Dial Shifter

[Timothyd]

Wait till the dial comes off in your hand, Then what will you do ?

Same thing that happens when you're just driving along and your wheels fall off.

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[Tom 71 Maverick 24]

stick a sturdy piece of cardboard between the right side of the seat and the console that ought to fix it.

I may have to resort to that. Or something.

The dial shifter finally got me. I was cruising down the road, cruise set at the traditional 5 over the speed limit, when the Mav suddenly lost power, and the cruise turned itself off. Traffic was fairly light so I signaled and eased my way over to the right shoulder to stop.

Thoughts of a major failure came to mind. I was expecting the dash to light up like a Christmas tree, with every warning known to man. CPU failure was my first thought.

As I was coming to a stop, I looked down and noticed that the shifter was in Neutral. I had nudged my leg against it and accidentally turned it a notch to the left, towards neutral. And that was all that was wrong.

Now, imagine if I were in heavier traffic and couldn't easily get to the right berm - there would undoubtedly have been a major accident.

So put me solidly in the club that does not like the knob shifter, and would prefer a standard floor shifter lever, or even a column shifter. But at least I know what to look out for now. I'll fashion some sort of shield or something to keep my leg from nudging it out of gear.

 

[Tom 71 Maverick 24]

I must say that I enjoy how I can pull in somewhere and just turn off the key. It goes into park all by itself. Yes, I know, very lazy of me. But, one less step to getting out of the vehicle.

What if you don't want it in park?

 

[McSwine]

Wait till the dial comes off in your hand, Then what will you do ?

Stick the sumbitch back on and hope that it works?

 

[pigsareus]

I may have to resort to that. Or something.

The dial shifter finally got me. I was cruising down the road, cruise set at the traditional 5 over the speed limit, when the Mav suddenly lost power, and the cruise turned itself off. Traffic was fairly light so I signaled and eased my way over to the right shoulder to stop.

Thoughts of a major failure came to mind. I was expecting the dash to light up like a Christmas tree, with every warning known to man. CPU failure was my first thought.

As I was coming to a stop, I looked down and noticed that the shifter was in Neutral. I had nudged my leg against it and accidentally turned it a notch to the left, towards neutral. And that was all that was wrong.

Now, imagine if I were in heavier traffic and couldn't easily get to the right berm - there would undoubtedly have been a major accident.

So put me solidly in the club that does not like the knob shifter, and would prefer a standard floor shifter lever, or even a column shifter. But at least I know what to look out for now. I'll fashion some sort of shield or something to keep my leg from nudging it out of gear.

oh you'll think of something! sure would be great if you could adjust the tension on the shifter...

 

[slashsnake]

Ok - when using cruise control - does no one else move their legs around the minor space available?

Where does your go-pedal leg go when using cruise?

My driving leg? I keep my left leg off to the left side (no clutch to use, it doesn't do anything), and my right on the floor usually in front of the brake pedal or so. I saw this thread and was curious the other day, I'm 6'3" and had to try to find a position where I could come close to the dial shifter. And in that position, I sure as heck would have hit the 6 speed I had on my Mazda out of gear or definitely been shoving other cars into manual mode by then.

 

[Blue_Max]

When I'm texting while driving under cruise control, I like to rest my right foot in the passenger floor well. I hit that stupid shifter all the time. Once I was super confused because I bumped the turn signal stalk and was stunned by the loudness of the blinker for a few seconds before I recovered. What a horrible design from Ford!

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