Hey everyone,
I have a 2007 Corolla LE. Yesterday I was driving out of a downhill driveway and something was in the way of my brake pedal so I wasn't able to press it at all. Freaking out that I wouldn't be able to stop the car, I threw it into park to stop it (it's an automatic). Not only did that not stop it, but it started making a really bad clicking noise. Finally a few seconds later I realize to pull the e-brake and the car comes to a stop. The car was in park no more than 5 seconds and at that point probably was going at 5mph. After the car stopped there was a pretty bad gas/rubber smell, I'm wondering if the noise the whole way down means something is broken? I've driven the car for the past day and everything seems fine with the transmission and I tried parking on a hill without the e-brake and the parking pawl still works fine. Did the computer system stop the parking pawl from being fully engaged cause I was moving too fast? Do you think I broke something or should have it looked at? Thanks for helping me out, I really appreciate it.