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Originally Posted by Rockman59
When parking on a hill put the parking brake on first....then put the shifter into the park position. When leaving, take the shifter out of the park position first, then release the brake. No more problems.............
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The Rockman is exactly right. In fact, you should not rely upon the pawl to hold the car as its primary restraint. That is what the parking brake is for, but especially on the hills you will appreciate it and save yourself all that clunking. You can put the car into park and set the parking brake before you take your foot off of the service brake which most people find becomes intuitive and second nature when you start doing it this way. Then, again, press the service brake and release the parking brake using the service brake to hold the car when you take it out of park...the key is not to allow the car to roll after you have put it into park or before you take it out of park.