[RSX]

yesterday i was driving on a downhill road where there was a limit of 40 km/hr...

so then i geared at 2nd so that i didn't have to brake all thet time...

but some weird thing happened....

when it went downhill quite smoothly and the RPM was around 1600 (i just let go very slowly since a red light was in front of me.. still downhill...)

without my foot on the gas pedal... the car just increased the RPM to 2000 itself and actually it speeded up a little bit...

i was like what the hell.... and i tried it again... it happened again so i am sure it was not my stupid instinct shxt....

what was it????????????????

[HaP]

What are you asking?

[NeoChaser]

hehehe...

yeah this i don't fully understand ..

but my guess would be, that it downshifted again by it self...

[RSX]

hmmm.... simply....

i was driving downhill...

gear on 2nd to prevent the car going down too fast...

i didn't have my foot on the gas...

the rpm was first steady at around 1600...

but then it rose up to 2000 itself and the car speeded up a bit...

after two seconds... it went back to 1600 again and the car slowed down...

from the beginning to the end... i didn't gas the car...

why did the rmp rise up to make the car speed up when i didn't gas it??

[HaP]

You drive manual right?
So you downshift to 2nd gear as you are going down the hill
What were you doing with your clutch during this time?

[RSX]

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You drive manual right?
So you downshift to 2nd gear as you are going down the hill
What were you doing with your clutch during this time?

nope.... it's a auto....

i did NOTHING but just downshift the gear to 2nd...

and the rpm 1600->2000->1600->2000 just kept on going all the way...

btw... the speed was around 30 km/hr something....

not fast though... i am wondering what was behind that rpm 1600->2000->1600->2000 in my car..

[RSX]

gotta run..

wait for ya guys reply..

and thanx... :)

[teppei]

at lower gear.. u have higher REV to keep high torque... right?
this is normal if you shift down to 2nd gear or 1st gear...

[NeoChaser]

yeah ti's just ur car selecting tne gear for u

my car does that too... it was engine breaking...

[blanktape]

if u drive AT, better leave ur gear at D, not sportsshift...

AT is not meant for manual shifting, it could damage the transmission, and u dont gain any time by doing manual AT shifting.....

Honda's AT is not as tough, the torque convertor could be damage if u do manual shifting... .....

i had heard couple prelude with SS and accord v6 AT had transmission failure....