Parking Gear Defect - Slipping into reverse

[Joe Pooley]

I had my 2001 ML430 slip from the parking gear to reverse on one occasion. Luckily there was no damage and only minor injury. I wondered if anyone else, has had the same problem?

 

[eric]

Parking Gear Defect

Don't quite understand what you mean here - can you elaborate on what happened?

Eric

 

[Andy]

Parking Gear Defect

Hi Joe,

I know this may sound patronising. But are you sure that it was properly in park? I suppose it should of been. Your not supposed to be able to remove the key with out the vehicle being in park?!?!?!?

Regards

Andy @ www.mercedesservicing.com

 

[Joe Pooley]

Parking Gear Defect

My engine was running and I stopped to get something out of the back seat. I put it in park and as I got out, with the door opened on level ground the car started to back up draging me with it. I was able to push on the parking brake, with my right hand and that stopped it. I then got in and put into park again, all was O.K.  

 

[Andy]

Parking Gear Defect

Hi, Joe

It sounds to me that the vehicle hadn't engaged park properly. As I said before MB fit failsafe mechanisms so the vehicle when parked "can't" move.

Regards

Andy @ www.mercedesservicing.com

 

[Matt Crooke]

Parking Gear Defect

Not really relevant, but there you go, however the 1st models of Rover 800's used to suffer from this, there were a couple of people killed because of it (sorry to be grim). if the car was revved excessivly whilst in park or neutral it would slip into gear. Nasty stuff.

A friend of mine used to own an american car, i think it was a buick, that used to slip out of park all the time, but then that had a column change as most yank motors do, and park is at the highest position on the gearstick.