[alexander55]

The manuel advises you to put car in car wash mode if the car will be unattended. Can you just stay in regular neutral if you are not going to leave the car. I don’t want to damage the car.
How do you get out of neutral at the end of car wash? I was told you put foot on brake and then switch to drive. Sometimes they space cars very close together. Seems like a dumb system with the push button transmission. Please advise.

 

[alexander55]

Thanks for the reply. Getting back in gear is not as simple as you would think. I tried to go straight from neutral to drive. Pushed drive many times. Didn’t work. Somehow I ended up finally getting into drive. Seemed like forever since cars were behind me. Contacted my dealer salesman and he said you must put car into drive as you step on brake at the same time. Doesn’t seem like a great idea to me. You should just be able to shift to drive without applying brake. Haven’t tried this yet.

 

[alexander55]

My CRV went straight into drive from neutral. I think it has something to do with the electronic transmission. I did practice and took it into car wash when it was not busy. Applied brake and shifted to drive.....no problem. It just took me by surprise the first time. This is my first push button shift so there is a small learning curve.