Transmission clunk

[305miami]

Hello,

even though i have warranty and i will be taking it in this week i wanted to see if this is normal.

under slight load for example on a slight hill when i shift into park i get a clunk in the transmission. I'm thinking this might be normal but i don't remember hearing it before.

 

[Gunkk]

No it is not normal.

 

[dmitriylm]

Hello,

even though i have warranty and i will be taking it in this week i wanted to see if this is normal.

under slight load for example on a slight hill when i shift into park i get a clunk in the transmission. I'm thinking this might be normal but i don't remember hearing it before.

If you're parked on a hill, put the car in park, let go of the brakes and then set your parking brake you will hear/feel a clunk when moving the transmission out of park as the transmission is supporting the rolling weight of the car. While normal in the sense that its expected, this isn't healthy for the transmission and its always advisable to stop the car, engage the parking brake while your foot is on the brake pedal and then shift to park (more force/weight distributed to the brakes).

If you're hearing/feeling a clunk when simply shifting between park and drive on slight inclines you may be experiencing transmission failure. My Infiniti G35 did this and the transmission started to slip within a week or so until the car simply wouldn't move without shutting down to let it cool down every 5 minutes.