Car put in Park while driving

[ryota]

if it makes you feel any better one of my friends decided it would be a good idea to put his car into reverse while going about 25 mph. it wasn't a yaris but it drove fineish after that. it was damn funny to watch a car go flying by the door with the reverse lights on while going forward.

[supmet]

Originally Posted by ryota

if it makes you feel any better one of my friends decided it would be a good idea to put his car into reverse while going about 25 mph. it wasn't a yaris but it drove fineish after that. it was damn funny to watch a car go flying by the door with the reverse lights on while going forward.

Most cars (the yaris for sure) won't go into reverse over 10 or so mph. The car just ignores the input. The yaris also will ignore erroneous downshifts(provided your are going faster than the redline of the gear you are shifting into)

Park is a different story though, and if it made a noise I can't imagine anything good happening, especially at 25 mph. If its under warranty I'd definitely take it in, just tell them its shifting funny and you don't know what happened.

If nothing else make sure you always use your parking brake, because that pin will most likely fail at some point now.