After doing a bit of research on the Internet I thought I found the problem. Well being the young and resourceful engineer I was at the time (and no money in the bank) I decided to try to fix it myself. The dealer quoted about $750 to repair it (not knowing, or saying anyway, what was wrong). After struggling with the inability to back-up for quite a while I decided it was time to get it fixed. The next time I went to use reverse gear the transmission would not stay in gear. I realized quickly what I had done and promptly put the car into 5th gear.Initially I didn’t feel any damage. I was not actually able to engage reverse. It seems with the proper application of force it is possible to overcome this solenoid. There is a solenoid that is supposed to keep you from accidentally shifting to reverse while at speed. About halfway through 3rd gear I was already at the speed of traffic so I decided just to shift into 5th and cruise at the prevailing speed. I was going through the gears accelerating quickly. The reverse gear is right next to 5th gear all the way to the right.
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