8th Generation Honda Civic Forum - View Single Post - 2007--Grinding noise--Automatic Trans

My5tiC4L · 04-09-2008, 05:30 AM

Make sure you are at a complete stop, foot on the brake pedal before switching gears. Do not gas until D or R is fully engaged.

"Don't shift gears while the car is still moving. This is the MOST common thing I have seen people do to their cars and you'll destroy your transmission in no time flat. I'd say about 85% of people do this. Some worse than others. Usually done when backing out of a parking spot - before the car comes to a stop in reverse, they throw it into drive and you hear that terrible 'clunk' as the transmission slams into gear. Almost everyone I have seen with transmission problems at low miles, it was because they were guilty of 'on-the-fly' shifting."

04-09-2008, 05:30 AM	#3 (permalink)
My5tiC4L Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Alhambra, CA Age: 25 Posts: 1,446 Name: Albert	Make sure you are at a complete stop, foot on the brake pedal before switching gears. Do not gas until D or R is fully engaged. "Don't shift gears while the car is still moving. This is the MOST common thing I have seen people do to their cars and you'll destroy your transmission in no time flat. I'd say about 85% of people do this. Some worse than others. Usually done when backing out of a parking spot - before the car comes to a stop in reverse, they throw it into drive and you hear that terrible 'clunk' as the transmission slams into gear. Almost everyone I have seen with transmission problems at low miles, it was because they were guilty of 'on-the-fly' shifting."