An expert reveals: a “common mistake” when stopping the car that damages the transmission

<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><strong>Weather of Arabia</strong> - A car expert revealed a common mistake that many drivers make when stopping the car, in a very popular video, according to what was reported by &quot;Sky News Arabia&quot;.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> A woman posted a video of &quot;Tik Tok&quot; of how she stopped the car, stopping the car and then changing the transmission to the &quot;parking&quot; or &quot;P&quot; position, before raising the manual brake up.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> But a car expert confirmed that although this method is very common among drivers, it is wrong and may damage the transmission.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> A person who runs the Hot Road educational page for automobiles said this method was a &quot;common mistake&quot;.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> He stressed in the video that when the car is stopped and the end of the trip, the transmission must be changed first to &quot;N&quot; and not to &quot;P&quot;, then raise the manual brake, then change the transmission one last time to &quot;P&quot;, before turning off the engine and taking out the keys. </p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><img alt="" src="https://d1vl6ykwv1m2rb.cloudfront.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/15... style="width: 900px; height: 500px;" /></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> He confirmed in the video that raising the manual brake while the car is in the &quot;P&quot; state, the car&#39;s center of gravity will be on the &quot;Gear&quot; transmission, which may damage it over time.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> When the brakes are raised while the vehicle is in the &quot;N&quot; state, the vehicle&#39;s center of gravity is on the manual brake, protecting the transmission.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <strong>Watch also: <a href="https://www.arabiaweather.com/ar/content/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%83%... | &quot;Hackers&quot; cause chaos and traffic jams in the streets of Moscow.. How is that?</a></strong></p>