My vehicle will not always go in to park allowing the vehicle to move and not to be locked if it doesn’t roll when “parked”. GM knows this is an issue and refuses to do anything to correct the issue.
2018 Chevrolet Traverse transmission complaints
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2018 Chevy Traverse with 39,145 miles. When placed in Drive, shifter did not connect and car would not move forward, instead went backwards. Also, when placed in Reverse, the opposite happened and car would not move in reverse, but went forward. Repeatedly get message stating SHIFT TO PARK when shifter is in PARK. Per GM, no recall. Issues have not been detrimental at this point, but definitely has to potential to be detrimental and a safety matter. Vehicle scheduled to go into Chevy dealership for assessment and repair, but told will have to pay $95 just to look at it and will not be covered by warranty. Upon research, MANY complaints noted with same issue. Despite being told that my vehicle has no recall, x2 service bulletins noted by the federal safety agency: bulletin #19-NA-206 September 2019 and 18-NA-297 December, 2018.
Today driving around 35 to 40 MPH. Car started to lose speed, engine light ,park brake light and dash read engine in reduced speed. Still not safe to drive. 3rd time this has happened and has been to dealership, service dept after each occurance. Not safe.
Driving down busy road at about 35 40 miles an hour. Vehicle began to slow down engine light park light started blinking. Drifted into parking lost. Then only engine light was showing. Next a message of engine reduce power was on display. Called dealership stated not to drive and had it towed in. Now no engine light is present. This is the 2nd time something like this has happened. Not safe at all.
Once vehicle is shifted into park, a warning message (along with beeping) states it still needs to be shifted to park. Vehicle not acknowledging park mode when stationary.
1. Windshield wipers stopped working while raining and 2. Now, the shifter is not working properly, when you shift into park you get an error message that the car is not in park and car will not turn off until you jiggle the shifter
When shifting from drive to park, after pressing the start/stop button to turn the vehicle off, the vehicle will not turn off and alert with dings and display a message to shift to park. It takes several attempts to get the vehicle to turn off. This continues to happen.
While driving 50 miles an hour in awd, the service engine light came on the d started flashing and the transmission seemed to disengage. There was a burning smell inside the cab. I pulled over and was able to get the vehicle the remaining 5 miles home.
I have had two major issues. First is the whole "shift to park" message that you have to vigorously wiggle the transmission lever to get to go away so you may exit the vehicle. I have had it in the dealer for it once already and they said they replaced the wireing harness. This did nothing. I am the second owner and I had that done at about 35,000 miles but it never completely went away. Now I am at 50,000 miles and for the last few weeks I have been noticing terrible high pitch noise that sounds like bad road noise but its coming from the drive train. So far it has seemed to happen mostly around the 72 to 78 MPH range on the hwy. As soon as you let off the gas the noise goes away but 50% of the time the noise comes back when you reapply the gas. Sometimes it takes drastically changing speed and then trying to get back to normal. My family and I travel a lot. That's why we got the traverse and otherwise have loved it! But I am so very scarred that my family will get stranded in busy and dangerous traffic.
Tl* the contact owns a 2018 chevrolet traverse. The contact stated the gear shifter failed to release from park into drive. Additionally, while driving 70-85 MPH, the cruise control disengaged without warning. The vehicle was taken several times to wilson chevrolet (4850 w 6th ave, stillwater, ok 74074, (877) 526-5255) to be diagnosed. The contact was informed that the shift control assembly needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired however, the failure recurred. The contact was concerned that the failure may cause a crash. The manufacturer was contacted however, no further assistance was provided. The failure mileage was 25,000.
A 'shift to park' message appears after shift to park. Vehicle does not completely turn off. Dealer said is a common problem with this year and model. 44161 miles on car.
Shift to park comes on when put in park. Won't turn off or dings when get out but everything is still powered and beeps at you when you try to get out. I took in and supposedly dealership fixed with a new harness but it still does it 2hours out of the shop. Not safe could roll backwards and kill someone.
