shifting auto tranny

[mike890]

i'm been seeing some posts about it being bad for a auto tranny to be shifted manually. i'm wondering if going down a hill and shifting from D4 to d3 or second would be considered harmful to the tranny.

[MadSpleen85]

I know I am guilty of doing just that. Around here there are so many hills and when I had my good rims on the CB it cut down the amount of braking needed meaning clean rims for longer. I have not had any tranny trouble. I usually make sure the RPM's arent too high before kicking it down to D3. Later

[mike890]

sometimes when i kick down to second the engine get kinda loud and revs at around 3-4k would that be harmful to the tranny? i thought those gears were designed to be used going down hill to provide engine braking ect..

[KP'92]

I've also heard that shifting is bad for your auto tranny but I think it's more when you're accelerating and using your auto like it was manual. not so much of downshifting for engine braking.

[NAiL05]

downshifting is bad if its high rpm shit. Like your cruising in d4 going pretty fast then you decide to use the engine to brake and throw it in D3 thats not good. If your climbing hilss and shit thats understandable but usually your already in a lower gear and not really mashing on it unless you are passing someone.

[TZ91accrd]

do you got the sport mode in your car. if you got it use it and youll notice a huge difference i got it and i use it a lot

[TZ91accrd]

as long as your not starting out in d1 and shifting all the way up

[BIEN_DIESEL]

i shift my shit all day long all day strong all the way up to 9k rpm, never had a prob when i was fagamatic

[NAiL05]

do you got the sport mode in your car. if you got it use it and youll notice a huge difference i got it and i use it a lot

Really doesnt make a difference IMO when I had it in my old EX.

[deevergote]

2 and 3 exist to handle hills and things (which is why nobody in South Jersey knows what to do with them! ) It's only harmful when you try to race... If you want to race, let the auto do it's thing. For hills and such, it's fine to downshift that way.

[abdielitopr]

i'm been seeing some posts about it being bad for a auto tranny to be shifted manually

ask this guy...93EXaesthetic..

[HondaB18]

Gas or Brakes, choose

[whatever210]

does help at all. i use to do that and there was no diff.

[Chaos325]

do you got the sport mode in your car. if you got it use it and youll notice a huge difference i got it and i use it a lot

I see a difference with my sports, higher revs allowed

[pig pen]

just don't gear down a to high of a rpm way to much stress on tranny and the engine.