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TIFU by driving after I thought there might be an issue with my car

Today I was meeting up with a friend for breakfast, about a 10 minute drive away. When I got to my car and turned it on, it popped up an alert that all wheel drive was off, so I turned it off and on and a new alert that steering assist was off popped up.

I was sufficiently concerned that I immediately called my parents to see if they thought it was safe to drive, and they said we will get it looked at this week, but it should be fine for a short trip like that. I made the stupid decision of driving despite that.

The drive there was fine. When I turned the car on to drive home I noticed the car radio had stopped working, so I called my dad. About a mile from my destination, I pulled a little too far into an intersection at a red light and I reversed because no one was behind me, and put my car back in drive.

I absolutely put my car back in drive. When the light had turned green, two more cars were behind me, but when I hit the gas the car started reversing. I slammed on the brakes and hit the gas one more time and it happened again. I proceeded to thoroughly freak out, and my dad on the phone told me I needed to get out of the car and explain to the drivers behind me what was happening.

The woman behind me was very kind and came and turned my car off and on, which (embarrassingly) fixed the problem, and advised me to pull over somewhere safe and talk to my dad until I could calm down.

My campus was 2 minutes away, so I made it there, parked, and will not be getting behind that wheel until someone qualified fixes it and makes sure it's safe. My dad is actually going to come here to get the car looked at, I'm not even gonna drive that far.

It was literally the scariest experience I've ever had on the road. I'm still freaked out. The car clearly is having some sort of electrical issue. The theft alarm also inexplicably went off a few weeks ago when no one was near it. And I've learned a valuable lesson about driving a car that I feel like is having an issue. I'm so incredibly lucky that wasn't an accident and it would have been completely my fault because I should have known there was an issue with the car. I didn't even know that could happen but like that was so stupid of me

TL;DR: I decided a 10 minute drive would be okay when I was concerned my car was having issues and I almost reversed into another car while my car was in drive as a result

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