My 2000 Accord Automatic has a dead battery and seems to be stuck in park. I want to put it in neutral to move the car, then jump the battery.

But it seems to be stuck in Park. I put in the key and tried the key in various positions, but it won't come out of park.

Does the engine have to be running to take the car out of park ?

Thanks.

--
PAUL

 

ME wrote:
> My 2000 Accord Automatic has a dead battery and seems to be stuck in
> park. I want to put it in neutral to move the car, then jump the battery.
>
> But it seems to be stuck in Park. I put in the key and tried the key in
> various positions, but it won't come out of park.
>
> Does the engine have to be running to take the car out of park ?
>
> Thanks.
>
> --
> PAUL


Can't speak for this particular car, but many use an electrically
powered solenoid to release the gear selector when you step on the
brake. Find a battery charger, move another car near it, or pull the
battery from another car and jump it. You don't have to have the engine
running, but you do need some power to the electrical system.

 

James:

That worked. I put my foot on the break and it went into neutral just
fine.

Thanks for the help. .................and yes..........I do feel like a
dope :>)

PAUL

"James Sweet" <jamessweet1@trashmail.net> wrote in message
news:gess2j$dov$1@news.albasani.net...
> ME wrote:
>> My 2000 Accord Automatic has a dead battery and seems to be stuck in
>> park. I want to put it in neutral to move the car, then jump the
>> battery.
>> But it seems to be stuck in Park. I put in the key and tried the key in
>> various positions, but it won't come out of park.
>> Does the engine have to be running to take the car out of park ?
>> Thanks.
>>
>> --
>> PAUL
>
>
> Can't speak for this particular car, but many use an electrically powered
> solenoid to release the gear selector when you step on the brake. Find a
> battery charger, move another car near it, or pull the battery from
> another car and jump it. You don't have to have the engine running, but
> you do need some power to the electrical system.

 

In article <4911f2e7$0$14279$607ed4bc@cv.net>,
"ME" <DontEmail@yahoo.com> wrote:

> My 2000 Accord Automatic has a dead battery and seems to be stuck in park. I
> want to put it in neutral to move the car, then jump the battery.
>
> But it seems to be stuck in Park. I put in the key and tried the key in
> various positions, but it won't come out of park.
>
> Does the engine have to be running to take the car out of park ?

Normally, yes.

But all cars that are like that also have an emergency mechanism to
allow the gear shifter to move without the car being on. It usually
involves prying a small cover off somewhere near your shifter and
inserting your car key, which then unlocks the shifter and you can put
it into neutral.

You can then take the key out of that little slot, put it into your
normal ignition lock, start the car, shift from neutral to drive (or
reverse), then drive the car to get it fixed.

 

Thus spake "ME" <DontEmail@yahoo.com> :

>James:
>
> That worked. I put my foot on the break and it went into neutral just
>fine.
>
> Thanks for the help. .................and yes..........I do feel like a
>dope :>)

This is the "Audi 1000 cure" (I think it was the 1000). People were
claiming that it would "suddenly accellerate". But the problem
couldn't be duplicated. Car & Driver did some tests and found that,
with the brake pedal fully depressed, the car would only crudgingly
move forward under full throttle. But they also found that for some
drivers, the accellerator was a little further to the left than
"normal" and suspected that people were stepping on the gas instead of
the brake. NHTSA "fixed" the problem by requiring that the brake be
depressed to move the car out of Park.

