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Old Mar 15, 2017 | 09:52 PM
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Today I went through a local drive-through and put my vehicle into park while waiting for my order. As I was leaving I inadvertently went past the drive selection and into the manual transmission selection mode. I left the business parking lot and accelerated into the traffic lane to keep up with the flow of traffic not knowing that my gear shifter was in manual. I saw that the RPMs were up around 5000 RPM's for about one city block before I let off the gas and slipped the gearshift into the normal drive position. Should I worry that I have hurt my transmission/engine in anyway? It seemed to drive okay, but certainly startled me! My truck is a '15 Lariat Screw 502A with a 3.5 ecoboost.
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Old Mar 15, 2017 | 10:00 PM
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Old Mar 15, 2017 | 10:01 PM
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You let off the gas before you changed the gearshifter, so you should be fine. And the rev limiter would have kept the RPMs from getting too high.
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Old Mar 15, 2017 | 10:09 PM
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Totally fine. All you did was let your truck clear out its lungs a bit!
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Old Mar 15, 2017 | 10:17 PM
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I did that in my 2011 accidently and the computer shifted into the next gear before any damage occurred. I would not worry about it.
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Old Mar 15, 2017 | 10:17 PM
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Your motor and tranny will probably explode violently in the next couple hundred miles. Trade it in while you can and run.











jk, it will be fine
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Old Mar 15, 2017 | 10:22 PM
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Probably need new turbo seals
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Originally Posted by lebag335
Today I went through a local drive-through and put my vehicle into park while waiting for my order. As I was leaving I inadvertently went past the drive selection and into the manual transmission selection mode. I left the business parking lot and accelerated into the traffic lane to keep up with the flow of traffic not knowing that my gear shifter was in manual. I saw that the RPMs were up around 5000 RPM's for about one city block before I let off the gas and slipped the gearshift into the normal drive position. Should I worry that I have hurt my transmission/engine in anyway? It seemed to drive okay, but certainly startled me! My truck is a '15 Lariat Screw 502A with a 3.5 ecoboost.
thats how most 5.0s rev normally to keep up with traffic so its no biggie.

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Old Mar 15, 2017 | 11:06 PM
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If the engine was not stone cold, which is wasn't since you had already driven to the drive through, you have done no harm whatsoever.
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Old Mar 15, 2017 | 11:43 PM
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The lesson learned is to keep out of drive-throughs! Your transmission will outlast your liver.
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