Stupid mistake...

Gah...I drive a 2010 Corolla LE...and when I was stopping my car, I mindlessly starting shifting my car from drive into park before the car came to a complete stop. It made a weird grinding noise for a second as I was shifting. I was going under 20 mph. I know, very stupid. The car drives fine, reverses good, shifts good, no weird noises. Does anyone know if there is anything I might need to worry about?

Reply 1 : Stupid mistake...

prob. was the transmission grinding between switching. Might have done some damage to the tranny, but as long as it was short and once, should be ok if I'm understanding this right.

Reply 2 : Stupid mistake...

You are probably fine. Assuming you didn't jam it into park, and instead immediately pulled it back to drive as it started to grind, I doubt you did anything serious if it still is working fine. I drive a manual, and every once and a while shifting (either from or to 2nd gear, can't remember) I let the clutch out too early and the gears click for a split second. It isn't good, but I doubt it caused lasting damage if there is no immediate effect.

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It's an automatic so the noise you heard is just the parking pawl bouncing off the lugs on the drum inside the trans. Make sure you use your parking brake when parking on any type of incline. Better yet, ALWAYS use your parking brake.

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Originally Posted by rc1 it's an automatic so the noise you heard is just the parking pawl bouncing off the lugs on the drum inside the trans. Make sure you use your parking brake when parking on any type of incline. Better yet, always use your parking brake.

+1

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Originally Posted by Hebing Gah...I drive a 2010 Corolla LE...and when I was stopping my car, I mindlessly starting shifting my car from drive into park before the car came to a complete stop. It made a weird grinding noise for a second as I was shifting. I was going under 20 mph. I know, very stupid. The car drives fine, reverses good, shifts good, no weird noises. Does anyone know if there is anything I might need to worry about?

I had a 2001 corolla ce. I was driving 50+ mph then threw it in Reverse. (Don't ask why). It felt like I slammed into a brick wall. The car shut down and I had to restart it. 10 years later it was still going strong. No damage at all. I really thought my tranny was done after that. Served me well for 10 long years without a single mechanical problem and that's why I'm going with toyota forever.

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Originally Posted by markymark975 I was driving 50+ mph then threw it in Reverse. (Don't ask why).

I know you said don't ask, but WHY?

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Originally Posted by Hebing Gah...I drive a 2010 Corolla LE...and when I was stopping my car, I mindlessly starting shifting my car from drive into park before the car came to a complete stop. It made a weird grinding noise for a second as I was shifting. I was going under 20 mph. I know, very stupid. The car drives fine, reverses good, shifts good, no weird noises. Does anyone know if there is anything I might need to worry about?

I did this with my old car, a 98 Pontiac Sunfire with a 3 speed automatic. Never had any issues, shifted perfect, ran perfect, and I think I did it 2 or 3 times over a period of 3 1/2 years

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happened to me with my moms old 2006 corolla LE (not so old), i was going under 10 mph, made the same noise, but it was fine. Also happened to me with my new 2010 LE, and it seems fine (i hope)

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Originally Posted by RWolfe I know you said don't ask, but WHY?

Well I was getting closer to a red light ahead and thought I'd try something new to lessen the wear on my brakes ( I had an automatic), so I tried to throw the shifter into Neutral instead of hitting the brakes and instead went to far and put it in Reverse...might have even been "park"...it's been so long.

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Thanks for all your input guys. So far, the transmission's been working fine and no weird noises from the car. I will definitely use my parking brake on hills. Luckily for me, Toyota's are built rock solid. :-)

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My car got slammed into park with about 6000 miles on it by an angry female passenger while doing about 60mph. I haven't had any problems since though and I'm about to hit 40,000 now.

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Originally Posted by clintj My car got slammed into park with about 6000 miles on it by an angry female passenger while doing about 60mph. I haven't had any problems since though and I'm about to hit 40,000 now.

Are you sure it wasn't accidentally put into "P" by the female passenger's head? lol. JK . So what happened when it was put into Park while going 60?