Can not fault the cars – but the owners “- Aftonbladet

Fiat-Chysler Group recalling more than one million cars.

For some of the owners do not understand the world’s smartest gearbox. Perhaps it would be better to withdraw the owners?

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the cars it is about have suddenly rolled away since the drivers parked and got out of the car. According to reports in the American press has led to some forty incidents involving minor injury and material damage.

What really happened? And why.

The reports from the United States is not exhaustive but it is all about the owners become “confused” by his car’s automatic transmission shift lever, according to the mighty insurance organization NHTSA requesting that the Fiat-Chrysler recalls cars. More than 800 000 US. More than 800 in Sweden will also be revoked.

P where stands the car still

A traditional automatic transmission has a gear shift to a parking position, called the “P” or “Park”, a driving position referred to as “D” or “Drive”, another couple of driving modes forward-called type 1, 2, 3 and so on. And a reverse mode called the “R” or “Reverse”.

The gear shift is moved forward or backwards to the position you want to use.

When you park your car for one shift lever to “P”. When the car is stationary. Some parking brake (handbrake, to be clear, if someone does not understand) is not needed. The car appears to be nailed to the ground.

The box is superior

But now there is a new type of derailleurs which in my humble opinion is totally superior to the traditional derailleur. BMW was the first, if I remember correctly. Last car I drove with the new smooth gear shift was the new Audi Q7.

The derailleur has a forward position, a reverse, and the cunning is that the derailleur when you set it where you want (forward or reverse) springs back to the zero position.

And when you turn the engine off so you do not think about anything p mode, the transmission is in P mode automatically.

Less work for the driver that is.

the problem is the owners

But if you want to leave the car with the engine idling, to, well have to heat or in the United States perhaps more often, the air conditioner. Well, then it must be understood clicking in the p-position itself.

Otherwise, the driving position is left. Just like any old automatic transmission. If you stay with the driving position in and stepping out without pulling the handbrake, even when driving the car away.

Well, perhaps you can guess what’s wrong with Chrysler cars?

their owners!

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