Low gear block?

[Downeaster]

Someone in the family knocked the gear shift into low gear on one of our older Subarus while on the highway and didn't notice anything for several miles.....(it's genetic b/c the step son does similar) so I cut a little block of wood and taped it into the slot of both of our cars. Problem solved.

However the 2025 has a 'cover/hood' around the shifter. Does anyone know what I'll find if I can remove the shifter cover? Will I be able to do what I did before? Suggestions?

I'm not worried about not having low gear. I haven't used it at all since 2017 and only used X-mode once just to see what it did. Our off road activity is limited to our 800 foot driveway and the parking lots at Killington.

Thanks

 

[Dick Foster]

I'm pretty sure you have a CVT transmission now. No real gears as you're used to.
My car has a CVT transmission but it also has paddle shifters which I consider strange if not down right odd. Funny eyewash, if nothing else. Checking a box that isn't there, so to speak.

 

[Downeaster]

Yes it is a CVT (as were our others) but there is a 'low gear' position. We don't have the paddles.