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Leaving Your Vehicle With the Engine Running
If you have to leave your vehicle with the engine running, be sure your
vehicle
is
in
PARK (P)
and your parking brake is firmly set before
you
leave
it. After you’ve moved the shift lever into the
PARK (P)
position, hold the
regular brake pedal down. Then, see if you can move the shift lever away
from
PARK (P)
without first pulling it toward
you.
If you can, it means that
the shift lever wasn’t fully locked into
PARK
(P).
Torque Lock
If
you
are parking on a hill and you don’t shift your transmission into
PARK
(P)
properly, the weight of the vehicle may put too much force on the
parking pawl in the transmission. You may find it difficult to pull the shift
lever out of
PARK (P).
This
is
called “torque lock.” To prevent torque lock,
set the parking brake and then shift into
PARK (P)
properly before you
leave the driver’s seat.
To
find out how, see “Shifting Into
PARK (P)”
in the
Index.
When you are ready to drive, move the shift lever out
of
PARK
(P)
before
you release the parking brake.
If “torque lock” does occur, you may need to have another vehicle push
yours a little uphill
to
take some of the pressure from the transmission,
so
you
can pull the shift lever out of
PARK (P).
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