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Don't Really Know If I Should Worry About Yesterday I Left My Lights On My Gs 430 And And My Battery Died I Then Jumped Startred It With My Cobra With A Red Top Optima Battery And It Started But Then This Morning I Went To Started And It Died So I Jumped It Again And By The Way I Did Jump It The Correct Way If You Were Gonna Ask But The Problem Is I Backed Right Out Of The Garage To Drive It But Then When I Put It Into Drive I Felt It Was In Neutral But I Was In Drive I Then Waited And Let The Car Sit For 2 Minutes And Tryed It Again And No Probelms No Slipping And The Tranny Feels Strong Could It Be A Sign Of A Tranny Problem Or Just Maybe The Computer Did't Update I Am Pretty Good About Taking Care Of My Care And I Dont Drive It Hard That Whats The Cobra Is For Am I Just Panicing Or Just Didn,t Give It Enough Time To Update And By The Way It Was Pretty Cold In Central Florida Last Night Just A Thought Has Anyone Ever Had This Problem The Car Is 2002 With 50k Please Let Me Know
Give your battery an overnight charge and if it still gives you trouble, go ahead and replace it. Check electrolyte level and add Distilled water to cover the plates (only sealed batteries do not need electrolite top-up).
Apart from that, what you experienced was a temperory out of range signals from sensors. All sensors provide a range of voltage to the ecu and when your supply (battery) fails to give you 12v (+/- 1v) the sensor output goes out of whack.