Putting on R while moving forward (A/T)

[mito]

Can you cause serious damage if you put the car on R if it's moving forward, even if it's only 1km/s?

[Agnt004]

I don't know about serious damage, but if you do it I would suggest not giving it too much gas right away.

[Undispu7ed]

Yes it's bad, don't do it. Make sure your car is completely at a stop before putting it in drive or reverse.

[AllShowNoGo]

yes it can cause serious damage, no matter how fast (or slow in ur case) you go, esp. since honda's A/T are not the best in terms of durability. just make sure it's not a constant thing.

[radiocontrolhead]

Does it feel normal? What kind of question is this.

[mito]

it was a momentary lapse of attention.

[Arganon]

Originally Posted by mito

Can you cause serious damage if you put the car on R if it's moving forward, even if it's only 1km/s?

Thats pretty fast

[finallymanual]

you shouldn't be putting yourself in reverse while you're moving forward, either you drive an auto or standard.

[azn_temptation]

Lemme know when you hear the musical sounds of grinding serenade you off your feet.

[mseebs]

Sometimes I like to take it from R and go straight into D to increase my performance and do mad JDM burnouts.

In seriousness. It's not good for your car. Don't do it. You'll feel the jerk from hell. Like when you put the car in Park and it ain't stopped yet.

[Cr8tive_leo]

Originally Posted by mseebs

...You'll feel the jerk from hell. Like when you put the car in Park and it ain't stopped yet.

Not in an Automatic.

If your car is in drive and you accidently hit it into reverse, Reverse won't engage unless you're stopped. (or moving really really really slowly) It's the way of the automatic. It won't do things until it can. If it senses everything well enough it will engage reverse, other wise, it just spins - you can't engage reverse unless you depress the button, you can kick the shifter from drive to neutral ... 1 -2 -3, button to drive, push to neutral button to reverse.

It's not good to do.. don't do it.

[AllShowNoGo]

bottom line, ur car must be at a complete stop before going into reverse, esp. for autos.

[Arganon]

On all 8th gen civics for manuals, theres a locking mechanism that doesn't let you put it in reverse while the car is in forward motion.

[Slowroll90]

Originally Posted by AllShowNoGo

yes it can cause serious damage, no matter how fast (or slow in ur case) you go, esp. since honda's A/T are not the best in terms of durability. just make sure it's not a constant thing.

is this true
because i have an auto
and um i want it to last
why do you say these things that make me so worried

[strutking]

..sey

[habitat]

When you feel that "clunk" from the shift from D to R your transmission mounts are pissed at you. Other than that, your car will not allow you to do any real damage.

[peter_x]

Originally Posted by Arganon

On all 8th gen civics for manuals, theres a locking mechanism that doesn't let you put it in reverse while the car is in forward motion.

I think it only started in '07. At least it's not on my '06 LX

[BigT]

Originally Posted by Cr8tive_leo

Not in an Automatic.

If your car is in drive and you accidently hit it into reverse, Reverse won't engage unless you're stopped. (or moving really really really slowly) It's the way of the automatic. It won't do things until it can. If it senses everything well enough it will engage reverse, other wise, it just spins - you can't engage reverse unless you depress the button, you can kick the shifter from drive to neutral ... 1 -2 -3, button to drive, push to neutral button to reverse.

It's not good to do.. don't do it.

That is hopefully true in the Civic, but it is certainly not in all cars. I just though I would share a experience I had recently. Maybe someone will get a laugh out of it.

Me and my best friend were on a trip to Montana last summer and we took an '02 Mustang V6 AT that his parents had just inherited from a relative and were going to sell anyway. We figured we would get some use out of it first rather than putting miles on our cars.

We where over 1,500 miles from home coming down from the continental divide. My buddy was driving and had been putting the car in D3 to avoid using the brakes too much on the descent. At one point the ground started to level out and he decided to put the car in neutral and coast for a while. He thought he still had it in D3 so he just threw the shifter up two clicks. However, he was in D and two clicks landed him in reverse. The car actually went into reverse at 80 MPH (75MPH speed limit). There was a horrible squealing noise from the transmission followed by the rear tires locking up. He imediately threw the tranny into neutral.

The engine was not running and would not re-start. We pulled over on a runaway truck ramp and checked everything out. Everything looked fine, so we waited a few minutes and tried the engine again. It started right up, ran and drove fine and more shockingly, shifted fine. We were very lucky we didn't get stranded on the side of a mountain or worse yet lose control. The only good thing that I can say about it is that I wasn't driving and officially got the right to tease him about if for the rest of the trip (and every now and then for the rest of his life).

As far as the OP's question. If you are moving only a few miles an hour or so it isn't that big of a deal it just puts a little extra stress on the transmission. If you are going more than a few miles an hour it can be bad for the transmission, torque converter and the engine (and your heart rate if you are going 80 MPH).

[calircr]

myth busters did a segment on this type of situation. It was practically impossible for them to put in in reverse while the car was moving forward. check out their website for clips of the experiment.

[Taff7Si]

Originally Posted by calircr

myth busters did a segment on this type of situation. It was practically impossible for them to put in in reverse while the car was moving forward. check out their website for clips of the experiment.

I accidentally put an auto into PARK once while going 1km/h... BOOM!

felt like I hit a wall!