2018 GMC ACADIA Complaints

RECEIVE A SHIFT TO PARK ISSUE WHEN TRYING TO TURN OFF THE CAR. HAVE TO MOVE THE SHIFT TO DRIVE AND BACK TO PARK MULTIPLE TIMES BEFORE IT ALLOWS ME TO SHUT OFF THE CAR. AFTER A MONTH OR SO IT STARTED DRAINING MY BATTERY. I HAD TO PAY TO REPLACE THE SHIFT ASSEMBLY AND REPLACE THE BATTERY. IT'S BEEN LESS THAN 2 MONTHS AND I'M STARTING TO GET THE MESSAGE AGAIN!

WILL NOT SHIFT TO PARK WHEN STATIONARY IN DRIVEWAY AND PUBLIC PARKING SPACE, MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS TO SHIFT TO PARK. APPOINTMENT MADE TO TRY AND FIX, HAPPENED 3 TIMES IN ONE WEEK.

MY 2018 GMC ACADIA DENALI WILL NOT REGISTER THAT IT IS IN PARK AND THEREFORE YOU CANT TURN OFF THE ELECTRICAL EVEN AFTER EXITING THE VEHICLE. ALSO IT WILL ROLL AWAY AS I FOUND OUT THIS MORNING AS I WAS TRYING TO GET HELP FROM THE DEALESHIP.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 GMC ACADIA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT BELT BUCKLE DID NOT LOCK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO FREEHOLD BUICK GMC (4404 U.S. 9, FREEHOLD, NJ 07728, (732) 410-4117) WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE PART WAS ON BACKORDER AND A LOANER VEHICLE WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 28,000.

THE VEHICLE WILL NOT ALWAYS GO INTO PARK. IN ORDER TO GET IT INTO PARK YOU HAVE TO REPEATEDLY SHIFT OUT OF PARK AND BACK INTO PARK UNTIL IT WILL GO INTO PARK. IF IT IS NOT IN PARK THE VEHICLE WILL NOT LOCK AND WILL NOT POWER DOWN. SINCE IT WILL NOT GO INTO PARK IF THE VEHICLE WAS ON A HILL AND IT DID NOT GO INTO PARK THEN IT WOULD HAVE THE CHANCE TO ROLL DOWN THE HILL. I HAVE NOT ATTEMPTED TO SEE IF IT WILL ROLL DOWN THE HILL NOR AM I GOING TO TRY BUT SEEING HOW IT SHOWS ON THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER THAT THE VEHICLE IS IN NEUTRAL I'M SURE IT WILL ROLL IF GIVEN THE CHANCE. WHEN SHUTTING OFF THE VEHICLE AFTER YOU HAVE PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK ON THE GEAR SELECTOR A MESSAGE COMES UP ON THE SCREEN THAT SAYS SHIFT TO PARK IT HAS TAKEN UP TO 20 TRIES OF SHIFTING THE VEHICLE IN AND OUT OF PARK UNTIL PARK WILL ENGAGE. AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE PICTURE ALL GAUGES ARE AT THEIR LOWEST POINT SHOWING NO POWER TO THE VEHICLE AND THE SHIFT INDICATOR IS IN THE NEUTRAL POSITION WITH THE MESSAGE ON THE DISPLAY READING SHIFT TO PARK.

TOOK OUR ACADIA IN ON 9/25 AFTER SEVERAL WEEKS (STARTED THE WEEK OF 8/26) OF THE SHIFT TO PARK INDICATOR LIGHT KEPT COMING ON. THE DEALERSHIP HAD IT FOR SEVERAL WEEKS (P/U 10/16) BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T GET THE PARTS DUE TO THE GM STRIKE. WE HAVE HAD IT BACK THREE WEEKS AND IT HAS BEGUN AGAIN WITH THE SHIFT TO PARK LIGHT. WE KEEP THE PARKING BREAK ON JUST IN CASE, DON'T TRUST IT. HAVE ANOTHER SERVICE APPOINTMENT ON 11/15. WE WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

WHEN PUTTING VEHICLE IN PARK, MESSAGE COMES UP ON DASHBOARD "SHIFT TO PARK." SOMETIMES TAKES MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS TO GET VEHICLE INTO PARK SO VEHICLE CAN BE TURNED OFF. HAVE TO SHIFT BETWEEN DRIVE, REVERSE AND PARK OR WIGGLE SHIFTER AND PUMP BRAKE TO GET MESSAGE TO GO AWAY.

DEAD BATTERY AT 12,973 MILES. REPLACED BATTERY. ALSO AT 13013 MILES 'PUT IN PARK' MESSAGE AND BEEPING WHEN THE CAR IS IN PARK. CAR WILL NOT SHUT OFF, CANNOT BE LOCKED AND CONTINUES LOUD BEEPING. REPAIRED BY DEALER. AT 13268 MILES 'PUT IN PARK' MESSAGE AND BEEPING WHEN CAR IS IN PARK IS HAPPENING AGAIN. ALSO, DASHBOARD LIGHTS SOMETIMES DO NOT COME ON AND SOMETIMES SHUT OFF WHEN DRIVING. IS GOING BACK FOR REPAIR AGAIN. BATTERY IS LOSING AMPS.

I PUT MY 2018 ACADIA IN PARK IN MY GARAGE (A FLAT STATIONARY SPOT) AND I RECEIVE A MESSAGE THAT STATES 'PUT VEHICLE IN PARK', WHICH IT ALREADY IS IN PARK AND AS A RESULT THE ENGINE WON'T SHUT OFF. I HAVE HAD THIS OCCUR SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE PAST MONTH, BUT MOST RECENTLY OCCURRED ON OCTOBER 24, 2019. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING IT IS POSSIBLY A BAD SHIFTER ASSEMBLY WHICH NOT ONLY WILL KEEP THE VEHICLE FROM SHUTTING OFF, IT CAN ALSO NOT HOLD THE VEHICLE IN PARK. I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS ISSUE AND I AM DISAPPOINTED TO DISCOVER THAT GMC IS AWARE OF THIS ISSUE OCCURRING WITH THE VEHICLES. THIS IS A SERIOUS ISSUE ESPECIALLY IF IT WILL FAIL TO HOLD YOUR VEHICLE IN PARK.

SHIFT TO PARK ICON COMES UP AND WILL NOT LET ME TURN OFF VEHICLE. THIS IS DANGEROUS AND NEEDS TO BE RECALLED. AND TO TOP IT OFF, I SENT IT TO A GMC DEALER AND THEY TOLD ME THEY HAVE TO ORDER PARTS BUT SINCE GMC IS ON STRIKE THE PARTS WILL TAKE A LITTLE WHILE TO GET HERE.