SAFETY ADVISORY; truck in park
Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2011 1:53 pm
Just an FYI for everyone on something that has happened quite a few times to the point that the manufacturer has been informed.
In this case it is for the F-150 model truck but I guess it could happen to any vehicle.
One of our trucks on another site was parked outside the trailer in “park”, it stayed put for about 3 minutes then started to role by itself. From what I was told it is due to the mud, dirt, etc building up and giving a “false lock” on the park mode in the cab.
With us going through mud, etc. for fun, the same problem could happen. Use your parking brake when stopped especially when off road and shut your engine off if you are leaving the truck. Nobody was hurt but imagine a truck making no noise rolling along…. You wouldn’t hear anything!
Best advice is to make sure you power wash the underside of your truck after all runs, just in case.
The funny side; One of the contractors told us that they are familiar with this because they had reported one of their vans stolen, only to find it the next day in the ditch at the bottom of the road where they were parked <img src='http://www.canadianhummerclub.com/forum ... oflmao.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':rotflmao:' /> It was the same problem as above.
In this case it is for the F-150 model truck but I guess it could happen to any vehicle.
One of our trucks on another site was parked outside the trailer in “park”, it stayed put for about 3 minutes then started to role by itself. From what I was told it is due to the mud, dirt, etc building up and giving a “false lock” on the park mode in the cab.
With us going through mud, etc. for fun, the same problem could happen. Use your parking brake when stopped especially when off road and shut your engine off if you are leaving the truck. Nobody was hurt but imagine a truck making no noise rolling along…. You wouldn’t hear anything!
Best advice is to make sure you power wash the underside of your truck after all runs, just in case.
The funny side; One of the contractors told us that they are familiar with this because they had reported one of their vans stolen, only to find it the next day in the ditch at the bottom of the road where they were parked <img src='http://www.canadianhummerclub.com/forum ... oflmao.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':rotflmao:' /> It was the same problem as above.
