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A friend of mine has a 2002 Civic DX Auto (mine is a 5 speed). If she is in drive and on a hill, with the car running, if she lets go of the brake, she rolls backwards. The dealer says that this is normal, and the car should stop after about 3 meters (10 feet) when something is supposed to engage and stop the car from rolling (She says nothing kicks in to stop the rolling). Do all civics do this?

 
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mine does it too, its because your on a hill so gravity takes it backwards, when im on a not so steep hill it stays but when im on a steep hill it rolls back a little

 
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By doing that multiple times you are overheating the transmission. The torque converter was not meant to hold your car still on a hill. THATS WHAT BRAKES ARE FOR. The reason why you are going backwards is that your car does not have the torque capability to keep it still.

 
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this is due to the low idle speed (700 +/- 50 rpms) set by the ecu, NOT the transmission.