Auto Park Operation

[Mooneypaul]

After reading the posts on this feature I am confused about its operation. I put the shift level in the P position and the Auto Park engages. The yellow knob does not come out. When I start and put the lever in D, the Auto Park will not disengage. If I then put the lever back into P and then pull the yellow knob out and then put the lever in P, and then D, the brake disengages.

Is this the correct operation? If I have not pulled the yellow knob out, shouldn't it just disengage automatically when I put the shift level in P? i.e. the term "auto"

Thanks for any help.

[Mooneypaul]

After reading the posts on this feature I am confused about its operation. I put the shift level in the P position and the Auto Park engages. The yellow knob does not come out. When I start and put the lever in D, the Auto Park will not disengage. If I then put the lever back into P and then pull the yellow knob out and then put the lever in P, and then D, the brake disengages.

Is this the correct operation? If I have not pulled the yellow knob out, shouldn't it just disengage automatically when I put the shift level in P? i.e. the term "auto"

Thanks for any help.

[Art D]

If you leave the yellow knob pushed in, the autopark will be enggaged in "P" and not engaged in any other gear, hence "auto". If you pull the yellow knob out, autopark is engaged in any gear. I wish I knew what the manual feature is intended to do. It is actually dangerous. If it were accidently pulled out while moving, it will be almost as bad as if the drive train locked up!

[Mooneypaul]

Thanks. But I still need to know how to Disengage the Auto Park without messing with the yellow knob.

[max49]

If I don't pull out the yellow knob but only put it into Park position to engage the brake, I only need to take it out of Park to disengage the brake. No yellow knob to put it on, no yellow knob needed to take it off.
Heck, I don't have to to do nothing to engage the parking brake except turn the key off, Even if I'm going 65 MPH, all I have to do is turn the key off to burn up my parking brake and maybe tear up a whole bunch of other stuff too. If it works eally good, maybe some of us could get ejected right thru the windshield. Hope not. With all the protections, beeper, buzzers and limp mode, it's amazing that these dangerous brakes are legal.
Any way, if you don't touch the yellow knob to apply the brake, I don't see why you should have to pull it or push it, (I can't remember which way engages/ disengages it) I don't see why you should have to move it to release it.
These things do seem to be wired inconsistently tho.
If the key is on , I can't work the jacks if unless I pull the yellow knob, but if I put the key in 'accessory' position, I can work the jacks without pulling the yellow knob. However if I turn the key on after it is leveled, it realizes that the jacks are down without the yellow knob pulled out, it freaks out and slams the MH down quick. Then it beeps like crazy to let me know to check if any one was under it when it slammed down. Very, very dangerous.
I just can't say enough good things about the infamous Autopark.

[DriVer]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by max49:
I just can't say enough good things about the infamous Autopark. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>See Max, I knew you still had it in you!

[Mooneypaul]

When you pull the yellow knob it engages the brake. What I am trying to figure out is if you do NOT pull the knob and it engages automatically by putting it in park, SHOULD it automatically disengage when you put it in Drive? (without touching the knob)

[DriVer]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Mooneypaul:
.... SHOULD it automatically disengage when you put it in Drive? (without touching the knob) </div></BLOCKQUOTE>My experience with "the knob" is limited to the UFO. When you step on the brake and shift the transmission into "D" the AAPB releases because you can feel a slight lurch in your butt dyno. Laying off the foot brake the vehicle will begin to move.

I'm surprised that TomN hasn't contributed to this thread since he has a WGO W24.

[tom112]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">What I am trying to figure out is if you do NOT pull the knob and it engages automatically by putting it in park, SHOULD it automatically disengage when you put it in Drive? (without touching the knob) </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
________________________________________________My famous Auto-Park does exactly that when it works at all.

tom

[Tom N]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Mooneypaul:
When you pull the yellow knob it engages the brake. What I am trying to figure out is if you do NOT pull the knob and it engages automatically by putting it in park, SHOULD it automatically disengage when you put it in Drive? (without touching the knob) </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

If the yellow handle is OUT you can NOT release the brake by pushing the knob IN. For the brake to be OFF BOTH the transmission has to be out of park AND the knob has to be IN.

There may be an occasion when you want the brake on and the transmission in neutral. That is why you have the yellow knob.

I like the drive shaft parking brake and mine has always worked well although when I get my annual PA state inspection, lube, etc. I have the truck mechanic inspect the parking brake. Many owners ignore this as well as many of the other maintenance items like checking the rear spring shackle bolts, greasing the brake bell crank under the hood, etc, etc, etc.

-Tom

[Mooneypaul]

Tom: Forget the knob for a minute. If I don't touch it, the autopark will not disengage unless I mess with the knob. If I don't touch the knob at all, should it disengage when I take it out of park?

[Tom N]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Mooneypaul:
Tom: Forget the knob for a minute. If I don't touch it, the autopark will not disengage unless I mess with the knob. If I don't touch the knob at all, should it disengage when I take it out of park? </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

If the knob is in(OFF), when you are in PARK the parking brake should be ON. When you move out of park the parking brake should release.

You never have to touch the yellow knob. The brake will auto apply when going into park and release when going out of park. You'll hear the hydraulic under hood pump when going into and out of park.

Mine works perfectly. Knock on wood!

-Tom

[Tom N]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Mooneypaul:
If I don't touch the knob at all, should it disengage when I take it out of park? </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

If you don't touch the knob and it is off the brake will disengage when taking the level out of park. It will engage when going into park. The same as a parking brake transmission prawl.

-Tom

[max49]

I say 'yes', mine does. But it's a P-32