How do you put your truck in park?

[JohnyPython]

Well I guess when you do something wrong for many years you get good at it.

I learned something valuable at the Bronco Offroadeo. How to park a vehicle with an auto transmission.

Procedure:
-press the brake to come to a stop
-engage the parking brake
-take foot off of btake
-put transmission in N
-then put in P

I’m doing the from now on. Be kind to your tranny.

 

[CleverGirl_]

 

[Donovan]

I slam that muthafuka into park and tell her, "AND YOU BETTER NOT MOVE BEFORE I GET BACK" OR YOU GON HAVE HELL TO PAY!!

....now get my money..

 

[pat247]

Well I guess when you do something wrong for many years you get good at it.

I learned something valuable at the Bronco Offroadeo. How to park a vehicle with an auto transmission.

Procedure:
-press the brake to come to a stop
-engage the parking brake
-take foot off of btake
-put transmission in N
-then put in P

I’m doing the from now on. Be kind to your tranny.

Good advice, it is very important to set the parking brake before putting into park when on an incline. If you ever have trouble getting the shifter out of the park position this is the reason. The parking pal can break off and let the vehicle roll, not real common but does happen more than one would think. I never thought of shifting into neutral first then into park but that makes a lot of sense.

 

[GordoJay]

If a vehicle won’t gracefully handle the way 99.999% of the customers use it, someone screwed up the design.

 

[JohnyPython]

Good advice, it is very important to set the parking brake before putting into park when on an incline. If you ever have trouble getting the shifter out of the park position this is the reason. The parking pal can break off and let the vehicle roll, not real common but does happen more than one would think. I never thought of shifting into neutral first then into park but that makes a lot of sense.

They said to use this parking procedure all the time even flat surfaces. Might be a bit ocd but saves the parking pawl from getting sheared off.

Could wear out electric parking brakes but keep cable style from seizing.

 

[Ruger]

On an incline, yes.
On a flat parking surface like inside the garage, lunacy.

 

[CigarPundit]

That’s how I’ve always done it on inclines, though my order of operations is different: brake, neutral, parking brake, come off the brake pedal to let it settle, then into park.

 

[smurfslayer]

Well I guess when you do something wrong for many years you get good at it.

I learned something valuable at the Bronco Offroadeo. How to park a vehicle with an auto transmission.

Procedure:
-press the brake to come to a stop
-engage the parking brake
-take foot off of btake
-put transmission in N
-then put in P

I’m doing the from now on. Be kind to your tranny.

So... For Jen Too Raptor at least, if you engage the parking brake while in gear, you get REALLY obnoxious chimes and dash warning. I’ve never tried going to N first, then brake, then park but nevertheless, it seems to me that Ford disagrees with Offroadeo.

Also, I’d caution our northern crew about the parking brake. in really low temperatures they will freeze in place. I’ve not had it happen --to me-- but a neighbor did.

 

[CigarPundit]

So... For Jen Too Raptor at least, if you engage the parking brake while in gear, you get REALLY obnoxious chimes and dash warning. I’ve never tried going to N first, then brake, then park but nevertheless, it seems to me that Ford disagrees with Offroadeo.

Also, I’d caution our northern crew about the parking brake. in really low temperatures they will freeze in place. I’ve not had it happen --to me-- but a neighbor did.

Didn’t know about the freezing thing.