2017 GMC Acadia

PURCHASED MY 2017 ACADIA(USED) ON OCTOBER 2, 3019. TWO DAYS AFTER TAKING DELIVERY A MESSAGE APPEARED SAYING "SHIFT TO PARK" WHILE I WAS PARKED AND VEHICLE WAS IN PARK. COULD NOT TURN ENGINE OFF. LEFT ENGINE RUNNING WHILE I EXITED THE CAR. EVENTUALLY ENGINE TURNED OFF. TOOK VEHICLE IN TO DEALER. THEY SAID THEY REPAIRED FOR WHICH I PAID. NOW IT'S HAPPENING AGAIN.

PLACE THE VEHICLE INTO PARK. GO TO SHUT VEHICLE OFF AND THE DASH TELLS YOU TO SHIFT TO PARK. YOU HAVE TO KEEP SHIFTING IN AND OUT OF PARK TILL IT REGISTERS ITS IN PARK OTHER THE ELECTRONICS DON'T TURN OFF AND IF NOT PARKED ON LEVEL GROUND VEHICLE WILL ROLL. I PARK IN A PARKING GARAGE AND IF I WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN PAYING ATTENTION MY VEHICLE WHEN STARTING TO ROLL COULD HAVE EASILY HIT ANOTHER CAR OR EVEN WORSE A PERSON. MY VEHICLE IS GOING INTO SHOP TODAY SO IF DOCUMENTS ARE NEED I WILL HAVE THEM.

THIS IS THE 2ND TIME, FIXES IN MARCH 2019. NOW HAVING SAME PROBLEM. WHEN I PUT THE SUV IN PARK I GET AND ERROR MESSAGE 'SHIFT TO PARK'. ACCORDING TO GMC THERE IS A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN ISSUED BUT NO RECALL. OF COURSE DEALER WILL NOT COVER COST SINCE IT WAS REPAIRED OVER A YEAR AGO. VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY ALREADY SO I ALREADY PAID OVER $330 TO HAVE REPAIRED ONCE. GMC WILL OFFER NO HELP. SOMETIMES TAKES ME AS MANY AS 10 TIMES TURNING VEHICLE ON AND OFF BEFORE I CAN GET THE VEHICLE TO CLEAR THE MESSAGE.

WHEN THE VEHICLE IS PUT IN PARK AND ATTEMPTED TO SHUTOFF, IS MESSAGE APPEARS ON DASH THAT SAYS "SHIFT TO PARK". THIS PROBLEM WAS REPORTED TO THE DEALER THE 1ST TIME IT HAPPENED ON JUNE 11., 2018. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE SHIFTER. ON JULY 31, 2020 AGAIN THE SHIFT TO PARK MESSAGE APPEARED. THE DEALERSHIP AGAIN REPLACED THE SHIFTER, (THAT SHORTED OUT) AND THIS TIME INSTALLED A WIRING HARNESS THAT HAD A RESISTER INSTALLED IN THE HARNESS TO PREVENT DAMAGED TO THE SHIFTER ASSEMBLY FROM THE OVER CURRENT THAT GOES TO THE SHIFTER. THE SERVICE ADVISOR SAID THEY HAVE HAD NUMEROUS VEHICLES WITH THIS PROBLEM AND THE COM[ANY SHOULD DO A RECALL. HOW LONG BEFORE IT DOES IT AGAIN AND A ANOTHER $631.36 REPAIR BILL.

MY 2017 GMC ACADIA WITH 40,000 MILES ON IT HAS BEEN SAYING 'SHIFT TO PARK' WHEN I TRY TO TURN IT OFF. THE ONLY WAY TO GET IT TO TURN OFF AND BE SAFELY IN PARK IS TO CONTINUOUSLY TURN IT BACK ON SHIFT TO REVERSE OR DRIVE MOVE THE CAR A FEW FEET AND TRY AGAIN. IT CONTINUES TO TAKE MULTIPLE TIMES AND THE ONLY THING TO 'FIX IT' GMC CLAIMS IS TO REPLACE A LEVER AND THAT TAKES 5-6 HOURS AT 135$ AN HOUR AND 2 150$ PARTS. IT IS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY AND IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE AS YOU EITHER CANNOT GET THE VEHICLE INTO PARK AND HAVE IT SAFELY STUCK OR IT WILL CONTINUE TO STAY ON AND POSSIBLE ROLL AWAY. THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF FORUMS AND POSTS ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND EVEN THE PEOPLE WHO GOT IT 'FIXED' STILL HAVE ISSUES. IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND GMC NEEDS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS CAUSING IT HOW TO FIX IT AND DO AN EMERGENCY RECALL IF THEY CANNOT FIGURE IT OUT THEN THEY NEED TO FULLY RECALL THE 17-18 ACADIAS AND PROVIDE REPLACEMENT VEHICLES AS THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY RISK. I CANNOT BE STUCK AT A PLACE DURING A GLOBAL PANDEMIC BECAUSE MY CAR IS STUCK DUE TO AN ISSUE THAT GMC CANNOT FIX.