We purchased this SUV less than two years ago and at about 50k miles the transmission started shuttering while driving. Finally we were out and it was running fine then all of sudden the car would not go into gear,check engine light came on and we were stuck. Took directly to dealer after three weeks of no response from the local dealer nor chevrolet they finally said that they thought the valve body and torque converter were bad. We wish we never would have bought this vehicle. Chevrolet didn't seem to mind that their 2 year old vehicle had transmission problems. I have never owned anything other than gm vehicles and I promised them this would be my last and they didn't care. She told me well we are all entitled to make those decisions.
Chevy states open recall n192223110 and n192266190
We experienced issues with being able to shift into park when stationary in various locations (ie grocery store, driveway, garage, parking lot at school/work several locations). We had to repeatedly shift into a gear either reverse or drive several times on each occurrence, as you could not turn the vehicle off. This seems to be a severe safety issue as frustration with not being able to place the vehicle in park and selecting a gear repeatedly. One can sometimes step on the accelerator resulting in a learch forward or backward depending upon the gear selected. Not being able to switch the vehicle off creates additional issues when the vehicle is garaged with exhaust emissions. We did not allow grand children out of the vehicle until the shift to park issue disappeared. Not knowing what the vehicle's selector was positoned in. Next was the service repair as it resulted in a shifter replacement and was claimed not to be covered under the drivetrain warranty and repairs resulted in a $536.54 bill. It seems funny the service tech writers knew what was being described even before completing the description of the issue. Their comment was shift to park warning. The service tech mentioned there were a couple repair service bulletins that mentioned a easy fix and the other a shifter replacement. Ours being the later of the two. The service techs also mentioned this is prevalent in some other models. This issue it would seem is an unfortunate accident waiting to occur! This occured several times prior to repair on 08/12/2020 I have the repair work order available. It shows my name, address, phone number, and email address on it so I will not be able to upload a copy.
Transmission shudders when accelerating. Have been to dealer and they have reset computer and after about 800 it starts back. Took back to dealer they changed fluid and reset computer. After 800 miles it did it again, took back to dealer and they reset computer and we drove it for an hour with no shudder. After 800 again it did it again. Service manager acknowledges they have trouble but chev has no fix yet. Its in the truck too he said. It has 51,000 miles now and still shuddering... It still under warranty but they cant fixt it because they don't know what else to do.
While attempting to turn off the vehicle after driving, a notification saying "shift to park" is displayed on the dash even though the vehicle is confirmed to be stationary in park. This issue causes the car to remain running, which if unbeknownst to the driver, closes their vehicle in a garage while thinking they shut their car off, could cause carbon monoxide poisoning inside their home.
Tl* the contact owns a 2018 chevrolet traverse. The contact stated that after shifting the vehicle into park, the gear shift indicator failed to show the vehicle in park. The contact stated that several attempts were needed to have the gear shift indicator indicate that the vehicle was in park before the contact was able to turn the vehicle off. Jim keras chevrolet 2000 covington pike, memphis, tn 38128, 901‑387‑2000, was contacted and informed of the failure. The contact was informed that there was a $200 diagnostic fee. Upon investigation, the contact became aware that the failure could be caused by the gear shift harness or the gear shift assembly. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 36,700.
Tl* the contact owns a 2018 chevrolet traverse. The contact stated that the gear shifter assembly failed. Shift to park was displayed on the instrument panel. The contact stated that the vehicle failed to recognize the gear shifter in park and failed to turn off due to the failure. The vehicle was taken to medved chevrolet (11001 w interstate 70 frontage rd n, wheat ridge, co 80033), and it was diagnosed and stated that the gear shifter assembly needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and referred the contact to the federal safety agency. The failure mileage was approximately 52,000. *dt
Oct 2019 had gear shift harness replaced because shift to park was showing up and vehicle wouldn't turn off or lock. The same thing happened again in dec 2019 and I had to have the shifter replaced. June 10 2020, vehicle stopped crossing a main road and it wouldn't move forwards or backwards. Had to let vehicle roll backwards to a semi safe spot out of traffic. Police had to be called because there is a lot of traffic in this area and I couldn't get the vehicle off the road. Vehicle towed to dealership and they said the transmission needs to replaced. They said there aren't any parts available to fix it due to gm being closed due to covid. I only have 21,000 miles on the vehicle and have had it for 2 years and 3 months. I don't have paperwork from the dealership and a police report wasn't filed because they only provided their vehicle for safety concerns.
