Dial Shifter causes accident in car wash

[RR - All the way]

One more time: N then L
One more time: N then L
One more time: N then L

OK?

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[TheWizziard]

So after the rain stopped and looks like a few days of good weather. I decide to stop in the car wash. I pull and the guy directed me in. I roll down the window to accept his 'dash wipe' to dust off the dash and other components. Windows are getting suds. I open the pack and start wiping things down. Steering, radio, top of the dash, console... I glance out the window and it appears that I am moving rather quickly. Thinking I got just the basic wash, maybe it was jumping ahead and skip a process. Then I remember, there was a car in front of me and through the soapy windshield, I see it. BAM!! I had just applied the brakes, but not before contact. It appears that while dusting off the console, it had brushed against the shifter and rotated it one notch to drive. Very minor damage but if one had hit the gas instead of the brake, a real catastrophe could have occurred.

Any ideas on how to remedy this other than don't clean the interior while in the car wash? Maybe a button to press to put in drive?

The dial shifter didn't cause the accident you did .

 

[TheWizziard]

Yep new cars are utter trash. How does one push a new car when out of gas?

Also what about flat towing behind an rv? Are people supposed to let their engine idle for 6 hours at a time?

Flat tow instructions are in the manual for the the hybrid

 

[Jmav2152]

The dial shifter didn't cause the accident you did .

This.

Blaming the shifter for doing its job when you hit it is some major deflection.

Do you want ford to drive the vehicle for you so you can not pay attention?

 

[OrCoaster]

The question is however if the average $25000 vehicle owner is smart enough to figure it out.

Apparently not,

so Ford should up the price to 35 K and get into the thinkers bracket.

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