Reverse Gear - Manual
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Melting Slicks
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From: Houston Texas
Reverse Gear - Manual
I have been driving a manual transmission for decades and have had no problems to date in the two months that I have owned my C6. However, yesterday, as I was turning and backing out of a parking space, I was attempting to let the clutch pedal out completely for the first time (have not needed to before this). However, as I approached full extension, the car jerked as though the gear was jamming and the engine started to stall. I immediately depressed the pedal and attempted a full release again. The same thing happened and this time it stalled. The feeling was that something was grabbing or not meshing properly. I restarted the engine and put the car in reverse again. This time I fully released the clutch without turning the car. Everything ran normally. I tried to duplicate the actions causing the jerking and stalling and could not. It was as though whatever was interfering with the drive-train had been removed. Has anyone experienced anything like this? This was not the result of improper accelerator action or anything like that.
Team Owner
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I waited on replying, as I am not a 'Vette owner. But, since no one else replied, let me chime in that this might be normal behavior for a locking rear end. Maybe you can verify whether the behavior is correlated to making a hard turn when starting out, in fwd as well as in rev.
Racer
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From: Bridgewater New Jersey
Sure thing
I get the rough thing everytime it's cold out. It's the active handling system and it needs to get ready or boot up or whatever, it's normal so don't worry. My description is like I'm turning a four wheel drive while in fourwheel drive, feels like it's dragging a wheel.
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Originally Posted by PJinNJ
I get the rough thing everytime it's cold out. It's the active handling system and it needs to get ready or boot up or whatever, it's normal so don't worry. My description is like I'm turning a four wheel drive while in fourwheel drive, feels like it's dragging a wheel.
