oakley

Hello all,

My car is 3 months old and sometimes have an issue w/the shifter on Park. This happens more-so when I'm parked on an incline (even a slight one). I set the parking brake, shift it to park, then let go of the brake. There's always a little "play" in that the car will still move slightly forward or backward. Just when the car stops moving, the gear lever will slightly move a bit and make a notchy noise (that's the best way I can describe it). I just want to clarify, it does not shift out of park, but it looks like it may. I've owned stick shifts my entire life so I don't know if this is normal in automatic trannies? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

nabisco

Mine does the same. You should come to a stop then put on the parking brake and then put the car in park.

SonnyIs350

^^^^^^Exactly

Buds

+2 let the car rest on the parking break first before shifting it into park.

ben_r_

Yep, if I dont do what everyone is suggesting here, mine does the same too.

Bichon

What you are doing is putting a lot of stress on the parking pawl in the transmission. As others have said, it's a good idea to use the parking brake, especially on a steep incline.

PhilipMSPT

iTrader: (5)

Mine is the same.

A little play when placed into Park, but otherwise is "normal."

oakley

As I stated in my original thread, I ALWAYS set the parking brake first before I shift it to park. I swear I push that parking brake pedal all the way down, but there's always a slight play when I'm parked on any kind of incline. Should I have my parking brake checked--maybe it's not grabbing hard enough?

kickin8

iTrader: (1)

take it back to the dealer and have them to adjust your parking brake?

Bichon

Definitely. My car doesn't roll forward or backwards when the parking brake is applied.

Axvel

I always use the parking brake and i suggest you use it, otherwise it ****s up your tranny, (mounts), differential, engine. The only time i don't use it is when i'm valeting the car, once i engage it and the moron started driving without the releasing the foot brake(handbrake) I yelled at him and he told me he didn't know where it was(stupid.) Anyways that is the only time i don't use handbrake. The bmw 750 has a feature that when it detects incline it automatically applys parking brake (very neat.)

Hartawan

iTrader: (1)

- Come to a stop
- Put it on Neutral
- Parking Brake
- Put it on Park

RocketGuy3

iTrader: (1)

You can put it in park before applying the parking brake as long as you apply the parking brake BEFORE releasing the brake pedal.

As in: Shift to Park -> Apply parking brake while holding brake pedal -> Release brake pedal, and get out of car

... At least I think so.

dong888

iTrader: (1)

You are stressing the tranny. Most people already said it, but to clarify:

1. come to a full stop with "foot brake" on and still pressed.
2. shift to N and the foot brake still pressed.
3. engage the parking brake with the foot brake still pressed.
4. let go of the "foot brake" and the car will roll a bit and stop by the parking brake. If not, repeat step 1 to 4 and apply more force to the parking brake.
5. step on the foot brake and shift to P.

In short, the key idea is to let the parking brake do all the work of holding the car in one place, instead of the tranny.

oakley

Thanks for the response everyone. Dong888, I will try your method since it makes the most sense.