It might be a completely stupid question, but anyway ... Does 6MT have an interlock ?
I'm not sure it's a correct term, but in other words, is it possible to get into 4th select
of the transmission and engage reverse going from 5th gear ? Somebody mentioned
that it doesn't have an interlock which would make it a possibility and 6th gear is close
to reverse on TL.

 

Yes it has a lockout. Essentially you can't go into reverse if the car is moving forward.

 

The way I read the manual (I have a 5AT so I can't check this), on page 180, it says you cannot shift to reverse from 5th gear period, moving or not. So if you stopped the car, left it in 5th, turned off the ignition, came back and started the car, it still would not let you shift to reverse unless you shifted out of 5th gear to another gear (it says the 1st/2nd gear) first and then shifted to reverse.

6ATers, is this the way it actually works?

 

Yup. It has the reverse lockout.

edit:
RonA-I'm leaving for lunch soon...maybe I'll test it out.

 

Imagine if it didn't have a reverse lockout.

 

it has to have even the crappiest manual cars out there have reverse lockouts. especially on a 6MT where reverse and 6th are similar in position.

 

that what i thought ! thanks for the replies, everyone !

 

From a stop you can shift from 5th to R. (6MT). I guessed this because usually in the morning before I shift into reverse, I briefly shift into 3rd gear before I put it into reverse. The synchros in the third makes it easier to shift into reverse without any grinding or hesitation.

Just wanted to make sure before I shot my mouth off...

 

Thanks for the clarification.

From reading, I figured you could shift into reverse from 1-4 or 6th, but the way it read in the manual looked like you could never shift from 5th into reverse because that is the only gear with the electric reverse lockout.

There is even a procedure in the manual that tells you what to do if you cannot shift from 5th to reverse when stopped, but I guess that is in case the system malfunctions.