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I wonder if some folks don't realize that you don't need to push the shift lever button to shift from Drive to Neutral. So it's possible to accidentally push the lever to Neutral before shutting off the engine. Though there is a chime and message reminder that the car is in Neutral and may roll...
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04-19-2023, 01:54 AM | #135 |
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Honestly it doesn't make sense either way. Even IF you were to try to shift to "P" before turning off the engine the "P" is not part of the R-N-D-S shifting logic. "P" is a separate button and even though it is located on the lever (for pre-LCI) even if you were to inadvertently move the lever while trying to press the "P" button nothing would happen since you also have to hold the "unlock" button on the thumb-side of the lever to be able to change drive modes.
And there is a constant chime if you select "N" and open the door and if you turn off the engine I'm pretty confident it shifts into "P" automatically, even if "N" is selected, as I remember having to roll around my car in "N" for the car lift with the engine running because otherwise it would shift to "P" as soon as I turn off the engine. This of course while the constant chime is annoying me. (Talking about F01 & F10 here but I wouldn't expect this logic to have changed.) |
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it’s because of my first car being a manual that I continue to engage the parking brake every time regardless of transmission type. I’ve placed my X5 in Park without the parking brake a few times on my level driveway because I forgot something in the house, and I always make sure it doesn’t move any more than that little bit of roll it does before I walk away. still, that little movement always gives me pause
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04-20-2023, 12:32 PM | #140 |
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I recall someone on the FB forum having this same incident recently, where the wife parked the car, and then after exiting it somehow rolled and hit the car that was parked in front or behind.
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04-27-2023, 11:36 AM | #141 |
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I pulled into my garage over the weekend and pressed "P" but I guess I didn't press hard enough and the car started moving forward. Luckily, I noticed right away and hit the brakes but since the gas motor is off it's hard to know if you shifted into Park (i.e. you can't feel or hear the motor losing the load from being in drive). I wish there was an audible note letting you know that the car was put into Park.
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In every (automatic) car I have driven, pushing the gear shifter all the way forward puts the car in park. No so, in a BMW. Push it forward and the car is in neutral. Turn the car off and it will roll away. A very bad design, IMHO. It is backwards. Park should be a forward push and neutral should be a button.
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