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"Park" gear

Discussion in 'Gen 3 Prius Technical Discussion' started by tt2ride, Jul 29, 2010.

  1. tt2ride

    tt2ride New Member

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    While the Prius is moving in the Drive gear, can a driver accidently move the gear shifter to Park? Just wondering how Prius prevents this. Thanks.
     
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    you'd have to accidentally push the P button as there is no way to get into Park from the shifter as far as i know, but i've only had my prius for one week...
     
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    If you accidentally press Park at speed then the car will just go to Neutral. I know as I did this myself when I thought I was pressing 'Auto' on the a/c.

    Apparantly pressing Park below 10mph will engage park and is not recommended for the good health of your transmission or wallet!
     
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    How about the Reverse gear? Will you be able to shift into it while driving? Everything is so electronic and I am still overwhelmed with the features in the car. I can just sit in there for hours playing with everything :)
     
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    Reverse is the same as Park if you're traveling above a few mph the car will immediately shift to Neutral if Park or Reverse are pressed/selected. No damage is done. In fact the quickest way to Neutral when moving is by pressing Park since when shifting to Neutral you must hold the lever for a second or two. Park shifts instantly to Neutral.
     
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    post was redundant, removed
     
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    here is a operation schema, unfortunately it is in Czech language, but Google translate will help in case of need.
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    #7 PaJa, Aug 4, 2010
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