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Old 01-16-2014, 04:10 PM
Zulfiqar Zulfiqar is offline
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Originally Posted by garymand View Post
Problem was the floor shifter, no apparent liquid damage, it just started giving flaky signals to the tranny computer. It happened twice, I'm on the 2nd used shifter. Both times the problem happened after I used neutral coasting down a very long hill 2 or 3 times. Coincidence? Maybe the computer 'learns' something it shouldn't and I don't know how to clearit other than a new shifter???
The CAN BUS constantly checks in with the shifter of how's everything going, if it sees cuckoo signals the system records an error.

that is why it is never recommended to coast in neutral in these cars - this same problem happens with Dodge/Chrysler/Jeep too that use the same transmission.
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