Accidental Gear Change during Reverse
 

Hello All,

I have a quick question. Last night I was backing up my 8 and I accidentally threw it into Park while she was still in the process of reversing. A loud thump followed by a sudden halt. She seems to be unscathed, but please tell me...am I alright?? If so, I am curious what kind of implications this can have on a [this] vehicle specifically

Thanks!:nopity::bj:

you messed up your tranny :scared: good thing it didnt blow up on you. you got lucky.

















































































i kid i kid :lol: your fine, you can only mess up the transmission if you were going foward and tried putting it into reverse.

Lol true story, I used to drive a ford expedition back when i was younger. I liked to pretend it was manual so i would drive it by shifting from 1 - 2 - 3 - D .... well one day i fuxored up and went from 3 to R ... BUCK BUCK SCREEEEEETCH - stall ...... as far as i could tell no severe damage to the tranny ... i'm sure it didn't like it though lol

I"m telling you, it sounds stupid but it just happens...ahh, I feel much better about it - thank you guys!

Lol, I drove an '88 Plymouth mini van during my highschool days and I too use to drive it like it was a manual. Put that hoe in [N], Rev!, drop to [1] and launch! :lol:

hiway drive scares me when shifting to 6th.
slight push on nob, 5th to reverse.

This isn't going into reverse, but this made me think about this video.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2rnaYexDyw

Will it? I always just assumed it'd be physically locked out from reverse. The 6 speed in my GT500 won't go into reverse, period, at over a very slow crawl if you're moving forward.

i once threw my car in reverse while going 35mph

my exhaust fell off and died


bewbs

buttsecks.

That's not really true. There are several ways you can damage an A/T, and you CAN break the parking pawl if you engage it while moving. However, it sounds like the OP is OK, if it is still holding in the park position.

lol shit, i havent driven an automatic in yearsss.

That's not possible. You can't go from 5th to reverse so don't worry about that. The synchros (or whatever) wouldn't match up and it's physically impossible to do.