new Yaris 2009 sedan, 1 month old - problems already?

[rirakuma717]

Hello,

I'm a student driver who just got a new yaris 2009 sedan about 1 month ago.

I have never drove before, and I do not have any experiences with cars.

Since I started driving, I noticed a tiny clanking noise. I turn on the engine, shift the gear from P to R, then move the car backward to get out of a tiny parking lot, and then shift the gear from R to D and start driving and then I hear this "clank" noise. This usually happens almost everytime when I turn on the engine and start driving.

Today, i got into a worse problem. My car was parked in a parking lot which has no inclined spaces. so basically I turned the engine on - shift gear P to R - get the car out from the lot - shift R to D - then drive out... but I gear D was not working. It was "D" but the car was still going backward. I also noticed the break pedal was very stiff ( I couldn't push the pedal all the way in). I put the gear back to P then I turned the engine / my car off completely. When I restarted my car, the car was okay (other than the clank noise again).

I was going to see a technician next monday.. I was wondering if any of you can give me some comments/advices regarding these problems. Thanks for reading!

* Update: my car is "automatic" and and I have to pass gear N (the order is P-R-N-D.. ) and I always stop when I shift gear from R to D..