Range Selection: Neutral

WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2008 Mercury Mariner and 2008 Ford Escape. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.

NOTE: The engine will not start in NEUTRAL; this is a normal condition.

With the range selector in NEUTRAL:

no power flows through the transmission.
the output shaft is disengaged from the drive wheels.