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The contact owns a 2018 GMC Acadia. The contact stated that when the gear was shifted into park, a warning beep sounded, informed the driver that the vehicle was not in park. The contact was unable to turn the vehicle off. After several attempts, the contact was able to shift the vehicle into park and turn the vehicle off. The manufacturer was contacted. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer to be diagnosed. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 37,000. The VIN was invalid.
When I put my vehicle in park, it will not shut off and dashboard it says 'action required. Shift to park.' Vehicle won't turn off and it keeps beeping. It is when I'm parked
Went car is park the dash still shows 'put car in park' car will continue to pee, will not lock. From what I read GMC knew of this problem but continue to sell GMC arcadia from 2017 to 2018. Even though this is a known problem they still charge the consumers for the repairs. This only happened went trying to put vehicle I park.
Vehicle will not acknowledge that it is in park. Forces electrical to stay on, and sometimes will not engage park so vehicle can move as if I'm neutral. Has thus far happened with vehicle stopped, but you can sometimes shut off engine and exit vehicle when it is not in park and can roll against you, or on kids exiting etc. Vehicle rolled in garage and struck, and could have crushed child against door.
After putting the vehicle in park, "shift to park" is displayed on the dash. I have to shift the car in and out of park several times to get the vehicle to recognize being in park.
- Coats, NC, USA
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When the vehicle is warm, the transmission appears to slip when shifting from 2nd to 3rd gear. The engine will rev between 500 to 1000 RPM while shifting. During this time (half to full second) the vehicle is not accelerating and does not respond to throttle inputs. The vehicle has been taken into dealerships 4 times for this complaint. At 35000 miles (3rd dealer visit), GM replaced the valve assembly. The problem reoccurred and GM is only offering to replace the same part, or extend the warranty on the transmission, but not both. No one at the dealership or GM technical assistance center has any idea what is actually wrong and is not taking any steps to find the cause of the issue. The service manager has admitted that there is a problem, but GM denied him any help in resolving the issue.they have said that this is not a safety issue, but I do not feel comfortable driving a car that may become unresponsive to accelerator pedal input for a full second. Note that this issue is still covered by the powertrain warranty at this time.
Park the car shut off engine and a message comes up please shift to park. The car is in park but it's not being recognized by the computer or drivetrain? have to play with the shifter to be able to shut off car. Only happens when parked and shutting off car.
Put car in park went to kill it and it wont turn off says shift to park it is in park had to do this like 10 times..twice today..my car wont turn off finally got it off. I have only had this 2018 Acadia lead than 1 mth.. I have read where this is a big major issue.. what do I
When the vehicle is shifted into park and the ignition is turned off, an error message is shown saying "shift vehicle into park". usually pushing the shift knob forward and releasing it will make the error message disappear but there have been times that the vehicle had to be turned on and off multiple times as well as shifting from drive to park multiple times to make it go away and turn the vehicle off.
The vehicle sometimes fails to recognize that it has been put into park, flashing a message on the dash instructing me to 'shift to park' even when the gear lever have already been moved to the 'P' position.
I shifted the gear into park, and a message appeared saying to "shift to park" and wouldn't allow the car to be turned off or its doors locked. This is a safety issue because the car is unable to shift into park and could roll back.
2018 GMC Acadia. The crossover (automatic gear shifter) is failing to recognize that it has been put into park, flashing a message on the dash instructing the driver to 'shift to park' even when the gear lever have already been moved to the 'P' position.
Recevied "action required - shift to park" message on instrument panel screen. Motor turns off but vehicle stays in accessory mode and chimes continuously. Dealer replaced wiring harness that promised to fix the problem, went away for 1 month and came back. Jiggling the shifter or flicking the shifter button is the only way it will go away.
Experienced the "vehicle not in park " when shifter was in park. Engine would not turn off because electrical switch did not recognize the vehicle was in park. After many tries I was able to turn vehicle off. Had vehicle serviced and shifter was replaced (3 weeks ago ). today shifter froze in park yet console indicated vehicle was in drive. Did not remove foot off of brake because vehicle would move forward because it was in gear. Could not shut off vehicle because it is a push button start/stop and foot must be off brake to stop engine. Called dealer for help. Finally we put emergency brake on and pushed stop button. The engine turned off but electrical system was still on. Had vehicle towed to dealer. They will advise in a week or so they are short handed.
Vehicle states "action required - shift to park" even though vehicle is in park. Accessories stay on and vehicle continuously sounds warning chime. This problem occurs every time the vehicle is shifted to park and engine is shut down.
'action required shift to park' - message. Stationary. The car is in park! bells sound. Doors lock. Battery drains. Hundreds of other folks have reported the same issue online. Please recall this car, dangerous and I have kids.
The vehicle will not always go into park. In order to get it into park you have to repeatedly shift out of park and back into park until it will go into park. If it is not in park the vehicle will not lock and will not power down. Since it will not go into park if the vehicle was on a hill and it did not go into park then it would have the chance to roll down the hill. I have not attempted to see if it will roll down the hill nor am I going to try but seeing how it shows on the instrument cluster that the vehicle is in neutral I'm sure it will roll if given the chance. When shutting off the vehicle after you have put the vehicle in park on the gear selector a message comes up on the screen that says shift to park it has taken up to 20 tries of shifting the vehicle in and out of park until park will engage. As you can see in the picture all gauges are at their lowest point showing no power to the vehicle and the shift indicator is in the neutral position with the message on the display reading shift to park.
Took our Acadia in on 9/25 after several weeks (started the week of 8/26) of the shift to park indicator light kept coming on. The dealership had it for several weeks (P/U 10/16) because they couldn't get the parts due to the GM strike. We have had it back three weeks and it has begun again with the shift to park light. We keep the parking break on just in case, don't trust it. Have another service appointment on 11/15. We will see what happens.
When putting vehicle in park, message comes up on dashboard "shift to park." Sometimes takes multiple attempts to get vehicle into park so vehicle can be turned off. Have to shift between drive, reverse and park or wiggle shifter and pump brake to get message to go away.
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- Lyford, TX, USA