Always wondered why it was such a hard shift from P to R on an incline. All makes sense now - I was never taught to use a parking brake. Thanks for this video. Very helpful!
Thanks for helping my wife and I! We have a 2019 Rav 4 we got in 2021 and a 2005 Tundra V8 in mint condition at 147k miles we got this past week. A young married man, learning the trades/tricks of men. Thanks bro!
Embarrassing but I've been doing this wrong for YEARS. I was taught to put it in park, release the brake and THEN engage the parking brake. I'm now on a job site that has me parked on an incline and figured I'd double check the right way as I rarely ever used the parking brake where I live. THANK YOU!
great explanation, i grew up in a mountain community and this was taught to me. i now live in the plains and several of my friends have no clue and never set the parking brake even on an incline. they still won't believe me lol
Lol my driving school really taught me the other way around had me following that for half a year to my vehicle. Glad to finally discover this video. It's so much easier to pull it out of park whenever I start my vehicle now.
Thank you so much. I have a Hyundai Tucson 2019. No one in my Hyundai Facebook could answer me. I have been looking everywhere for the answer. Even my manual didn't explain it as well as you did. Praise God for people like you.❤
Thank you soooo much! I was always confused 😩🤦🏾♀️ & I was probably gonna mess up my car soon 🤦🏾♀️ but thx to u now I’ve made a note of this & I tried it. It was so smooth & no jerking @ all
@@AroundTheHome1 are you still an ego equipment believer? Just curious I’m slowly getting them. Blower and 2 stage snow blower so far. Thinking of getting the multi head tool instead of 1 piece at a time and I keep trying to convince myself that the 42” zero turn for my lawn is a good idea but that price is really steep. But can be so many less headaches in the future owning it. What do you think? I respect your opinions.
@tom Tom thanks for the question. First question, yes I am still an EGO believer. I think they have the best and most innovative power yard tools. I wish their batteries would last more years, because they are just average. I love my multi-head, especially the hedge trimmer on it. I can top 10' tall bushes/trees from the ground. That is my 2nd favorite tool, the blower still is number 1 for me. Though you have to weigh out the pro's and con's for the multi-head. Which tools do you need? The multi-head gives you options that nothing else will, but do you need it? That is a question that only you can answer. In case you don't have it, here is my webpage for ego. Might have a little more info on there for you. www.aroundthehome.org/ego-power-plus.html The zero turn is an interesting question. Even though I would love to try it out, I have a hard time suggesting it. If you check Lowe's right now the 52" EGO sells for $7000. That includes 6 - 12Ah batteries. The Husqvarna 54" Zero turn is $3650, that is $3350 less. Almost half price. Then on top of that the batteries will last on average 4 years. If you replace them with the EGO brand battery the 12 Ah batteries are a shocking $600 a piece for a total of $3600. So after 4 years you could literally buy 3 of the Husqvarna's. On the flip side, you would have so many EGO batteries that you would never run out of power for your other tools. You could also use their power station and power almost anything with that many batteries. I hope that I lined that out for you with enough info to make a good decision.
I have just started using my parking brake when I park my 2013 Accord (CVT transmission) in my driveway, since it's on a very slight incline. Usually I park in the garage but lately I have been parking more in the driveway. Now, a couple of mechanics in my neighborhood said I don't really need to do this as my driveway is not steep at all and using Park to hold the car doesn't put much strain on the transmission, however I have noticed how much easier it is to shift out of Park when it's time to go. I regret not doing this practice all along and will be consistently doing this from now any time I park anywhere where it's not completely level.
Very infromative and clear info. There’s a lot of debate regarding this issue here in the Philippines. But Iike what you’ve said, that’s the right thing to do and it says on the CarManual as well.
Thank you for this video. Got Volkswagen Atlas 2024 and manual mentions this sequence. What is your suggestion? 1. Depress and hold the brake pedal. 2. With an automatic gearbox, engage the parking lock P. 3. Switch on the electronic parking brake. 4. On uphill and downhill slopes, turn the steering wheel so that the vehicle will roll against the kerb if it starts to move. 5. Stop the engine and switch off the ignition. 6. Release the brake.
This is basically what I demonstrate in this video with the exception of putting it into neutral to make sure the parking brake did in fact catch all the way. In your manual and in my video the most important thing is that you are holding the brake in the hole time. First step apply brake, last step release brake. The reason that I made this video is that I see so many people while parking on an incline do it wrong. I watch them put the car into park then drop the brake. Then I watch the vehicle roll back and then rock as the parking gears hit. Then maybe they apply the parking brake.
