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While doing a u turn this am, my car (c180 yr2000 auto old shape) jumped into neutral (no drive) while still in D. I put the lever in N then back to D and all was well again. Its done 120K and the box shifts sweet when warmed up - slight bit of slip from cold. Anyone had this? There are no...

Hi, I know I should use the Parking Brake at least now and again, so it doesn't sieze. But my question is, does putting the car in Park (which is required to remove the key from the ignition) use the brakes at all, or is it the equivalent of leaving a manual car in gear? I am doing a trackday...

G'morning, The car's an S430. As per the title really, can't remember the last time I revved the car in neutral, but I've just tried it and it goes quite lumpy at 4000RPM almost like a crude rev limiter, and won't rev past 4500. Took the car for a sprint up the road and back and it's fine...

Hi, I have a small problem/dilemma. Some say it's OK - totally normal with an ASR car, some say it is a problem. The engine in my 1998 w210 E230 AT (automatic) Elegance is in a very good shape, i believe, and so is the rest of the car which is regulary serviced in my local MB dealership in...

I have a 130k mile S320 CDi and the car has been fine for the 4 months I have had it. Last week however when driving along in "Drive," the car suddenly lost power and simply revved up as though it was in Neutral. The display on the dash clearly showed the car was still in Drive. Is this a...

With this car being the first automatic car I have ever owned and I have had a few different people say different things to me when I pull up at traffic lights etc that some say you should always put the car in neutral and some say ir does not matter if you leave it in drive with foot on the...

I have always read that it is not advisable to tow an automatic in Neutral. It used to be that if you were towing an automatic, you should disconnect the drive to the driven wheels otherwise damage would be caused. I like to know the technical explanation of things but could never understand...

Now I haven't done this, but am I correct in thinking that if I accidently took my automatic out of gear on a motorway, the only way to get it back into Drive (D) would be to stop the car... on a motorway??? ie once the car is out of D you can only put it back in while stationary. Is this...

hi today something worrying happend: went to overtake a car so put my foot down on the accelerater to drop a gear (i as in DRIVE). the engine just reved and felt like it was in neutral. Then the only way to acclerate was to move into Fourth gear and then it was fine when puit back in...