>
>PAUL
>
>"James Sweet" <jamessweet1@trashmail.net> wrote in message
>news:gess2j$dov$1@news.albasani.net...
>> ME wrote:
>>> My 2000 Accord Automatic has a dead battery and seems to be stuck in
>>> park. I want to put it in neutral to move the car, then jump the
>>> battery.
>>> But it seems to be stuck in Park. I put in the key and tried the key in
>>> various positions, but it won't come out of park.
>>> Does the engine have to be running to take the car out of park ?
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>> --
>>> PAUL
>>
>>
>> Can't speak for this particular car, but many use an electrically powered
>> solenoid to release the gear selector when you step on the brake. Find a
>> battery charger, move another car near it, or pull the battery from
>> another car and jump it. You don't have to have the engine running, but
>> you do need some power to the electrical system.
>

 

"Elmo P. Shagnasty" <elmop@nastydesigns.com> wrote in
news:elmop-6042FD.19073605112008@mara100-84.onlink.net:

> In article <4911f2e7$0$14279$607ed4bc@cv.net>,
> "ME" <DontEmail@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> My 2000 Accord Automatic has a dead battery and seems to be stuck in
>> park. I want to put it in neutral to move the car, then jump the
>> battery.
>>
>> But it seems to be stuck in Park. I put in the key and tried the key
>> in various positions, but it won't come out of park.
>>
>> Does the engine have to be running to take the car out of park ?
>
> Normally, yes.
>
> But all cars that are like that also have an emergency mechanism to
> allow the gear shifter to move without the car being on. It usually
> involves prying a small cover off somewhere near your shifter and
> inserting your car key, which then unlocks the shifter and you can put
> it into neutral.
>
> You can then take the key out of that little slot, put it into your
> normal ignition lock, start the car, shift from neutral to drive (or
> reverse), then drive the car to get it fixed.
>

RTFM. most of them are online.

--
Jim Yanik
jyanik
at
kua.net

 

RTFM.. READ the F------- Owners manual



"ME" <DontEmail@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:4911f2e7$0$14279$607ed4bc@cv.net...
My 2000 Accord Automatic has a dead battery and seems to be stuck in park. I want to put it in neutral to move the car, then jump the battery.

But it seems to be stuck in Park. I put in the key and tried the key in various positions, but it won't come out of park.

Does the engine have to be running to take the car out of park ?

Thanks.

--
PAUL

 

Dillon Pyron <invaliddmpyron@austin.rr.com> wrote in
news:hcf4h4tkuo35f90e4v72idqk3lj0t0ande@4ax.com:

> Thus spake "ME" <DontEmail@yahoo.com> :
>
>>James:
>>
>> That worked. I put my foot on the break and it went into neutral
>> just fine.
>>
>> Thanks for the help. .................and yes..........I do feel
>> like a dope :>)
>
> This is the "Audi 1000 cure" (I think it was the 1000).



The Audi 5000, actually. The prime bad guy here was the television show
"60 Minutes", which produced a smear episode that contained much
misinformation, caused much alarm, and almost caused Audi to end up in
financial trouble. I lost a lot of respect for "60 Minutes" after the
"unintended acceleration" thing.

The Audi 5000 remained on the market after the fiasco, renamed the Audi
100 in an effort to recover consumer confidence.



> People were
> claiming that it would "suddenly accellerate". But the problem
> couldn't be duplicated. Car & Driver did some tests and found that,
> with the brake pedal fully depressed, the car would only crudgingly
> move forward under full throttle.


Car and Driver's tests revealed that people who were looking over their
shoulders, or those with little experience with a particular model or
who drove little, had a tendency to misplace their feet, even in cars
with plenty of clearance between brake and gas.

Furthermore, and even more significantly, Car and Driver also discovered
that once the wrong pedal was pressed and the car began to accelerate,
people had a tendency to believe that their foot was actually on the
brake, and they would press the pedal HARDER, apparently thinking they
weren't stepping on the brake firmly enough. This was how some of those
cars were able to smash through garage walls and end up in swimming
pools.



> But they also found that for some
> drivers, the accellerator was a little further to the left than
> "normal" and suspected that people were stepping on the gas instead of
> the brake. NHTSA "fixed" the problem by requiring that the brake be
> depressed to move the car out of Park.



Automakers began installing those locks well before any legislation was
talked about, this out of fear of tort. Even now I'm not so sure
those locks are actually required by law.

