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Finding autopark while winching

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Hi all, after installing my VERY FIRST winch, I went out to pretension my winch line. While rolling back in neutral to tighten the line, my jeep went into park. The message on the dash said autopark engaged. It also did this when I started the winch to pretension the line. The engine was running and I was outside the jeep to operate and observe the winch. Also I have a 19 Rubicon with a V-6 and auto trans. Has anybody had this happen?
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Did you leave it in any gear except park when you got out? If you leave the seat and it is in gear it will go into auto park.
 

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Try buckling the driver's seat belt. If the vehicle is in drive with the door open and the seat belt unbuckled it will go into auto-park. "safety feature"
 

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Yep, it has happened to everyone who ever tried to do that. :) It happens in neutral was well as when the jeep is in gear. As others said, just fasten the driver's seatbelt and it will prevent that from happening. Someone mentioned recently that putting the transfer case in neutral will do the trick as well, though I haven't tested that yet. It shouldn't be an issue when you need to winch on the trail since auto-park is disabled automatically when you go into 4L.
 

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I can also confirm that a 10,000# winch will drag a JLR in 2WD with the transmission in (auto)park.
And I can confirm that the 12k pound winch on my Rubicon with auto-park engaged will drag my wife's Sport toward it no matter how hard she stomps on the brakes. Apparently the extra weight and wider tires make me a better contender in jeep tug-of-war.
 
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Hi all, thank you all for the info I guess I should have read my owners manual better, thx again
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