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I have an automatic and when I stop and let off the brake I have major issues with rolling back. And we're not talking on steep hills either. I haven't had any of my other auto's roll back like this one and was wondering if there was something I could do to fix it???

 
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i'd look at the idle. my car is so f-d up and idles below 1000 rpm's. i don't know where to adjust it either, but if you turn it up it'll stop the roll back.

 
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Its suppose to idle below 1000 rpms, somewhere between 750 +/- 50 rpms I believe is the range you want.

If your talking about adjusting the throttle cable, becareful since if you make it to high your adding stress to your torque converter. It would be like doing a mini torque brake when your stopped.

I thought a saw a TSB or memo about the rolling back from Honda... hrrmph.

 
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My mom's car used to do that, but only b/c the tranny kept going to neutral and drive on it's on... confused transmission

 
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I don't have an automatic, but I always use the e-brake when I'm stopped on a hill. Why not just use the e-brake? I don't know how much of a hill an automatic 7th gen Civic can handle without rolling back, but there is a limit I'm sure. Use the e-brake. It might not be a problem, unless it changed since you bought the car. If it's always been like that then that's just the way it is.

 
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yea, use the ebrake if your praking on a hill. I dont think you would use your ebrake on a hill if you were still planning on takeing off. That would be really stupid. You can do it but why? Usually auto's dont roll back to much so you might want to go get that checked out at your honda dealership.

 
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i don't know if mine's normal--i hope so--but when i stop (and i have an auto) and then take my foot off the brake, i usually either inch forward or stay. there's this one small hill i stop at every day, and it's relatively steep (not exactly san francisco, but it's pretty noticeable). when i stop there, my car just stays. so i don't think it's normal for it to be rolling back if your not really steep. well, that's my experience. hope it helps

 
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It's called a hill start and that's what they teach in driver's ed. You use it so that you don't roll back at all when starting on a hill.

 
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yep, TSB about it somewhere... basically, its a low friction converter or something to that effect, so its normal for it to rollback... Kinda surprised me the first dozen or so times

 
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Mine does the same thing.

 
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eh...its a honda...what are you gonna do about a honda

 
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Yea, the civic autos do tend to roll back kinda easily. It's completely normal.

 
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mine does it too, i always thought it was because i beat the ish out of the tranny, did you know if you are going foward and you shift your car into reverse, it will not go on reverse until you hit about 5mph?

 
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Mine does it, dealer said it is normal on Civics and CR-V's

 
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Hmmm, well I've had quite a few automatics before and I've never had it do this so bad before, so I just wanted to check and make sure what was going on. As for the TSB....what does that mean? Sorry, I'm new and don't know much about cars... =(

 
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If im on a slight incline i can take my foot off the gas and sometimes it will either say there or start to roll back a little. I remember one time not too long after i got the car and i was on a huge hill i let my foot off the brake and before i could step on the gas i almost rolled back into the car behind me. I think its normal, unless your car will not go forwards or backwards like it always has then why worry about dumb things like this.

 
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Its a Technical Service Bulletin (not a recall!)... so, basically its just a characteristic of the car... The TSB actually referred to a Honda newsletter mentioning this trait.

 
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If you have an auto your car should NOT do that. I'd take it in and have it looked at.

 
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dude.. my auto rolls back too.. also one of my professor... hers roll back too

i dont know... if its not soemthing focking up, then i really dont care

 
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try this, use your left foot for the brake when on a hill and ease up on it as you accelerate