The problem is not that the car might have been on a slippery surface. A patch of ice will not cause the car to go LIMP. There is actually a problem in the car, and it could be caused by many different things, and might be difficult to locate. See the post I started on Nov 22 , 2008, " '95 Wagon, won't start in "N", /ASR " . There were a number of good replies to that posting, with a lot of good preliminary info. I am still working on my problem and will post some results soon.