side of road. I stopped, put car in park, hopped out and grabbed water bottle, got back in Jeep and put it in drive and nothing, car would only rev like it was in neutral. I was mostly blocking road (dirt road with light traffic). Two cars were coming toward me and stopped because I was mostly blocking road. Embarrassing.
I was in semi panic trying to get it in drive and move forward. I checked my door and it might have been ajar, opened and closed, but still no luck. I put car in park, turned it off and on and put it in drive, still acted like it was in Neutral when in drive. Finally I tried reverse and that worked allowing me to get out of the way.
I was thinking I would have to go in reverse the half mile back home. I then tried drive and it worked.
In my panic I did not look at the dash for messages for a clue as to what was happening.
I then drove to a parking lot and tried to recreate issue. It seemed to have something to do with the door ajar triggering it. I saw a message about Auto Park that said put car and park then drive. Did that and it worked but this did not work when I was in middle of the road.
I wonder why I had so much trouble getting it in drive? Is there a problem or is there some kind of safety feature that was kicking in? Not sure what Auto Park is. Also, while recreating this issue I got a message when I was in drive trying to move forward that the car was not in park???
User Error or Wrangler error?
I was in semi panic trying to get it in drive and move forward. I checked my door and it might have been ajar, opened and closed, but still no luck. I put car in park, turned it off and on and put it in drive, still acted like it was in Neutral when in drive. Finally I tried reverse and that worked allowing me to get out of the way.
I was thinking I would have to go in reverse the half mile back home. I then tried drive and it worked.
In my panic I did not look at the dash for messages for a clue as to what was happening.
I then drove to a parking lot and tried to recreate issue. It seemed to have something to do with the door ajar triggering it. I saw a message about Auto Park that said put car and park then drive. Did that and it worked but this did not work when I was in middle of the road.
I wonder why I had so much trouble getting it in drive? Is there a problem or is there some kind of safety feature that was kicking in? Not sure what Auto Park is. Also, while recreating this issue I got a message when I was in drive trying to move forward that the car was not in park???
User Error or Wrangler error?
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