Scathe
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Sorry if this is a known issue or has been posted before, but today I witnessed my 2016 EX-T (CVT) roll about 8 inches backwards in my driveway. The car was off and in park, and is not parked on a steep incline (there's a very slight gradient, but that's it). The car had been parked for about 30 minutes before this happened. It did not slide on snow or ice, as the driveway is clear and I saw the wheels actually turn while it was moving. It rolled back about 8 inches and then came to a sudden stop (almost as if the "gear" caught, or it automatically braked somehow), so it did not slowly roll to a stop, and it did not stop from reaching the bottom of the gradient. Got in and confirmed that it was indeed fully in park and not left in drive or anywhere in between park and reverse.
Any ideas WTH that was all about?! I'm not sure how reproducible this is, or if it was just a fluke, so it's hard to say if a mechanic could diagnose and repair whatever it was that caused it.
Edit: The car has about 48,000 miles, and to my knowledge, the CVT fluid is factory. Maybe changing the fluid would help? I've also noticed maybe a handful of times in the past 2,000 miles that the CVT has felt like it slipped while driving (or at least it felt a lot like how an automatic feels when it slips). Embarrassingly, I haven't actually checked the CVT fluid to make sure it's full and not burnt, so I should probably start there, but just wanted to see if anyone's heard of this and knows what it could be.
Any ideas WTH that was all about?! I'm not sure how reproducible this is, or if it was just a fluke, so it's hard to say if a mechanic could diagnose and repair whatever it was that caused it.
Edit: The car has about 48,000 miles, and to my knowledge, the CVT fluid is factory. Maybe changing the fluid would help? I've also noticed maybe a handful of times in the past 2,000 miles that the CVT has felt like it slipped while driving (or at least it felt a lot like how an automatic feels when it slips). Embarrassingly, I haven't actually checked the CVT fluid to make sure it's full and not burnt, so I should probably start there, but just wanted to see if anyone's heard of this and knows what it could be.
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