2017 GMC Acadia

THE CAR WILL NOT TURN OFF AND REPORTS ON THE DASHBOARD DISPLAY 'SHIFT TO PARK' EVEN THOUGH THE SHIFTER IS IN PARK. TRUCK WILL ROLL WHEN IT SHOULDN'T BE POSSIBLE. ALSO, UNLESS YOU CAN GET IT TO ACKNOWLEDGE YOU'RE IN PARK, HEADLIGHTS AND ALL ACCESSORIES STAY ON. AN ALARM SOUNDS IF YOU LEAVE THE VEHICLE. IT'S A MESS AND ALTHOUGH GMC KNEW ABOUT THE ISSUE IN MID 2018, REFUSES TO FIX IT WITHOUT PAYMENT. THIS SHOULD BE A MANDATORY RECALL.

THE CAR WOULD BE STATIONARY. I WOULD PUT IT IN PARK AND THEN TURN OFF THE CAR. THE DASH DISPLAY SHOWED AN ERROR THAT THE CAR WAS NOT IN PARK, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS. THE CAR WOULD NOT COMPLETELY TURN OFF BECAUSE OF THIS. I TURN THE CAR ON AND OFF MULTIPLE TIMES, SHIFTING IN AND OUT OF PARK. ONE TIME, THE CAR HAD TO BE TURNED ON AND OFF 10 TIMES BEFORE IT FINALLY REGISTERED THAT IT WAS IN PARK. THE CAR IS STATIONARY THE WHOLE TIME DURING THIS PROCESS. EVENTUALLY, THE CAR WOULD REGISTER THAT IT WAS INDEED IN PARK AND COMPLETELY TURN OFF AS DESIRED. THIS WOULD HAPPEN ALMOST EVERY TIME THE CAR WAS DRIVEN AND THEN PARKED. I CALLED MY LOCAL GMC DEALERSHIP EXPLAINING THIS. THE SERVICE SUPERVISOR SAID THIS HAS BEEN A COMMON ISSUE WITH THE SHIFTER/TRANSMISSION CONTROLLER ON ACADIAS OF MY YEAR MODEL. MY DEALERSHIP DID NOT HAVE THE REQUIRED PARTS/HARNESS IN STOCK SO WE HAD TO WAIT A WEEK AND A HALF FOR THEM TO BE DELIVERED. THE DATE LISTED IS THE DAY I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP. THE ISSUE DESCRIBED HAD BEEN GOING ON FOR 3-4 DAYS PREVIOUS TO CALLING. ATTACHED IS A PORTION OF MY RECEIPT PERTAINING TO THIS ISSUE.

ON SATURDAY, APRIL 11, 2020 THE EBCM, ELECTRONIC BRAKE CONTROL MODULE, SET OFF A PARKING BRAKE DASHBOARD LIGHT CAUTION. THE PARKING BRAKES NO LONGER ENGAGED. BELIEVING IT WAS A CERTIFIED WARRANTY ISSUE, I HAD IT REPAIRED, APRIL14, 2020, AT BURDICK CHEVY GMC BUICK. TURNS OUT IT IS CONSIDERED A 'WEARABLE PART' AND NOT COVERED. TWO DAYS LATER, APRIL 16, 2020, I DISCOVERED THE EBCM MODULE RECALL ON SIMILAR VEHICLES, ATTACHED AP ARTICLE. SINCE APRIL 16 UNTIL APRIL 23, I ATTEMPTED WORKING WITH GMC, AND THE DEALER, OBTAINING REIMBURSEMENT TO NO AVAIL. THEREFORE AFTER READING THE THE ARTICLE, THE DEALERSHIP, AND FOUR DIFFERENT GMC REPRESENTATIVES, I REQUEST AN INVESTIGATION WHETHER THIS EBCM MODULE ISSUE IS THE SAME AS THE ARTICLE. THANK YOU.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 GMC ACADIA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER PARKING THE VEHICLE, THE IGNITION FAILED TO TURN OFF. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE RAN ON FOR 20 TO 30 MINUTES. KING O'ROURKE BUICK GMC LOCATED AT (756 SMITHTOWN BYPASS #102, SMITHTOWN, NY 1178, (631)482-7312, CONFIRMED THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. THE CONTACT WAS LATER INFORMED THAT THE BUMPER TO BUMPER WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED AND THAT THE CONTACT WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPAIR COSTS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000.*DT*JB

SECOND TIME INTO THE DEALERSHIP FOR THE SAME THING IN ONE YEAR. THE "SHIFT TO PARK" WARNING POPS UP AFTER I STOP AND PUT THE SHIFTER INTO PARK. HOWEVER, IT DOES NOT RECOGNIZE THAT FACT. THE VEHICLE THINKS IT IS ANOTHER GEAR. EVEN AFTER GETTING OUT, MY RADIO STAYS ON AND AND MY HORN HONKS AS A WARNING. I TRIED TO LOCK THE DOOR AND IT UNLOCKS ITSELF IMMEDIATELY. MULTIPLE STARTING AND STOPPING ONLY WORKS ON OCCASION. TWO LOST DAYS TO THE REPAIR SHOP. IF I DIDN'T HAVE AN EXTENDED WARRANTY ON THIS LATEST PROBLEM, THIS VISIT YESTERDAY WOULD HAVE COST ME OVER $500! I FEAR THIS WILL BE A REPEATING ISSUE .

SHIFT TO PARK - THIS IS ROUND TWO (2) THAT THIS HAS HAD TO BE REPLACED!! THIS IS ROUND TWO (2) OF TRANSMISSION CONTROL REPLACEMENT - WHICH WORRIES ME THAT OTHER TRANSMISSION ISSUES WILL OCCUR. ACADIA IS "CLEARLY" IN PARK - AND YES I LEARNT YOUR LITTLE TRICK TO WIGGLE AND OR TOUCH THE +/- BUTTON ON TOP OF THE SHIFT STICK TO GET IT TO COMPREHEND THAT IT IS INDEED IN PARK. BUT THAT ONLY WORKED A TOTAL OF THREE (3) TIMES. FIRST TIME WAS IN A PARKING LOT THAT THIS OCCURRED - SECOND TIME IN A GAS STATION. HAVING TO RESTART YOUR VEHICLE AND SHUT IT OFF 10 TIMES JUST FOR IT TO ACKNOWLEDGE IT IS IN PARK - IS HUMILIATING TO SAY THE LEAST WHEN YOU ARE AT A GAS STATION AS WELL AS FRUSTRATING. YOU NEED NOT TO IGNORE THIS - AS THE FIRST TIME I COULD NOT GET OUT OF THE VEHICLE. SECOND TIME - I WAS ABLE TO - HOWEVER IF ONE IGNORES IT WILL END UP DRAINING THEIR BATTERY AND/OR ROLLING IF YOU ARE ON AN INCLINE. KINDLY STEP FORWARD AND FIX THIS ISSUE IF YOU WANT SATISFIED CUSTOMERS. AS I CAN PUT ONLY ONE DATE - I PUT THE FIRST ONE 01/13/2020 SECOND REPLACEMENT 03-21-2020 27,109 MILES. THANK YOU.