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Gear Not Engaging When Headlights Are On by shupsyBaba(m): 11:33am On May 02, 2017
Good day,

I am currently experiencing a challenge with a Hyundai Tucson, 2006 model.

Once the headlights of the car is on, the gear simply does not engage.
To elaborate a bit...

Say am driving home at night, and I have the headlights on. Now I stop briefly to pick up an item
I just have to put the gear in Park (P) without turning off the engine.
Now when am done, one would normally expect that I shld switch to D and drive off,
but if I switch the gear to D, the indicator on the dash board remains on P yet the gear lever is on D.
Same thing if I switch to any other position be it R, or N - nothing happens. The gear does not engage
and the car does not move, but revs.

If I switch off the headlights, the gear immediately engages - goes into D or R or whatever I put it in.

So the problem occurs only when the headlights are on, when they are off, the gear works selects perfectly.

BTW I have not visited any mechanic, nor have I done any repair works recently, it just started suddenly 2 days back.

I would appreciate you expert opinions and input, because I really cant understand what the headlights have got to do with the transmission.

Thanks
Re: Gear Not Engaging When Headlights Are On by menstrualpad: 11:38am On May 02, 2017
Gazzuzz.
Re: Gear Not Engaging When Headlights Are On by hayjayman(m): 12:58pm On May 02, 2017
Gazzuzz
Re: Gear Not Engaging When Headlights Are On by GAZZUZZ(m): 1:56pm On May 02, 2017
shupsyBaba:
Good day,

I am currently experiencing a challenge with a Hyundai Tucson, 2006 model.

Once the headlights of the car is on, the gear simply does not engage.
To elaborate a bit...

Say am driving home at night, and I have the headlights on. Now I stop briefly to pick up an item
I just have to put the gear in Park (P) without turning off the engine.
Now when am done, one would normally expect that I shld switch to D and drive off,
but if I switch the gear to D, the indicator on the dash board remains on P yet the gear lever is on D.
Same thing if I switch to any other position be it R, or N - nothing happens. The gear does not engage
and the car does not move, but revs.

If I switch off the headlights, the gear immediately engages - goes into D or R or whatever I put it in.

So the problem occurs only when the headlights are on, when they are off, the gear works selects perfectly.

BTW I have not visited any mechanic, nor have I done any repair works recently, it just started suddenly 2 days back.

I would appreciate you expert opinions and input, because I really cant understand what the headlights have got to do with the transmission.

Thanks

This is clearly witchcraft grin



I love challenging work like this are you in lagos?
Re: Gear Not Engaging When Headlights Are On by menstrualpad: 1:59pm On May 02, 2017
GAZZUZZ:


This is clearly witchcraft grin



I love challenging work like this are you in lagos?
I bet you won't touch a Nissan with a similar issue..
Re: Gear Not Engaging When Headlights Are On by shupsyBaba(m): 10:11am On May 03, 2017
I figured it out.

One yeye bus driver hit me and broke d rear light. I didnt want to buy another one again, so I asked this plastic repair guy to help me "cut" another plastic in place of the broken brake light. We had 2 remove d whole lamp 2 fix it.

On completion we fixed d harness upside down. Strangely it fit perfectly (wrong side).
It was this evening I noticed that when I pressed the brake - trafficator came on, reverse = parking, etc - all mixed up sha.

So just unscrewed and fixed it well and am now good to go...

Thanks all but o witch craft here

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