JPWhite
Well-known member
I post this just in case someone else does the same stupid thing I did at a red light.
I found myself unable to select drive and the guy behind starts blaring his horn. Each time I selected drive it would beep twice and refuse to shift gears. Would not go into reverse, neutral NOTHING! CRAP!!
I put the hazard warning lights on to indicate to the driver behind I was have difficulties.
I turned the vehicle off and on again. Nothing.
Double CRAP!!!!
The guy had now gone around me, so I calmed down and thought a bit. Turned it off again and restarted and bingo it went into gear at last.....just in time for the light to turn red again
What had I done that was so stupid?
The light has a long cycle, so rather than hold my foot on the brake I put it in park (there was a slight slope and it would run off in neutral). You have to press the brake to get out of park. Just like any other car, BUT it's easy to overlook that with the new style LEAF shifter. In a regular car you have to depress a switch on the shifter to get out of park as well as the brake. You'd never put a regular car in park on a red light, its too much hassle, the LEAF does so with simple push of a button.
If you find yourself unable to select a gear and it double beeps. Just press the brake
I found myself unable to select drive and the guy behind starts blaring his horn. Each time I selected drive it would beep twice and refuse to shift gears. Would not go into reverse, neutral NOTHING! CRAP!!
I put the hazard warning lights on to indicate to the driver behind I was have difficulties.
I turned the vehicle off and on again. Nothing.
Double CRAP!!!!
The guy had now gone around me, so I calmed down and thought a bit. Turned it off again and restarted and bingo it went into gear at last.....just in time for the light to turn red again
What had I done that was so stupid?
The light has a long cycle, so rather than hold my foot on the brake I put it in park (there was a slight slope and it would run off in neutral). You have to press the brake to get out of park. Just like any other car, BUT it's easy to overlook that with the new style LEAF shifter. In a regular car you have to depress a switch on the shifter to get out of park as well as the brake. You'd never put a regular car in park on a red light, its too much hassle, the LEAF does so with simple push of a button.
If you find yourself unable to select a gear and it double beeps. Just press the brake