Driving in 2nd Gear Over 50 Mph....

[Car]

One time when i was driving on the expressway recently. I accidnetly
put my Car in Gear 2 (As in the Gear Under the "D" in the shift) It
is an automatic Transmission 1997 Jeep Grand Cherokee Larado. I was
driving close to 65 miles an hour before i realized that the
techometer was near 4 or 5 , close but NOT in the red area. I
Immeadately pulled over and chaged the gear and everyting was fine. I
am wondering because of a one-time mistake can any transmission damage
occur??

The Car currently has 76,000 Miles.

[Tim Kettring]

Post by Car
One time when i was driving on the expressway recently. I accidnetly
put my Car in Gear 2 (As in the Gear Under the "D" in the shift) It
is an automatic Transmission 1997 Jeep Grand Cherokee Larado. I was
driving close to 65 miles an hour before i realized that the
techometer was near 4 or 5 , close but NOT in the red area. I
Immeadately pulled over and chaged the gear and everyting was fine. I
am wondering because of a one-time mistake can any transmission damage
occur??
The Car currently has 76,000 Miles.

It is not likely that anything was damaged from that oversight .

[Mike Romain]

If you are at 60 or 65 mph and floor it to pass does it not kick down
into second gear automatically?

My old tenant's 85 CJ7 with the auto would hold second up to at least 70
mph before going into 3rd when passing and his red line is 4500.

My 86 CJ7 will pull up to 55 mph in 2nd at 4400 rpm, but I have a 5
speed. My 'passing' gear is 3rd and I can run up to 75 mph easy in both
my CJ and my Cherokee when passing.

I doubt very much you damaged anything.

Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's

Post by Car
One time when i was driving on the expressway recently. I accidnetly
put my Car in Gear 2 (As in the Gear Under the "D" in the shift) It
is an automatic Transmission 1997 Jeep Grand Cherokee Larado. I was
driving close to 65 miles an hour before i realized that the
techometer was near 4 or 5 , close but NOT in the red area. I
Immeadately pulled over and chaged the gear and everyting was fine. I
am wondering because of a one-time mistake can any transmission damage
occur??
The Car currently has 76,000 Miles.

[Dick C]

Car wrote in rec.autos.tech

Post by Car
One time when i was driving on the expressway recently. I accidnetly
put my Car in Gear 2 (As in the Gear Under the "D" in the shift) It
is an automatic Transmission 1997 Jeep Grand Cherokee Larado. I was
driving close to 65 miles an hour before i realized that the
techometer was near 4 or 5 , close but NOT in the red area. I
Immeadately pulled over and chaged the gear and everyting was fine. I
am wondering because of a one-time mistake can any transmission damage
occur??

No, no damage. The Red line is the point that you have to worry about.
Engines are designed to run at any speed below the red line. And they
should be able to run for hours at that speed.
And you did not need to pull over, all you needed to do was to simply
shift it into drive.

[Robi]

Post by Car
One time when i was driving on the expressway recently. I accidnetly
put my Car in Gear 2 (As in the Gear Under the "D" in the shift) It
is an automatic Transmission 1997 Jeep Grand Cherokee Larado. I was
driving close to 65 miles an hour before i realized that the
techometer was near 4 or 5 , close but NOT in the red area. I
Immeadately pulled over and chaged the gear and everyting was fine. I
am wondering because of a one-time mistake can any transmission damage
occur??
The Car currently has 76,000 Miles.

Our car just passed 200,000 miles. We live on top of a "mountain"; more
like a "high plateau". When I drive down the mountain into the valley,
I usually switch from Drive into 2nd to save on brakes.
The revs are usually at about 4K[1] with a speed of 55. My wife hates it
but I tell her that it doesn't hurt the engine :).
When the steep part is over, I just drop it back into D while going 50-55
Besides, some time ago, I heard that it also saves on gas, but I have
always been reluctant to that comment.

[Huw]

Post by Car
One time when i was driving on the expressway recently. I

accidnetly

Post by Car
put my Car in Gear 2 (As in the Gear Under the "D" in the shift)

It

Post by Car
is an automatic Transmission 1997 Jeep Grand Cherokee Larado. I was
driving close to 65 miles an hour before i realized that the
techometer was near 4 or 5 , close but NOT in the red area. I
Immeadately pulled over and chaged the gear and everyting was fine.

I

Post by Car
am wondering because of a one-time mistake can any transmission damage
occur??
The Car currently has 76,000 Miles.

Even if you did it a hundred times, there would be no problem at those
revs and speed.

Huw


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Post by Car
One time when i was driving on the expressway recently. I accidnetly
put my Car in Gear 2 (As in the Gear Under the "D" in the shift) It
is an automatic Transmission 1997 Jeep Grand Cherokee Larado. I was
driving close to 65 miles an hour before i realized that the
techometer was near 4 or 5 , close but NOT in the red area. I
Immeadately pulled over and chaged the gear and everyting was fine. I
am wondering because of a one-time mistake can any transmission damage
occur??
The Car currently has 76,000 Miles.

Modern vehicle are pretty capable of protecting themselves
from damage that would occur from excessive engine speed.
You could drive for quite a long distance this way with no
harm to anything other than your gas card. What I don't
understand is - why did you pull over to select the "D"
position? You can do an upshift anytime which is exactly
what happens when you have it in "D" normally.

[Tibur Waltson]

Post by Car
One time when i was driving on the expressway recently. I accidnetly
put my Car in Gear 2 (As in the Gear Under the "D" in the shift) It
is an automatic Transmission 1997 Jeep Grand Cherokee Larado. I was
driving close to 65 miles an hour before i realized that the
techometer was near 4 or 5 , close but NOT in the red area. I
Immeadately pulled over and chaged the gear and everyting was fine. I
am wondering because of a one-time mistake can any transmission damage
occur??

One of my BMW owner's manual suggest doing what you
were doing to rid of deposits every once in a while.

[Richard Bell]

Post by Car
One time when i was driving on the expressway recently. I accidnetly
put my Car in Gear 2 (As in the Gear Under the "D" in the shift) It
is an automatic Transmission 1997 Jeep Grand Cherokee Larado. I was
driving close to 65 miles an hour before i realized that the
techometer was near 4 or 5 , close but NOT in the red area. I
Immeadately pulled over and chaged the gear and everyting was fine. I
am wondering because of a one-time mistake can any transmission damage
occur??
The Car currently has 76,000 Miles.

I apologise for the off topic post (sort of), as this reminds of
tghe behaviour of my '76 T-bird's transmission, under wide open throttle.
At fifty miles an hour, it would still be in first. It would shift to
second at 56 mph. It took several tries to find the road conditions to
determine that it only stayed in second to 98 mph (after several more timid
attempts, I began to wonder if it ever shifted to third). Under less throttle,
it shifted to third by 25 mph, and only downshifted when forced to. Of
course, the 460 V8 had more than enough torque to gently pull away from
stopsigns in third gear.