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Your car might kick when you shift from park to drive if your Transmission Fluid is low or very dirty. You might also have worn gears in the transmission.

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The engine may be idling to high. Also check the transmission fluid level, it may be low.

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More specifics, this can be a dozen different things. Fuel filter, transmission, cam/crank sensors, faulty security system.

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It could damage the transmission. Normally it will break or damage the park pall gear. From your question, I have to assume you have doen this. If there appears to be no damage, then don't worry about it. You may be ok. You bet it is! If you actually manaqged to get it into park - then you would have had to go from drive to neutral to reveres then park - Have no clue how you maanaged that! Unless you have a manual xmission. However, there is also a parking pin that goes into the transmission that may now be broken off - bad!


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