2008 Chevrolet Impala: stuck in gear or won't shift

Filed Feb 9, 2021 · Electrical, Engine · 120,000 miles · IN

While wife was driving at normal speed car went into limp mode many times over last few months causing accelerator pedal sensor codes.we have since changed this pedal sensor 6 times and same issue and codes pop up. We also changed throttle body w sensor and connector pigtail.I think there is corrosion in ECM and all these items have failed. These items should have been recalled as manufacturer defects in my opinion.we are still having problems same codes and im not the only one!

Filed Oct 22, 2015 · Electrical · 110,000 miles · OK

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 chevrolet impala. While attempting to start and move the vehicle, it would not shift out of park. The contact stated that the failure occurred on a previous occasion. The vehicle was towed to the contact's residence where an interim repair was performed in order to drive the vehicle to the dealer. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the wiring harness was inoperable and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 110,000. The VIN was not available.

Filed Oct 8, 2015 · Electrical · IL

Vehicle stuck in park unable to shift from the parked position. Parked in front of my house went to go pick daughter up from school and couldn't shift gears.

Filed Sep 19, 2013 · Transmission · 103,000 miles · MO

Shifter is locked - again - and will not go into gear.

Filed Sep 12, 2013 · Driver assistance · 90,000 miles · IL

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 chevrolet impala. The contact stated while traveling 65 MPH, the vehicle went into limp mode and the service traction control warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to a private mechanic where the failure could not be diagnosed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was contacted about the failure. The failure mileage was 90,000.

Filed Aug 27, 2013 · Transmission · 94,000 miles · KY

Since I have owned the car,it gets randomly stuck in park. It usually is in a driveway on a slight incline. It takes 20 or 30 minutes of pushing the brake and starting and restarting to finally get it to shift from park to drive. The last time this happened it was definitely a safety issue. I was on an interstate driving in the fast lane when I came upon stopped traffic. There was a bad accident ahead and traffic was not moving at all. After about 20 or 30 minutes I turned my car off and waited for traffic to start moving. When traffic started moving, I tried to put my car in drive and it would not move. I was not on an incline. I was on level ground. I was in the fast lane and here I sat unable to move at all, could not pull of the road. Irate drivers and 18 wheelers coming up on me at 70 mile an hour. I was so scared, I thought I'm going to get killed and so is the driver that crashes into me. I did everything I knew to do and after about 20 minutes it finally went into gear. Had it not, I was going to abandon the car because I knew it would get creamed. My only concern was the person that would hit the abandoned car would be hurt or killed. When I got home I called the gm customer service and was told to take it to my local chevy dealer. I took it to them as well as another mechanic and was told, I would have to bring it in when it happened because they could not get it to do it again so they couldn't repair it. Well duh, if I could bring it in when it happened I wouldn't have a problem. One told me if it was a stick shift, he would know what it was but since it was on the column, he had no idea. After spending money and time I still have a major safety issue in my eyes.

Filed Mar 12, 2013 · Electrical, Transmission · 132,678 miles · VA

Gear shift stuck in park position. Would not shift into any other position. Chevrolet mechanic found electrical problem and made following comments on the repair order. Found that shift lock control solenoid inop. Found that green wire melted about 12 inches from shifter and also connector for shift lock control had high resistance.. Repair commented: replaced connector and repaired wire working as designed at this time. Mechanic stated that this was not uncommon. Also found numerous internet forum comments about this problem.. Very serious fire hazard. Gm seems to be aware since above repair implies a reworking design of wire working.: evidence of burned wire inside a vehicle should be considered a serious fire hazard.

Filed Feb 4, 2013 · Electrical, Steering · 90,000 miles · NE

Key gets stuck in ignition and will not turn to lock position. The battery runs down after sitting for awhile. I "googled" complaints of this happening and there were hundreds of complaints. The problem lies in the center console of automatic transmission cars. Chevrolet designed the wiring harness to drag across the floor while moving the shifter lever from gear to gear. This eventually causes the wires to break. Depending on which of the five wires break causes problems with the ignition switch (car won't start, transmission won't shift, steering wheel won't lock, key won't come out are some of the problems). As I stated there are hundreds of complaints and feel to issue a recall by chevrolet would be inline.

Filed Oct 3, 2012 · Transmission · 73,000 miles · MS

At a stop sign on signal, vehicle would not shift into 1st unless stepping hard on gas. Transmission would slip until engaging at higher RPM. This has happened on a number of occasions and has been taken to the dealer to be looked at. Dealer can't seem to replicate the issues I've had. Have had dealer service manager with me and it still would not to it. 10/1/2012. Doing the same thing. 83,000 miles. Gm and dealer aware of previous issues. Have not contacted dealer of gm this time. I give up.

Filed Jun 13, 2012 · Steering · 43,000 miles · MO

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 chevrolet impala. The contact stated that while driving 2 MPH, the power steering belt fractured and the steering wheel seized. The vehicle was taken to a personal mechanic for diagnosis and repairs. Sixty days after the repairs, the vehicle would not shift out of park. The contact was forced to apply the bypass relay button to get the car out of park. The following day, the key became stuck in the ignition and the battery was draining abnormally. The vehicle was not further repaired. The failure mileage was 43,000 and the current mileage was 45,000.

Filed Jul 20, 2011 · Transmission · 50,000 miles · MI

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 chevrolet impala. The contact stated that after the vehicle was turned on it would not shift out of the park position. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic who did not diagnose the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileages were approximately 50,000.

Filed Aug 19, 2010 · Transmission · 54,000 miles · PA

Yesterday, my chevy 08 impala would not shift out of park. I contacted aaa who was unable to help me. I had my car towed to a car mechanic. He told me that the problem was that the wiresunder the gear shift lever had come unattached. I was told that even though chevy was aware of this problem there was not a recall and my manufacturer's warranty would not cover it because the bumper to bumper was over at 36, 000 miles. I had to pay $ 91 to have the wires reconnected back into the piece even though the problem is that the wires are to short to begin with and that is why they can become tangled and tear out of the connecting piece. I do not think that it is fair for the consumer to have to pay for this when it is clearly a manufacture defect..