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Automatic car issue

sebastianj
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in Motoring
Dear all,
My automatic car tends to roll back when on a hill 'when in drive',is this normal? what can be wrong?
Also it jerks,when start/ stop/start, occasionally.
help most appreciated.
sebastian
My automatic car tends to roll back when on a hill 'when in drive',is this normal? what can be wrong?
Also it jerks,when start/ stop/start, occasionally.
help most appreciated.
sebastian
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When did you last check the oil level? There will be a dipstick for the automatic gearbox. Check the level with the engine running and when warm.0
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To be serious, what car is it, what year, and is it a true automatic, or a modern semi?0
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sebastianj wrote: »My automatic car tends to roll back when on a hill 'when in drive',is this normal?Value-for-money-for-me-puhleeze!
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VfM4meplse wrote: »No it is not - it's natural tendency should be to climb the hill, if anything.
Depends entirely on the car. Mine rolls back when gravity overcomes the torque converter at idle.0 -
VfM4meplse wrote: »No it is not - it's natural tendency should be to climb the hill, if anything.
Not if its a CVT or other semi auto piece of crap.0 -
Auto means nothing without a car make. Torque converter, CVT, DSG, powershift, MMT are just a few 'auto boxes', some roll back, some don't.0
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Many thanks,
It is a Toyota, semi automatic, it runs fine. i felt it jerking when in 1st gear start/stop. has just been serviced. So roll back a little is normal.
I will check the oil level.
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some roll back, some don't.
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Value-for-money-for-me-puhleeze!
"No man is worth, crawling on the earth"- adapted from Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio
Hope is not a strategy...A child is for life, not just 18 years....Don't get me started on the NHS, because you won't win...I love chaz-ing!
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