@Lane
Sounds like the engine stalled when you hit the button. Shouldn’t be a big deal if it doesn’t happen often.
@Lane
No noises at all? That’s the real problem! 
@Lane
It definitely sounds like the transmission tried to throw it into Park. I’d get it checked out—it’s concerning that it even allowed that to happen. Could be a safety issue.
I can confirm that on the 2023 hybrid, you can accidentally shift into bad gears while moving. I had a book slide into the rotary dial during a turn, and it shut the engine off. It was pretty scary to roll into a turn with no power. They should definitely push a software update to fix that.
Every push-start car I’ve driven wouldn’t turn off unless the vehicle was stopped or going really slow. You can usually override it by holding the button down, but this definitely isn’t normal.
Morgan said:
Every push-start car I’ve driven wouldn’t turn off unless the vehicle was stopped or going really slow. You can usually override it by holding the button down, but this definitely isn’t normal.
Yeah, with everything being electronic now, there should be failsafes for accidental button presses, just like the gear selector.
Morgan said:
Every push-start car I’ve driven wouldn’t turn off unless the vehicle was stopped or going really slow. You can usually override it by holding the button down, but this definitely isn’t normal.
Agreed. From my experience, nothing should happen if you hit the start button while driving.
Morgan said:
Every push-start car I’ve driven wouldn’t turn off unless the vehicle was stopped or going really slow. You can usually override it by holding the button down, but this definitely isn’t normal.
I had a 2009 Altima, and you had to hold down the button if you really wanted to turn it off while driving. I haven’t tried it in the Maverick, but I thought it would work the same way.
I’m not sure about the Maverick, but usually hitting the starter on a running engine makes the starter try to mesh with the flywheel. Worst case, you could damage the starter or flywheel, but that’s pretty rare. Some cars will shut down to avoid damage, while others won’t let you use the starter at all.
I’m surprised the system allowed that. I had a similar experience in my mom’s Explorer back in the 90s. I accidentally knocked the shifter into Reverse while driving. There was a loud grinding noise, but the car didn’t stop or lock up. I quickly shifted back into Drive, and everything was fine. That was before cars were ‘smart,’ though. I’m shocked that a digital system like this would allow something like that to happen.
It was probably the parking pawl grinding against the gear in the transaxle.
Sounds like the parking pawl engaged. You should be fine, just don’t make a habit of it. I did the same thing in my 2013 Scion tC while changing the transmission fluid, and it’s still running fine 30k miles later.
That noise was likely the parking pawl engaging. I’m surprised the truck doesn’t lock out Park at that speed, but hey, I’ve seen stranger things.
Yikes. When I’m stopped and press the start/stop button, it shifts into Park, which makes sense. But doing that at 15mph is crazy! Ford really dropped the ball here if the truck shifted into Park while moving. A simple mistake could turn into a big accident.
@Ren
That’s exactly why, as a full-time Uber driver, I always make passengers sit in the back seat!
My guess is you might’ve hit the parking brake, and that’s what caused the noise.
Ren said:
My guess is you might’ve hit the parking brake, and that’s what caused the noise.
Not likely. You have to pull up on the electric parking brake to engage it. The truck’s computer might’ve turned it on, though.
In my old Chevy Bolt, pressing the start/stop button while moving would immediately trigger the parking brake, which made a grinding noise. That’s probably what happened in your case.