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2011 451 fortwo passion 50k miles has flashing D on the speedometer as well as flashing upper wrench

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4.5K views 18 replies 6 participants last post by  Latertater  
…the clutch actuator motor connects the engine to the transmission…
…the gear selector motors do what the name implies…selects the gear to data collected from the gear selector lever…paddle levers and vehicle engine/car speed…
…the gear motors carbon build up and oil vapors gum up the armature/commutator creating a short that the computer recognizes as invalid thus preventing a gear selection and the flashing D as the malfunction message…
…my recommendation is to look at the gear selector motors…done it twice to my bride’s ride clearing it back to normal operating mode…

jetfuel…my take on it..