2016 CHEVROLET VOLT Complaints

AFTER 100K MILES RIGHT WHEN MY WARRANTY ENDS, I'M GETTING THE SHIFT TO PARK ERROR MESSAGE, CONSTANTLY HAVING TO POWER UP THE VEHICLE OFF AND ON IS ANNOYING. I I FEEL LIKE THE CAR IS BREAKING MORE. VERY UNSAFE.

AFTER PUTTING THE SHIFT LEVER IN PARK, THEN POWERING THE VEHICLE OFF THE DASHBOARD WOULD ADVISE TO SHIFT THE VEHICLE IN PARK. COULD NOT LOCK VEHICLE, LIGHTS WOULD REMAIN ON. THIS COULD BE WORKED AROUND BY PRESSING THE SHIFTER KNOB A FEW TIMES TO CLEAR THE MESSAGE. BROUGHT VEHICLE IN FOR REGULAR SERVICE, WAS ADVISED THERE WAS A SHORT IN THE WIRING HARNESS RELATED TO THE SHIFTER KNOB. HARNESS WAS REPLACED, ISSUE HAS NOT REPEATED. IT HAS BEEN NOTED ONLINE THAT THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE WITH GENERATION 2 VOLTS, I WANTED TO ADD MY VEHICLE TO THE LIST OF THOSE AFFECTED.

MY ELECTRIC CAR WOULD NOT TURN OFF AND I RECEIVED THE ERROR MESSAGE "ACTION REQUIRED: SHIFT TO PARK" ON THE DRIVER DISPLAY . I WOULD HAVE TO PLAY WITH THE GEAR SELECTOR MULTIPLE TIMES SOMETIMES IT WOULD TAKE 20 MINUTES JUST TO TURN THE VEHICLE OFF. VISITING OTHER FORUMS, THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE AS IT IS DANGEROUS TO BE STRANDED NOT BEING ABLE TO TURN OFF YOUR CAR.

WHEN PUTTING SHIFTER TO PARK, THE ACTION REQUIRED MESSAGES IS SHOWN AS: 'SHIFT TO PARK' ISSUE. THE CAR WILL EFFECTIVELY NOT TURN OFF. YOU'LL BE UNABLE TO LOCK THE CAR AND THE LIGHTS WILL STAY ON FOR A FEW MINUTES. WORSE YET, IT IS INTERMITTENT ALTHOUGH IT GENERALLY GETS WORSE OVER TIME.

WHEN ATTEMPTING TO TURN OFF THE CAR IT SAYS "ACTION REQUIRED: SHIFT TO PARK" AND WILL PROCEED AS BEING LEFT ON, DESPITE BEING IN PARK. THIS OCCURS ABOUT 70% OF THE TIME THE CAR IS DRIVEN AND TAKES SEVERAL TRIES OF TURNING ON THE CAR, MOVING, PARKING, AND TURNING BACK OFF BEFORE THE ENGINE SHUTS OFF WITHOUT THIS WARNING.

THE VEHICLE DOES NOT RECOGNIZE IT HAS BEEN SHIFTED INTO PARK, WHICH DOES NOT ALLOW THE VEHICLE TO BE TURNED OFF. DASH DISPLAY STATES 'ACTION REQUIRED, SHIFT TO PARK'. THIS HAPPENS CONSISTENTLY AND IS A KNOWN ISSUE BY CHEVROLET. YET THEY HAVE NOT ISSUED ANY RECALL. IT IS KNOWN AS THE 'SHIFT TO PARK' ISSUE. THERE IS NO WORK-AROUND FOR THE ISSUE OTHER THAN SHIFTING BACK AND FORTH INTO GEARS, SOMETIMES HUNDREDS OF TIMES, BEFORE THE ERROR CLEARS. FOR EXAMPLE: MY WIFE TOOK MY DAUGHTER TO AN EMERGENCY ROOM AND COULD NOT GET THE VEHICLE TO TURN OFF. SHE TRIED TO CLEAR THE ERROR A FEW TIMES BEFORE HAVING TO LEAVE THE VEHICLE RUNNING IN THE PARKING LOT.

KEEP GETTING ACTION REQUIRED MESSAGE "SHIFT TO PARK" EVEN THOUGH THE CAR HAS BEEN POWERED OFF. IT TAKES ABOUT 5 TRYS NOW TO ACTUALLY POWER OFF THE CAR, HAVE TO REPEATEDLY TURN THE CAR ON AND OFF TO ACTUALLY POWER OFF THE VEHICLE.

CHEVY VOLT 2016, SHIFTED INTO PARK, BUT CAR WARNING COMES UP "SHIFT TO PARK" AND THUS CAR WILL NOT TURN OFF.

WHEN I PRESS THE POWER BUTTON TO TURN OFF THE CAR, IT WON'T SHUT OFF. A MESSAGE ON THE DASH SAYS I MUST "SHIFT TO PARK". OF COURSE, I'VE ALREADY SHIFTED INTO PARK. IF I PUT THE SHIFTER BACK INTO THE "L" POSITION SEVERAL TIMES, EVENTUALLY IT WILL SHUT OFF. THIS PROBLEM IS GETTING WORSE BY THE DAY. NOW I NEED TO REPEAT THIS PROCESS OF SHIFTING BACK AND FORTH MANY MANY TIMES TO GET IT TO SHUT OFF. THIS IS THE 2ND TIME IT HAPPENS TO THIS CAR. GM REPLACED THE SHIFT ASSEMBLY ONE YEAR AFTER I PURCHASED THE CAR TO FIX THIS EXACT SAME PROBLEM. THE CAR WAS PARKED WHEN THIS HAPPENED.

MY 2016 CHEVROLET VOLT IS EXHIBITING THE "SHIFT TO PARK" ISSUE. MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, WHEN I SHIFT TO PARK AND ATTEMPT TO SHUT MY CAR OFF, IT ALERTS ME THAT I NEED TO SHIFT IN ORDER TO PARK. I HAVE TO TURN THE CAR BACK ON, THEN TURN IT OFF AGAIN, SOMETIMES I MOVE THE SHIFTER OR FLICK THE SHIFTER BUTTON TO FIX IT.