Quote Originally Posted by Sabrewings View Post
The PCM is supposed to kill the engine if you put it in reverse at too high of a speed (no hydraulic pressure from the engine means the tranny can't complete the shift). If you heard the loud clicking of the parking prawl trying to find a notch, he probably hit park and the tranny was doing as designed and letting it skip over instead of rip the tranny out of the car.

I bet it's probably fine. Not happy, but probably no damage.
Great to hear. So the vehicle is designed to not allow the vehicle to be hit into park. I assumed so, but by the sound of the noise, I had no idea what was going on.