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Backing out of garage, Put car in reverse and it shifts back to park before it even moves. Service writer said he never heard of such a thing. It did it five times in a row before it would stay in reverse to back out. Hasn't done it since, but has me concerned. Anybody hear of such a thing.
 

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Backing out of garage, Put car in reverse and it shifts back to park before it even moves. Service writer said he never heard of such a thing. It did it five times in a row before it would stay in reverse to back out. Hasn't done it since, but has me concerned. Anybody hear of such a thing.
Was your door open? It will do this if door is open.
 

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Both replies after the original question are the absolute reason.

Additionally, your service writer is a maroon for not being aware of this basic safety measure (in many brands, not just H).
 

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Although it's a safety feature, it's a very annoying safety feature. I bypassed it by installing a seatbelt buckle extender.
Just the buckle, not the the buckle and strap extender. It also stops the annoying selt belt reminder noise.
 

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You misspelled "moron". ;)

However, I'll bet he's smart enough to recommend a $300 "maintenance" service at 5000 miles. (including taking the summer air out of you tires and replacing with winter air.)
No, I spelled it exactly as intended. I'm a Gen X type that watched Bugs Bunny cartoons growing up (as another poster properly recognized and referenced).


Now, please make sure you never take that left turn in Albuquerque and end up at my Pismo Beach. 😉

 
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Backing out of garage, Put car in reverse and it shifts back to park before it even moves. Service writer said he never heard of such a thing. It did it five times in a row before it would stay in reverse to back out. Hasn't done it since, but has me concerned. Anybody hear of such a thing.
I've never had that problem. 2+ yrs. with the PP. I always back out of the garage and never put my seatbelt on until I clear the garage door. Many, many years of the same routine.
 

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I used to work with someone that actually believed your meme. She got T-boned driving to work one morning and ejected from her car. 26 year old smart beautiful woman. Brain damaged, communicated through grunts and head nods or shakes, and a parapalegic for the rest of her life
Such a terrible thing and it should happen to no one. She may be a smart beautiful woman but... she did a stupid thing that morning by not protecting herself.:(
 

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I used to work with someone that actually believed your meme. She got T-boned driving to work one morning and ejected from her car. 26 year old smart beautiful woman. Brain damaged, communicated through grunts and head nods or shakes, and a parapalegic for the rest of her life
I've seen it many a time. Sadly it is usually caused by one of two things these days.

One is laziness, the kind of laziness that goes with not hooking a seatbelt up in a vehicle, even when just backing up. Yes it is inconvenient, however we do what we practice, and if your practice is to not hook up a seatbelt for little stuff, or bypassing the seatbelt altogether, it becomes easy for the habit to kick in when you are actually going to drive the vehicle somewhere. Often when someone is in a hurry or has other things on their mind. If you hook up that seat belt every time, all the time then your muscle memory will kick in and you will hook the thing up without thinking about.

The other basic reason these days is the time honored "Merican" tradition of "they can't tell me what to do."

It's sad when such things happen. No one should have to go to someones house at 3 a.m. to tell a family that someone isn't coming home and no you really don't want to see them right now.

I had a good friend who when through the windshield of a vehicle back in high school. Of course the vehicle she was riding in was not equipped with seatbelts as early 1960's vehicle often didn't come with them. She lived but they put over 300 stitches in her face and scalp. She never looked like the girl we knew.
 

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Backing out of garage, Put car in reverse and it shifts back to park before it even moves. Service writer said he never heard of such a thing. It did it five times in a row before it would stay in reverse to back out. Hasn't done it since, but has me concerned. Anybody hear of such a thing.
I had a similar experience, then I realized it was the door that was open... can be scary the first time it happened...
 
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