Q: neutral light blink

asked by on December 07, 2016

Neutral light blinking

Hi there. In order to be able to tell you why your neutral light is blinking I would need to know what kind of vehicle this is. On many vehicles the light blinking means that the power train control module is seeing a problem with the transmission. If your vehicle is not equipped with this type of diagnostic system then it may just be an issue with the light bulb itself failing. Both are possible issues but it would need to be fully diagnosed once I knew what kind of vehicle this was.

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