hey all,

anyone get a "jerk" or "kickback" when engaging Drive? I'm talking from a standstill and you are ready to drive, put it into Drive and then the car jerks? Or sometimes when I reverse the car and then put it into drive, that gets me a jerk too...any ideas?

thanks

 

uh oh! tranny failure on its way... possibly!!! get it checked out!!! thats the same symptoms i had before my tranny went on me!

 

damn...that's not good. I'm almost due for a oil change, so i'll ask them to take a look. It does it once in a while, not all the time. Mostly when the A/C is on...I don't know if that has anything to do with it (maybe more strain on the drivetrain?)

 

happens to me a lot.. i cant tell if its the tranny or if its the rapid torque change in the driveshaft that causes the jerky motion

 

definitely get it checked out GDawg..let me know what they tell you...good luck man.

 

that could be true because I change the gears from reverse to drive pretty quickly...like rolling back in reverse then just as i'm about to stop, i drop it into drive, so that could be it. I know that if I wait a second after stopping and gently put it into drive, it won't do that...

just came back from doing errand and such and no jerks today, but I didn't have the A/C on.

 

i'll ask them to take a look at it when i go in for an oil change soon, thanks man. keep you posted.

 

neutral position safety switch...

 

what's that?

 

oh! you didnt mention that it happens when you shift when still rolling... thats a totally different story.

 

rolling just a tad :p

but does that make a big difference? is that bad for the tranny? thanks man!

 

yes, makes a difference... and its not horrible (if very slow) but definitely not good for the tranny.