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could be a bad motor or transmission mount

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Q: Why does your automatic car shudder when you put it in reverse?
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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?

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

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If you mean each time you engage car in any gear forward or reverse & it immediately stalls - you have a bad torque converter. Start engine, put foot on brake, put car in NEUTRAL, if it DOES NOT stall, but it does stall if you repeat this test when you put car in drive or reverse = bad torque converter - It's called a "stall test"


How can I destroy an automatic transmission?

Put it into reverse when moving rapidly forward.


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

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.


When you put it in reverse it make a noses and will not go anywhere but you put it in to neutral it will stop?

well it depends if your wanting to go backwards then you put the car in reverse . or if your wanting to stop then you put the car on neutral.


How can a person tow a car with an automatic gearbox?

You put the automatic in neutral, or put a dolly under the drive wheels.


Why did your automatic transmission pop when you put it in reverse an then the fluid started leaking when you put it in gear?

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what happen when you put a car in reverse gear?

the car goes back


How do you fix a car that will not move when you put it in reverse?

Get it rebuilt


What will happen when you put reverse gear while in forward driving?

The car might have an automatic cut off to either disengage the transmission or cut off the engine. Otherwise you will rip apart the transmission.