Shifting question...

[Accord 1999-2]

I have searched previously about this specifically and have not found much... I am just curious if "manually shifting" your auto transmission is harmful, and I'm not talking about downshifting at high RPMs or anything. I guess to get more out of your gears without necessarily giving more gas...
Thanks for your input...

 

[AllGOnoSHOW]

Do not manually shift your automatic.

 

[almightyfargoth]

^ +1

 

[Mr.Hollow]

what do you mean by manually shifting gears in an auto

 

[jwong512]

what do you mean by manually shifting gears in an auto

Like if your driving in D4, your at a low rpm such as 2000rpm and you wanna get more traction so you grab the shifter and downshift to D3 to force it to go into 3rd gears.

 

[AllGOnoSHOW]

Do not manually shift your automatic. Our automatics are so unstable and by manually shifting your automatic all you are doing is overheating the transmission which will cause early transmission failure. /thread

 

[CG6Lemon]

dont try or do it.

 

[Sketch o5]

yeah, its not good for the trans.

 

[FunnyVictor86]

neutral drop FTW

 

[Accord 1999-2]

Yeah, I was thinking that it couldn't be good for the transmission... It would make sense that it would tend to make it heat up as well.