2018 GMC Acadia

SINCE THE BEGINNING OF OCTOBER, THERE ARE TIMES THAT THE CAR DOESN'T REGISTER THAT IT IS IN PARK. WHEN THE CAR IS TURNED OFF, THERE IS AN ALERT THAT COMES UP ON THE DISPLAY SAYING TO PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK. IT ISN'T EVERY TIME THE ENGINE IS TURNED OFF, BUT IT CAN SOMETIMES TAKE UP TO FOUR OR FIVE TRIES TO GET THE CAR TO REGISTER THAT IT IS IN PARK. I SHIFT TO PARK, TURN THE CAR OFF, GET THE ALERT. SO I TURN THE CAR BACK ON, SHIFT TO A DIFFERENT GEAR, AND THAN SHIFT PACK TO PARK AND TURN THE CAR OFF. AND REPEAT THIS UNTIL I STOP GETTING THE ALERT. WHEN IT IS PUT IN PARK, THE CAR WILL SHIFT SLIGHTLY IF I GET THIS ERROR. I'VE STARTED USING MY EMERGENCY BREAK WHENEVER I GET OUT OF THE CAR TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WON'T ROLL.

I WAS GETTING A SHIFT TO PARK ERROR MESSAGE WHEN PUTTING MY ACADIA IN PARK. I HAD IT REPAIRED ON 08/18/2018. THE SAME PROBLEM CAME UP AGAIN AND WAS REPAIRED TODAY 10/19/2020. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND VERY FRUSTRATING. MY WARRANTY EXPIRES ON 12/14/2020 AND BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY COMPLAINTS ON THE GM AUTHORITY WEBSITE THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL SO MYSELF AND OTHERS ARE NOT STUCK WITH PAYING FOR SOMETHING THAT IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. THIS HAPPENS WHEN A VEHICLE IS PUT INTO PARK AND THEN THIS SHIFT TO PARK ERROR MESSAGE COMES UP. SOMETIMES YOU CANNOT EVEN SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF. BOTH REPAIRS INVOLVED REPLACING THE SHIFTER ASSEMBLY. THIS IS A GM PROBLEM AND SHOULD THEY SHOULD ISSUE A RECALL.

EVERY TIME I PUT THE CAR IN PARK POSITION THE CAR DOESN'T SENSE THAT IT'S ON PARK AND ERROR MESSAGE KEEPS APPEARING IN THE SCREEN SAYING 'SHIFT TO PARK' AND THE CAR REFUSES TO TURN OFF AND IT ROLL AWAY FROM THE DRIVE WAY AND I HAVE TO SHIFT IT BACK TO DRIVE AND AGAIN TO PARK AGAIN AND AGAIN MULTIPLE TIMES TILL THE SENSOR FEELS IT. IT'S A SAFETY HAZARD. I LOOKED UP THE ISSUE ONLINE AND FOUND OUT THAT MOST OF THIS CAR OWNERS EXPERIENCE THE SAME PROBLEM AND THERE'S MULTIPLE LAWSUITS AGAINST GMC FOR THIS ISSUE. THIS CAR IS DRIVEN BY MY WIFE MOST OF THE TIME AND SHE HAS MY KIDS WITH HER IN THE CAR. IT'S A LIFE THREATENING ISSUE! I TOOK THE CAR LAST MONTH TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY REFUSED TO FIX IT FOR FREE BECAUSE THE CAR WENT OUT OF WARRANTY BY ONLY 2K MILES, AND I COULDN'T TAKE THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP WHEN THIS ISSUE STARTED BECAUSE OF THE COVID. BY THE TIME WE COULD VISIT THE DEALERSHIP WE ALREADY DROVE OVER 5K MILES AND THAT PUTS THE CAR OUTSIDE THE WARRANTY LIMIT.

WHEN THE VEHICLE NEEDS TO BE SHIFTED TO "PARK", THE CAR NOTIFIES YOU ON SCREEN "SHIFT TO PARK" AND THEN BECOMES STUCK AND YOU HAVE TO KEEP WIGGLING, TRYING TO GET IT TO ACTUALLY PARK UNTIL THE NOTICE GOES AWAY. IT HAPPENS AT RANDOM AND HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR THE LAST TWO WEEKS. THERE SEEMS TO BE NO RECALL, YET THE 2017 2018 MODELS ARE ALL HAVING THIS SAME ISSUE AND THERE IS NO RECALL YET. THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE AND WE ARE NOW BEING RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CHARGES TO HAVE IT BEING FIXED. THIS SHOULD NOT BE MY RESPONSIBILITY AS IT IS HUGELY AWARE TO ALL THE DEALERSHIPS AND THERE ARE COURT CASES BEING FILED BECAUSE OF THIS.

WHILE GETTING AN OIL CHANGE AT MY GMC DEALER THEY DISCOVERED THAT A REAR BRAKE PAD WAS SEPARATING FROM THE BACK METAL PLATE IT WAS ATTACHED. THEY SAID IT WAS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. THEY SAID IT WAS A MANUFACTURING ISSUE AND NOT THE RESULT OF WEAR. THE DEALER SAID THE CAR SHOULD NOT BE DRIVEN. THEY DID NOT HAVE THE REPAIR PARTS SO I TOOK IT TO TUFFY MUFFLER WHO FIXED IT. THEY CONFIRMED IT WAS DUE TO A MANUFACTURING ISSUE.

I HAVE BEEN HAVING ISSUES WITH THE GMC ACADIA'S SHIFT TO PARK FUNCTION. ON A DAILY BASIS WHILE DRIVING, WHEN I STOP THE CAR AND SHIFT IT INTO PARK, TAKE MY FOOT OFF THE BREAK, AND TURN OFF THE IGNITION, THE CAR BEEPS CONTINUOUSLY AND DISPLAYS A MESSAGE THAT THE CAR IS NOT IN PARK. I TYPICALLY HAVE TO TURN THE CAR ON AND OFF MULTIPLE TIMES OR PUMP MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE MULTIPLE TIMES FOR THE MESSAGE AND SOUND TO CLEAR. THE CAR HAS EVEN CONTINUED TO ROLL FORWARD A FEW TIMES AS WELL WHEN SHIFTED TO PARK AND THE IGNITION OFF.