Parked on an incline. Had trouble getting out of "park." Am I liable to get stuck in park one day?

[OWC Jamie]

rz wrote:
I always use my parking brake, even when not parked on an incline. Just habit, i guess.

whatchoodo read the owner's manual or something ?
Listen to your driving instructor when you were 15 ?
Actually understand the concept of p-a-r-k-i-n-g b-r-a-k-e ?

[norse]

mikebw wrote:
[quote=norse]
When parking on an incline, keep your foot firmly on the brake and pull the parking brake tight.

and then release your foot from the brake pedal, and shift into park last.
Hold foot brake down then I shift into park first, set parking brake hard, THEN release brake pedal.

I use to live in San Francisco and parked a lot on the hills.

Also, make sure you turn your wheel to the far left and let off the brake a little to allow the tire to just touch the curb.

[norse]

[quote=billb]
just leave it neutral
problem solved


and whatever you do, don't use the parking brake. You'll only stretch the cable and eventually it won't work. SHould you have to park on a hill what will you do then with a stretched cable , huh ?

WRONG WRONG WRONG!!!

DO NOT LEAVE YOUR CAR IN NEUTRAL and always use the parking brake EVEN on a flat ground. What if someone bumps into you (front or back), the car will move.

[mikebw]

norse wrote:
[quote=mikebw]
[quote=norse]
When parking on an incline, keep your foot firmly on the brake and pull the parking brake tight.

and then release your foot from the brake pedal, and shift into park last.
Hold foot brake down then I shift into park first, set parking brake hard, THEN release brake pedal.

I use to live in San Francisco and parked a lot on the hills.

Also, make sure you turn your wheel to the far left and let off the brake a little to allow the tire to just touch the curb.
That could also work. The reason I gave the order that I did is because it might take some movement before the parking brake "catches" and you might not be sure if the pawl was taking the force or the brake. Once the car is dead stopped with no foot on the brake then you can be sure, and if the transmission is really a concern for you then shifting into park would be the safest bet at that point.

[N-OS X-tasy!]

GuyGene wrote:
I ALWAYS use parking brake. It keeps pressure off that thingamajig that caused yours to bind up. Plus it keeps cable freely moving the more you use it.

This.

[M A V I C]

I thought the e brake was just to whip the backend around when you needed it? Never thought of using it for parking.

[JoeH]

rz wrote:
I always use my parking brake, even when not parked on an incline. Just habit, i guess.

I had a manual transmission car first back in the '70's, got used to putting on the parking brake. Then when I went through training to drive buses, it was emphasized. Of course leaving your bus parked on just the transmission in Park was a fireable offense....

[Rick-o]

norse wrote:
[quote=billb]
just leave it neutral
problem solved


and whatever you do, don't use the parking brake. You'll only stretch the cable and eventually it won't work. SHould you have to park on a hill what will you do then with a stretched cable , huh ?

WRONG WRONG WRONG!!!

DO NOT LEAVE YOUR CAR IN NEUTRAL and always use the parking brake EVEN on a flat ground. What if someone bumps into you (front or back), the car will move.

[lost in space]

Do not do anything advised above when the car is in motion!

[mrbigstuff]

yep, I park on some decent hills around here (not SF-like, though), and can get by with doing what norse recommends. occasionally use ebrake if I think it needs it. i also angle my wheel against the curb.

I had to buy an ebrake cable in one of my cars when I snapped it right off after using it (auto trans), cost me $500 to replace. I'm judicious now about its use.