2017 GMC Acadia: battery drain or dead battery

Filed Nov 5, 2025 · Driver assistance · NE

Every time I park it show up “ shift to park and it takes long to remove the code. battery keeps dying because of it since the car won’t turn off all night.

Filed Oct 28, 2025 · Transmission · TN

There is a continuing issue with the shifter causing a "Shift to Park" message that is resulting in the vehicle electrical system not turning off. This is causing the vehicle to drain the battery and not able to lock the vehicle while the "Shift to Park" message is displayed on the instrument panel. Concerned not only what is mentioned above but mainly concerned in not knowing if the vehicle is truly in park that may cause the vehicle to roll.

Filed Aug 4, 2025 · Transmission · NY

I have gotten a alert on my vehicles dashboard after parking saying "shift to park" my car won't turn off until I can wiggle the shifter just right or have to take it out of park, back to drive back to park. I didn't have my radio on once and I didn't notice it wasn't all the way off and my battery went dead.

Filed Mar 17, 2024 · Electrical, Transmission · FL

Vehicle frequently shows the error "Shift to Park" when I attempt to turn off the car after it is placed in park - which is confirmable via the instrument panel. The vehicle electronics will not turn off until the error is cleared. At times I cannot clear the error and I've had to set my parking brake and leave the car electronics running while I go into a store, which leaves car unsecured and drains the battery. The car has gone into my local GMC dealer for repairs. The first time I took it in (August 2020), I was 365 miles outside my warranty and GMC refused to pay for the repairs. The dealership felt certain a recall would be issued and suggested I have harness switched which they admitted was a band-aid fix and that it wouldn't fix the issue, but it would allow a period where the error disappears (which it did) - until a recall is issued. The Shift to Park error reappeared about 1.5 years later. I took my Acadia back to the dealership and was told they could not replicate the error and therefore there was nothing they could about it. The error is happening much more often and I've scheduled another repair appointment to address the problem.

Filed Oct 23, 2023 · Driver assistance, Electrical · MI

Went to Burt Watson the end of May. Paid $250 to diagnose 3 problems. Trans was intermittently kicking into passing gear when starting from a stop position, a service engine light and passenger side blind spot warning would come on when nothing was there and other times wouldn't recognize a vehicle was there. Around the middle of July the battery began draining intermittently leaving me stranded at night away from home. The rear defogger began turning itself on and couldn't be shut off and was very hot to the touch. The drivers seat moved all the way forward on its own pressing me into the steering wheel and dash while I was driving at highway speed. Forcing me to change 2 lanes of traffic trying to get to the side of the road.I was told by the service manager that the rear fuse block had shorted out do to water intrusion from bad drain ports. This was replaced, and then I was told something else was draining the battery. And this was "one " of the things not covered by warranty. There is a service bulletin stating that there may be pinholes at the top of the a-pillars and d-pillars yet the dealership stated a new windshield was needed. There are several service bulletins indicating that such leaks can reek havoc on the electronics. The dealership has changed their estimate several times with still no solution in site. The vehicle has been sitting at the dealership since July. At one point it was communicated to me that GM would assist in the cost of the repairs when and if job was ever completed.They are now stating the cost to repair the issues is $5500.00 and is my responsibility.

Filed Jan 8, 2023 · Driver assistance, Electrical · OR

Shift to park error code along with several other error codes including no remote detected that have continually and intermittentantly appeared since my car was at 16 K miles. My car has been in the shop over 10 times and these problems continue to return. my car won't shut off correctly, and this drains the battery. On 2 different occasions I was locked inside my car, unable to start it. Both of those times the outside temperature was over 100 degrees, and I almost had to break my window to exit and survive. I frantically pushed several buttons, trying to start the car, and luckily something tripped so I could open my car. The dealership replaced my battery twice before 31 K miles. They have replaced 2 different fobs when the car didn't recognize them. The dealership has replaced the transmission control assembly, the body control module, the fuel injector, the immobolizer control module, the brake control module, and my car has currently been in the shop for over 3 weeks as they may also need to replace the instrument control module and HVAC module due to those error codes. My car is at 46 K miles and has been in the shop 3 different times since 39 K (less than 10 K miles) all for similar problems. Thankfully I bought the extended warranty that will expire in 2 years. Something is draining the battery and GMC cannot or will not address the problem. There are similar documented cases: https://lemonlawexperts.com/gm-shift-to-park-recall-update/#:~:text=According%20to%20agency%2C%20GM%20has,several%20model%20year%20Acadia%20vehicles. and https://gmauthority.com/blog/2020/05/gmc-acadia-shift-to-park-class-action-lawsuit-filed-in-texas/ Please help to make GMC resolve this complicated problem! I now keep a tool in my car to break a window if I ever get locked in. I also keep my AAA membership active as I have had to get my car jumped several times. I do have videos of the problem, but cannot send a MP4 file.

Filed Feb 8, 2021 · Electrical · 54,000 miles · CA

This issue has happened to me atleast 4 times in the last 8 months . I will go to start my car and it will show 'no remote access ' then completely shut off or drain the battery . I ha w had to have my car towed 3 times and then one time after 45 minutes it just turned on . This is only a 2017 acdua ABS I have only had it a year and a half . It's had leaking heater fluid issues as well .

Filed Oct 16, 2020 · Transmission · 30,000 miles · TX

Tl* the contact owns a 2017 gmc acadia. The contact stated while driving, the shift to park failed to move from auxiliary mode and drained the battery. Additionally, the vehicle moved. There were no warning lights illuminated. The vehicle was taken three times to garlyn shelton buick gmc (5625 s general bruce dr, temple, tx 76502, (254) 598-4128) and diagnosed that the shifter boot and shifter pin needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired however, the failure recurred. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was 30,000.

Filed Jan 19, 2020 · Brakes, Electrical · 7,200 miles · NY

With my vehicle stationary and shifter in the park position, I turn my car off and the vehicle turns off but the instrument cluster says "action required - shift to park". This message also does not allow the day time running lights to turn off and if the lights don't turn off the battery drains if parked for long stretches. I have to turn the car on/off several times before it engages and the message disappears.

Filed Dec 16, 2019 · Electrical, Wheels · 24,000 miles · KS

Battery died, had to have replaced. Car was approximately at 2 year mark when it died.

Filed Oct 11, 2019 · Brakes · VA

The break lights would stay on after parking the car resulting in a dead battery in one occasion. The dealer has replaced break parts two times and even kept the car for one week for safety reasons. The problem is back and scheduled for service on 10/14/19.

Filed Sep 17, 2019 · Electrical, Transmission · 48,000 miles · OH

When putting the vehicle into park, an error is displayed stating to shift the vehicle into park, even though the shifter is in p. In order to get this message to go away, I have to move the shifter up and down multiple times. Could take up to 20 min to get the error to go away. I can not leave the vehicle until the error is off because the lights stay on and will drain the battery. I also notice that the vehicle rolls a little more after multiple attempts to get error message off. This is concerning that it may not realize its in park and roll into another vehicle causing damage to both or roll away. I took to my dealer and was told this is a 'known' issue and is not covered under warranty, nor is there a recall. I just paid out of pocket for new tires because gm knew the tires placed were 'wearing' too soon based on mileage. Now, I am being told I will have to pay about $600 to get this fixed. Gm knows of issues and not fixing them is wrong. This is not a new issue, has been listed as complaints for the past year, yet gm has done nothing to fix and continue to make the vehicle with the same issues. Frustrating that I have to spend the money to fix an issue they know about! This needs pushed back to gm to hold them accountable and make this right. The shifter issue should be a recall and fixed.