I was parking the car (less then 5mph) and accidentally move the shifter (auto) from D to P, made a short of griding noise, but still drives fine, park works and lever seems to shift gears fine. Should I be worried?
2007-03-26 06:22:08 · 4 answers · asked by Vectorman26 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
It'll be fine.
There are detents that the lock mechanism slides into to keep the transmission from moving when placed into "P".
The lock didn't have a chance to slide into place untill the car stoped all the way.
2007-03-26 06:28:51 · answer #1 · answered by Mr. KnowItAll 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think you need to worry. When you put your car in the park position, you are engaging a pawl into the teeth of the flywheel. It was simply grinding against those teeth before engaging. I wouldn't worry about this one, but you shouldn't do it again.
2007-03-26 13:29:45 · answer #2 · answered by mantle two 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Naw. The gears grinding sound bad but unless you really jam it into park it didn't hurt anything.
2007-03-26 17:54:05 · answer #3 · answered by Nomadd 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no.....just DON"T DO IT AGAIN...lol
2007-03-26 13:25:22 · answer #4 · answered by malemute1 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