My sister bought a kia picanto in denmark and it came with out a park pawl. Apparently its a additional add on. My question is how do you park it and is it normal for automatic to not come with park pawl?
year?
2020
What exactly do you mean "came with out a park pawl"?
Are you trying to say that when you shift the transmission into the "P" position, the car still rolls?
There have been automatic transmissions without a park position at all, like the Powerglide used in the Corvair and the in-sump automatic used in the Mini and ADO16. Early Chrysler automatics didn't have a parking pawl but had a drum brake on the driveshaft. Haven't seen anything like that on recent vehicles.
With manual transmissions usually they are put in reverse when parked, the gearing combined with engine resistance prevents the car from rolling. On some cars the key cannot be withdrawn until this is done.
Just use the emergency brake, that is what it is there for.
No, automatics usually have a park pawl. But manual transmissions never have a park pawl - you just have to use the parking brake. Hopefully, they didn't skip the interlock that keeps you from starting in gear.
What on earth was Kia thinking?!
