not unless you smashed the switch into the transmission.
Reverse is very often the first thing to go when the transmission is going out.
Begin by removing the wiring from the 2002 Chevy Cavalier neutral safety switch. Remove the neutral safety switch retaining screws. Reverse the process to install your new neutral safety switch.
Could it be the Neutral Safety Switch is out of alignment? Thinks Reverse is Neutral? I don't know Rovers, but there is a safety switch in vehicles with Automatic Transmissions, that prohibit the vehicle from being started in a Driver or Reverse gear.
Most likely it is. I have had several neutral safety switch issues before, and it sounds like what happened to me. If you put it in reverse do the reverse lights light up? If not that is also a safety switch problem.
A neutral safety switch makes sure that the gear select is either in neutral, or park, befor a car is allowed to start. No, it will not stop a trans for allowing you to put it in reverse.
No ... A bad neutral safety switch will let the car start in any gear,but will not prevent the car from going into reverse
It only allows starting the engine in park or neutral. It also is the reverse light switch.
It only allows starting in park and neutral, and runs the reverse lights.
It only allows starting in park and neutral and it turns on the reverse lights.
It's most likely the reverse/neutral safety switch located on your transmission
find where the shift linkage connects to the transmission, on some model cars the neutral safety switch is there, it may be a multi switch also controlling the reverse lights.
it prevents you from starting the engine while the transmission is in either DRIVE or REVERSE
neutral safety switch on top of steering column under dash.