# Quick newbie question on jacking a automatic car **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [November 23, 2017, 9:14pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/quick-newbie-question-on-jacking-a-automatic-car/109634 "2017-11-23T21:14:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 12
**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2017, 2:52am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/quick-newbie-question-on-jacking-a-automatic-car/109634/12 "2017-11-24T02:52:26Z")
What you’ve implied is not what I said. Stop trying to twist what I write. I did not say that some trannys are more prone to the problem than others. The potential to lock up the parking pawl on a hill, and even damage it trying to release it, applies to all automatic trannys. And no, the floor jack’s slight movement does not put enough load on the pawl to cause damage. Oh, and a quick search will connect you with countless threads and websites on the subject. It’s a well known problem. Your apparently being unable to find anything yourself, I’ve taken the liberty of putting a couple of links in to some. > [@Parking Brake on Auto Transmission Cars](https://community.cartalk.com/t/parking-brake-on-auto-transmission-cars/28341): > > Friendly debate here at work: I’ve NEVER used my parking brake on any of my auto-transmission cars, BUT a co-worker of mine ALWAYS uses her’s. She says it takes the “pressure” off the transmision even when it is in park. > **[2001 Chevrolet Suburban Power Train: Automatic Transmission Problems |...](https://m.carcomplaints.com/Chevrolet/Suburban/2001/transmission/power_train-automatic_transmission.shtml)** > > The 2001 Chevrolet Suburban has 22 NHTSA complaints for the power train:automatic transmission at 39,954 miles average. For the record, I’ve never seen a million dollars either… but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist. --- _[View the full topic](https://community.cartalk.com/t/quick-newbie-question-on-jacking-a-automatic-car/109634)._