Low growling sound while in park on my car?
I have a 2000 Ford Taurus, 150,000 miles, when I drove home today, as I put it in park, I noticed it started to make a low growling/grinding sound. When I switched out to neutral or drive or reverse, the sound went away. I have also noticed that when I'm parked uphill (like I'm now), it is harder to switch to drive or reverse. So my question is what that growling/grinding sound could be?
You probably have worn out the gear for park. Yes it is a gear. Brjng it to a dealer
Park is not a gear, but a pawl like finger that catches on a series of slots similar to the way a gear looks. It sounds like the idle is too high and the spring pressure on the pawl is too light or the finger is worn. You can leave it or have it looked at. I would use the parking brake as well, and not trust park until it was looked at.
Do not take it to a dealer, but an automatic transmission specialist instead.
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