I don't know what happened............
I had the same thing happen and posted the question to the SRT Engineers during a recent chat session. Here is the response they sent to me by Private Message. You will see we are not alone....And I still do not have an explanation. I haven't experienced the problem again since I posted this question....But I am keeping their questions in mind in case it happens again.
Private Message: Trans in limp-in
4 Weeks Ago
SRT Engineering Team
Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 215
Trans in limp-in
Your Question:
I know this is a little off topic so feel free to make this low priority. Twice now (just happened again yesterday) when driving my 2007 GCSRT8 I started to leave from a dead stop and the throttle response became very limited/poor. Almost like the jeep didn't want to go over 30mph. The second time I had this occur, I looked down at the instrument panel to find all gear selectors boxed in [P][R][N][D] as if they were all selected. It appears to correct itself if I turn if off and restart. Do you know of any possible causes?
Follow-up questions:
You say this was from a dead stop, but was it after cranking the car or from a stop sign/light? If from a stop did the car drive normally until that point and did you drive over 30mph before then? Trying to determine if problem was there from the time you keyed-up the car or if it developed mid-drive.
If mid-drive, how long into the drive?
Do you recall the weather (temperature, raining, frost on the windows, sunny and 80deg, etc...) outside?
Has anyone ever mentioned something you do "out of the normal"?
- hold the key in crank extra long
- tap the gear shifter back and forth
- fiddle with the window switches
- drive a mail route so sit in the passenger seat while driving (it happens)
- make frequent stops so restart the car 50 times a day
- always notice the problem after putting a big gulp or coffee in the right (could be left) cupholder
- park on a steep driveway
- enjoy "scrubbing-in" the tires while leaving the subdivision
- etc...
We've got this complaint a couple time on the forums now but haven't witnessed it on any of our fleet cars, which makes this hard to diagnose. The fact that you've seen it twice implies it could be vehicle or driver specific. Any info you could provide would be appreciated.
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