r/Cartalk 1d ago

Transmission Accidentally shifted into park while driving, consequences in the future?

So I'm an idiot and I was driving my car on like 5-6 hours of sleep; driving to a meet-up, I was going to park on the side of the house, but I forgot to fully stop and my hand just subconsciously shifted the gear to park while my car was still moving (going at about 4-5 mph), and it made a horrible grinding sound (huge mistake, I know, never happening again)

Immediately, I shifted it back to drive and braked, then when it fully stopped I shifted it back to park and turned on the emergency lights, completely shaken up by what just happened.

After a bit, I put it back into drive and I parked; the car was fine. I drove it home after the meet-up, and there were no noises or immediate problems; gears shifted like normal, brakes worked, park worked.

My concern is: Did I do any major transmission damage that might cause it to break down in the future?

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u/hdz7 1d ago

How can you not function with 6 hour of sleep😔

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u/dr3gs 1d ago

Right lol

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u/1200____1200 1d ago

Maybe the time frame was over the entire week 🤷‍♂️

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u/LikAStixLikTatStix 22h ago

Had a streak of 5-6 hours of sleep for the whole week ☠️