2006 Chevrolet Corvette: stuck in gear or won't shift

Filed Apr 6, 2023 · CA

This is a safety concern when I start my car and can not put it in reverse. This in todays world of violence and crime everywhere is truly a safety concern for women stuck in a car that you can not get out of park. The shift is stuck in park and will not move in any other position. Looking on the web this is a known problem on many 2005 and 2006 Corvette's for years. This has happened to many times to count.

Filed Aug 19, 2018 · Electrical · 68,000 miles · CA

My automatic shifter gets stuck in park. I already had the dealership replace the shifter a few years ago but the problem still remains. Once I start the car, the system does not tell the shifter to unlock and therefore I can not get it in gear. I have to play with it several time. It may take less than 1 minute to engage while at other times it may take 5 minutes. I have read in the corvette forum that it is happening to quite a few corvette owners. This is happening much more frequently than before.

Filed May 2, 2018 · Electrical, Transmission · 26,900 miles · NY

My automatic shifter jammed in the d location and would only go to neutral and would not go into reverse or park, and the doors would not open with the button, this shifter has jammed in park in the past. This car only has 26k miles on it. And is not driven in bad weather. Not a good feeling to be traped in your car.

Filed Jan 26, 2018 · Transmission · 80,000 miles · SC

Vehicle would not shift in park or reverse and drive. Malfunction car was in traffic

Filed Feb 11, 2017 · Transmission · 23,000 miles · RI

Waiting in traffic due to accident ahead. Shift auto trans. Into park. The trans. Would not shift out of park to resume normal operation. Problem described in owner operations manual. Finally able to shift to drive. Now will not shift out of drive creating potential for car to roll without break applied. Research shows this is happening in years 2005 to 2016.

Filed Mar 14, 2016 · Transmission · 45,000 miles · AL

Automatic transmission shifter stuck in park. In the 2006 model both of these issues will eventually lead to being "stuck in park" and you cannot control when or where. It is a known issue with gm and they have failed to issue a recall because of the cars age. It is starting to effect newer models and likely the same or similar part. The safety locking solenoid goes bad, and the part is not replaceable on its own. You have to buy an entire shifter assembly. It will cost upwards of 700.00 or more. If you force it into gear you can also break the shifter cable at a higher cost.

Filed Mar 13, 2016 · Transmission · 21,000 miles · FL

Automatic shifter will not return to park or reverse position from neutral. Essentially vehicle is stuck in neutral. The failure is in the shifter mechanism and not the linkage or transmission. There is no way to safely park the vehicle in this condition or restart the car once it has been turned off. Once in this bad state, the vehicle remains in accessory mode therefore killing the battery.

Filed Jan 5, 2016 · Electrical · 58,000 miles · OK

Auto shifter gets stuck in park. Shifter lock will not disengage when depressing the brake pedal.

Filed Dec 13, 2015 · Electrical · KY

Car will not shift out of park. Many owners have the same problem. The shift lock solenoid fails and you cannot get car into gear.

Filed Aug 15, 2015 · Fuel system, Transmission · 42,355 miles · TX

On august 13, 2015, my 2006 corvette would not shift out of reverse. The car was stuck in that reverse gear and the shift lever was not enabling the selection of another gear. The shifter mechanism on this automatic equipped vehicle was operational, but the linkage to the transmission was no longer engaged. The car was being pulled into the garage when this happened, so fortunately I was not in a busy intersection, in a parking lot, or in some other location where I, or someone else, might have been in harm's way due to a vehicle that I could no longer control. Since the car could not be put in neutral or park, I had to turn off the vehicle with it in reverse and use the parking brake to keep the car from moving. Since the shifter mechanism could still move, the switch activating the "ok to start" would have allowed the car to start when put in the park or neutral positions - while the transmission was still stuck in reverse; a real safety issue. The cause of the problem was a 50 cent bushing that attaches to the shift lever. This bushing allows the ball end connector of the shifter to engage a shifter cable that actuates the linkage to the transmission. So when that bushing breaks, you can no longer shift the car. This has happened to many, many people owning the generations of c5 (1997-2004) and c6 (2005-2013) corvettes. You can read a sample thread with pictures here: http://www.corvetteforum.com/forums/c6-corvette-general-discussion/3482107-c6-automatic-shifter-broken-need-help-replacing-transmission-shifter-module.html or here (and there are many more!) http://www.corvetteforum.com/forums/c5-general/2684621-broken-shifter-linkage-fix-with-pics.html the part replaced (the bushing) failed because of plastic deterioration, the pictures in the above links show the broken part and the part obtained to repair the problem. This problem needs serious attention!

Filed Jun 29, 2015 · Transmission · 25,055 miles · HI

Vehicle will not shift to park after starting engine and engaging the brake. Tried restarting and shifting the car into reverse several times and it finally went into reverse after approximately 10 minutes of trying. The vehicle was on a flat surface. After reading news and forum articles, this seems to be a commonly known problem, with the only fix being to replace the shifter assembly. Gm does not however want to address this. This should be a recall item.

Filed Apr 23, 2015 · Electrical, Transmission · 54,000 miles · TX

Car would not shift out of park.