Several governments (including the NHTSA) plus some journalistic outlets
all did extensive testing at the time and discovered that the problem
was simple driver error; there was nothing wrong with any of the cars.
The problem centered primarily around elderly or female drivers, plus
those who drove little and were relatively inexperienced or out of
practice. All automakers and many models were represented in the
statistics, with Audi's 5000 not being overrepresented.


--
Tegger

The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ
www.tegger.com/hondafaq/

 

Honda Newsgroup:

Alan G. locked his keys in his car the other day.

He had to find a coat hanger to get his family out of the car.

RTFM up yours Alan.



"Alan G." <a.rglatt@sasktel.net> wrote in message
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RTFM.. READ the F------- Owners manual



"ME" <DontEmail@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:4911f2e7$0$14279$607ed4bc@cv.net...
My 2000 Accord Automatic has a dead battery and seems to be stuck in park.
I want to put it in neutral to move the car, then jump the battery.

But it seems to be stuck in Park. I put in the key and tried the key in
various positions, but it won't come out of park.

Does the engine have to be running to take the car out of park ?

Thanks.

--
PAUL

 

Thus spake Tegger <invalid@invalid.inv> :

>Dillon Pyron <invaliddmpyron@austin.rr.com> wrote in
>news:hcf4h4tkuo35f90e4v72idqk3lj0t0ande@4ax.com :
>
>> Thus spake "ME" <DontEmail@yahoo.com> :
>>
>>>James:
>>>
>>> That worked. I put my foot on the break and it went into neutral
>>> just fine.
>>>
>>> Thanks for the help. .................and yes..........I do feel
>>> like a dope :>)
>>
>> This is the "Audi 1000 cure" (I think it was the 1000).
>
>
>
>The Audi 5000, actually. The prime bad guy here was the television show
>"60 Minutes", which produced a smear episode that contained much
>misinformation, caused much alarm, and almost caused Audi to end up in
>financial trouble. I lost a lot of respect for "60 Minutes" after the
>"unintended acceleration" thing.
>
>The Audi 5000 remained on the market after the fiasco, renamed the Audi
>100 in an effort to recover consumer confidence.

Okay, thanks for the correction.

Yes, "60 Minutes" (which I think referes to the amount of time they
"research" their reports) did its usual hatchet job.

>
>
>
>> People were
>> claiming that it would "suddenly accellerate". But the problem
>> couldn't be duplicated. Car & Driver did some tests and found that,
>> with the brake pedal fully depressed, the car would only crudgingly
>> move forward under full throttle.
>
>
>Car and Driver's tests revealed that people who were looking over their
>shoulders, or those with little experience with a particular model or
>who drove little, had a tendency to misplace their feet, even in cars
>with plenty of clearance between brake and gas.
>
>Furthermore, and even more significantly, Car and Driver also discovered
>that once the wrong pedal was pressed and the car began to accelerate,
>people had a tendency to believe that their foot was actually on the
>brake, and they would press the pedal HARDER, apparently thinking they
>weren't stepping on the brake firmly enough. This was how some of those
>cars were able to smash through garage walls and end up in swimming
>pools.
>
>
>
>> But they also found that for some
>> drivers, the accellerator was a little further to the left than
>> "normal" and suspected that people were stepping on the gas instead of
>> the brake. NHTSA "fixed" the problem by requiring that the brake be
>> depressed to move the car out of Park.
>
>
>
>Automakers began installing those locks well before any legislation was
>talked about, this out of fear of tort. Even now I'm not so sure
>those locks are actually required by law.

Okay, I'll go with that.

>
>Several governments (including the NHTSA) plus some journalistic outlets
>all did extensive testing at the time and discovered that the problem
>was simple driver error; there was nothing wrong with any of the cars.
>The problem centered primarily around elderly or female drivers, plus
>those who drove little and were relatively inexperienced or out of
>practice. All automakers and many models were represented in the
>statistics, with Audi's 5000 not being overrepresented.

I don't remember that report, but I do remember it being listed as
"driver error" with no discernable mechanical defect.

Of course, those of us who drive (well, drove) standards are
apparently intelligent enough not to need a crutch like that.