Alright hello everybody
Today we're making a different kind of video
This is something a lot of people talk about and have questions about
electronic shifters in general
So today we're here in the 2020 Acura RDX
with an electronic shifter
This same electronic shifter is in all Honda products that have the electronic shifter as well as all Acura products with the electronic shifter
So we thought we'd make a little video just kind of explaining some of the things you need to know about the shifter
As it rolls out to more and more cars. You're very likely to have it perhaps in your next Honda or Acura product
So, of course, we'll start off with the very basic stuff. That's just the how you actually control it
So you have your Park reverse neutral and drive. So for drive, you're just going to press the circle D
And it will light up with a green ring around it
On this Acura to activate the sport mode is going to be a second push of this circle button
However, some of the Honda products have a separated sport mode below
For neutral he just pressed the end that's in between reverse and drive it has a little light again on the side of it and
Then to distinguish to make sure you don't accidentally press but the reverse is actually a trigger
So you're just going to pull back on the trigger?
you actually hear a little sound effect as well to tell you that you're in Reverse and
It also lights up on the side of it
Then finally Park is at the very top here and you just press the P now
one of the things people are most concerned about knowing is
What happens if you were to
Forget to put the vehicle in park or leaving the out of gear and you try to get out of the vehicle
and Acura has of course thought of this so
What happens is so we'll put a club car and drive
When I reach for this door handle and I open it up
The car automatically shifts in the park
so that way
When you try to get out the car is definitely not gonna roll away or anything like that
However, there is one exception if I got my seatbelt on
Acura knows I'm not leaving the car
therefore I can put the car and drive and we can open up the
Driver's side door or any of the other doors in the vehicle still and the vehicle will remain in Drive
Similar to that is the neutral function
If you ever if there's ever an instance like
The breakdown or something like that where you need to leave the vehicle in neutral but not be inside of the car
What you do is you just hold down on the neutral button here for two seconds
And it says press neutral again and hold down for two seconds to override
So I've now overridden that I can now exit the vehicle and leave the vehicle will remain in neutral now also one of the most
Common things that people wonder about is what would happen if you press for instance
Reverse or park while you're in motion and drive
For whatever reason people worry about that more than electronic shifter
I don't know why you'd be more likely to do that with an electronic shifter than a regular shifter, but nevertheless
in a similar way
Acura does basically override that so if you were to pull reverse or part while in motion
It's actually the transmission will just shift into neutral which of course is something that can be done at
Speed without harming any of the transmission or anything like that
And then really the last feature to discuss is the shift lock basically
This is relevant if the car has ever broke down in such a way that you cannot start the vehicle
That would then make this
secure selector not functioning properly
So what you have to do in that case
Is since there's no traditional shift lock inside of this cabin with the electronic shifter
You have to actually get underneath of the hood. There is a
little button inside
that will have to be flipped to
Allow for the vehicle to be able to roll
Without you being able to start it
That's probably not something that you're gonna be able to do on your own it is possible
but one of the things Honda
Talks about is that you have on accurate Honda you're gonna have complimentary roadside assistance for several years
and that's certainly something that they will be able to do if you ever come across a
An issue that renders your car unable to start
But anyways, I hope you found this video to be insightful this
As you can see there's actually quite a bit of features to go along with this electronic shifter
and like I said
As this rolls out to more and more Honda and Acura
Products because it saves a lot of space as you can see in this vehicle
It's definitely important to know what your
What the abilities of your shifter? So thank you for joining us and hopefully you found this insightful!