Please tell me you are in D .. I've read at least three stories where new drivers ( of this type of car) drive with the car in SS mode. In this one story, the owners wifey drove the car for the day and told him the car felt "really wierd while drivin", and she spent alot of gas goingto and from work...he asked he to show him exactly what she did.. she thought SS was D and she was driving to work on the freeway in 2nd gear!!

But with your dash actually lighting up there is got to be somethin' wrong..