# 99 Accord auto won't stay in Neutral - creeps

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/99-accord-auto-wont-stay-in-neutral-creeps/14539>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [May 27, 2008, 11:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/99-accord-auto-wont-stay-in-neutral-creeps/14539 "2008-05-27T23:46:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![billcowles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5ac83/32.png) [@billcowles](https://community.cartalk.com/u/billcowles)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2008, 11:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/99-accord-auto-wont-stay-in-neutral-creeps/14539/1 "2008-05-27T23:46:30Z")

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My 99 Accord V6 Coupe seems to have lost its neutrality during this campaign season! When I shift into Neutral, the car creeps forward. Is this big bad or little bad? What kind of fix?

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**Author:** ![SteveF](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/stevef/32/2_2.png) [@SteveF](https://community.cartalk.com/u/SteveF)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 12:37am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/99-accord-auto-wont-stay-in-neutral-creeps/14539/2 "2008-05-28T00:37:33Z")

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When your car is nominally neutral and you feed it gas, does the car leap forward or does the engine race in place? I’m thinking a minor adjustment to the shifter linkage.