Does it hurt my transmission?
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Does it hurt my transmission?
Hi! I have a LX with automatic transmission. My garage is full of junk and I'm forced to park my car on the driveway. The thing is everytime I shift from "P" to "R", the lever is kinda tight and I can heard a "Cling" from underneath the car. Does that hurt my car's transmission and how can I avoid that? (except parking on a horizonal ground) Please advice!!! Thx!
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Rep Power: 0 When you park your car on a hill, keep your foot on the brake, shift the car into neutral, put on the parking brake (all the way up), take your foot off the brake, then shift into park. What that does is takes the load off of your transmission (which is why it's so hard to shift), and puts it onto your parking brake (where it's made to be). Do that, and your transmission will thank you 
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Note: When you get back in your car to go, keep your foot on the brake as you take off the parking brake, shift into reverse or drive, and then drive off as normal. Piece o' cake .
. Note: When you get back in your car to go, keep your foot on the brake as you take off the parking brake, shift into reverse or drive, and then drive off as normal. Piece o' cake
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Rep Power: 0 Do this, when you park your car, pull up the e-brake before putting it in park. Then when starting your car to leave, put it in gear then put the ebrake back down. It should stop that sound.
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Rep Power: 0 hey... my drive way is pretty steep i park it out there when i'm washing my car other then that it goes in my garage... and when i pull out i have the e brake pulled up and i step on brake hard and shift to neutral then put the e brake down and let the car slide down then i put it in drive and go...
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[hr]Originally posted by: theguysmiley
When you park your car on a hill, keep your foot on the brake, shift the car into neutral, put on the parking brake (all the way up), take your foot off the brake, then shift into park. What that does is takes the load off of your transmission (which is why it's so hard to shift), and puts it onto your parking brake (where it's made to be). Do that, and your transmission will thank you .
Note: When you get back in your car to go, keep your foot on the brake as you take off the parking brake, shift into reverse or drive, and then drive off as normal. Piece o' cake .[hr]
[hr]Originally posted by: theguysmiley
When you park your car on a hill, keep your foot on the brake, shift the car into neutral, put on the parking brake (all the way up), take your foot off the brake, then shift into park. What that does is takes the load off of your transmission (which is why it's so hard to shift), and puts it onto your parking brake (where it's made to be). Do that, and your transmission will thank you
. Note: When you get back in your car to go, keep your foot on the brake as you take off the parking brake, shift into reverse or drive, and then drive off as normal. Piece o' cake
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