Watch a Ford column shifter put itself into park.
, car companies have been worried about unintentional rollaway accidents. Modern electronic shifters can be confusing and, if you're not sure what gear you're in, it's possible that your car could roll away and crush yourself or someone else, as happened to Yelchin. So most modern, digital shifters include some sort of rollaway protection system that shifts the car into park when you turn off the vehicle or open the door. We just didn't know it was possible on a column shifter.
Typically, these systems are fitted to cars with electronic or push-button shifters. Since the shifter is usually just an array of buttons or a stalk that returns to a default position after any selection, automatically shifting into park isn't much of a challenge. The vehicle sends a command to the transmission and then changes the indicator light to"P" rather than"D" on the console shifter.
Today, we found out how Ford solved this issue. Though many variants of the F-150 use a rotary shifter, those with a three-seat front bench still use an old column shifter. So while the Raptor and other F-150s get away with a more conventional anti-rollaway shifter, Ford got a bit clever for the column-shift models. The company fitted them with an electronic actuator that, when the vehicle is turned off, physically moves the shift lever back into park.
I love that you can still get an F-150 with a column shifter and 6-pass seating, but the icing on the cake is what happens when you turn it off while in gear.
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