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    Is it normal to always have to use the parking brake?

    :welcome:, read your other responses and see that you have normal activity with your transmission, as noted the Prii when parked on any incline...
    Post by: 2008PriusGirl, Dec 15, 2011 in forum: Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting
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    Is it normal to always have to use the parking brake?

    Also, when I am stopped on a hill and I have the car in drive, it will roll if I do not keep my foot on the brake until I switch to gas. It...
    Post by: 2008PriusGirl, Dec 15, 2011 in forum: Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting
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    Is it normal to always have to use the parking brake?

    Perhaps if they would do this for free. Maybe when I take it in someday for something else, I can ask them to do this. In the meantime, I guess...
    Post by: 2008PriusGirl, Dec 15, 2011 in forum: Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting
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    Is it normal to always have to use the parking brake?

    I am confused by this response. My parking brake was not engaged.
    Post by: 2008PriusGirl, Dec 15, 2011 in forum: Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting
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    Is it normal to always have to use the parking brake?

    Okay, so I tried it on a hill. I pressed the park button and took my foot off of the brake. It rolled, pretty quickly, for several inches. Then...
    Post by: 2008PriusGirl, Dec 15, 2011 in forum: Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting
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    Is it normal to always have to use the parking brake?

    I'd be a little nervous to try this! I will try it on a hill though and see how far it rolls w/o the parking brake on. I think I know the...
    Post by: 2008PriusGirl, Dec 14, 2011 in forum: Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting
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    Is it normal to always have to use the parking brake?

    It is definitely more than a few inches.
    Post by: 2008PriusGirl, Dec 14, 2011 in forum: Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting
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    Is it normal to always have to use the parking brake?

    I will try this. Thanks!
    Post by: 2008PriusGirl, Dec 14, 2011 in forum: Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting
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    Is it normal to always have to use the parking brake?

    By serious, do you mean expensive? Yikes!
    Post by: 2008PriusGirl, Dec 13, 2011 in forum: Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting
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    Is it normal to always have to use the parking brake?

    Thanks so much, Everyone. So it sounds like I might have a problem with my transmission's parking pawl? Perhaps that isn't working? Is that...
    Post by: 2008PriusGirl, Dec 13, 2011 in forum: Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting
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    Is it normal to always have to use the parking brake?

    Hi Everyone, I have a 2008 Prius that I bought used. (I know little about cars and I can't even tell you what model it is or what options...
    Thread by: 2008PriusGirl, Dec 13, 2011, 45 replies, in forum: Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting