Ok well today after lunch I decided to clean my car. As parkin under the canopy i heard a metal cluckin sound as I shifted reverse to park. Does anyone elses car idle rough when in reverse. When driving it shifts fine smooth as butter. I have 9500 miles on it so far.


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-mesh grill that only cost me 54 cents.
-hyper white bulbs all around inside.
-clear bulbs up front.
-tint.
-Wood shifter and ac vents.
-Sheep skin seat cover.

 

was this on a flat surface or was the spot on an incline/decline at all?

 

Yes theres a incline but u cant tell. Casue whenever i park there it rolls back till it hits the gear. But from D5 to R i didnt know it would matter.

 

O yea i love that Homer icon. I made my bro buy Simpsons Road rage for gamecube tonight.

 

If you park on an incline (even a slight one) with an automatic tranny and don't use the parking brake before you put the car in park, you put a big strain on the transmission. You will definitely get a clunk no matter which gear you select (forward or reverse). When you do this you're using the engine and tranny as a brake instead of the discs. Puts a bad load on the tranny. For those that don't know, the proper way to park an automatic on a grade (if the car rolls even a little bit in one direction after putting it in park, you should be using this method):

1. Stop the car where you want to park using the regular brake.
2. With the car in gear and your foot on the regular brake, apply the parking brake.
3. Put car in park, release regular brake.

When you first go to drive, you should reverse the order. Never release the brake first:

1. Put foot on regular brake.
2. Put car in gear (R or D5 or SS)
3. Release parking brake
4. Release regular brake

This way you are making the brake system hold the weight of the car against the incline. They're designed to do this.

 

Thank you that will help me alot.

I wonder if theres ever been a case where the tranny fails and the cars just roles away.

 

It very well can happen. All the more reason to use the parking brake.