95f150 Posted December 8, 2009 Report Share Posted December 8, 2009 OK this may be normal but not too sure. Bought the wife a used 08 edge and when we put it into PARK on our inclined driveway, it falls back 1/2 a foot or so till it stops. I also had it in the garage in park and i can push it (like its in neutral) about 1/2 a foot till it stops. This normal? Its an AWD. Thanks, makes me wonder if something wrong or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted December 8, 2009 Report Share Posted December 8, 2009 OK this may be normal but not too sure. Bought the wife a used 08 edge and when we put it into PARK on our inclined driveway, it falls back 1/2 a foot or so till it stops. I also had it in the garage in park and i can push it (like its in neutral) about 1/2 a foot till it stops. This normal? Its an AWD. Thanks, makes me wonder if something wrong or not. Yes it's normal. You should always use the parking brake when parking on an incline (I use mine 100% of the time no matter what). The transmission is not designed to hold the vehicle on an incline. It uses a pawl similar to sticking a broomstick into a bicycle wheel which explains why it can be hard to get the transmission out of park sometimes. If you engage the parking brake before letting off the regular brake or even before shifting into park it will work much better and be much safer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
95f150 Posted December 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2009 Yes it's normal. You should always use the parking brake when parking on an incline (I use mine 100% of the time no matter what). The transmission is not designed to hold the vehicle on an incline. It uses a pawl similar to sticking a broomstick into a bicycle wheel which explains why it can be hard to get the transmission out of park sometimes. If you engage the parking brake before letting off the regular brake or even before shifting into park it will work much better and be much safer. Ok, will do! thanks alot, Nice to know its normal for that much slack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted December 9, 2009 Report Share Posted December 9, 2009 Ok, will do! thanks alot, Nice to know its normal for that much slack. The amount of slack is just a function of how the parking pawl was designed - some (like the Edge) have a lot more than others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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