What'd happen if you press the P while you drive?

toyolover · 03-09-2010, 10:06 PM

Any one knows what'd happen if you accidentially press the P button while driving under normal city speed? You can surely kiss the transmission goodbye if it is a regular car. What would happen to the Prius since it is all electronical control and not mechanical like most other cars.

spiderman · 03-09-2010, 10:08 PM

beeps and goes into neutral.

toyolover · 03-09-2010, 10:14 PM

If that's the case, why didn't the old man (with the run away 2008 Prius yesterday) pressed the P button to put the car in N? BTW, did you really try this before?

Anthony2816 · 03-09-2010, 10:17 PM

Or what would happen if you pressed the Power button while driving on the freeway?

Someone else try it and let me know.

toyolover · 03-09-2010, 10:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Anthony2816

Or what would happen if you pressed the Power button while driving on the freeway?

Someone else try it and let me know.

Press the Power button while cruising on the highway brings no noticeable change until you attempt to overtake another vehicle. You will feel the power comes immediately. What the Power button does is for the computer to switch to another program to give you immediate boost from the electric motor. You may look at it as the turbo charge kick in but in a small way. I always do that while driving on the highway and before I overtake another vehicle.

Superdrol · 03-09-2010, 11:16 PM

So pressing park while driving puts it in neutral then ? Good to know.

PriusLewis · 03-09-2010, 11:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Superdrol

So pressing park while driving puts it in neutral then ? Good to know.

Unless you are going a slow walking pace, in which case it puts it in park (and jerks to a stop). I have read the speed which determines which happens, but can't remember. My opinion is that if you think you put it in park and don't, then let off the brake, if it starts rolling it is not unusual to hit the park button in a panic. That slow, it will stop (so I believe it is a safety feature).

I have hit park more than once while driving by mistake (going for the power button for the stereo and hit park instead). It just goes into neutral.

qbee42 · 03-10-2010, 12:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by toyolover

If that's the case, why didn't the old man (with the run away 2008 Prius yesterday) pressed the P button to put the car in N? BTW, did you really try this before?

I've tried it. Many of us have tried it. Don't do it at low speed. At low speed the parking pawl will engage and you will stop very quickly. At anything above a couple of mph the Prius shifts instantly to N.

Tom

gbarry · 03-10-2010, 12:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by toyolover

Press the Power button while cruising on the highway brings no noticeable change until you attempt to overtake another vehicle. You will feel the power comes immediately. What the Power button does is for the computer to switch to another program to give you immediate boost from the electric motor.

I think one of you is talking about the power mode control, and the other is talking about the one that switches the vehicle off!

halfmoonray · 03-10-2010, 01:39 AM

lol

03-09-2010, 10:06 PM	#1
toyolover Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: toronto, canada Posts: 301 My Car: 2010 Prius Model: N/A Package: Premium (Canada) Thanks: 92 Thanked 29 Times in 21 Posts Friends: 0	What'd happen if you press the P while you drive? Any one knows what'd happen if you accidentially press the P button while driving under normal city speed? You can surely kiss the transmission goodbye if it is a regular car. What would happen to the Prius since it is all electronical control and not mechanical like most other cars.

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spiderman wretched Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Alaska Posts: 5,603 My Car: 2010 Prius Model: II Package: Base Thanks: 952 Thanked 801 Times in 644 Posts Friends: 24	Re: What'd happen if you press the P while you drive? beeps and goes into neutral.

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