[Katin]

Anyone hit the Park button by mistake while driving at a decent speed?
I have bumped it a few times and thought "whoa that was close!", almost pushed it completely.

I have pressed it pre maturely while parking and it engages and slams into park. Not neat.

I would assume it is smart enough not to allow at speed.?

[ronanz]

Don't think it would matter what the answer is. Sounds like your subconscious won't be happy till you actually do it.....soooooooo....get after it

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[jlee2070]

Nothing will happen. I "tested" it on a 328 loaner driving at speed. It did not shift into park

[Katin]

Originally Posted by ronanz

Don't think it would matter what the answer is. Sounds like your subconscious won't be happy till you actually do it.....soooooooo....get after it

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I am actually concerned that it wouldn't do what it suppose to. Once I opened the door while rolling into the garage and instead of it slamming into park it just made a horrible noise, like it tried to go in park but was slipping a clutch in the transmission. Learned about that feature quickly!

[brissim]

I'm assuming there must be some speed-related cutoff above which the park button doesn't activate. I know a very low speeds - literally not even measurable on the speedo - that pressing the park button will put the transmission into park (I assume here we are talking about the 8-speed auto transmission) and bring the car to a very sudden halt.

Of course haven't been game enough to find out what this speed cutoff is.....

Tony