# Drive to Park function

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/drive-to-park-function/136724>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** dakota\
**Created:** [March 18, 2019, 5:20pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/drive-to-park-function/136724 "2019-03-18T17:20:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Levi\_Patterson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e274bd/32.png) [@Levi\_Patterson](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Levi_Patterson)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2019, 5:20pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/drive-to-park-function/136724/1 "2019-03-18T17:20:33Z")

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I was driving my 2008 Dodge Dakota about 20mph maybe more when I accidentally hit my keys in the ignition and turned my truck off. For some dumb reason I didn’t put it in neutral and just start it back up. I shifted all the way into park started the truck and had to stop the truck to get it out of park and back into drive. This is why I made this topic, to my surprise when I put my truck into park while rolling at 20mph, nothing happened, no grind no noise. It was basically if I was still in neutral. Why is this? Is there a safety feature or is my parking gear gone.

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**Author:** ![shadowfax](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/shadowfax/32/13026_2.png) [@shadowfax](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shadowfax)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2019, 5:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/drive-to-park-function/136724/2 "2019-03-18T17:24:45Z")

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Modern transmissions try to save drivers from the dumb things they do. 😉

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**Author:** ![Levi\_Patterson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e274bd/32.png) [@Levi\_Patterson](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Levi_Patterson)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2019, 5:26pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/drive-to-park-function/136724/3 "2019-03-18T17:26:45Z")

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I’m glad they thought about that, because I just threw that bad boy in park 😂 well I’m glad I didn’t break anything.

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**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2019, 9:53pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/drive-to-park-function/136724/4 "2019-03-18T21:53:51Z")

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> [@Levi\_Patterson](#):
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> is my parking gear gone.

Find a slight incline that your vehicle will roll while in neutral , stop and put it in park and if it does not roll then you will know the parking pawl still works.