@@AroundTheHome1Thank you for your reply. Appreciate it. Thanks for your response, I'm grateful. According to the Volkswagen manual, it suggests engaging the parking gear ( P) while holding the brake pedal. Is it an alternative to your method to this and is it the correct way to do it? I have slightly incline parking.
Insane! I was working on my rear brakes and after i torqued the wheels down i had rocked my suv forward and heard the click from the front not knowing it was coming from the parking pawl. Watched your video and immediately noticed a difference after following your steps.
I looked this up for this exact reason. I was doing it wrong and I felt like I was too. The clamp that holds the parking brake wires to the body broke off on our Equinox a few times. Thanks for the video :)
Thank you so much! I have never known how to use my parking break correctly. You did a great job explaining how to do it right and the reason behind doing it this way. 😀
On my toyota seinna started to put the parking break on nutural then into park . Before i put it park then applied the break . My car would rock now its much easier . Thank you
When parking: keep foot pressed on break (for this whole process) engage parking break, shift to park. When starting up: keep foot pressed on break (for this whole process) un-do parking break, shift to drive.
I just got my first car and I had no idea about this because when I was in driving school, they never mentioned the proper sequence for parking. The driving instructors told me to just shift straight to P.
So i have a Ford Escape at the side of the street which is a slightly downhill. What i do is, i lift the parking brake, put it on N, then let my foot off the brake to make sure the parking brake is holding my car(it doesnt rock back), then i put my feet back on the brake and put it in P. Thats how ive been doing it so if the parking brake breaks, its less expensive than if the parking pawl breaks.
Im doing this when going to park to uphill/downhill or in normal road 1. Footbrake 2. Put to neutral 3. Pull up the handbrake 4. Release the footbrake (you will notice the car will slightly move) 5. Press again the footbrake then 6. Put to P park 7. Release the footbrake Toyota raize CVT
AMAZING! thank you sir. I was parking my car & thought “ hey, am I using the handbrake properly? What’s the exact sequence? “ Turns out I’ve been doing wrong 🤣 but that’s why we learn
Thank you!!!! 👏🥰 BUT how long do I hold my usual brake for? After I pull into my garage, I press my usual brakes then engage the parking brake. At this point am I still holding my usual brakes, shifting into park and turning off engine? Or, after I engage my parking brake can I take my foot off my usual brake pedal?!?
I'll be honest, you lost me a little with your question. Also, almost every garage that I am familiar with is almost perfectly level so the parking brake would not be needed.
@@AroundTheHome1 Thank you for replying, love ur vids, keep it up! So, I've been reading tons on this parking brake thing and it's recommended that it is used each time you park, not just when parked on hill (can remove pressure put on transmission by reg. brake, can prevent the P/E brakes from rusting, can prevent car from moving if hit while parked, etc). My question was the following: When engaging my parking/emergency brake, when do I take my foot off my driving brake? Do I take my foot off of my driving brake after I engaged P/E brake OR until I have shifted into park? Sorry if that's worded weird. Should I just make sure my car doesn't rock when I am using my emergency/parking brake? Thank you so much for all you do :))))))))))))))
You are welcome and thank you for your question. Whether or not I agree to using it every time you park or just when you are on an incline doesn't really matter. You just need to keep your main brake depressed until you have the parking brake set. I like to then ease off the main brake to make sure that the parking brake is indeed set and holding before shifting into park. I hope that makes it clear.
How about putting the car in park and keep your foot on the pedal and then engaging the parking brake? At that point you could release your foot from the pedal
Yes, this will work, the key is just letting off the brake pedal after applying the parking brake. This is the way I have always done it. There’s no stress on the transmission because the car should not shift at all after letting off the brake pedal.
Well, you do the steps that I mention for a Toyota. Since you do not have a way to engage the parking brake other then putting it into park, then when you stop do this. Keep your foot on the brake and put it into Park. Then you have to wait for it to engage. So keep your foot on the brake for like 2 actual seconds. If you turn the radio off you can here it engage. When it is fully engaged then take your foot off the brake. The weight will now be held by the brakes and not the transmission. Hope that helps.
Helpful video! I just got a Toyota with an electronic parking brake. Every time I shift it to P the parking brake automatically activates. A friend said to put it in N, activate the parking brake, and put it in P. I can just put it into P as long as I press on the brakes and wait for the parking brakes to activate? Thanks again!
Yes that is right. The neutral part does not work with the new Toyotas since they parking brake is activated by putting it into park. Just hold down the brake for a couple of seconds after you put it in park so that the brake can engage all the way.
