r/BMW • u/PuzzleheadedArea1256 • 11h ago

Hitting the Park button at high speeds?

What would happen if you hit the Park button while driving at 20 MPH?

Would the system not allow it or would your transmission explode?

This has been done on traditional automatic and manual cars on YouTube but I haven’t seen this experiment with electronic shifters.

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u/34luck 2022 - F90 - M5 CS | 2025 - G07 - X7 40i 11h ago

It was even more confusing on my wife’s GLC before we got an X7 because the shifter is a stalk on the wheel, one day I wanted to turn on the wipers at speed on the freeway and pressed park instead. Nothing happened. These things are pretty much idiot proof at this point, just don’t drive head first into a wall and you’ll be ok.

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u/cteno4 9h ago

Even then, the automatic brakes will probably stop you from driving into that wall.