Hi fitfreak friends!
I want to know your views on how to park the CVT FIT in a steep slope road and drive again. This I am referring to how/when to apply brakes, gear and the process of putting the vehicle into drive mode again to move on.

 

???????? Parking is parking....it ain't rocket science, you have brakes, you have a parking brake, and you have a transmission that moves the car fwd or in reverse (as well as Park and Neutral) ....surely you jest

 

The CVT won't let you roll back after you depress the brake to move to drive when on an incline.

Even the 6MT has an anti roll back feature. It's a shame cause that was how I learned to drive a stick. Find an incline and practice with the clutch to keep the car from rolling back during take off.

 

Guys, the other day, I parked mycar in a steep descent for a while. Upon departure, when I released the brake and put in D mode to continue my trip, there was a loud knock in the engine compartment which I have still not identified the cause. I am very worried now to park it again in steep slope as it may damage the engine.

 

I don't have a CVT FIT but I think the logical sequence would be to stop with the brakes, set the parking brake, then shift to Park. That would not put a "load" on the transmission. I would then, upon take off, put my foot on the brakes to keep from loading the transmission, shift from Park to desired gear and then release the parking brake.

 

not a problem. relax.

 

Normal....

 

So what dlallen is saying is I should have applied the footbrake, hand brake and then put the car in P mode. And for departure the process has to be in reverse order. Meaning putting the car in D mode, release hand brake and foot brake. I hope this works the next time I get into this situation again.

 

Did you check what your owners manual says to do?

 

ezone, the owner's manual doesn't provide any direction on this, which I cannot understand as this could have an damaging effect on the engine.

 

Copied from a USA owners manual, p344:

Parking Your Vehicle
When Stopped
1. Depress the brake pedal firmly.
2. Firmly apply the parking brake.
3. Move the shift lever from (D to (P.

All of the mechanical items involved in the PARK function which prohibit the wheels from rotating, are contained inside the transmission. The engine really has nothing to do with it.

 

Many thanks ezone for your contribution. I believe this is the correct way.

 

Don't forget to crank your wheels over to face into the curb in case everything else fails.

 

Toward the curb on downhill, away from the curb on uphill.

If there is no curb, turn the wheels so that the car leaves the road if it rolls.

Apply parking brake before putting the transmission into park on a hill. Apply service brake, release parking brake and put transmission into drive when unparking.

This isn't specific to Hondas. It also applies to any automatic transmission car. It used to be taught in Driver's Ed, but I guess people don't do that any more.

 

Thank you GeorgeL for your insight.