had a near mishap with the MDX yesterday... it was my fault, but want to know if it is normal for the MDX to do this...
My wife and I were leaving to take our little dog to the vet yesterday when I realized that I left my wallet at home. We drove back home onto our inclined driveway. I got "distracted" when she handed me her keys to the house so I could keep the MDX running.
I was in the house and almost had the alarm disarmed when I heard a horn. I ran back outside and saw the MDX going backward down the driveway, crossing the street, and the back going up the neighbor's front lawn. I ran toward the car and opened the door to find the top half of my wife dived over onto the driver's side. She was using her hands to push on the brakes as she "greeted" me.
Luckily, she did this before the MDX reached the neighbor's trees or the front of the house. The front of the car was still on the street so I don't know if it would have stopped the MDX from climbing all the way onto the front lawn.
Apparently, I got distracted when she handed me her keys and did NOT put the car in park. Yes, my mistake. But I was surprised that the MDX would roll backward continuously while it was in drive. She said that she tried to put the car in park, but since it was moving, she couldn't get it in that gear. Since you had to pass "R" before going to Park, the car just accelerated backward while she tried.
I put the car back in our driveway, left the car on reverse and sure enough, it just rolled backward continuously. Is this normal? I haven't had a chance to try it on our Maxima yet. I thought that it could only move forward while it was in drive.
Luckily, the dog, wife and MDX are all ok, but it will be a while before she will forget this in our "conversations."
My wife and I were leaving to take our little dog to the vet yesterday when I realized that I left my wallet at home. We drove back home onto our inclined driveway. I got "distracted" when she handed me her keys to the house so I could keep the MDX running.
I was in the house and almost had the alarm disarmed when I heard a horn. I ran back outside and saw the MDX going backward down the driveway, crossing the street, and the back going up the neighbor's front lawn. I ran toward the car and opened the door to find the top half of my wife dived over onto the driver's side. She was using her hands to push on the brakes as she "greeted" me.
Luckily, she did this before the MDX reached the neighbor's trees or the front of the house. The front of the car was still on the street so I don't know if it would have stopped the MDX from climbing all the way onto the front lawn.
Apparently, I got distracted when she handed me her keys and did NOT put the car in park. Yes, my mistake. But I was surprised that the MDX would roll backward continuously while it was in drive. She said that she tried to put the car in park, but since it was moving, she couldn't get it in that gear. Since you had to pass "R" before going to Park, the car just accelerated backward while she tried.
I put the car back in our driveway, left the car on reverse and sure enough, it just rolled backward continuously. Is this normal? I haven't had a chance to try it on our Maxima yet. I thought that it could only move forward while it was in drive.
Luckily, the dog, wife and MDX are all ok, but it will be a while before she will forget this in our "conversations."
Glad to hear your 'X and family are okay though. Yes, when the 'X is in D it will roll backwards if you are on an incline, at least mine did.
