Won't shift into Park... thoughts?
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Won't shift into Park... thoughts?
Love my new 2016 automatic C7, have put 1000 miles on it when... I backed into a parking space, stopped completely, then tried to put the shifter into Park. It wouldn't budge from Reverse.
I found out the car won't shut down properly, the lights will remain on, etc., until you put it in PARK.
I drover around in DRIVE, then stopped several times but it refused to go into PARK. I could feel it shift out of reverse gear, but it was like something was blocking the shifter from moving into the PARK setting.
Has anyone experienced this? Any suggestions?
FYI, I took it to the dealer and then.. it went smoothly into PARK!!!
Of course, why make it easy to diagnose?...
Anyway, the technician said there are a number of different solenoids and things in the shifter that could be the problem, so I left the car. If it happened again and I couldn't get it to the dealer, without shutting down it would have drained my battery. Hopefully they'll find out what caused this, but has anyone else experienced this problem on an automatic C7? Thanks for the help/thoughts/suggestions. PDXC7
I found out the car won't shut down properly, the lights will remain on, etc., until you put it in PARK.
I drover around in DRIVE, then stopped several times but it refused to go into PARK. I could feel it shift out of reverse gear, but it was like something was blocking the shifter from moving into the PARK setting.
Has anyone experienced this? Any suggestions?
FYI, I took it to the dealer and then.. it went smoothly into PARK!!!
Of course, why make it easy to diagnose?...
Anyway, the technician said there are a number of different solenoids and things in the shifter that could be the problem, so I left the car. If it happened again and I couldn't get it to the dealer, without shutting down it would have drained my battery. Hopefully they'll find out what caused this, but has anyone else experienced this problem on an automatic C7? Thanks for the help/thoughts/suggestions. PDXC7
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mystery solved...
Turns out a "random trim screw" had somehow fallen into the shifter area and was restricting movement... they removed it and it's perfect.
It so happens that I had a carbon fiber dash installed shortly before this problem. And after I brought in the car I called the installers-- a reputable high-end upholstery and car restorer-- and the installer remembered a screw popped out when they removed the console. The guy looked for it and couldn't find it. He replaced that trim screw, but the one that fell in must have gotten near the shifter assembly and after driving the car, that screw bounced into the wrong place.
I guess that's word of caution when replacing the trim and removing the console.
It so happens that I had a carbon fiber dash installed shortly before this problem. And after I brought in the car I called the installers-- a reputable high-end upholstery and car restorer-- and the installer remembered a screw popped out when they removed the console. The guy looked for it and couldn't find it. He replaced that trim screw, but the one that fell in must have gotten near the shifter assembly and after driving the car, that screw bounced into the wrong place.
I guess that's word of caution when replacing the trim and removing the console.
