Truck rolling when in park
10-18-2017, 03:26 PM
#31
Senior Member
My 2013 F150 Ecoboost FX4 came out of park on its own while I was at work on a semi flat surface which lead to over a bank and into a ditch. $2,300.00 in damage. $8XX.00 later my truck was all fixed (cosmetically). My neighbor witnessed the whole thing happen. He was out planting flowers and said he heard a loud grinding noise coming from my house and he noticed my truck was starting to slowly move forward. He then noticed nobody was in it and shortly after it crashed into the ditch. 3 months later or so I still have no idea what happened or why and had to toss $800 out the window. Now I want to sell the truck but I don't feel right selling it to someone knowing you have to set the e-brake every time you park it. The dealership in my area wants to charge me to look into it. I said no more after the $200 Transmission service they did and charged me. Said they cant find anything wrong with it without tearing the transmission apart and that's like a $800.00 job or something like that. Maybe the word gets out now and there will be a recall or something. We can only hope.
10-18-2017, 07:24 PM
#32
Senior Member
Or just put on the parking brake like the manual suggests you do every time you park.
10-19-2017, 06:26 AM
#33
Old Fart
My Mustang uses the rear brake shoes for parking.
Truthfully if you are parking on a hill like that you should always use the parking brake and it actually tells you to on page 210 in the manual. Fords protection from the Park Pawl not engaging and your truck rolling away.
Truthfully if you are parking on a hill like that you should always use the parking brake and it actually tells you to on page 210 in the manual. Fords protection from the Park Pawl not engaging and your truck rolling away.
10-19-2017, 10:00 AM
#34
American member
I try to remember to use mine at least a couple times a month. Just for the sake of keeping it working properly.
I'll freely admit I don't use my parking brake unless it's a very noticeable grade.
In my 40 years I can't think of many that do routinely. New England certainly has varying conditions. We have towns that are all ledge and resemble San Francisco.
So just last week, I worked in a town (Melrose, for you local guy's) that is all hills. Used my brake every morning for the time I was there. It was a calf burner just walking up his damn driveway. Then it's 14 stairs just to get into the house. No thank you!
For me tho, everywhere I've lived the driveway has been dead flat.
Just isn't a habit I developed and I drove a standard for 2 years....18 year's ago, but even that habit wore off quickly once I got into an automatic.
I'm always making sure my bike is in gear with the wheel turned to the sidewalk, but honestly never think about my parking brake in the truck every time.
Probably should more conscious of it, if there's truly the potential for that to happen in our trucks. Which this is my 15th vehicle. Never once did any of those cars & trucks, make me take notice of that being a possibility.
I'll freely admit I don't use my parking brake unless it's a very noticeable grade.
In my 40 years I can't think of many that do routinely. New England certainly has varying conditions. We have towns that are all ledge and resemble San Francisco.
So just last week, I worked in a town (Melrose, for you local guy's) that is all hills. Used my brake every morning for the time I was there. It was a calf burner just walking up his damn driveway. Then it's 14 stairs just to get into the house. No thank you!
For me tho, everywhere I've lived the driveway has been dead flat.
Just isn't a habit I developed and I drove a standard for 2 years....18 year's ago, but even that habit wore off quickly once I got into an automatic.
I'm always making sure my bike is in gear with the wheel turned to the sidewalk, but honestly never think about my parking brake in the truck every time.
Probably should more conscious of it, if there's truly the potential for that to happen in our trucks. Which this is my 15th vehicle. Never once did any of those cars & trucks, make me take notice of that being a possibility.
Last edited by Masi1926; 10-19-2017 at 10:10 AM.
10-19-2017, 10:09 AM
#35
Senior Member
4x4? transfer case bumped into neutral.
10-19-2017, 10:29 AM
#36
I try to remember to use mine at least a couple times a month. Just for the sake of keeping it working properly.
I'll freely admit I don't use my parking brake unless it's a very noticeable grade.
In my 40 years I can't think of many that do routinely. New England certainly has varying conditions. We have towns that are all ledge and resemble San Francisco.
For me, everywhere I've lived the driveway has been dead flat.
Just isn't a habit I developed and I drove a standard for 2 years....18 year's ago, but even that habit wore off quickly when I got into an automatic.
I'm always making sure my bike is in gear with the wheel turned to the sidewalk, but honestly never think about my parking brake every time.
Probably should...
I'll freely admit I don't use my parking brake unless it's a very noticeable grade.
In my 40 years I can't think of many that do routinely. New England certainly has varying conditions. We have towns that are all ledge and resemble San Francisco.
For me, everywhere I've lived the driveway has been dead flat.
Just isn't a habit I developed and I drove a standard for 2 years....18 year's ago, but even that habit wore off quickly when I got into an automatic.
I'm always making sure my bike is in gear with the wheel turned to the sidewalk, but honestly never think about my parking brake every time.
Probably should...
