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Aug 21, 2001 | 10:22 AM

Scooter

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Sounds when you back up

dunno if this is normal or what, but when i drive a few feet, throw it into Neutral, then Reverse, i get a loud clang sound...until last night, i just figured it was the tranny going into Reverse mode, but my dad asked me bout it, and now i'm a bit paranoid...i have had no tranny issues in the past (knocking wood), and i find no issues with the tranny in Reverse...all is peachy keen...but i just wonder if others have experienced the sound when u put the car in reverse...and i only get it after i've proceeded forward, doesn't matter if it was a few feet or after driving 30 minutes...thanx guys.

Aug 21, 2001 | 10:24 AM

CLS16

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Originally posted by Scooter:
<STRONG>dunno if this is normal or what, but when i drive a few feet, throw it into Neutral, then Reverse, i get a loud clang sound...until last night, i just figured it was the tranny going into Reverse mode, but my dad asked me bout it, and now i'm a bit paranoid...i have had no tranny issues in the past (knocking wood), and i find no issues with the tranny in Reverse...all is peachy keen...but i just wonder if others have experienced the sound when u put the car in reverse...and i only get it after i've proceeded forward, doesn't matter if it was a few feet or after driving 30 minutes...thanx guys.</STRONG>

Yeah, I get it. I just think it's the transmission shifting from R to D. It used to happen to my Maxima, and every other car I've had.

Aug 21, 2001 | 10:53 AM

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Yeah, I get that too... sometimes it's louder then others. It happened on both my CL and now my TL-S. Funny though, it only happens on my Acuras, never on any of my other cars (or my parents, or my fiances).....

Aug 21, 2001 | 10:56 AM

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Yeah, I have that sound too. Never had it in my Maxima or QX4. I just make sure I come to a complete stop before changing to R or D.

Aug 21, 2001 | 11:27 AM

xenon7

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This seems to be the nature of the beast, esp. parked on an incline doing a reverse selection. I found if I shift into "N" and roll back when parked on an incline eliminates doing the "clunk". I also discovered that a nice quick motion into "R" and not a paranoid slow engauging produces no clunking. Sort of like giving it a no time to react thing!