FiveSeven

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2014 GS350 w/ 30k miles

Is it normal for the shifter to jolt forward a little than move back into its normal place after I park if the car is on a slight tilted surface?

For example my parking spot at work is on a very small incline so after I put my car in park and release the brake the car moves a little back but since the car is in park it stops but not before the shifter jolts forward a little than back to its original position.

lovemyGSFS

I have 2016 GS F-sport 11K miles mine does the same thing but not all the time

spoogenet

I've noticed this a few times even parked on level surface, but not always. I haven't figured out a repeatable case for it.

CottageChz

My car does this. I don't know why. I've just been ignoring it.

jkeller

Do you have the auto parking brake engaged, green indicator light on? There is no need to engage the parking brake manually.

CottageChz

I don't use the auto parking brake. I only use the parking brake when I park on an incline, and I engage it manually. I haven't noticed correlation of this issue with parking brake use, but I haven't paid close attention either.

FiveSeven

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same I haven't found a pattern to when it does it.. sometimes its when i go from Drive to park and other times when i go from reverse to park. I'll post a video when i get back from vacation.

spoogenet

I do have the auto parking brake on, and whenever I do this the car is fully stopped with the brakes engaged via the pedal. It doesn't bother me, it's just an interesting quirk I'm curious to understand.

I wonder if it has anything to do with a shift lock mechanism, but again the inconsistency is odd.