If you've ever wondered what would happen to your car if you shifted into park while cruising along, we have the answer for ...

Hearing a strange noise when you shift your car into “Park” can be worrying, especially if you’re not sure what it means.

"If you want to grenade your transmission, keep doing what you're doing." ...

Incline parking. Parking an automatic vehicle on an incline can sometimes apply the vehicle’s weight down on the parking pawl. Depending on the direction of the incline and how the car is parked, ...

The emergency brake can help save your transmission over time, but did you know that it's actually better to use the E-brake before shifting to park?

TOM: Park works by using a ratcheting mechanism called the parking pawl to lock the output shaft of the transmission. Because of the way the differential works, ...

The parking pawl is the pin or lock of the transmission output - it is engaged when you put the car in park. If you shift into park first, then pull up the handbrake, ...

When you put the car in Park on a hill, Cat, and it rolls a foot or so, that’s because the parking pawl -- the device that locks up the output shaft of the transmission and prohibits the car ...

The 2550RDS intended for the Class 6 FTR does have a parking pawl, and the automatic transmission shift lever in these trucks has a park position. How could this happen, you might be wondering?

Columnist Jonathan Welsh answers readers' questions on buying a used Morgan and whether using the parking brake is necessary with an automatic transmission.

The parking pawl (the tab that locks the vehicle in place when “park” is selected on the transmission) is reportedly getting caught on other components in the gearbox, ...

Nissan has voluntarily recalled more than 203,000 of its pickup truck models because of a defect that can cause the vehicles to roll away while in park, the National Highway Traffic Safety ...