Car would not shut off. Message appeared "Shift to park" on driver display, but car was in park. Had to cycle the gear shifter several times in order to get it to shut off.
2017 Chevrolet Volt electrical complaints
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When I park the car, it will not turn off. Gives the message "Action Required Shift to Park" But it gives that message while the car is in park. Originally, when it first started happening two years ago, it could not be reproduced. As such, while it was under warranty the problem could not be reproduced. Now it happens over 80% of the time I stop the vehicle. I mentioned the problem to the dealer but they could not replicate the issue. Eventually, if you move the transmission linkage around enough the error clears and you can turn the car off. But this puts excessive wear on the transmission linkage. And now, its out of its basic warranty. Its clear the problem has happened to many others out there, with far fewer miles than me (51,300 miles). Why isn't the manufacturer being held accountable for this issue?
car will not turn off when in part and press power off button. Seems dangerous to me. Please issue a recall.
The car will be shifted in park, but the car does not recognize it. It will show “Shift to Park” and won’t lock while sounding the alert. It’s very bad for the safety for the vehicle
Currently, the volt will be parked and will not turn off the car. It is displaying a message shift to the park issue. This is very misleading considering the car is already in the park mode and will not turn off.
The vehicle does not recognize when put in park, gives the error "shift to park" cannot turn vehicle off and goes in to accessory mode.
When at rest, I shift into park and successfully put the car into park. Then, when I try and turn off the car, I get a message to 'shift to park.' it does not allow me to turn off the car or lock my car, even though I know the car is in park. I have to turn on the car, shift back and forth, and try turning off the car as well. This may have to happen several times, 3-4, before I can finally turn off my car completely.
After being parked for over 24 hours, when we started the vehicle we got a message shift to park. The car would not go into gear and was undriveable. We tried to contact onstar from the vehicle but thd connection kept breaking up. We got through on our cell and were forwarded to gm. They ordered road side assistancece. While waiting, we again started the vehicle. There was a bew message initializing: wait to shift but the car did not go into gear. When roadside assistance arrived, they also tried without success. The car was towed to a dealership. In reading various forums, it appears this is a common problem and a major repair. I am curious as to why there has not been a recall fir this issue?
When I try to turn off the car, I put the shifter in the park position and then press the stop button to turn off the car. The dash shows the car in park, but a message shows up saying, "the car needs to be in park before the care can be turned off". I can try several times and get the same message (p-d-p-d-p...) the problem was intermittent and then continuous. The dealer replaced the shifter (described as a known problem) as I was concerned that I could not turn off the car in the event of an emergency (gas generator fire, electrical short, li battery overload, etc). Also, I could not lock the car until some reset condition occurs 10-15 minutes later.
This has been an issue ever since I bought the car I took it in to the dealer and they told me it's not covered under warranty .anytime im about to park my vehicle , and I turn off the car it states on the cluster that my car isn't put into park , which I do and it shows it's in park but the car tells me to please shift it into park . The car cannot be shut off. It's a real safety hazard to be unable to turn off the car because the system won't recognize the car being in park . I have been unable to find a way to fix this issue myself . And from all the complaints that I see from owners it seems this is a real issue that needs a recall and system update so the car recognizes that it's in the park position .
It is very difficult to shift into park. Nearly have to push hard to have the park setting engage. Unable to turn engine off when this happens. Also, the window will not go up smoothly. It goes up and down all on its own. It appears to have a mind of its own. You must open the window all the way before it will close. Cannot preform that function when it is only partially opened.
Shift to park issue. It will not go into park and allow car to be turned off. Progressively worse. Major safety issue. Chevy says this VIN number is not covered under warranty despite fact it is a known problem.
I am having a 'shift to park' issue. When I stop the car and shift to park, I attempt to power off the car. The volt will not power off and I get an alert on the dashboard that states "shift car to park to turn off". But the car is already in park. I am unable to lock the car and the lights will stay on for a few minutes. Worse yet, it is intermittent. After multiple attempts at re-starting and stopping the car if usually turns off. My volt has only 28k miles.
The vehicle fails to turn off because it does not recognize that it is in park.
Since purchasing this vehicle in mid-2020, I have experienced this issue on several occasions including again today. I understand there is a technical service bulletin out on this issue currently.
When the car is being shifted to park, the system gives a warning to 'shift car to park' in order to turn off vehicle. Shifter is not responding to car leaving the vehicle unable to be turned off.
Can not turn engine off after parking the car. The message "action required" 'shift to park' shows up even though the car is in p and parking break is also applied and the vehicle is stationary. Has been happening everyday the past week. Have to leave the car until it turns itself off!
Errors: "unable to charge", u2619, u2620, u2621, u2622, u2623, u2624, ub2aaa, becm needs replacing; also "shift to park" error is very common in this chevy volt.
