2003 Mitsubishi Montero - Automatic
My car battery was dead. I had a friend jump me off. He hooked his cables up first, then I went to hook mine up and got a spark. He hooked them up anyway and checked his and they were hooked up wrong!! He switched them but my car was having a hard time staying cranked. I made it to auto parts store, they checked my battery and it was no good. I replaced the alternator and battery. Now... the Neutral Light is blinking when the car is in Drive, 1st & 2nd gears. The gears are not shifting when I try to drive it. It stays in drive at all times. What could be the problem and how can it be fixed?

 

My 2002 Eclipse died as I was getting on the freeway. I started it back up but it seemed sluggish. My check engine light came on and my neutral light began flashing. I pulled up into the driveway put the car in neutral then decided to move up a llittle bit. It would not go forward. It was raining this morning and I hit some pretty good patches of water on the highway. High enough water that my car seemed to slip a little. I had my oil changed 2 days ago.

 

Hello!!! I have pretty much the same problem, "N' light blinking, not shifting beyond 1st gear, and hard reverse engage. I'm really nuts about this problem and I was wondering whether you are able to share some info regarding to a solution for this transmission issue. some info, ideas will be really apreciated. Thanks for taking the time to read my message.

 

Was anyone able to find out what was wrong? I'm going through the same problem.

 

Just had this happen to me what is the problem or fix.

QUOTE=rae.bell;261818]2003 Mitsubishi Montero - Automatic
My car battery was dead. I had a friend jump me off. He hooked his cables up first, then I went to hook mine up and got a spark. He hooked them up anyway and checked his and they were hooked up wrong!! He switched them but my car was having a hard time staying cranked. I made it to auto parts store, they checked my battery and it was no good. I replaced the alternator and battery. Now... the Neutral Light is blinking when the car is in Drive, 1st & 2nd gears. The gears are not shifting when I try to drive it. It stays in drive at all times. What could be the problem and how can it be fixed?[/QUOTE]

 

Flashing "N" light is an indicator of a a Fail Safe mode. PCM detected some malfunction in the transmission and places vehicle into the "Fail Safe" mode. It allows you to drive slowly (1, 2 nd gear), but not full speed on highway. Many reasons for this, from simple wiring/harness issue to some major internal failure or actual PCM malfunction. You may have to have a mechanic scan the PCM with appropriate scanner to at least pull Transmission DTCs.