Re: Push Buttons and Park

Posted by HH56 On 2014/5/26 19:32:53

I was unaware it was a problem on fairly level ground but apparently it was if there happened to be a big load on the parking pawl.

My car has quite the story due to sticking in park. It was originally sold in San Francisco and the story goes after one service call too many, it was traded back to the dealer. The original owners wife kept parking it on a hill and getting it stuck in park. Every time she got it stuck they had to call a tow truck to pull it back slightly to relieve the load. The next owner who bought the car lived on level ground. He drove it a distance of approx 100 miles round trip to and from work for the next 20 years without difficulty.

I bought the car after that and also live on level ground. So far, no problems due to mechanical sticking but I did have a failure of the auto park relay which caused it to "stick" in park. I also revised the wiring to prevent if from automatically going into park but I elected to have it both ways. A toggle switch determines if it is automatic or manual selection into park.