ok so I was driving today and found out something really dangerous and interesting about my 04 maxima.... I have an automatic 5speed with slap shift and killed the car today rolling backwards down a hill. I don't know how everyone elses car works but I rolled back about two car lengths just messing with the car while in tiptronic 1st gear and it died.... I was thinking what the **** this isn't real till I did it again.... I had to find out if it was a safety feature of some sorts.... seems my car has this wierd *** feature.... can be quite embarrassing let me tell ya.... anyways was wondering if anyone else had this or understand why it does it....

 

why in the world would you let it roll backward while in gear?

 

good question...

 

well its makes a lil sense...my 95 jetta has about 87000 miles on it nd it dies when sliding back in gear...buh thats because the rmps drop sooo low it just gives up lolxz...

 

People do stupid things with cars...makes me glad i bought new.

 

Corrected for truth.

CM

 

cars have that feature built in it....if you leave it in regular D the car should just sit completly still ona hill with your foot off the brake, i know mine does....the only cars that ive ever actually seen roll back like that are cars that have AWD...and they will shut off if you let them roll to far.

 

Not completely true. There is a small grade where I pull onto the highway each morning and if I do not hold the brake then the car will roll backwards, albeit very slightly (I just do not make a habit of doing that). Every automatic car that I have driven has done the same thing.

 

i hope everyone knows how a torque converter works and how it transfers power,, so i dont have to explain, let the experts do that...
http://www.tciauto.com/tech_info/tor..._explained.htm

make sure you read the "stall speed" section

 

Wheres the "another addition to the max"?

 

While you're at it, why don't you do a burn out in reverse and then slam it into D while the wheels are still spinning backwards. Let's put that trans of yours to the test!!!

 

This post makes me hurt. I could be wrong, but I agree- unless on an incline, shouldn't your car sit still, or at most move forward? Can someone explain to me how it would even be possible for it to move backwards 2 car lengths?

**Note to self- push brake in extra hard when driving home later...**

-Mary

 

follow the link.... and read stall speed

http://www.tciauto.com/tech_info/tor..._explained.htm

 

Allready done that while doing reverse donuts on the beach..... this tranny is tough let me tell ya..... as for letting it roll backwards I was curious and well I found out what it does..... never had an automatic roll backwards ever in any car I drove.... so this was just curiousity... and of course I had to confirm what had happened.... and thought I would ask you guys to find out what you guys knew bout it.....

 

poor car. why the hell would you beat on the tranny that bad in a relatively new car? if you're going to do stupid sh*t like that, buy an old car.

 

I want to ban you for abuse. but it's unfortunately not a listed rule.

 

Can you ban him for poorly formatted posts, overuse of the period key, and pride in immature driving habits?

 

Hey, better his car than ours........................

 

I wonder what his memos at work look like. It would be hilarious to get one of these from my boses.

 

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Work? From his posts I think he's still stuck repeating remedial Grade 9 english class in his senior year of high school.

CM

 

He's the test bunny for us all.. tesitng the limitsof his tranny at no cost to us.

And that link to info on torque converters was way over my head. I like to think I learned something reading it, but there were way too many terms I didn't know for it to be of any use. sigh.. laypeople have such a hard time with these things