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Car keeps rolling when in gear

DULLAHAN2

Hey so about 3 weeks ago i noticed that the handbrake in the car 05 Toyota Corolla was very loose but it still kept the car stationary. Today however when at the petrol pumps which is on a slant the car wouldn't stay stationary even when it was in gear.

How big a problem is this to fix?

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qhe0i9zvfgdou8

Think this can be put down to driver error

DULLAHAN2

biko wrote: »

I've nothing to add but I want to be in on the guessing game we're playing.

Aliens!

I think you could be right biko. I brought the car to the mechanic and explained what happened when i put the car in gear and left him to it. He fixed the loose handbrake cable and tested it. it worked fine and there is no evidence of anything else wrong with it. The car stops now when in gear so not sure what happened that day.

biko

I've nothing to add but I want to be in on the guessing game we're playing.

Aliens!

Esel

Supergurrier wrote: »

When you see it trolling

Are you hating ?

FYP

Supergurrier

When you see it rolling

Are you hating ?

colm_mcm

Nekarsulm wrote: »

More likely to be an auto, than some of the suggestions I've read here. "OP could have taken out the spark plugs while he nipped into the shop to pay for petrol" ffs...

Nekarsulm wrote: »

You did. Post number 28.

Read the post again!

Nekarsulm

Jack the Stripper wrote: »

Who suggested the op did that?!

You did. Post number 28.

Jack the Stripper

Nekarsulm wrote: »

More likely to be an auto, than some of the suggestions I've read here. "OP could have taken out the spark plugs while he nipped into the shop to pay for petrol" ffs...

Who suggested the op did that?!

Jack the Stripper

A gambler would take that .1%.

Nekarsulm

More likely to be an auto, than some of the suggestions I've read here. "OP could have taken out the spark plugs while he nipped into the shop to pay for petrol" ffs...

colm_mcm

It's safe to say it's a manual as 99.9% of corollas sold in Ireland around then were manual

Nekarsulm

Have we actually established that this is a manual gearbox, and not an Auto??

Leaving an Auto in "First" and the handbrake off, won't do much.....

colm_mcm

H3llR4iser wrote: »

...read my mind. Also, the car being manual was never mentioned. I don't know if there even was an automatic Corolla in 2005, nor if they have that "PRDN321" selector type in case, but I've seen people with auto cars say "it's in first" because they put the lever on "1" with the car stationary. Sorry for assuming such level of "cluelessness" OP, but we've seen stuff like this before on Motors :P

They did a traditional PRND321 torque converter in the 1.6 petrol model, they also did the dreadful multimode automated manual in the 1.4 D-4D which you could leave in gear like you would a manual.

H3llR4iser

mikeecho wrote: »

OP, how far does the car roll?
Is the engine turned off?
Are you pressing the clutch ?

i know that these might seem like overly simple questions.. but they have to be asked

...read my mind. Also, the car being manual was never mentioned. I don't know if there even was an automatic Corolla in 2005, nor if they have that "PRDN321" selector type in case, but I've seen people with auto cars say "it's in first" because they put the lever on "1" with the car stationary. Sorry for assuming such level of "cluelessness" OP, but we've seen stuff like this before on Motors :P

mikeecho

OP, how far does the car roll?
Is the engine turned off?
Are you pressing the clutch ?

i know that these might seem like overly simple questions.. but they have to be asked

BlinkingLights

It's probably less doable nowadays as you've a lot more electric and automatic handbrakes on manual transmission cars and also way more automatics and semi automatics not to mention hybrids and elevated EVs.

Trojan

BlinkingLights wrote: »

In Paris they used to leave the handbrake off / applied very lightly so that people could slowly drive into the bumper of the car and shunt it along to make more space when parallel parking.

You'd just leave your handbrake on very lightly and the wheels straight and the car in neutral.

If wasn't an official thing, just a convention.

Things aren't quite as convivial these days.

Geneva too, and afaik they still do it.

Edit: this could have been just certain districts, but I know for sure it was true for the streets surrounding the IFRC headquarters.

BlinkingLights

In Paris they used to leave the handbrake off / applied very lightly so that people could slowly drive into the bumper of the car and shunt it along to make more space when parallel parking.

You'd just leave your handbrake on very lightly and the wheels straight and the car in neutral.

If wasn't an official thing, just a convention.

Things aren't quite as convivial these days.

selectamatic

Jack the Stripper wrote: »

Where has op in this thread said it's a 1.4 petrol? Could be right in front of my eyes.

I've made an educated guess on that as it'd be the most common configuration.

However it might be a 1.8 corolla T-sport but the aul high revving 2zzge has an even higher compression ratio.

flexcon

Hang on I think everyone missed to ask the question

When at the pumps, did the car roll back, or go forward?

If it went forward when in first that makes sense

If you put it into reverse and it went forward then really is messed up.

I just tried both scenarios in a 2.2 td car on a hill

I'm no mechanic though

Jack the Stripper

Where has op in this thread said it's a 1.4 petrol? Could be right in front of my eyes.

selectamatic

Jack the Stripper wrote: »

It's a low compression engine on par to others in 2005. Is this turning into a court case or What?

No Jack it's actually a higher compression engine than most other economy designed 1.4's from the mid noughties.

Plenty high enough to hold a corolla on slightly slanted ground at a petrol station, most likely designed as such to prevent standing water.

But yes I agree this isn't a court case and I apologise for rising ya.

You do often dabble in a bit of the aul rising yourself though in other threads

Jack the Stripper

I'm the same, I must face some real world problems tomorrow

emeldc

Jack the Stripper wrote: »

I proved my posts along time ago in this thread, don't believe me read Colms one.

Ah we could be here all night. I haven't the interest TBH. As the man says in the film Toodaloo Mothafcukaaaaaaaa

Jack the Stripper

It's a low compression engine on par to others in 2005. Is this turning into a court case or What?

selectamatic

Jack the Stripper wrote: »

I proved my posts along time ago in this thread, don't believe me read Colms one.

I must have missed the post where you proved Toyota were using "low compression" small n/a petrol engines in 2005

Jack the Stripper

emeldc wrote: »

Go ahead, add as much as you like. If you've no compression you won't get very far.
How come it took you so long with the 'adding fuel' answer. Google not working right today.

I proved my posts along time ago in this thread, don't believe me read Colms one.

emeldc

Jack the Stripper wrote: »

You are dismissing adding fuel for an engine to go, riiight. :cool:

Go ahead, add as much as you like. If you've no compression you won't get very far.
How come it took you so long with the 'adding fuel' answer. Google not working right today.

Jack the Stripper

emeldc wrote: »

I'm not a mechanic but that is absolute utter rubbish. You know what they say, when you're in a hole ................

You are dismissing adding fuel for an engine to go, riiight. :cool:

emeldc

Jack the Stripper wrote: »

Add fuel obviously.

I'm not a mechanic but that is absolute utter rubbish. You know what they say, when you're in a hole ................