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When the vehicle is placed in park and I attempt to turn it off, the dash will indicate the vehicle is not in park and subsequently, the vehicle cannot be turned off. Sometimes, if you wiggle the shifter or move it through all the settings (RNDL) and back to park, it will resolve the issue. Sometimes, it can take a few minutes to resolve the issue.
Over the past several weeks, I have had the car issue an error stating "Shift to Park". I have previously had the car in for service for this error, and in the past have succeeded in getting it to stop by squeezing the trigger on the shifter repeatedly, but the error has returned and is getting more persistent. It now happens every few times I park the car. I cannot turn off the car without getting the error message to clear, and sometimes it has taken considerable time and effort to get the message to clear. I have not taken the car back to the dealer again as I read that it was important to first submit a report here.
Car wouldn-€™t turn off kept saying SHIFT TO PARK. When car was already in park On Chevy Volt forms this problem is common, sometimes it comes on when driving and freezing the steering wheel. Chevy knows how wide spread this problem is as attested by the many class action law suits, but the refuse to fix it or issue a recall for cars outside of warranty
- Jacksonville , FL, USA
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The shift to park error populates every time I park incorrectly informing me to shift to park before turning off vehicle and thus preventing me from turning off the vehicle. I have to restart the car, put in drive and put back in park forcefully and it may recognize the shift from drive to park.
For a few weeks, I had been getting a "Shift To Park" messaged when I tried to power off my car after putting it into park. Like others, I was able to jiggle the shifter and press down hard to get it to recognize it was in park. Last week while I was driving at about 50 mph, the "Action Required: Shift to Park" message appeared and my check engine light turned on. The car stopped responding to acceleration so I immediately pulled off the road. I couldn't turn the car off, I couldn't drive the car, so I was stuck on the side of the parkway. After about 10 times of moving the shifter through all the gears and pressing the power button, the car finally turned off but then I had to get towed. I am lucky that I was driving in the right lane and was able to pull of immediately or otherwise I would've been stuck in traffic with cars coming by at 50 mph. It has been almost a week and the dealer still has not given me any information as to the repair of this problem.
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- Ithaca, NY, USA