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What happens when you are in drive and put the car in reverse?

Anonymous

∙ 17y ago

Updated: 4/28/2022

Nothing if you are sitting still. However if you are moving forward and it is an older car, you may be replacing a transmission. Most if not all cars today with and automatic trasnmission have a failsafe to prevent going into reverse while going forward.

Wiki User

∙ 17y ago

What else can I help you with?

Rumbling sound from car put in reverse or drive?

Transmission problems.

What happens when you put your car in reverse while the engine is off?

It goes into reverse gear, nothing else.

How do you release the emergency break on a 1990 cadillac?

start the car and put in drive or reverse

How do you know if a car needs transmission fluid?

when i put my car i reverse or drive it pulls hard or when it's changing gear

Does the transmission on a automatic car mess up switching into drive or revers while car is still moving?

yes .. if the car is in drive and u put it in reverse.... bye bye gears

What happens when you put your car in park and it goes in reverse instead?

try the linkage ajustment on the side of the tranny

What does it mean when your car won't go in gear?

I put into drive or try reverse and theshifter won't go into gear.

Is the emergency break supposed to pop out when you put car into drive on a 1990 mercury grand marquis?

Yes, this is normal. It will not pop out in reverse, only drive.

What does this sentence mean He got into his car and backed out of number four's drive?

He opened the door of his car, sat himself on the seat of the car, turned the car on, put the car into reverse, reversed out of the driveway of the house of Number Four Privet Drive.

Whats the problem of my car starts and idles but stalls when you put it in drive or reverse yes its an automatic the car is a 87 Nissan sentra?

Probably an alternator.

What happens when you put your car in reverse while the engine is turned off?

Nothing... But it probably wont let you start it until you put it back in park.

When you put your car in reverse it does not change into gear for 10 seconds When you drive in gear it is fine?

You need to seek help immediately from a transmission professional. If you continue to drive the car with this problem you may do serious damage to the transmission.

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