@@AroundTheHome1 Hi again! I've been stepping on the brakes for 5 seconds after punting it to Park and activating the Electronic Parking Brake. Now what I noticed is when I'm taking it out from Park to R or D the car moves or jerks even If I'm applying the foot brakes but if I deactivate the electronic parking brake 1st before shifting out of Park it's smoother and there is no jerking. Is the jerking because the weight of the car is on the parking pawl? Thank you again
I'm sorry, but I don't completely understand what you are saying. To my understanding the Toyota's engage and disengage the parking brake by putting the vehicle into / out of Park. I am not familiar with another way to engage / disengage the parking brake.
So can you leave your parking brake on at all times? Or do you go from press the brake then press ebrake then lift ebrake then have foot on the brake then go to reverse?
Hey man, thanks for this! If you have your foot on the brake, then shift to park, leaving your foot on the brake, then engaging the parking brake- does this still accomplish the same thing?
Does it make a difference feom your explanation if I hold on the footbrake, put it in park, apply the parking brake, and THEN let off of the footbrake at the end?
Well that depends on how well your parking brake is engaging. The point of adding putting it in neutral is to make sure that the parking brake fully engaged. If yours is working spot on, then you can do it your way.
Depends on the vehicle. I definitely felt like I could have broken it on the Explorer. Others are not that big of a deal, but you definitely feel the smoother shift out of park.
Hi, have a question with the usage of parking brake pedal on my Highlander 2012. I parked uphill with my parking brake on, then, I put in Neutral, my vehicle still slides backwards. ls it normal? As my understanding, my vehicle should not move with the parking brake on. Thank you,
Well there will probably be some movement. Now if done correctly the car will not roll back, but movement can still be felt. But this is the movement of the weight being transferred is all. When your foot is on the main brakes, it is being held by all 4 tires. But the parking brake only holds the rear tires. So, it is definitely possible to feel the weight being moved from the whole vehicle to just the back tires. Now if it is more then just the weight transfer and is actually rolling, then your parking brake is not working correctly and needs to be adjusted / serviced.
If you put the car in park first, why wouldn't the brakes still hold the car? And if you set the brake first, how will the car be able to move so the pawl can slip into the gear ring? Thank you
Sir may i kindly ask. How about while waiting for the traffic light? If its longer than 2 mins, should i shift to N then handbrake? This is for an automatic transmission car. Thank you.
@@AroundTheHome1 some mechanics were saying that doing that will damage the clutch of the AT transmission. Is that true? How about auto hold during traffic? Is it fine? Thank you good sir.
After having foot on brake pedal and shifting to neautral then engaging parking brake, do i have to put foot back on brake pedal before shifting to park or can i just shift straight to park after confirmimg parking brake was engaged on neautral?
You know this is a real question, thank you for that. If the parking brake is engaged and working, the car will not be moving. Therefore, yes you can just shift straight to park without putting your foot back on the brake pedal.
So how about this way. Place car in P, while still stepping on the brake pedal, engage Parking/Emergency brake then release the brake pedal. The weight of the vehicle will still be on Parking brake and not on the transmission, correct?
Yes, as long as the parking brake caught all the way. That's why I say to put it in neutral first. Now as long as your brake is working all the way and you know that it is, then skipping the neutral step works fine.
I keep my foot on the brake, put it in park, then engage my parking brake, while my foot is still on the brake. Either way, the weight is not resting on the transmission.
I did this in my golf, putting the emergency break on and then going from drive to park and my car rocked even more than usual when I do that the other way around? Is it fine to do emergency break and then park? That’s what I’ve always done, and my car rocked after trying new method?
I got the first part down but I just need help understanding the second part. I have push to start so I hit the break and hit start to start the car but obviously I let go after it starts or else it keeps reving. Once I’m ready to go I put my foot back on the break, release parking break and then shift? Also I have a downhill driveway, should I be applying the parking break for that?
It sounds like you have it down. The main point of this is to keep the brakes on until the parking brake is fully engaged so that the brake is holding the vehicle, not the transmission. And yes, if you park somewhere that if you put the vehicle into neutral and it immediately started rolling then use your parking brake.
I’ve been doing this with my car since day one because I heard it helps prevent transmission damage but I had never done the neutral step. I’ve always done hold normal brake, parking brake, directly form drive to park, then slowly release brake. So this won’t cause damage?
So if you pull up to your spot on an incline before you put it in park you can use the parking brake than put it in park? Then the next time you drive release the parking brake use normal brake than to go into reverse is this correct?
@@AroundTheHome1 actually I watched another video where you are still in drive then put the e brake on then put it in park. The next time you drive put it in reverse with e brake still on and using regular brake then put the car in reverse then take the e brake off.. is this correct actually?
