I'm entirely uneducated in the subject, I know this isn't good but I was driving automatic and I thought I was in sport mode so I pushed the stick up into neutral still holding the gas the car revved but you know it wasn't like accelerating so I panicked and I put it back into drive while holding the gas pedal and it kicked oddly is there some explanation behind this or did I really just **** up. I'm scared that I ****ed the transmission up really badly. Please no sarcastic answers I searched and it seems like no one has done this dumb **** before.

 

its probably fine if you only did it once. the reason it "kicked" is because it was getting no power, and suddenly the engine was at redline. if it doesn't do anything weird when you drive it around don't worry about it.

 

How much did it rev? next time when this happens, just let the revs go down / idle levels while you are coasting then shift into D.

 

Tranny kicking oddly would be normal if you shifted back into gear under high RPM's at full throttle.

If you drive around and have no tranny slippage, it goes through all forward gears and reverse ok without making a clunking sounds you are probably ok.

I accidentally hit mine in to neutral under moderate acceleration a couple of days ago, (darn diet coke habit got me) but let off the accelerator before popping it back into drive. No issues.

Hopefully your car is ok, if you are ever in that situation again just let off the gas for a couple of seconds.

 

Don't worry about it. Your trans is fine. You didn't do any damage

 

^this doing something like that one time won't do anything. just don't make a habit of **** like that.

 

Yeah I've only did it once, and to make things more clear I was driving auto thinking I was in sport mode and I pushed the stuck up while holding gas and it reved to about 4 - 5 closer to 4 maybe then I panicked because there was a car behind me so without thinking I put it back into drive then it kicked and jumped a little. I won't make this a habit but I wanted a few opinions you know? You can learn from your mistakes and well educated people on the forums. Thanks guys!

 

I've done that a few time before I went SC. And my stupid ex thought I was in sport and through my car in R. What passenger touches the stick? Well when I did the transgo kit to my car I had the guy inspect my transmission and he said everything looked perfect no signs of any damage. D to N back to D, you will be fine. Don't go past N

 

So you went into reverse at speed!

Did you hear a loud clacking noise? (Kind of a white but Louder)

The auto transmission is supposed to have a fail safe in it to click out of gear just in case you do bump it (otherwise the drive wheels lock!)

 

"Well Educated" is a bit of a stretch.

 

I don't remember. All I do remember is it was on a Sunday going to church at about 35mph and I just pulled over. It happen when I first got the car back in 08

 

Some people no more than others some are more educated in the topic because they've experienced and troubleshooter it already before.

 

I'm glad because I was terrified!