Shifting from Park to Reverse (eventually to D)...

[ntwrkguy]

Hey-

I have been noticing more that when I am about to pull out from a parking space (slight hill) that my Civic LX AT has been sitting in overnight, the shifter is tough to move from P to R (not like N to D), and when it goes to R, I can hear it, and it lurches a little...

Is this just normal operation of the car?

[CHRIS]

Originally Posted by ntwrkguy

Hey-

I have been noticing more that when I am about to pull out from a parking space (slight hill) that my Civic LX AT has been sitting in overnight, the shifter is tough to move from P to R (not like N to D), and when it goes to R, I can hear it, and it lurches a little...

Is this just normal operation of the car?

ya i think so, cuz of the slight hill part

[CameronJr9]

If you park on a hill like that, as you're parking, hold the brake, place the car in park, use the e-brake, then let off the brake.

When you get in it again, hold the brake, let off the e-brake, put the car in drive/reverse and then let off your brake.

Did that make any sense? That should get rid of the lurch.

[amdhunter]

Originally Posted by ntwrkguy

Hey-

I have been noticing more that when I am about to pull out from a parking space (slight hill) that my Civic LX AT has been sitting in overnight, the shifter is tough to move from P to R (not like N to D), and when it goes to R, I can hear it, and it lurches a little...

Is this just normal operation of the car?

Yeah, it is kinda normal for a nice healthy transmission that has just been turned on.

It's when the transmission doesn't kick in for a second or two after shifting, that you start to worry. :)

[2006SI]

push on the brake pedal, shift into netrual first....then shift into R, this way it takes some of the weight off your transmission, also put your parking brake on,.. again to take of the weight of your car from your tranny

hope that helps alittle

[GGSedan06]

^^ How can you shift into N before R when the shift pattern is P R N D D3 2 1???

[8thgenuser]

Originally Posted by 2006SI

push on the brake pedal, shift into netrual first....then shift into R, this way it takes some of the weight off your transmission, also put your parking brake on,.. again to take of the weight of your car from your tranny

hope that helps alittle

GGSedan06 was referring to an automatic tranny.

Originally Posted by GGSedan06

^^ How can you shift into N before R when the shift pattern is P R N D D3 2 1???

2006SI was referring to a manual tranny.

[8thgenuser]

Originally Posted by CameronJr9

If you park on a hill like that, as you're parking, hold the brake, place the car in park, use the e-brake, then let off the brake.

When you get in it again, hold the brake, let off the e-brake, put the car in drive/reverse and then let off your brake.

Did that make any sense? That should get rid of the lurch.

Just get in the habit of doing what Cameron said all the time...even on flat, horizontal roads. I do it all the time, with the exception that once I have my foot on the brake pedal, I let go of the e-brake and then shift into gear. I don't have any problems with lurching forward/backward.

If you make it a routine, you won't have to remember it whether or not you are parking on/pulling away from a hill.

[jayjr98]

Originally Posted by ntwrkguy

Hey-

I have been noticing more that when I am about to pull out from a parking space (slight hill) that my Civic LX AT has been sitting in overnight, the shifter is tough to move from P to R (not like N to D), and when it goes to R, I can hear it, and it lurches a little...

Is this just normal operation of the car?

uhh yeah its called torque lock.