transmission pop

[oakfloor]

my wifes 02 camry gets parked on a inclined driveway. when she parks it, she steps on the foot brake and then put it into "park" and then lets off the foot brake, the car rolls back on to the transmission lock wtih a "click". then sets the parking brake, now when she goes from "park " to reverse, it maks a loud pop. is this bad for it, or is it just me

[Mike Gerber]

I don't think its that bad for the transmission, but she would be better off setting the parking brake before she took her foot off the brake pedal.

Mike

[mitsubishi2001]

it could be bad. I have 90 camry, never use the E-brake during parking. the only i use it when the car park on the hill. My car never make that sound unless park at the hill without the E-brake.

I have a very similar problem with 2001 honda accord. it does not do that allthe time. only at the hill (parking garage), and it happen when move the shift from P to D, and Honda make a recall (the transmision is defected). I have it replace at 55K, and it warranty up to 100K.
You should take to dealer check for it. I beleive the car is still in the warrany.

[Daniel M. Dreifus]

I would use this "work around":

Don't shift from Park to Reverse.
Instead shift from Park to Drive or Neutral, then into Reverse.

And in the future:
When parking on a hill,
keep your foot on the brake pedal
1) shift into Neutral
2) apply parking brake firmly
3) release your foot from the main service brake pedal
4) if the car rolls back, pull up on the parking brake another one or two clicks until it holds the car from moving
5) finally, shift into Park

Sometimes you have to apply the parking brake harder than you would expect to keep the car from rolling, but this is what you need to do to minimize placing the weight of the car on that small parking pawl in the transaxle.

[Soilent Green]

I'm bumping this thread because it relates to what I was searching for.

I almost never use the handbrake except for parking in hills. When I put the transmission parking brake sometimes the car seriously wobbles back and forth so now I always release the brake pedal slowly so if it wants to go back or forth I can stop it and make the shock less hard.

I plan on draining and refilling the tranny and maybe dropping the pan this weekend so anything I could check while I'm there, or should I be worried about this at all?