Does Being Rear-Ended in P Gear Affect the Transmission?
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Being rear-ended in P gear does not affect the transmission. Reasons why there is no impact: If the collision speed is too high, the instantaneous impact force exceeds the meshing force between the parking pawl and gear, the pawl will automatically disengage, allowing the transmission output shaft to spin freely a few times to dissipate the impact. Therefore, the connection between the pawl and parking gear is not rigid, so the transmission won't be damaged or rendered useless from a collision. How the transmission works: A manual transmission mainly consists of gears and shafts, achieving speed and torque changes through different gear combinations. An automatic transmission (AT) is composed of a torque converter, planetary gears, and a hydraulic control system, utilizing hydraulic power transfer and gear combinations to achieve speed and torque changes.