Shifted to Park while driving...
#16
Not that a drive a G35 at work, but there have been several occasions when Ive been in a hurry and thrown the shifter into park before coming to a complete stop and jumping out.
Like the above poster stated, I dont think you can put it into park while driving. The shifter may say "P" but I beleive its a safety function that wont allow it.
I think you're fine
Like the above poster stated, I dont think you can put it into park while driving. The shifter may say "P" but I beleive its a safety function that wont allow it.
I think you're fine
#18
The car will not shift into park if you are going over a certain speed (don't remember what it is). If it actually went into park, you would know because the car would have stopped (abruptly). If it didn't actually stop, you have nothing to worry about - the G TCU saved your AZZ!
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yeah trust me you should be fine i had a loner g37 and went for a..drive... i thought i was in manual mode and acedentaly shifted into reverse going 50 in a turn sideways rear camera came on and car went into neutral and i quickly shifted back into drive and then manual mode but it scared me ****less. my friend thought i broke it cuz the car stoped making noise and straightened out lol.
#23
You're going to need to rebuild your tranny in the long run. It'll start to feel loose over time and one day, you'll just rev and go no where. Like the car is in neutral.
Take it to a mechanic and have them look at it. Tell them what you did. After they laugh at you for shifting like that with an automatic, they should let you know what's going on.
Take it to a mechanic and have them look at it. Tell them what you did. After they laugh at you for shifting like that with an automatic, they should let you know what's going on.
#24
I believe the clicking noise is the parking "pawl" that locks the car from moving when it's in park. I believe this pawl is spring loaded and that might be the noise you heard. I do not know what the effect of this is but if the car seems to be working OK, then say thanks upstairs and don't do that again ![Smilie](https://g35driver.com/forums/images/smilies/smile.gif)
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Yes, the clicking noise is the parking pawl. Its a mechanical feature and not really a peice of smart technology. Simple physics is all that keeps the trans from going into park...not the tcu. Above a certain speed, the pawl cannot seat into a groove around an shaft in the trans and lock the vehicle in park.
This is a typical parking pawl. If the shaft is turning, you could see how the pawl would dance on top and never really seat. But, there is always a chance it will fall intoma groove and lock the wheels. At higher speeds, it just becomes less likely due to physics. The slower it turns, the easier for it to catch into park. Btw, this is also why inuse my parking brake as well on slopes
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If you were going slower though, it could happen. Also, at higher speeds, there is always the fluke chance it does catch. I once accidentally tossed a car I had into p at 30 mph. The rear wheels locked up on me. But same car and I did it again at 20mph and just heard the clicking noise.
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