ah ok. Thats what i pretty much thought.

 

Yeah I have a hell of a time getting into reverse sometimes, I usually just go from gear 1 into R...

 

yea if you are sitting still,..just throw it into another gear like 4th or 5th before throwing it into reverse

 

yea that's what i gotta do, it's frustrating but... honda told me there's nothing really they can do about it. nice front bumper by the way!!

 

thanks

 

jus put it in a foward gear before putting it into reverse

 

i just put it in 2nd then in reverse... works for me every time... :dunno:

 

Ok... I have a question to add to this... I too have the same problem in my Civic... I have to press down the clutch, hold it down for about 4 seconds, and then it goes into reverse no problem, just like trowing it in 5th and then dropping it down. My car has 130K on it... does this mean that my tranny's shot? What does this mean for the clutch too? Shifting from gear to gear it doesn't seem like it releases high... any added info would be appreciated.

Mindi

 

Routine grinding can indicate a failure of the clutch to completely disengage ("dragging") which will cause the reverse gear to grind much more frequently.