# Acura TL help me car can only reverse Acura Tl 2004 **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [March 14, 2015, 7:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/acura-tl-help-me-car-can-only-reverse-acura-tl-2004/89304 "2015-03-14T19:47:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Acuratl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ccd318/32.png) [@Acuratl](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Acuratl)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2015, 7:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/acura-tl-help-me-car-can-only-reverse-acura-tl-2004/89304/1 "2015-03-14T19:47:12Z")
reverse light stays on reverse even when switching it to a different gear. Car doesn’t move forward. ---
**Author:** ![UncleTurbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e9a140/32.png) [@UncleTurbo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/UncleTurbo)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2015, 8:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/acura-tl-help-me-car-can-only-reverse-acura-tl-2004/89304/2 "2015-03-14T20:04:53Z")
I’m not sure if you have cables from the shifter to transmission or electronic controls with wires. If it is electric controls you can try disconnecting the battery. When you hook up the battery something in the system may reset. This is a long shot at best. More likely a cable in the shift linkage is broken and disconnected. Looks like you will need a tow. ---
**Author:** ![Acuratl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ccd318/32.png) [@Acuratl](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Acuratl)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2015, 8:07pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/acura-tl-help-me-car-can-only-reverse-acura-tl-2004/89304/3 "2015-03-14T20:07:45Z")
@UncleTurbo what else you think the problem might be … ---
**Author:** ![Acuratl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ccd318/32.png) [@Acuratl](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Acuratl)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2015, 8:10pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/acura-tl-help-me-car-can-only-reverse-acura-tl-2004/89304/4 "2015-03-14T20:10:36Z")
@UncleTurbo you think it might be silonoid? ? ---
**Author:** ![UncleTurbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e9a140/32.png) [@UncleTurbo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/UncleTurbo)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2015, 11:21pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/acura-tl-help-me-car-can-only-reverse-acura-tl-2004/89304/5 "2015-03-14T23:21:34Z")
Might be a solenoid - or a switch - or … ---
**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2015, 2:37am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/acura-tl-help-me-car-can-only-reverse-acura-tl-2004/89304/6 "2015-03-15T02:37:44Z")
The problem might be with the transmission range switch/park neutral safety switch. This switch also turns on and off the reverse lights. If the transmission range switch doesn’t inform the computer the proper gear the vehicle is in, the vehicle won’t move. Tester ---
**Author:** ![researcher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/edb3f5/32.png) [@researcher](https://community.cartalk.com/u/researcher)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2015, 12:23am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/acura-tl-help-me-car-can-only-reverse-acura-tl-2004/89304/7 "2015-03-17T00:23:31Z")
It appears that everyone thinks this Acura has an automatic transmission. Is this the case or is the transmission a manual shift with clutch pedal? ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2015, 2:24am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/acura-tl-help-me-car-can-only-reverse-acura-tl-2004/89304/8 "2015-03-17T02:24:33Z")
**^** Additionally, the OP needs to clarify the term “reverse light”. Is he/she referring to the “back-up lights”, or is he/she referring to a light on the dashboard that indicates which gear has been selected?