soupcan

When i park in a driveway with an incline and put it in park and let my foot off the brake, my 928 rolls back about 6 to 8 inches. This being my first 928 is this normal/common?

SeanR

Sounds about right for mine.

Set the parking break and you won't put undue stress on the parking mechanism.

the flyin' scotsman

You'll break the plastic pawl in the tranny if you continue to park this way without using the 'park brake'................hence the name.

Mrmerlin

you should take a look at the E BRAKE try setting it after you put the car in park and before you release the foot brake, the E brake should be adjusted to 5 clicks to hold the car . If your e brake isnt working well, now would be a good time to remove the rear calipers and rotors and do a inspection and grease the E brake adjusters, then readjust the shoes to brake rotor/drum then installl the calipers then adjust the cable under the carpeted section of the E brake handle

Charley B

The pawl is plastic? I expected at least pot metal.

the flyin' scotsman

If you learn to drive in Europe with typical manual transmissions the parking brake is what should be used.

I've no idea why it's considered an Ebrake............its not.

Joe '87 S4

Mine rolls a few inches with the emergency brake engaged. I've never had a vehicle that rolled that much so I had the E.B. adjusted and it still rolls more than any other car I've driven.

soupcan

Parking brake works perfect, does not roll backwards at all. I use it every time i park in my driveway. My car is an automatic just to be clear. I just wanted to know if it was normal to move so much before the "parking pawl" engages. It is called a Parking pawl on every automatic i have ever scene, used to hold an automatic transmission in Park.

chaadster

Soup,

Good question! Mine does the roll thing, too. I don't know if it is normal or a wear issue.

soupcan

Good poll question? Do you roll or not?

This is kinda cool. Answers the PB or EB question.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parking_pawl

G Man

I try not to let the weight of the car rest on the pawl. My method for parking on an incline is such once you are in your spot: Trans in N, set parking brake, let off foot brake, trans in P. When leaving place trans in D or N before you release the parking brake.

GUMBALL

YUP..!!

perrys4

Thats how I roll!!

jpitman2

I dont even want to think about testing this one! hand brake on, Park the tranny, no rolling.
jp 83 Euro S AT 51k

6mil928

I think this is good advice. Mine too rolls quite a bit if I don't use the E break. It seems to roll more sometimes and less others. I am in the habit of using the E break all the time. In the 928 it's a hassle to use just like in my corvette. Why did they have to put it in the way of getting out of the car? Jason