Can an automatic transmission car be started in P gear?

[BradleyAnn]

Yes, you can directly start the engine in P gear. Here is the relevant introduction about automatic transmission cars: 1. How P gear works: The letter "P" in P gear comes from the word "park," so the meaning of P gear is the parking gear. No matter which type of automatic transmission it is, when in P gear, the pawl installed on the transmission housing meshes with the gears inside the transmission, locking the entire transmission's drive components, thereby securing the entire drivetrain of the car to prevent rolling when the handbrake is forgotten. 2. Handbrake: The handbrake achieves the effect of fixing the vehicle by activating the braking system, which means locking the wheels. If you engage P gear first and then pull the handbrake, the work of fixing the vehicle is undertaken by the meshing of the pawl and gears on the transmission, meaning that the moving parts inside the automatic transmission are under tension. On the contrary, if you pull the handbrake first and then engage P gear, the entire braking work is undertaken by the braking system, and P gear only plays an auxiliary braking role, with all internal moving parts in a completely relaxed state.