Had a bit of a scare the other day. I was on my way home from work, in traffic. As the traffic ahead of me cleared out, I accelerated forward in first, then second gear. As I reached down to pull the shift lever back to engage third gear, the car immediately next to me started to cross over into my lane. I was startled, and I reflexively started to bring my free hand back up to the steering wheel. As I did so, my hand bumped the shift lever forward. At this point I was in second gear, somewhere between 4000 - 5000 RPM (this is a guess). The next thing I know, the car sort of lurched, and I could hear/feel the transmission grind as it tried to shift into 1st gear. The engine also revved, I do not know if it revved because of an attempted rev-match or if it was the revs climbing as the car went into gear. It all happened -very- fast, and I was so shocked that I don't clearly recall. When the transmission started to grind and the revs jumped, I immediately let off the gas. I think I also put the transmission into neutral.
Needless to say, I am very pissed off about this. SMG is not supposed to downshift when it would cause an over rev. It states that plainly and clearly in the owner's manual. And truly, I don't know if there -was- an over rev, but it was close enough to cause the trans to grind when going into 1st gear. I am very unhappy with what happened and now the uncertainty I have over if there is anything wrong. I drove the car home and it seems fine. It's been 3 or 4 days now and everything -seems- normal. But the fact I'm left wondering what exactly happened and if it could happen again really bothers me.
Needless to say, I am very pissed off about this. SMG is not supposed to downshift when it would cause an over rev. It states that plainly and clearly in the owner's manual. And truly, I don't know if there -was- an over rev, but it was close enough to cause the trans to grind when going into 1st gear. I am very unhappy with what happened and now the uncertainty I have over if there is anything wrong. I drove the car home and it seems fine. It's been 3 or 4 days now and everything -seems- normal. But the fact I'm left wondering what exactly happened and if it could happen again really bothers me.