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What went wrong 850 1997

posted by  russb on  Sun Aug 25 07:06 CST 2002
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First and foremost, make sure your car is in park or the clutch is depressed when starting up. Cars can be designed with safety in mind, but it's the ultimate respnsibility of the driver to make the car safe. Be careful!

Secondly, the car SHOULD NOT fire up when that advice is heeded, but if it does, there is a malfunction/misalignment problem with the PNP switch (auto tranny) or the clutch safety switch (manual)

These can be checked by trying to start the car in drive and wiggling the gear selector (auto), or with clutch engaged (manual) Make sure your in a safe place, of course. Get your car checked/fixed ASAP. If an accident happens because of this, it WILL be your fault because you know there is a problem with your car.

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RussB in Ct. - '96 855T- '91 940T - '93 850GLT (R.I.P. 6-16-02)






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