Car rolling back

thriftwizard

If the OP has gone from a full automatic to a semi-auto, they may not realise that it doesn't behave like a full auto in drive, which moves forward unless the brake is stopping it (though it's still trying to go forwards - not brilliant!) but a semi-auto will go into neutral & won't go into gear/forwards until the accelerator's depressed. (I drive both on a regular basis but luckily the semi-auto does have an anti-rollback mechanism.)

Using the handbrake is indeed the answer...

SHAFT

Mutton_Geoff wrote: »

What is a "break" pedal and "gas" pedal? I thought it was a brake and accelerator pedal? Maybe the OP needs to speak to their instructor about learning hill starts?

I think you know exactly what they mean and you're just trying to look cleaver.

benbay001

Op learnt in a car with a torque converter auto, auris has a single clutch automated manual without hill start assist.

Davy_Jones_II

I’ve the opposite problem; if I use the handbrake with the car in gear it creeps forward.

If only there was some combination of the car controls that would let me put it in neutral or use the main brakes while at a stop...

Marvel1

illusionek wrote: »

Sorry I wasnt clear. The issue is not when I am stationary but when I take my foot off the break and press gas pedal. The car rolls back before it starts driving forward.

That is the reason, not using handbrake and finding the biting point.

illusionek

Hi Guys

Many thanks for all the feedback some more useful than others. I learnt on full automatic indeed and hill start was never mentioned to me. It wasnt also part of the test even though there are plenty options to do so around the test centre. I will try to use the handbrake next time as suggested.

alembicbassman

Some automatic cars are fitted with a mechanical clutch that is operated by electric motors and sensors. A standard auto (torque converter type) won't roll back. The auto clutch types will roll back until the clutch bites. You have to treat these like a manual and use the hand brake until the clutch bites.

I had a Ford Fusion Durashift with an auto clutch box - terrible hateful gearbox.

Buy a torque converter auto - much better.

The gear stick should look like this:

Car_54

Mutton_Geoff wrote: »

What is a "break" pedal and "gas" pedal? I thought it was a brake and accelerator pedal? Maybe the OP needs to speak to their instructor about learning hill starts?

"Gas" is the term used by most, if not all, instructors. "Accelerator" is just too much of a mouthful.

datostar

illusionek wrote: »

Hi Guys

Many thanks for all the feedback some more useful than others. I learnt on full automatic indeed and hill start was never mentioned to me. It wasnt also part of the test even though there are plenty options to do so around the test centre. I will try to use the handbrake next time as suggested.

Might be an idea to practice a bit with the handbrake on a quiet (hilly) bit of road. Hold the handbrake on the button until you feel the car wanting to move forward then gently release it while pressing the accelerator pedal. You neither want to go backwards or jump forwards. You have something of an advantage with a semi-auto as you won't have to be balancing clutch and accelerator pedals at the same time as holding the car on the handbrake.

Hasbeen

Car_54 wrote: »

"Gas" is the term used by most, if not all, instructors. "Accelerator" is just too much of a mouthful.

The instructors are wrong then or have been watching to much American tv.
Or do they say gaselerate when wanting the pupil to go a bit faster?