I feel like you are making this more complicated then it is. The main point of this, whether you engage the e-brake while in park or in drive is to keep your foot on the brake the hole time until the e-brake is fully engaged. I talk about putting it in neutral after engaging the e-brake to make sure that it is fully engaged and working before putting it into park just as a way to double check everything is working correctly.
Is it fine to put it into park first, so long as your foot is on the brake, before you put the parking brake on? I only ask because that's the way I've been doing it for a while. I'm wondering if the order matters.
Actually, that should be ok as well. That is essentially the way the new Toyota's do it. The main point is to set the parking brake before you release the main brakes. I suggest to do it while still in drive because so many people learned it the wrong way and I have to teach it in a way to brake the cycle. I can't tell you how much I cringe watching people put their cars into park on a hill then just dropping the brake and watching that car drop back. Thanks for watching and thanks for the question.
Sir, when you move to neutral and then take your foot of the brake, you mentioned that the car is now stable with the parking brake. Do i need to press down on the brake pedal once more before putting the gear lever in Park? Or can i put it in park without pressing down on the brake pedal?
Thanks for the question. If you are sitting still on your parking brake and not moving then you do not need to put your foot on the brake again before putting it in Park. That is unless your car model makes you put your foot on the brake before it lets you put it into park. All modern shifters require you to put your foot on the brake before taking it out of Park, and some require you to do the same to put it in. Thanks for watching.
I was doing the wrong thing an everytime I hv to start the car to drive before I put it in the gear it use to be hard to shift the gear into the dive position
For clarification, are the steps: Press down on brakes -> shift to neutral -> slowly ease off brakes -> press breaks -> shift to park Thanks for the help!
You missed a step. And this is for cars that you have to press a lever or button to activate the brake. Stop the vehicle, keep foot on brake -> shift to neutral -> set parking brake -> ease off brakes -> shift to park.
what if you back into your slanted driveway. Should i put it into neutral after reverse, then e brake, or can i do it just from being in reverse, e brake, then park
Being in reverse is really the same. You can just back into the driveway, put the parking brake on, then put it in park. I do still like putting it into neutral before park and letting off the brakes to make sure the parking / e brake has engaged all the way and is holding.
Yep, I like to ease off the brake no matter what. If I am on flat ground and have no parking brake, or if I am on a hill and have the parking brake on. Dropping the brake is a bad habit in my opinion.
@@AroundTheHome1 also, I noticed on the new cars, you have to be in park first with your foot on the brake and then engage the e-brake, if you don't park first, the e-brake will disengage once you put it to park.
Yes, some new cars are trying to correct the problem of people not knowing how to use the e-brake. Like I mention in this video Toyota automatically engages the e-brake every time you put it into park. And again in that situation, just keep your foot on the brake until the e-brake is fully engaged.
Hi there, thanks for your video. I'm just learning this information and have a question - if I do this process with the emergency/parking brake but the car still rocks back a bit, does it mean there is a problem with it?
Well, I should have maybe shown that a little more in the video. If you are in neutral and the car doesn't move then you know that you did it right and that the parking brake is working right. That is one of the reasons I teach it that way. Now you will still feel a shift of weight in the vehicle when you take your foot off the brake that is different then the car rolling back a few inches then hitting the parking gear. What you are feeling is the car going from all 4 wheels having the brakes on to just the rear wheels. So the weight shifts and the suspension will move with the weight shift. I hope that makes sense. But going back to neutral. If your car isn't moving after you take your foot off the brake then the parking brake is holding. Thanks for your question.
ive been applying the ebrake in a million different ways because i didnt understand why the vehicle was having the weight shift when im done. its good to know its rather irrelevant
@T. Caskets I honestly am not totally sure everything that you should do or not do with a cvt. But I'm sure that it is good to use the EBrake whenever on a slope. I would hope that the Neutral position would still work roughly the same as a standard automatic transmission.
Hey man I’m not sure if you can answer my conclusion but you see when I put my car up the hill of my drive way I leave my foot on the break then I put it in park then I put the hand break and then I let my foot go off the break pedal. Is that a good way as well ?
@7raqqq I don't know the best answer to give you here. I laid out the best way to do this in the video. Will your way also work? It can if the parking brake catches 100% and the car doesn't roll at all. Yes then that will work also, but I give the directions the way I do so that you know that the car's weight is on the parking brake before you engage the transmission into Park.
Only to those who were taught how the brakes / car works. To those who were just taught this pedal makes you go faster, and this one slows you down were never taught anything about this.
Is this only for when parking on an incline? I was taught the other way, but always park in a flat parking lot. Does this parking order apply for non-incline parking?
By the "other way", do you mean putting the parking brake on after you let the car roll back against the parking gear? And you do not need the parking brake when you are parked on flat ground.