car parked & shut off. Car spontaneously went down street with power & crashed.

Asked by Guru3VQPX Jul 03, 2020 at 03:58 AM about the 2017 Volkswagen Passat

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

I parked, shut off engine. 2 minutes later, car spontaneously went down street,
with power, and crashed.

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James answered 4 years ago

If it's an automatic transmission the parking pawl in the transmission didn't lock and allowed the vehicle to roll away! Hope that helps! Jim

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