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Question posted by BakersfieldGuitar on September 11th, 2014

I Accidently Shifted Into Reverse!

I accidently shifted into reverse while going about 7 miles an hour in my neighborhood...... I heard a weird grinding like sound and immediately went to drive. I'm not sure if I went fully into reverse it all happened so fast. I haven't driven the car sense scared I might damage something more. I parked and didn't notice anything funny. It was only about two hundred feet to my house from where the incident took place.... so I didn't drive it far to really get any notice of something not working right. Do I have anything to worry about?

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Answer #1: Posted by BusterDoogen on September 11th, 2014 12:13 PM

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You are already worrying about it because you haven't driven it. I suggest that you drive around at slow speeds locally to see if it has any shifting problem. If everything works, gradually increase you speed so that all gears are engaged. You may also just want to have a transmission shop check it for safety sake.

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