I've always asked myself if it was bad for the transmission to put the car in neutral when arriving to a light, by doing that, I would put less stress on the brakes and then don't have to keep pressing the brakes when I'm stopped but my question is, is it bad for the trasmission to do that since I have to switch from D to N, then to D a the lights, well not all of them but a few.

 

The transmission isn't designed to go back and forth between neutral and drive all the time. You're putting a lot of extra wear and tear on the solenoids. Plus brakes are cheap to repalce. Your tranmission isn't. Drive an auto the way it was meant to be driven and just leave it in drive.

$0.02

 

That's what I was thinking but wasn't sure, anybody else got an answer?

 

Yea what SteVTEC said, you don't drive a stick shift, just leave it in drive

 

you put more wear on the tranny by doing that as more parts in the tranny will be moving if it is in neutral rather than remaining in gear.

and like he said brakes are a hell of a lot cheaper than a tranny in every way.

good luck

 

Yeah, i agree, i do that sometimes at the light because I miss driving a manual. I know it's bad for it but I wish i had a 5 speed maxima *sigh*

 

I put it in N sometimes at the stop lights. Usually when I brake hard, and I put it in N to let off the brake to avoid warping due to uneven cooling at the pad contact point. Or at really long red lights to avoid heat build up in the torque converter. I also feel less vibration with it in Neutral.

 

damn, i do that too, more now than i used to...good to know it's bad.

 

I do same exact thing!! I'm gonna try to cut down on it though.

 

easy solution.. get a 5spd

 

hahaha. Someone is trying to make others think they have a 5 speed by revving at the light. lol

 

You want to put less stress on the brakes($100 for parts) so you decide to put more stress on the tranny($2000 rebuild)? Smart.

 

dont do this, OBVIOUSLY it isn't good for the transmission!!

 

yea dont do stupid **** like me nd **** up ya tranny and cant drive for ova 2 months. use the breaks boy

 

ha i love doing that.. soon tho i will be able to do it without having to shift into drive..

 

there is no wear on the brakes when you are standing still, if you want to let the fronts cool off at the light(since the fronts do all the work) then throw on the e-brake

 

lol wow.....i do the same exact same thing. i thought i was the only one doin it. its just so much more easier to brake!

 

I don't really do this to avoid wear on the brakes, I do this because I'm a bit lazy and don't wanna keep pressing the brakes when I'm stopped but I guess I'm gonna stop doing this. Thx guys

 

yeah, i only put it in neutral when i have to brake hard or something like that, never just to do it.

 

You don't put stress on the brakes when your're already stopped.

 

5-speed wannabe's.....hahahaha.....j/k

 

hehe, that's sometimes true...I wished I had a 5-speed...

 

then again where i live 5spd could be a bich with all them dam stop and go traffic, that would really annoy the hell out of me, i probably wont get passed 3rd on local streets, since thats the only place i drive

 

ATL area here....you get use to it real fast and it does not bother you

 

what! way way way to much work for people!