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Old 07 Sep 2003, 06:24 pm
Curtis Newton
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Default Re: Big jerk when shifting from park to reverse

On Sun, 07 Sep 2003 22:23:46 GMT, John <john@nomorenewspamin.ca>
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>1988 integra auto shift 90,000miles:
>When the engine is cold, say overnight, when I shift the gear form
>Park to Reverse, there is a very big jerk(in fact the whole car jerk).
>The same thing happens when I shift from D to R and R to D backforth.
>
>But this "sharp jerk" is a lot less serious when the car is warm.
>
>I was thinking if this is due to transmission fluid being low,when the
>car was not driven overnight, the fluid levels drops down and some of
>the gears are not coated with fluid. Any ideas?
>



When was the last time you have replaced the auto fluid?

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