I have a stick shift. In reverse, the tranny makes a whining sound. It does not do this in any other gear. I find my self reversing very slow so that I don't hear the whine. Note that although I don't hear it while creeping, it does make noise at normal reverse speed (it's not like I'm trying to go fast in reverse).

Wondering if this is normal, or if I should have the dealer look at it.

thanx

Its normal, reverse gears are straight cut which causes the whine.

enihw


not very hard.

enihw


not very hard.

win

All the manual cars I've driven made this noise.
I've only drove Japanese manual cars, I don't know if it's the same with American and European.

the built tranny in my civi makes that whine noise through out 1st-3rd ;-)

i avoid reverse as much as possible ;)
usually roll out of my drive way and usually park so i don't have to use my reverse:lalala: such a dreadful gear

All the cars I've driven, including autos, make a noise like they're winding up if you go fast enough.

When the car is in reverse, it will make this noise whether you press the gas or not. Suzuki, Toyota, Nissan, and Honda models do this. Those are the ones I know from experience

Its normal, reverse gears are straight cut which causes the whine.

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Thanx, I kinda figured it was normal, but did not realize it was the way the gears were cut.

As a side note, my American cars do not do this unless you go way faster than you should in reverse.

thanx

What American cars to be specific because I've been in quite a few that whine at slow speeds as well, but RWD vehicles in general aren't as loud at low speeds because of the size and placement of the tranny.

All RWD. My 98 Mustang GT (5speed), my 75 Jeep v8 (3speed), my 69 firebird with an auto turbo 350 tranny don't.

Then again, if I were to go really fast, they probably would.

Good point about FWD vs RWD, that may be it.