Ok guys get this. I was taking out my bulbs tonight to see if they might be causing the fuse to blow and I was out of 8 amp fuses so i stuck in a 16 amp fuse. I know I know but I just wanted to do a quick test. So I fire the car up, put it in reverse and hear this horrible grinding noise. Scared the crap out of me so I put it back in park, back into reverse and it did it again. Then I realized it sounded like the starter was engaging!! I turned the car off, left the key in the on position, put the shifter in reverse and it started the car!! That had to be the most rediculous thing I had ever heard of in my life. It had me completely stumped until I was rehashing the night's events with my parents. Then it hit me. Could this be the neutral safety switch with one heck of a short? If the reverse indicatior is wired into the nss then this would all make sense. I really hope this is it. Before I jump off and order the $46.55 part, does this sound like it to anyone else?

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Seth

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