Advent

I was driving to work this morning,I was in second gear going about 23mph,slowed down to about 15,decided to switch to first cause I knew I was going to go even slower with traffic,but it wouldnt let me switch to first.I dont think I was at high RPM's.On a 6 speed manuel does it have some kind of safety thing where it knows that if you downshift it wont let you b/c of high RPMs(safety for a blown engine).I downshift all the time from 4 to 3,3 to 2 and so forth.I'll try it again when I go home but I thought to myself"a 6 speed is what it means I shift when I want to shift regardless if I tend to blow my engine".

4TehNguyen

iTrader: (1)

on manual transmissions there is interlocks on at least gear 1 and reverse gear, not sure about the other gears

Lvangundy

Sorry, had to laugh at title..

Advent

Thats why you are the man 4Teh..Quick response I like that.I didnt know that about the interlocks.Maybe thats what it is then.Thanks for the Info:::::I love this Website:::::::Anyone else try this with the manuel??

Advent

I guess it is kinda funny..Its even funnier without the s after "its"..

al503

you should only try to get back into first if you're completely stopped or at the slowest crawl (less than 2 or 3 MPH).

If you want to downshift into first going 15 MPH (which i wouldn't recommend), it'll be a lot easier and a lot better for your car to rev match the downshift. Blip the throttle to 3-4K RPM's before trying to push it into gear.

rominl

iTrader: (4)

yesh it's probably a protection on that gear. it was on the 5 speed is300 as well. try double clutch, you should be able to get it into 1st easily. otherwise you will have to get the car to almost stop (1 or 2mph) befor eyou do go back to 1st. even you don't think (and i agree with you) the rpm is high the tranny will still do that to "protect" itself

that's why i tend to double clutch most of the time when i down shift

gsrthomas

iTrader: (1)

Dude, its suppose to do that.

Just ride it in 2nd. If you are going VERY slow like less the 5mph then switch to first. If not keep it in 2nd. Simple as that.

Nothing wrong with your 6MT completely normal. All the manuals I have owned had been like this.

Lvangundy

Same thing with the SC300 5-speed. You can get it into first at 10mph, but you have to double clutch down and rev up to 3-4K (as someone said). Sometimes the gears grind when I try this though..

Subaru manual transmissions are similar.

Advent

This is all great info..I wonder if this is info is in the Lexus manual.Thanks for the help guys.

Advent

O and I spelled Manual wrong,thats funny too.

ihkskim

Its a safety feature. when i try to downshift.. it makes it hard for you to do so. But if you press it in hard enough it'll go through.

VitB6

GSRThomas is right. You won't be able to shift into first unless you are going liek 7 MPH or lower. Secondly why would you eer want to shift to 1st gear going 15 MPH? I never ever even use 1st gear unless I am completely stopped. Keep it in 2nd until you hit 5 MPH or so and then just put it in neutral. If you don't come to a complete stop then put it back in 2nd, if you stop then throw it in first. No reason to rev the engine downshifting to 1st gear.

Advent

I wasnt going to downshift at 15mph but I knew I would be getting down to like 8 to 5 mph so I tried then...anywayz I like how this works..

gshb

really? in my 05 Civic Si I could downshift from 3 to 1 no problem...well except that it would get kinda violent...