FREAK incident today. Was it the transmission?
02-22-2017, 07:51 PM
#61
If you throw a vehicle in park while it's moving, there is the exact noise you describe. That noise is the parking pawl, which is what stops the transmission from doing exactly what you are saying it did.
My money is on one of the kids accidentally putting it in D or N and then throwing it back into P.
It's not like it's a 'computer-controlled' thing (that can malfunction) - it's a physical, mechanical operation to get that truck to move.
Edit: Just catching up in the thread - my son is 8. He can put my truck into drive...all by himself.
My money is on one of the kids accidentally putting it in D or N and then throwing it back into P.
It's not like it's a 'computer-controlled' thing (that can malfunction) - it's a physical, mechanical operation to get that truck to move.
Edit: Just catching up in the thread - my son is 8. He can put my truck into drive...all by himself.
Last edited by deapee; 02-22-2017 at 07:57 PM.
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02-23-2017, 02:36 AM
#62
I'd say what I really think about the kid and the parenting in this case....... but I really like the forum and would hate to get banned 
02-23-2017, 02:59 AM
#63
No possible way a 13 year old could possibly be able to grasp the concept of driving and putting a truck in gear.
Last edited by Chris70; 02-23-2017 at 03:02 AM.
02-23-2017, 07:09 AM
#64
Ive been seeing this thread pop up for days and I said well **** maybe I should read it.. cars dont magical go into neutral and reverse on there own. We've all been kids, noone ever wants to claim their kid did something wrong.
around that age maybe like 11-12 I had the cops called in me by a neighbor for backing my dads 97 expedition out of the driveway and burning out in the street (multiple times and days before neighbor got fed up).
Another time I decided to to try to roll my moms 95 manual GT down and back up, it stalled and I panicked. Lucky I had a older brother, so a friend of his pulled it back in driveway.
another time my probably 6 year old brother was playing in my dads stolen recovery Escalade, no key. He gaved the collum shifter and it started rolling down driveway. Luckily we were vacuuming the truck, so we were able to throw it in park, which made it grind to a stop..
ACCIDENTS happen, cars drivingin there own... Freak?? Or accident?
around that age maybe like 11-12 I had the cops called in me by a neighbor for backing my dads 97 expedition out of the driveway and burning out in the street (multiple times and days before neighbor got fed up).
Another time I decided to to try to roll my moms 95 manual GT down and back up, it stalled and I panicked. Lucky I had a older brother, so a friend of his pulled it back in driveway.
another time my probably 6 year old brother was playing in my dads stolen recovery Escalade, no key. He gaved the collum shifter and it started rolling down driveway. Luckily we were vacuuming the truck, so we were able to throw it in park, which made it grind to a stop..
ACCIDENTS happen, cars drivingin there own... Freak?? Or accident?
02-23-2017, 07:52 AM
#65
Ford Truck Lover
Today at church, my son was sitting in my FIL's 2016 XLT F150. My 13 yo son started the vehicle using the key and was sitting in the driver's seat eating trail mix and drinking his coffee.
After about 5 minutes of idling, all the sudden the truck started moving forward in the church parking lot (appeared to be in neutral). There was a car backing out, so my FIL's truck struck the Corolla. After it struck the car, the truck then went backwards (as if in reverse now). When it went backwards, it went over the curb before we got into the truck to make it stop. There was a clicking noise (similar to a transmission issue). The console shifter was still in park when we got into to press the brake. We then removed it from the top of the curb, turned off the truck, and put the emergency brake on.
My FIL drove the truck home without incident. The truck only has about 10k miles on it.
Has anyone ever heard of this happening? My 13 yo son still had the trail mix and coffee in his hand while this was happening nor does even know which pedal is the brake pedal.
After about 5 minutes of idling, all the sudden the truck started moving forward in the church parking lot (appeared to be in neutral). There was a car backing out, so my FIL's truck struck the Corolla. After it struck the car, the truck then went backwards (as if in reverse now). When it went backwards, it went over the curb before we got into the truck to make it stop. There was a clicking noise (similar to a transmission issue). The console shifter was still in park when we got into to press the brake. We then removed it from the top of the curb, turned off the truck, and put the emergency brake on.
My FIL drove the truck home without incident. The truck only has about 10k miles on it.
Has anyone ever heard of this happening? My 13 yo son still had the trail mix and coffee in his hand while this was happening nor does even know which pedal is the brake pedal.
02-23-2017, 08:56 AM
#67
Senior Member
at 12 years old I was driving my dads jeep around our camps backroads. pretty sure he knows how to use the shifter.
Last edited by ns_redneck; 02-23-2017 at 09:48 AM.
02-23-2017, 09:09 AM
#68
Lol........I`m sure the OP wasn`t expecting this kind of backlash.
In my opinion, he brought it on himself by posting such an unlikely/impossible series of events not to mention the age of the coffee drinker.
In my opinion, he brought it on himself by posting such an unlikely/impossible series of events not to mention the age of the coffee drinker.
02-23-2017, 09:25 AM
#69
Member
I guess quite a few of us had an interest in driving long before we were of legal age. At 13, my cousin took his fathers pickup from the farm near Rockford, Il and drove alone to Wisconsin where he spent the day at the Dells. He was reported to the police by a gas station attendant on the way back home that night. He told me he would have made it if he had taken along enough gas!
He ended up driving truck cross-country for a living. Pretty predictable.
He ended up driving truck cross-country for a living. Pretty predictable.
02-23-2017, 09:35 AM
#70
Ford Truck Lover