Car Wash Mode for SD
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Laughing Gas
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Car Wash Mode for SD
i am reading the 0wners manual ( like on page 212 of 656 pages LOL). But it made me wonder.
Our Honda Pilot with 9 speed transmission and push button start require special settings to go thru a pull thru conveyor belt in a car wash so as not to damage the transmission.
So how do you put a push button start F350 into neutral when the engine is not running so it can go thru a car wash on a conveyor belt?
( truck supposedly arrives in 9-10 days).
Our Honda Pilot with 9 speed transmission and push button start require special settings to go thru a pull thru conveyor belt in a car wash so as not to damage the transmission.
So how do you put a push button start F350 into neutral when the engine is not running so it can go thru a car wash on a conveyor belt?
( truck supposedly arrives in 9-10 days).
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From: NH
i am reading the 0wners manual ( like on page 212 of 656 pages LOL). But it made me wonder.
Our Honda Pilot with 9 speed transmission and push button start require special settings to go thru a pull thru conveyor belt in a car wash so as not to damage the transmission.
So how do you put a push button start F350 into neutral when the engine is not running so it can go thru a car wash on a conveyor belt?
( truck supposedly arrives in 9-10 days).
Our Honda Pilot with 9 speed transmission and push button start require special settings to go thru a pull thru conveyor belt in a car wash so as not to damage the transmission.
So how do you put a push button start F350 into neutral when the engine is not running so it can go thru a car wash on a conveyor belt?
( truck supposedly arrives in 9-10 days).
BUT...to answer your question, here's how. Push the pushbutton starter without pressing the brake pedal. The engine doesn't start but full ignition accessory mode activates. Now, push the brake pedal and simply shift to neutral. The engine stays off.
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Laughing Gas
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One, you don't need to worry about it. When your truck is not in 4x4, the front wheels spin independent of the rear wheels. So no harm will be done to the transmission. Even if you were in 4x4, you would not harm anything. These trucks are designed to pull up to 32k lbs or push massive amounts of snow. Getting a tug from a car wash conveyor wouldn't do harm even if you tried. Your Honda is built on the Odyssey minivan platform. Things are much lighter duty, particularly the AWD system.
BUT...to answer your question, here's how. Push the pushbutton starter without pressing the brake pedal. The engine doesn't start but full ignition accessory mode activates. Now, push the brake pedal and simply shift to neutral. The engine stays off.
BUT...to answer your question, here's how. Push the pushbutton starter without pressing the brake pedal. The engine doesn't start but full ignition accessory mode activates. Now, push the brake pedal and simply shift to neutral. The engine stays off.
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No problem. Congrats on your new truck purchase, too.
There is also another way to access neutral if your battery is dead...described in your owner's manual. It involves manually releasing a lever (overriding the park / brake solenoid) so you can change gears.
There is also another way to access neutral if your battery is dead...described in your owner's manual. It involves manually releasing a lever (overriding the park / brake solenoid) so you can change gears.
Fleet Owner
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Press the start button with your foot off the brake then apply the brake and you can shift to neutral without starting the truck. Or it can be shutdown in drive and then placed in neutral and restarted in neutral by pressing the brake pedal and the start button again. But I never shutdown in a carwash and none of the car washes around here make you do it either.
More Turbo
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From: Madison WI
Apparently my massive head cold is preventing me from understanding the issue here. You drive into the car wash, until your front wheel is engaged in the conveyor and put the truck in neutral. I can't think of a reason to shut the vehicle off.
In all seriousness, what am I missing?
Or maybe I've never seen this particular kind of car wash up here in the frozen tundra.
In all seriousness, what am I missing?
Or maybe I've never seen this particular kind of car wash up here in the frozen tundra.
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Fleet Mechanic
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Except I'm pretty sure the roller pushes from the REAR wheel, not the front. Otherwise, it would never be able to completely push the vehicle out of the car wash ...
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Joining the "confused group" here as well. You are correct, the roller pushes from the rear.
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Around here we pretty much have self-wash bays. Pull in, there is a high pressure wand and a soaper brush hanging on the wall. Put in your $4 and wash like crazy for 5 minutes. I'll go a couple of times in the winter to try to get salt off, but 90% of my washing occurs in my own driveway where I can do a good job.
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Laughing Gas
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But you guys are correct, as no need to turn the truck off, and no one else is getting into my truck anyways.
( yes, I guess this was a stupid question — too much free time waiting for a new truck— sorry about that)
More Turbo
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Shows what I know about car washes with the "pull you through" device. I remember years ago (lots of them), going to one with my dad, and that one did pull from the front wheel. The track just extended far enough past the wash bay until the car was free, into a car drying garage type area.
More Turbo
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When I go to the full service car wash, that is what they do. Just drop it into neutral and let it move through.
Laughing Gas
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I’ve never really put much thought into car wash procedures but now that you mention it..... I don’t recall ever letting mine run in the car wash. I guess it’s just a matter of habit. Pull onto the wheel tugger, throw it in neutral and shut it off. Had no idea there was another school of thought on the subject!