Hello G-unit owners. I was wondering how you guys park? Sometimes when I put the shift lever into Park and let go off the brake pedal the car would move front or back then 'lock' up. I'm sure you guys know what I'm talking about.

I think this puts stress on the transmission. So I try to park like what the manual says in the parking/parking up hill section. With the car stopped and brake pedal pressed I shift to Neutral then step on the parking brake, then I let go of the brake pedal a bit and let the brakes 'catch the car's weight' then I shift into Park.
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2008 g35 journey ivory/stone+prem&sport pkg. Bone stock.

 

Press brake, apply parking brake, put tranny in park.

Likewise when leaving, apply brake, shift tranny into gear (D or R obviously), release parking brake.

 

When parking:
1. Set the car in Park while depressing brake pedal
2. Set the parking brake
3. Release brake pedal

When putting it in Drive
1. Step on the brake pedal
2. Release parking brake while holding brake pedal
3. Put shifter in D while holding brake pedal

2 & 3 are interchangeable.

 

I press the brake pedal, put it in park and get out.

 

i rebuild transmissions for a living and that little slight movement when you put it in park wont stress anything. Its just a solid metal bar getting lodged in the rear gear to stop it from turning.

 

+ 1

 

I use the emergency brake regularly unless it's in my garage. It's just a habit from driving sticks my first few cars. I do it on all my cars now.

 

same here

 

Yep. In my Maxima I used to pull the handbrake, but am apparently too lazy to use the pedal in the G. The rocking is unlikely to hurt anything, as long as the G is actually STOPPED before you switch to Park.

 

I laugh at threads like these. LOL

 

Very bad practice. You'll ruin your tranny. I just hit the brake to stop the car, shift into park, turn off the engine, engage the E-brake, and then let go of the brake pedal. Sounds like a big deal process, but it takes no more than 2 seconds.

 

And I'm a network Engineer. Does that mean that my advice to someone won't/can't screw his router/firewall up?

I've met plenty of Joe Mechanics in my life who I wouldn't trust with a pair of bicycles. Not saying you don't know your job, but your occupation does not automatically means it correlates with a sound advice.

The E-Brake is there for a reason. That bar is a safety feature, it was not designed to hold the car in place on inclines. With that said, the e-brake by itself would not hold the car by itself in a steep incline either, but the combination use of both meant to hold the car in its place properly without over-stressing either component. That rocking movement after you let go of the brake WILL eventually damage the locking mechanism. I've seen it with my in-laws Maxima.

Good luck.

 

Thanks Speeed. Keep it simple!
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2008 G35 Journey Ivory/Stone+Prem&Sport Pkg.

 

I personally put the car in park let of the brake gently and thats it. If I ever park on steep inclines yes I would use the E brake.


Wow it sucks to get attacked for answering someones question with there personal opinion. Even when they work in the industry of the question. I did not see a this is the way you do it or your a dummy comment. Just his opinion from his experience. That was his opinion. Thats what the original poster asked for? Forgive if i`m wrong because it hard to tell the tone of a comment over the internet sometimes.

 

Ok SPEEED; back to reality....

We're talking about putting a car in park properly. Network engineering is a whole other level of complexity.

How many times have you personally come across a tranny that has been damaged solely by improper parking procedures?