I had purchase a 2018 chevy traverse from curry chevrolet in the same year, I notice a little slipping with a little jerking sometimes a few months later and the shift to park was acting up. I called curry and asked them is there any problems or recalls with this model, service dept said no, then I had called a deferent dealership they said the same, and I had call curry about three times regarding my this problem, so I kept checking my VIN# on chevy .com nothing comes up. So I went on line to find out I wasn't alone regarding these problems even with later models. Then I called customer care twice to make sure the info I was giving was the same, I had explained my problems with them, she said there are no recalls under my VIN# at this time, I went over my warranty with both customer reps, both were accurate that my vehicle is still covered. I also received info there is a bulletin out #18-na-121. I am hoping there wont be any problems correcting these issues, I am prepared for a fight getting a lawyer and going to many news stations, I don't understand why would you put a defective part not only in my model but others with out solving the problems first according to other owners that had posted the same problems with the powertrain. I am truly disappointed with chevrolet, and to think I left ford & dodge.
When placing car in park, error message comes on and says place car in park. Car remains running and won't shut off.
When putting the transmission in park the cars computer says it is not in park. (shift to park) comes on the screen and the cars systems stay on.
When putting the transmission in park the cars computer says it is not in park (shift to park) comes on the screen and all the cars systems stay on. They attempted to fix under warranty but still has a problem and now they want me to pay for it.
My car would only stop running when at red lights I'd have to shut off and restart.. Jerking transmission all the time then while driving expressway the transmission car stopped while I was going 65 shut down I barely could get over most frightening experience ever. I'm scared to drive this vehicle dealership cannot get me out of lease without paying more money for another car.
Shift to park error message while the vehicle is in park. This prevents turning the vechicle off, locking the doors, etc. This problem has been well documented on several thousand vehicles. However, gm has only quietly fixed problem case by case and will not cover under power train warranty. A national recall should be issued asap to fix and replace the shifter. Poses a safety issue as well since it involves a faulty gear shifter.
3 rd time repair sunroof -leaking issue 3rd time repair transmission- telling me to put car in drive when the vehicle is in drive. Turned vehicle off restarted -accelerated on its on when vehicle in drive. Electrical passenger window starting not to go down must hit button several times. This is happening daily now. Right front making a awful sound 2nd time brought in for repair. Radio-and xm not working- bluetooth not connecting. This traverse has been a big disappointment. Always something wrong now electrical stuff..
When can goes in park and I turn the car off a warning message tells me the car is not in park and won't shut down. I have to turn the car back on drive or reverse and attempt again. This has happened 5 times in two days. I have this as a video.
Transmission slipping through first and fourth gears, car slow respond, jerking, shudder. Afraid to drive car- because safety issue vehicle-will say put car in drive. When the vehicle is in drive. Vehicle will not go in auto stopped mode. Vehicle roars -to the right when driving right front bad. The dealer told me there is an internal recall on the transmission-they are aware of the issues. They are not making it public-they are just repairing as customers bring them in with complaints.
We were traveling on vacation and were 2.5 hrs away from home at this time. We stopped to put gas. When we exit the gas station to enter enter the street (before entering the fwy), there was a loud grinding noise and we lost control of the vehicle. We were able to steer to the side of the road without being able to apply any gear change. The car was still on, but we were not able to accelerate the car. None of the gears were functioning, including, parking, drive, and reverse. We were left up hill and it was scary because even when the car was placed on parking, it was going downhill. Without placing the break on the car, the car would just keeping rolling down. We were lucky that the traffic was slow so we were able to guide the park down hill where the land was completely flat. My 2018 car was towed to the dealer and the service department stated the cause of this incident was a broken axle!! I drive my 3 y.o. To school almost every day and I drive on the fwy to go to school about 4 times a week. This malfunction could have caused our and others lives. My car is supposed to be ready on monday, but I am scared to drive it again.
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