What are the consequences of turning off the engine in N gear?

[LeIsabella]

First, press the brake to stop the vehicle → shift into N gear → pull up the handbrake or step on the parking brake → slowly release the brake, wait until the force is fully applied to the parking brake → turn off the engine → finally shift into P gear. Therefore, turning off the engine in N gear is not a problem. The following is a detailed explanation of parking gears: 1. When parking, it is particularly important to note that the handbrake should be engaged before shifting into P gear. 2. P gear is the parking gear, which uses the locking mechanism inside the transmission to engage the gearbox gears, preventing the gears from rotating and thus locking the wheels. However, P gear cannot replace the handbrake because when parking on a steep slope, relying solely on the engagement of the transmission gears to lock the vehicle's inertial sliding not only puts great pressure on the transmission's locking mechanism but also easily causes the mechanism to jam, making it difficult to shift out of gear. 3. After shifting into N gear, turn off the engine before shifting into P gear. Because shifting into P gear at idle speed will pass through R gear first, causing an unnecessary impact on the transmission and damaging it.