Yes, I think all automatics you can bump from drive into neutral. I think
it is a safety feature so that you can always kick it out of gear if need
be. You can't bump reverse into park, though. That causes damage to the
transmission. Joe M was good until he got to the R to Park. lol That
causes lots of grinding and noise and if you do it at a fast enough speed
and enough force on the lever, you discover you no longer have park.
Don't
try it at home, it is an expensive lesson. lol
Some very old Powerglides went PNDLR instead of what we consider normal
with
PRNDL or PRNDLL today. I don't think there was a detent between R and L
or
maybe not enough to prevent accidental changes. I believe the old '50s GM
Hydramatic transmission was also set as PNDLLR and maybe some Ford
automatics. The '50s had a lot of pushbutton automatics for Chrysler,
so
I don't know if Chrysler had any sticks with PNDLR or not.
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> > >I notice that when I put the ole slug into gear that the position
> >> between drive and neutral does not lock in. In other words, I can
push
> >> the shifter into neutral without pushing the shifter button. All the
> >> others lock in.
>
> > You may push the lock button out of habit before moving the shift
lever,
> > but...
> > I believe you will find that is correct function for most cars with
auto
> > trans.
> > The lever will move between neutral and drive without pushing the lock
> > button.
> > The lever is held in either position by a spring detent.
> > IIRC, you don't need to press the lock button to move from 1 to 2, 2
to
> > D,
> > D to N, N to D, R to N, or R to Park.
>
> No automatic I ever knew had a shift detent going from Drive to Neutral.
> But there is a detent going from Reverse to Park.
>
> AJM
> '93 Ruby coupe, 6 sp (both tops)
Hmmm - so you mean you can be driving along the highway and just bump
it into neutral? Funny thing - I guess it is old age - I have had this
car for years and really do not remember if it was originally like
this.... duh... I was assuming something had given out on it.
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