Here's a stupid question by my friend...wad will happen if u shift from N to D while the car is moving?

Gimme some answer so i can stop him from trying to use my car as an experiment

The car will jerk slightly. No biggie, sometimes i accidentally push the gear to N from D and then push back.

So it wont damage the gear box or something else?

Nothing should happen, except that your car's gear being engaged. Slight jerking? Maybe the gearbox got slight problem then... Shouldn't have any jerking or pulling at all... And no, it won't damage your gearbox...

ur gearbox wont last long

Your car will jerk a lil and just go on moving.

If you believe the "It won't last long" bullcrap, then knock yourself on the wall cloudx. Dad did it for 15 years already, on those big accords, till today it's fine.

He does it when the car's rolling pretty fast and reaching a traffic light, or when going downhill, just watch your brakes. Saves petrol i guess, marginal tho

did it a million times. nope. no harm done. just don't shift from D to R instantaneously when the vehicle is moving at a fast speed.

Depends on your gear ratio...
Like if you're driving a Wira with only 3 speed gearbox and riding at 140KMh... You'll be slowed down...

u can't change from D to R when ure moving towards...forcefully do it and ur gearbox is gone..

It's N to D, not D to R...

D to R
lol
you guys siao ar....

N to D and back to N and back to D while moving...
nothing wrong, the gearbox will just engage the suitable gear, thats all..

D to R..engine will die?

But the N to D and vice versa is ok I guess,I do it rather often

I did all before...

N - D ... Biasa lar.. Rev kaw kaw at 5,000rpm then straight shift to D and wheel spinning .. When going downhill or almost reach traffic light.. Shift to N to free the gear and let ur car move while is till has the force to push forward.. Save petrol i think...

D - R ... Not at high speed.. Around 30~40km/h .. The car will jerk like engine wants to die but it won't die..

D - P ... Around 40km/h + speed .. The car won't jerk and engine won't die also... IT will make a sound.. ZRrrrrrrrrrrrr... Dont' know how to describe..

Those who don't believe... Try it on ur own to believe me..
I not asking people to do this.. It's for people who thinks i talk crap only..

I did that on my previous car and till the 7th year, the gearbox cluch rosak, then change car ....hehe.

wow, salute u lah dare to do all that on ur car (with exception of N - D)


guys,
actually it u see how an auto gearbox works then u will understand that all this is harmless (the gears are all engaged and under pressure by fluid, hard to explain) and also coz most auto's today are controlled by electronics
unless u try on a mechanical gearbox like the iswara then u will have problems (with the exception of N to D)

Erm.. For the D-R .. If you guyz dun dare to do that..

Try R-D .. Reverse at 20km/h speed without hitting the brake and straight push to D.. I'm sure some of u did this before.. It's the same like D-R.

tried D-P accidentally on a Galant before (same gearbox as the Perdana IIRC). doesnt engage, hears a 'tak tak tak tak tak tak tak' but it doesnt engage. fail safe

but never tried D-R and wont be trying

not same......

R - D can do wheel spin


D- R..= dead stop....gearbox sure kong..

Except "N - D" , all actions above are not recommended.

haha we got a lot of dare devils out here............ lucky engineers do expect this kind of things...........

well mechanically torque converter type automatic gearbox wont have any problem as long as the pressure buidlup inside not that extreme, so n-d while rolling should be ok... but might take some time for the gear box o figure out which gear to go.........

Why would you be in neutral (N) when the car is moving?

I have the habit of shifting the gear from D to N and N to D without applying brakes. I've tried R-D before and the car jerked a while. Not sure if it has any adverse effect on the car... I do that everyday. So, if it causes severe damage, the car must be dead now.

This post has been edited by mengsuan: Oct 27 2006, 09:14 PM

if doing D-P suddenly at high speed, I think the car would terbalik would it ?

it won't flip. But there is a [in that locks the wheels when you shift into P incase u dun pull your handbrake properly. That might get damaged though.........

i dont think there would be any problem, though if ur shifting from N->D at 60 kph and above, press the gas slightly before shifting from N->D so that the engine wont pull the car back so much. after ur used to it, u can even get ur car to shift into the right gear (it engages the right gear now most of the time for me)

i do D-> N and N->D quite often to save petrol...so far no big problems yet...so far can tarik extra 40-50 km la this way.

D->P tried at 10 kph before, car engine went dead and out of control (steering lock, car electronics goes off, lots of scary noise coming from the front).

This post has been edited by SnoWFisH: Nov 14 2006, 03:02 PM

when u did D --> P den thw car will stop immediately rite?

it stops as if u have a wheel lock but very abruptly and uncomfortably, not to mention its quite scary too... believe me, i freaked out lol...wheel lock, steering lock, lots of noise coming from the front of the car...
let me get this message across the forums...DO NOT SHIFT YOUR MOVING CAR FROM D->P....the experience....and possible damage is not worth it.