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Torque
Lock (Automatic Transmission)
If
you
are parking on a
hill
and you don’t shift your transmission into
PARK
(P)
properly, the weight
of
the vehicle may put too much force on the
parking pawl in the transmission.
You
may find
it
difficult to pull the shift
lever out of
PARK (P).
This is called “torque lock.”
To
prevent torque lock,
set
the
parking brake and
then
shift
into
PARK (P)
properly before you
leave
the
driver’s seat.
To
find out how, see “Shifting Into
PARK
(P)”
in
the
Index.
When you are ready
to
drive, move the shift lever
out
of
PARK (P)
before
you
release the parking brake.
If “torque lock” does occur,
you
may need
to
have another
vehicle
push
yours a little uphill
to
take some
of
the pressure from the transmission,
so
you can pull the shift lever out of
PARK (P).
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