2017 GMC ACADIA Complaints

THE VEHICLE, WHEN PLACED IN PARK. GIVES A MESSAGE THAT YOU NEED TO SHIFT TO PARK. YOU CAN'T TURN THE VEHICLE OFF. NOR IS IT ALWAYS IN PARK. THE VEHICLE WILL ROLL. IT TAKES SEVERAL TRIES TO GET THE VEHICLE TO RECOGNIZE IT IS IN PARK. THE PROBLEM IS GETTING WORSE. THE VEHICLE HAS 21000 MILES. *TR

MY ACADIA WILL NOT TURN OFF WHEN PLACED IN PARK. THERE IS A SENSOR ON THE TRANSMISSION THAT TELLS THE VEHICLE THAT IT IS IN PARK AND ALLOW IT TO TURN OFF. I HAD THIS REPAIRED ONCE UNDER WARRANTY, NOW IT HAS HAPPENED FOR THE SECOND TIME. IT IS AN OBVIOUS ISSUE THAT WARRANTS A RECALL. IF THE VEHICLE HAPPENS TO TURN THE ENGINE OFF, WITH THIS WARNING, THE ELECTRONICS STAY ON AND DRAIN YOUR BATTERY UNLESS YOU START THE VEHICLE AND THEN SHIFT FROM PARK TO OTHER GEARS AND BACK TO PARK SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE THE ENGINE AND ELECTRONICS WILL SHUT OFF. DEALERSHIP TOLD ME WHEN WE TOOK IT THE FIRST TIME THAT THEY HAD SEVERAL OF THESE REPLACED ALREADY. *TR

WHEN VEHICLE IS IN PARK, CAR STILL READS SHIFT TO PARK. CAR WILL BEEP EVEN IF YOU GET OUT AND EVEN AFTER SHUTTING OFF VEHICLE AND TURNING BACK ON. *TR

VEHICLE "SHIFT TO PARK" CAN NOT BE FIXED... VEHICLE WILL NOT SHIFT TO PARK, ROLLS OUT OF DRIVEWAY EVEN THOUGH THE VEHICLE SHIFTER IS PHYSICALLY IN "PARK"- VEHICLE WAS SERVICED FOR THIS MULTIPLE TIMES, AND UNDER WARRANTY. DANGEROUS *TR

WHEN I PULL IN SOMEWHERE AND SHIFT MY CAR INTO PARK AND THEN GO TO PRESS THE BUTTON TO TURN IT OFF I GET AN ' ACTION REQUIRED MESSAGE' ON THE CLUSTER TO SHIFT TO PARK EVEN THOUGH IT IS IN PARK ALREADY AND IT SHOWS ON THE CLUSTER THAT IT IS IN PARK. I TOOK THE CAR INTO THE DEALERSHIP TO REPAIR THE RECALL AND HAVE IT SERVICED WHILE IT WAS THERE AND INFORMED THEM OF THE ISSUE AND TO GET THEM TO CHECK IT OUT. THEY SAID THEY WERE NOT SURE WHAT IT WAS BUT IT KEPT THROWING A LOW VOLTAGE CODE. BUT WHEN THE BATTERY WAS CHECKED IT WAS FINE. THEY FOUND A BOLT LOOSE OR MISSING ON A BATTERY CABLE AT THE JUNCTION BOX AND REPLACED IT AND SAID THAT THEY THOUGHT THAT WAS THE PROBLEM. BUT THE PROBLEM RETURNED A DAY LATER WHEN I WAS ON A TRIP TO NASHVILLE. WHILE IN NASHVILLE I AGAIN WENT TO THE AUTO PARTS STORE FOR MY DAUGHTER AND PULLED INTO PARK AND GOT THE SAME ' SHIFT TO PARK MESSAGE WHEN I WAS ALREADY IN PARK. THE CLUSTER ON THE DASH SHOWED THAT I WAS IN PARK. I GOT OUT TO GO AHEAD AND RUN INTO THE STORE AND WHEN I CAME OUT MY CAR HAD ROLLED BACKWARDS ACROSS THE PARKING LOT TO THE CURB. LUCKILY IT DID NOT HIT ANYTHING BUT THE CURB AND STOPPED. THIS PROBLEM IS SO DANGEROUS AND CONCERNING TO ME. IT IS GOING BACK INTO THE DEALERSHIP TO GET CHECKED AGAIN . I DID FIND A YOUTUBE VIDEO EXPLAINING WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS IN THE SHIFTER AND WHY IT WAS NOT RECOGNIZING THAT THE CAR WAS IN PARK. LOOK IN THE SEARCH BAR FOR GMC ACADIA SHIFT TO PARK PROBLEMS. I FEEL THIS NEEDS TO BE A RECALL SO NO ONE ELSE S CAR ENDS UP HURTING SOMEONE. I HAVE NO VIDEO OF THIS HAPPENING BECAUSE THE CAMERAS AT THE AUTO PARTS STORE WERE NOT OPERATIONAL AND NO ONE WAS AROUND WHEN IT HAPPENED TO SEE IT BUT ME. *TR

THE FIRST PROBLEM I HAD WAS THE SHIFT. I GOT IT FIXED. I HAVE IT ALL DOCUMENTED. NOW FOR THE SECOND TIME IN THE PAST 2 WEEKS MY CAR HAS FLASHED EVERY WARNING LIGHT POSSIBLE. I TOOK IT IN THE FIRST TIME AND WAS TOLD THE CODES DID NOT STORE AND TO KEEP DRIVING IT. I FINALLY GOT A VIDEO OF THE PROBLEM HAPPENING AND DROPPED IT OFF FOR A SECOND TIME. DURING THE PROBLEM ALL GAUGES GO TO ZERO AND THE GEAR SYMBOL DISAPPEARS. THE LAST TIME I DROVE THE CAR IT ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN AND I DID NOT HAVE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. *TR

SOMETIMES WHEN I SHIFT INTO PARK AND TURN OFF THE VEHICLE I GET A MESSAGE THAT SAYS "SHIFT INTO PARK". IT IS ABSOLUTELY IN PARK! AT THAT POINT I HAVE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE, TAKE IT OUT OF PARK AND PUT IT INTO REVERSE AND THEN PUT IT BACK INTO PARK. THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN EVERYDAY BUT QUITE FREQUENTLY. *TR

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.

WHEN IN PARK, A 'SHIFT TO PARK' MESSAGE APPEARED AND I COULD NOT TURN OFF THE VEHICLE. HAD TO PUT VEHICLE IN GEAR AND TRY PUTTING IN PARK AGAIN. DID THIS SEVERAL TIMES AND THE ERROR MESSAGE WENT AWAY.