I leased a 2007 Lincoln MKZ two days ago. I parked the car in my driveway which had a SMALL THIN amount of ice on ONE side of it only... The other side of the driveway was dry as a bone. When I woke up the car had rolled on its own to the bottom of the driveway into my van. If my van wasn't there it would have ended up in the street! There is a small dent but my main concern is the dealership cannot find anything wrong with it. I'm so afraid that it will happen again and someone will get hurt. Does anyone have any idea why this would happen? It is a 43,000 dollar car and the dealership thinks I'm insane but I don't want to be stuck with a 3 year lease that is going to end up hurting someone!!! If I only had an idea of what could cause something like this they would check it out. Could it be a computer or GPS issue? My emergency brake was not on the first time but i put it on and it happened again. Please help!
2007-02-22 12:31:13 · 4 answers · asked by yp_stacey_medford 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
The car is an automatic and my driveway has an incline but I had a 2003 Mustang before the Lincoln and NEVER had the problem I am having now and NEVER had to put the emergency brake on.
2007-02-23 06:53:04 · update #1
contact the company about it, you may see a recall before too long. these things happen, but at least it's not bursting into flames
2007-02-22 12:59:00 · answer #1 · answered by randini692000 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gravity sucks, yeah? Heavy cars are sometimes too strongly attracted to the center of the Earth for their parking brakes to restrain. (Of which, BTW, you have now learned the importance: the parking brake won't always keep your car in place, but it beats not using it and seeing the car rolled down the driveway...) My Jeep Wrangler did this, but I could put it in first gear (manual transmission) and it would basically stay put. When the weather was bad I put a brick behind the back tire. You may not be able to get your key out if the car is in gear: I'd ask the dealership about that too. Ice anywhere near a tire could be very bad- try putting just one foot on some ice and see how steady you are- and on icy days, I'd move to California. Or park on the street. Except that I already live in California.
2016-05-24 00:32:46 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There's no plot with electronics to take your car away from you... no computer will make it roll at all.. everything is ole fashioned mechanical like it has been for 50 years.
At first I would have told you to have the dealer check the park pawl as the other gentleman suggested.. but Ford recommends applying the brake and if it rolled with the brake on, I'm like others and say you may have some black ice on the driveway allowing it to slide at night... also they (basically all car manufacturers and AAA )recommend on a severe incline to turn the wheels in to help from this happening.
2007-02-22 14:49:10 · answer #3 · answered by gearbox 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When you put a car in park, it actually engages a little "pawl" that holds the rotating element from turning. Sometimes the cable isn't adjusted just right, and the pawl doesn't engage completely. Have them make damn sure the shifter AND transmission are in "synch". In other words, when it is in park on the dash (or console) it is in park inside the transmission.
Then, start using the parking brake religeously on inclines, as a back up...
***you used the brake too??? Then it slid down the driveway, thats the only thing I can see. You may want to invest in some rock salt...
2007-02-22 12:51:28 · answer #4 · answered by Michael B 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