Nope, I tried that once, you get a message in the IP. Forgot what it said

 

It's idiot proof. I know LOL!

 

First time I did it by accident by turning the knob the wrong way. Got a message that said "Vehicle Speed to High for Park". After that I did it for fun while going down the highway I put it in reverse to see if the camera would come on, sure enough it does!

 

After that I did it for fun while going down the highway I put it in reverse to see if the camera would come on, sure enough it does!

Is that so you can read the license plate of the car that's tailgating you or to see if your trailer fell off the hitch?

 

Your kidding right???? The truck is designed to be operated by a adult. It's pretty idiot proof as-is by design. A bit of personal responsibility has to be expected.

 

I know that, but what if........ that is why i say by accident. good to know the people design this fool proof.

 

With a fully computer controlled 8 speed I'm sure the programmers added code to the system to prevent a "Neutral Drop" hole shot at any speed.

As for the camera coming on in reverse, at speed, well? IDK. :wow:

 

Hazard lights - turn them on

Most any idiot following too closely becomes "scared/aware" when you turn on your flashers... works 99% of the time...

Then the universal finger signal follows!

 

Most any idiot following too closely becomes "scared/aware" when you turn on your flashers... works 99% of the time...

Then the universal finger signal follows!

If your trailer fell off the hitch you'd know it whether you have a camera or not

I guess I should have put a smiley face at the end of my post.:hah:

 

If your trailer fell off the hitch you'd know it whether you have a camera or not

 

Does it matter that it is a knob? Do you really think they would set it up any different if it was column or console?

No, not at all.

 

That's a good point. It could just as easily be on the touchscreen display. Nothing needs to be mechanical.

 

I seem to recall that sometime around 1955, GM came out with a ratcheting Parking Pawl in the Buick or Pontiac
People had been shearing the pin off by trying to force the column shifter into Park
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There is a reason that you can shift from forward to reverse & reverse to forward
the best way to get unstuck from mud or snow is to rock the vehicle back & forth, it is even mentioned in your owners manual

It works best if you have a standard shift transmission, but you can do it with the automatic

 

I call bullshit on throwing it into park .
Mine goes into park when i'm reversing out of my driveway and i accidently turn the knob the wrong way.
Suddenly your jerked to a halt,yes boys it will go into park while moving.
Being left handed i've done it a few times now,thrown it into park by accident while in reverse,leaving my driveway,flipping embarrassing,never had that problem with a column or console shifter.
The knob isn't one of Fiats better ideas in my opinion
I can also shift mine in and out drive and neutral with-out stepping on brake as long as the trucks moving.
Coasting to a stop i throw it into neutral and back into drive with-out stepping on the brakes,haven't tried going as far as reverse yet

 

It will go in at low speed I've done it too. There's no mechanical connection between the knob and the transmission, it's all computer controlled. So the computer will make the decision wether your speed is low enough for park. And like mentioned above even if it were to go into park at speed the park pawl would just bounce off the gear and make a really cool buzzing noise.

 

OK I had to try this today. Never really thought about it in the first 2 years of ownership. I was surprised to see that the rear view camera did in fact come on along with the message in the EVIC saying that the speed was too high to go into reverse. I was disappointed though that it went into neutral though. Maybe Ram does this so the driver knows they turned the knob. I tried to convince my Wife to crawl through the rear slider and across my Bakflip to see if my backup lights were on but she strongly objected.

 

Ha... I should have tried that with the ex wife....

 

Duplicate

 

The shifter knob like the 4wd buttons are just switch's. Hitting them simply sends a request to the computer and if your within certain perimeters it will do it, if not your not getting anything.

IE its not going to let you shift into 4Lo and reverse at 60. OTOH old trucks with levers would, if you really wanted to you could blow stuff up.

 

I've owned many, many cars and trucks over many years and every single one of them had fuel remaining when the gauge said empty.

 

I noticed the other day while backing up and not quite fully
stopped, being a bit quick turning the knob to drive made a
weird noise not a clunk but more of a cough :str: