New Car Transmission Noise

Maintenance/Repairs
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Hi everyone,

I just got a new Honda Fit. 5 speed. I recently just hit some black ice and to avoid hitting the guard rail and other cars, I had to do some very odd maneuvering - a combination of e-brake, downshifting, and a whole lot of praying.

So here are my questions, during this scenario while attempting to downshift (unsure if I had the clutch all the way in) I heard a strange noise that sounded like a windy-click, like something retracting from a wound-up spindle.

Last question, pulling the e-brake. I felt compelled to pull the e-brake based on my fishtail and luckily it helped stabilize the car. This happened at about 25mph. Unsure if at that time if I had the clutch all the way in - does anyone think I did any damage to the tranmission or the e-brake in this situation?

Any feedback is appreciated!

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You can do this a couple hundred times in the life of the transmission before you will suffer a failure, you can only hit the guard rail or other cars once and you will have serious damage. Don’t worry about it.

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Cool. Thanks, Keith. By chance though, do you know the mechanical process behind the windy click noise? I looked at a few diagrams today and wondering if this is a sync problem or if the gear was just half way there?