Car slightly thrusting forward

Engine can jerk firing up but car shouldn't move forward.

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Normal.

Its really not moving forward at all its just the engine torque makes it feel like that. The car must be new to you. I bought my 07 new and the first time it did that it was holy cow what was that.

 

My previous '10 and current '12 always did this.

The Park pawl has some significant slop (or backlash, in mechanical terms) to it, allowing a slight movement. But since that pawl is solidly engaged and quite strong, the car can't move much.

 

Very normal. Did Uber in my gen 2 at the airport and you almost fall asleep at idle in a state of relaxation waiting for the app to ring. Then out of nowhere car thrusts forward. One time there was a car that looked only inches away and I jolted up and it really caught me by surprise.

Another odd thing is I used to get shocked (literally as in zapped) almost every time I shut the door but I think that was in the winter months. Surprisingly there are tons of threads on it:

 

This is mostly a clothing-vs-seat-fabric issue, creating static as one pulls away from the seat and exits the vehicle. My 1983 Ford and 1986 Honda where significantly worse for this than either of my Prii.

 

Fuzzy is correct.

Your going to get shocked on everything if you don't use dryer sheets. Bounce is the best it says right on the box it's anti-electronic .
Fabric today is cheap china nylon fiber the absolute best stuff in the world to static charge. All you need to do is throw it in the dryer.
No Bounce and in the winter oh boy that's gonna hurt.

Few times we have run out of Bounce at home i could get a half inch long blue shock to the racks at work. I make sure we never run out. Never ever get a shock.

 

Apply the E brake everytime.

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Just a terminology correction: Static is electric, not electronic.

For us old-timers in the field, this is a source of increasing aggravation. But with electronic devices taking over nearly everything that used to be just electric, it may be a losing battle to keep the younger generations straight on the proper terms.

 

You mean like calling this "#" a hash tag?

 

Agreed it actually says Collement Electrostatique on the box of Bounce so I said f it and wrote electronic. I'm an old timer too 40 years Electronic Engineering & bench tech been in Broadcast for the last 20 years FCC First Class still working full time. So yes I know the difference.