Transmission question Having an automotive argument with a friend and am hoping one of you fine people can clear the debate. My friend has a nasty habit of going to reverse and drive and vice versa while the car is still at a slight crawl. I try to tell him that is murder on the transmission but he insists that there is a slip clutch to prevent this from doing any damage. He also has a tendency to put the car in gear and let off the brake before the car is completely in gear. I don't think this is quite as bad on the transmission but still probably not great cause the car does lurch forward a bit when doing this. Hoping someone with a little more automotive knowleadge than us can help clear this up. Thanks a lot!
Cars & Trucks - Volkswagen - Jetta - 2002 Volkswagen Jetta TDI
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Hi i will try help, well yes it will have adverse results on his gear box if he is putting it in drive and then reverse before the vehicle stops going forward, ile explain, when you engage the gear and drive forward, the centrifugal force is sent to the torque converter This engages reverse gear within the transmission, giving the ability for the vehicle to drive backwards. In order for the driver to select reverse, they must come to a complete stop push the shift lock button in (or pull the shift lever forward in the case of a column shifter) and select reverse. Not coming to a complete stop can cause severe damage to the transmission. Many modern automatic transmissions have a safety mechanism in place, which does to some extent prevent (but does not completely avoid) inadvertently putting the car in reverse when the vehicle is moving forwards. This mechanism usually consists of a solenoid-controlled physical barrier on either side of the Reverse position, which is electronically engaged by a switch on the . Therefore, the brake pedal needs to be depressed in order to allow the selection of reverse. Some electronic transmissions prevent or delay engagement of reverse gear altogether while the car is moving. Some shifters with a shift button allow the driver to freely move the shifter from R to N or D, or simply moving the shifter to N or D without actually depressing the button. However, the driver cannot put back the shifter to R without depressing the shift button to prevent accidental shifting, especially at high speeds, which could damage the transmission.so hope that answers your question and end the feud lol, please vote thanks
Your buddy will eventually ruin the shift lock button, as well as the manual **** valve. The shift lock button is the culprit when you ca't move the shifter into any gear. The manual shift valve is a nightmare to diagnois, many things can go wrong when this thing act up.
I'll bet you will have your car longer then him
the overrunning clutches are kind of a failsafe but i wiuldn't do it too many times, same as going foward
most cars & light trucks can handle the foward motion butttt if you are the kind of person that trys to rock your car if it is stuck by going back & forth look out on your older cars the clutches were made out of brass ans stainless steel todays cars are made of tefflon plastic and a type of man made non aspestos ( in your eyes which one will out last the other
and last of all vw are the worst made transmissions out there they are not very strong and don't hold up well eather does the ford expadition...