Car put in Park while driving - Toyota Yaris Forums

reesesyum · 08-31-2009, 04:12 PM

While driving my 08 Yaris (automatic) this past weekend, someone put the gear into park while the car was moving at about 15mph (let's not get into why). The car made some awful noise which I suspect was the parking pin attempting to go into the gear. This lasted for about 10 seconds before I realized what was going on and put on the brakes. The car/shifting is doing fine.

My questions are: Is there any potential lasting damage to the transmission I should be on the lookout for? Is it necessary to have anything looked at by a professional mechanic?

*tomato* · 08-31-2009, 04:33 PM

uh, oh.. someone learning how to drive on your car

Sorry I got no answer for you, other than don't feel too bad. I accidentally put my Yaris in the wrong gear (2d) when I drove it back from the dealership while making a turn on the freeway (because I was used to taking that turn in 2d with my previous car) and the Yaris got really unhappy, should probably have been in 3rd or 4th, shifted a little weird for the next couple of weeks after that, but eventually went back to normal. This is manual though.

Anway, don't feel bad, it happens to the best of us

ryota · 08-31-2009, 04:50 PM

if it makes you feel any better one of my friends decided it would be a good idea to put his car into reverse while going about 25 mph. it wasn't a yaris but it drove fineish after that. it was damn funny to watch a car go flying by the door with the reverse lights on while going forward.

Christopher · 08-31-2009, 05:11 PM

If it still works ok you'll be fine.

SaerinRhoe · 08-31-2009, 05:18 PM

It may not be necessary to have anything looked at by a professional mechanic or the Toyota service department but I'd put the person that did this under psychiatric evaluation.

S.R.

supmet · 08-31-2009, 05:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ryota

if it makes you feel any better one of my friends decided it would be a good idea to put his car into reverse while going about 25 mph. it wasn't a yaris but it drove fineish after that. it was damn funny to watch a car go flying by the door with the reverse lights on while going forward.

Most cars (the yaris for sure) won't go into reverse over 10 or so mph. The car just ignores the input. The yaris also will ignore erroneous downshifts(provided your are going faster than the redline of the gear you are shifting into)

Park is a different story though, and if it made a noise I can't imagine anything good happening, especially at 25 mph. If its under warranty I'd definitely take it in, just tell them its shifting funny and you don't know what happened.

If nothing else make sure you always use your parking brake, because that pin will most likely fail at some point now.

R2D2 · 08-31-2009, 08:38 PM

If the pawl still holds the car ok while in park and the tranny otherwise is operating normally you're alright-I'd say you are very fortunate.

yarr_is · 09-01-2009, 05:54 PM

It's weird usually the car won't let you go in those gears while moving forward

Yaris Hilton · 09-01-2009, 06:10 PM

I've heard it done. The ratcheting noise is the parking pawl skipping over the notch it goes into. FWIW, I've never known of anyone causing serious damage that way.

ddongbap · 09-01-2009, 06:22 PM

I've had cars just lock up the front wheels.

Shroomster · 09-02-2009, 12:26 AM

I like to call it "wheel of fortune".

I never land on bankrupt.....

08-31-2009, 04:12 PM	#1
reesesyum Drives: 2008 Yaris Hatchback Join Date: May 2009 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 5	Car put in Park while driving While driving my 08 Yaris (automatic) this past weekend, someone put the gear into park while the car was moving at about 15mph (let's not get into why). The car made some awful noise which I suspect was the parking pin attempting to go into the gear. This lasted for about 10 seconds before I realized what was going on and put on the brakes. The car/shifting is doing fine. My questions are: Is there any potential lasting damage to the transmission I should be on the lookout for? Is it necessary to have anything looked at by a professional mechanic?

08-31-2009, 04:33 PM	#2
tomato Super Moderator View User's Garage Drives: Yaris 2DR LB 07, MT, Abs. Red Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: San Francisco Bay Area Posts: 5,155	uh, oh.. someone learning how to drive on your car Sorry I got no answer for you, other than don't feel too bad. I accidentally put my Yaris in the wrong gear (2d) when I drove it back from the dealership while making a turn on the freeway (because I was used to taking that turn in 2d with my previous car) and the Yaris got really unhappy, should probably have been in 3rd or 4th, shifted a little weird for the next couple of weeks after that, but eventually went back to normal. This is manual though. Anway, don't feel bad, it happens to the best of us __________________ Follow Bamboo the YarisWorld Traveler here

08-31-2009, 04:50 PM	#3
ryota Dry Bones Drives: 2008 Yaris Liftback Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Rochester NY Posts: 215	if it makes you feel any better one of my friends decided it would be a good idea to put his car into reverse while going about 25 mph. it wasn't a yaris but it drove fineish after that. it was damn funny to watch a car go flying by the door with the reverse lights on while going forward. __________________ Ryota

08-31-2009, 05:18 PM	#5
SaerinRhoe '09 Yaris View User's Garage Drives: '09 Yaris Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Dallas, Texas Posts: 346	It may not be necessary to have anything looked at by a professional mechanic or the Toyota service department but I'd put the person that did this under psychiatric evaluation. S.R. __________________ 2009 Yaris 3-Door Liftback MT Black Sand Pearl

08-31-2009, 08:38 PM	#7
R2D2 Crazy Oil Sniffer Drives: MM 09 Yaris 5 Dr LB "Click" Join Date: May 2009 Location: ME Posts: 498	If the pawl still holds the car ok while in park and the tranny otherwise is operating normally you're alright-I'd say you are very fortunate. __________________ "The howl was the sound of God’s casting pot, the morphing of my cells into shape, the forming of oceans out of molten premordial plasma. And I could feel it. I could cry for it. I could cry with it." -The Fitful One

08-31-2009, 05:11 PM	#4
Christopher Cobra Drives: '07 3-door Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Cleveland, OH. Posts: 34	If it still works ok you'll be fine.

09-01-2009, 05:54 PM	#8
yarr_is Drives: yaris Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: West LA Posts: 161	It's weird usually the car won't let you go in those gears while moving forward

09-01-2009, 06:10 PM	#9
Yaris Hilton Half a Bubble Off Plumb Drives: 2009 Yaris Sedan Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Bristol, Tennessee, USA Posts: 1,593	I've heard it done. The ratcheting noise is the parking pawl skipping over the notch it goes into. FWIW, I've never known of anyone causing serious damage that way.

09-01-2009, 06:22 PM	#10
ddongbap Banned Drives: yw calls me douche and racist. Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: hay Posts: 2,183	I've had cars just lock up the front wheels.

09-02-2009, 12:26 AM	#11
Shroomster '07 to '12:2 wipers to 1? View User's Garage Drives: '12 5-door LE & '14 5-door LE Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Orlando Posts: 1,999	I like to call it "wheel of fortune". I never land on bankrupt.....

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