My wife and I were taking a 200 mile trip. I was using the "hold" mode, driving at 65 MPH, and about 60 miles into the trip a message came up that I was in reduced power mode and the check engine light came on. I pulled over and read the manual and then proceeded another 30 miles using the engine. I reduced my speed to 50 MPH. After stopping for an hour at our destination, we started back home, but the same alerts were on the screen. I went to a local chevrolet dealer, 5 miles. Before getting there the engine shut off. I had 40 miles of battery left so I proceeded the last 2 miles to the dealer on battery power. They could not service the vehicle so I had it towed by aaa 90 miles to tulsa. The day before I left I had received the monthly diagnostic report which stated all systems were fine. The car has 27,000 miles on it. The dealer says it is the egr valve, which are back ordered. I don't know when it will be repaired.
Car will intermittently not turn off when shifter placed in park and on / off button pushed. Message on display screen will show "shift to park". It appears the vehicle is not recognizing the vehicle is in park. I purchased this vehicle 12/10/2020 and it has happened multiple times thru today's date 12/23/2020. It happens in the park gear when attempting to shut down the vehicle.
Prior to starting my 1,100 mi trip with my 2017 volt premier, I inflated the tires, checked fluids, & charged the car. The monthly diagnostic report I received the day before my departure indicated no problems with the car, which had approx 40,500 mi. I was driving on interstates & highways using hold (gas) mode, occasionally mountain mode. Approximately 275 mi. Into the trip I received power propulsion reduced alert. After an additional 50-75 mi I received an action required: engine overheating reduce speed alert. I exited the interstate and proceeded to the nearest dealership to determine if it was safe to continue on my trip. I was told that the propulsion alert was not an immediate concern & that the overheating was likely not related. I also received a gm diagnostic e-mail stating there was an emissions problem that should be serviced within 7 days, but did not become aware of this e-mail until a day later. Approx 200 mi later, I was on a remote, unlighted highway when I received an engine unavailable alert and lost power. My car quickly decelerated, but I was able to get to a narrow shoulder. I tired to put the car in park, apply emergency brakes, and shut the car down but it was difficult to tell if these features were working. I put the hazard lights on and waited for a chp officer due to lack of cell service & highway safety concerns at night. After 3 hours, all systems failed, including lights. Only manual locks worked. After two 30 mi tows to get to a dealership with a volt tech, it was determined that a bad egr valve was causing a fuse to blow,. The valve was ordered (tech remarked that the part is "popular") & installed. The issue seems to be fixed. But, it is unclear if this is a design flaw, manufacturing flaw, or a one time occurrence.
With increasing frequency, when I shift to park and turn the car off it does not always recognize that it is in park and directs "shift to park," despite the shifter being in park, and will not completely shut down. This could be a safety issue, because it is unclear whether the car is in park or not. Also being unable to lock the car means the car is at risk for vandalism and/or a child getting into the car and turning it on.
41000 miles airbag service light on at all times when car is powered on. Passenger airbag light on or off status is totally dark, no indication of status. Does not matter if a passenger is in the seat of not or if the car is moving or not.
Propulsion power is reduced while driving. Power is lost and battery cells are drained chevy dealership claims they can not find error or address problem. After photo showing error on dashboard.
When I put the car in park, it says "action required, shift to park" it doesn't recognize that it's already in park... It's a known problem with the shifter and they haven't issues a recall yet. This happens when the vehicle is stationary.
Intermittent "shift to park" during parking process. This prevents vehicle from being turned off. Had the car into the dealer about a year ago to fix and the dealer was unable to duplicate. The problem seems to be worse when it is cold and it happens more often. Multiple actuation of the shift release button eventually causes the system to since the shift lever is in the park position. The date below indicates the last time it happened, but since owning the car, it's happened at least 5 times a month with this last week being at least once daily.
Upon starting the car (after sitting in the sun with windows up, so hot cabin), when I shift to any gear out of park, I get an action required shift to park message. The shifter will go to drive, for example, but pressing the gas pedal does not move the car, and I have the message to shift to park. This has happened twice. Both times I rolled down windows, and tried turning the car off and back on again to resolve this. After several rounds of this, the car did shift to drive and would go. However the engine is running (rather than only electric, as I usually operate); the battery gage in classical mode shows a rapidly decreasing charge, then increasing, then decreasing - also the place where it shows how many miles left in battery is greyed out at 0, even though the battery may appear to be charged more than half. Also, when trying to shift modes, hold mode is grayed out and I cannot activate it. Once I arrive at my destination and turn the car off, plug it in, next time it turns on as normal. Check engine light is on for all this, and does not turn off when restarting a fully charged battery the next day.
When I park my car, I shift it into park and press the button to turn the car off. However I then get a message on the dash: action required shift to park. But it's already in park & I cannot shut off the car.
Purchased a 2107 volt premier with 40k miles in july 2020. My wife was driving the car and it lost power on the freeway with a "shift to park" warning and check engine light. She was able to glide over to the shoulder and I came to rescue her. After repeated on off cycles I got the car to move a couple of miles with several "jerking" motions while driving then it died again and I lost power braking (went to manual only). This time I was unable to "re-boot it" and had onstar have it towed to a local chevy dealer who has a "certified EV specialist"
Car is giving a message saying, "action required: shift to park, when the car is in park and trying to turn the car off. Searching for this on the internet reveals this is a very common problem with the chevrolet volt and other chevrolet models.
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