Do our trany have a braking system?
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Do our trany have a braking system?
I was wondering if our Auto Trannys have some sort of braking system?
When I drive my car and use the brakes to slow down for a second, it feels like the tranny downshifts to help slow the car. Is this true.
Hard to explain exactly what I feel, but the best way to describe it like you are driving on the highway in 4th gear when 5th will do.. But only after I hit the brakes for a second or so. Mainly feel it in the mid speed or mid gears. Say 20-ish to about 40-ish, after using the brakes..
I have an 03 auto. Is this a sign that the tranny is going? I felt it from the time I bought it.
When I drive my car and use the brakes to slow down for a second, it feels like the tranny downshifts to help slow the car. Is this true.
Hard to explain exactly what I feel, but the best way to describe it like you are driving on the highway in 4th gear when 5th will do.. But only after I hit the brakes for a second or so. Mainly feel it in the mid speed or mid gears. Say 20-ish to about 40-ish, after using the brakes..
I have an 03 auto. Is this a sign that the tranny is going? I felt it from the time I bought it.
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Of course. The tranny is responding to the RPMs and figures what the load/rpms should be. Put it in SS and next time you come to a stop pay attention to the number and you will see the gears drop. Same concept as if you were in a manual. Many people downshift when coming to a stop. Its essentially engine braking.
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Humm... I see. It just at times feels like it is trying to hold back the car after I let the brake off doing about 30.
I have never felt this in any other auto though.
I have never felt this in any other auto though.
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i don't notice it too often, unless i'm going down a bit of a hill. I noticed that a long time ago and with all the tranny problems i got paranoid and brought it up to my service guy, he just said that when you're going down hill the car knows so it assists in braking.
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It's called "grade logic" in all the Honda/Acura brocures. It's supposed to stop the tranny from "hunting" between gears. I alway think my transmission is going to blow up when it kicks in.
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Originally posted by rickm
It's called "grade logic" in all the Honda/Acura brocures.
It's called "grade logic" in all the Honda/Acura brocures.
That’s one of the main reasons I traded for the 2003 6-Speed.
Its fine when you’re going UP a hill, but it was way too sensitive when going DOWN.
I live where’s there’s lots of hills and there were a few that I had to actually ACCELERATE down because the dam thing kept torque-braking with the engine to slow the car.
I think only someone like me with years of experience driving manual Tranny cars would understand why I was so annoyed by this.
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