Leaving
Your
khicle 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
(or, if
you
have the console shift lever, without first pressing the button).
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 transaxle into
PARK
(P)
properly, the weight
of
the
vehicle may put too much force on
the parking pawl in the transaxle. 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.
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 transaxle,
so
you
can pull the shift lever out
of
PARK (P).
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