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Okay I posted this question in the technical help section, but not too many people seem to go there, so I will post it here as well as I need feedback bad!

I got my car back from the body shop today. My car had been in an accident, where almost everything in front of the engine was damaged, and all parts were replaced with new. I have about 7800KM on my 99TL. I was checking the car today after getting it from the shop, everything looks good and works well except I noticed that when I am in automatic mode, it wont shift into the 1 gear, it will go into park, neutral, d4, D3, 2, but not 1. Am I correct in assuming that this is a problem? The transmission seems very jerky. Could something have damaged it in the accident? although I didn't get hit near the transmission. What could be the problem? By the way when I had the accident, apparently a master fuse blew on the car, because the alternator or something touched the engine. This caused the car to shut down in drive and I had a complete electrical failure. We popped the shift lock cap to try to release the gear shift so that we could shift it into park, but it wouldn't go. I think that was because the key was still turned all the way on, which we couldn't even budge.

AcuraTL

When they towed your vehicle away, was it still in park?

This is definitely a problem, the shifting linkage might be messed up. You should definitely have a dealer check it out.

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Hi AcuraTL,

Thanks for your reply. I tried all night tonight to get it into 1 and couldn't. I think I might have bent the stick slightly too from the effort LOL!. Jeez, I hate playing with hard sticks that just don't want to go in . Anyway jokes aside (you gotta have a sense of humor, especially after dealing with all the problems I have had with this car in the last year), when they towed the car, the car was stuck in Drive. After I got hit in the accident and the car just shut down, I couldn't shift gears, turn off the car, or take my key out of the ignition. I tried using the shift lock thing to release the shifter, but that wouldn't work either. So they towed it with the car in drive. Could that have screwed things up? or the accident? If that part you said is screwed up, do I need a new transmission? I noticed tonight driving, that I was having problems accelerating on the highway in 3rd gear. Very slow acceleration, even when I tried to floor it. Generally speaking the car doesn't seem to be as fast, or as smooth when shifting either. When I downshift sometimes the compression from the engine slows the car right down, other times it doesn't do anything.

AcuraTL

You know what, I was incorrect. If you towed your vehicle with your vehicle facing the opposite direction, then it would damage the transmission. If they just towed it normally pointing straight, then it won't since the TL is a front wheel drive vehicle.


Well, if your car won't even shift out of drive after it got hit, then the transmission problemis definitely caused by the accident. I would take it to the dealer right away and notify your insurance company.