2018 Chevrolet Volt complaints

After turning off the car, I get a "shift to park" error. I am not able to lock the car and it does not power down.

When car is put into park, system does not show vehicle is in park and will not shut off. It takes multiple times of pushing the start button and moving the gear shift back and forth before the car finally realizes and confirms the vehicle is in park and will turn off.

For a few weeks, I had been getting a "Shift To Park" messaged when I tried to power off my car after putting it into park. Like others, I was able to jiggle the shifter and press down hard to get it to recognize it was in park. Last week while I was driving at about 50 mph, the "Action Required: Shift to Park" message appeared and my check engine light turned on. The car stopped responding to acceleration so I immediately pulled off the road. I couldn't turn the car off, I couldn't drive the car, so I was stuck on the side of the parkway. After about 10 times of moving the shifter through all the gears and pressing the power button, the car finally turned off but then I had to get towed. I am lucky that I was driving in the right lane and was able to pull of immediately or otherwise I would've been stuck in traffic with cars coming by at 50 mph. It has been almost a week and the dealer still has not given me any information as to the repair of this problem.

Vehicle displays "shift to park" when it is already in park, and will not shut off. I had to leave it on, and despite nothing apparently on (electric vehicle, no motor running), it drained the12 volt battery and would not start up the next day.

"Shift to Park" error message on dashboard this error prevents the car from being driven

My 2018 Chevrolet Volt has 35,000 miles on it and has been experiencing a problem turning the car off. I move the shift lever to park and the push the power button to turn off the car and the dash display indicates "Shift to Park". The car will not turn off! If I depress the switch on the shift lever a few times, the car will eventually turn off. I took my car to the dealer and they indicated they wanted $150 to diagnosis the problem and then more to fix the problem. This appears to be a problem with other owners too. Chevrolet should recall the 2018 Volts and repair this problem.

When car is stopped and shifted to park a message comes onto the dashboard telling me to Shift To Park. The car does not completely shut off nor do the lights, and you can not lock the car.

When the Gear shift is placed into park and the power button to turn the car off is pushed, I get an alert that says “Shift to Park” and cannot turn the car off. I have to attempt to turn the car off and on several times before I can actually turn the car off and leave it.

The windshield washer tank was leaking fluid to the point that no fluid was available to clean the window. Upon repair it was found that a protruding screw had punctured the washer fluid tank causing the leak. The mechanic backed off the screw and added a rubber cap to the tip of the screw to hopefully prevent another incident.

The car won't shut off and requires you to shift to park but it is shifted into park. After playing around with the shifter eventually it will allow you to shut it off.

After turning off the engine, the car will frequently raise an alert saying "Shift to Park", even though the lever is positioned correctly on "P" (park) and the light for "P" is lit up.

When shifting to Park, and switching the car off, the vehicle will not register as being IN “Park”… and Displays “Shift To Park” and accompanying warning chime. Further, the car will not turn off.

The vehicles interior chrome creates hazardous driving conditions. Due to the reflective nature of chrome sunlight gets reflected into my eyes blinding me and causing debilitating migraines. It once peeled and sliced my finger. Chevy replaced the part but refused to do anything about the chrome. After exhausting all available options with chevy I am coming to you for help.

When attempting to turn the vehicle off after parking, the driver's console displayed the message "Action required: Shift to Parlk". The shifter was already firmly in the "Park" position. Moving the shifter back to "D" and then back to "P" did not resolve the issue. Pressing the power button twice more resolved the issue this time without further moving the shifter. This is a well-known and well-documented issue with "Gen 2" Chevy Volts.

When trying to turn off car while shifter is in park, Car state “shift to park”. Dealer supposedly fixed it last year, but the issue is still occurring.

When shifting car into park, car sometimes does not detect car is already shifted into park. The car will then not shut off until I have to turn the car completely on and shift into drive and then park a few times so the car can detect that it is in park. Give message on car's to shift the car into park.

While driving, message suddenly pops up on the dashboard "propulsion power is reduced." Check engine light is light on.

I cannot turn the vehicle off due to a notice to shift to park even though the vehicle is in park

When I stop and shift vehicle into park and try to turn off vehicle. The vehicle does not recognize the vehicle is in park and will stay running. This had happened numerous times and is ongoing. Have read there is even a class action suit because of this problem with numerous different gm vehicles. Why has a recall not been issued?

Shift to park defect. When I try to turn my car off it won’t completely shut off, a notification on my dash says “Shift to park” but my gear shift is in park already. It takes 5-10 times of me cutting car off and on for it to finally completely shut off.

“Shift to park” message appears when car is in park making it impossible to turn vehicle off. This is a documented issue going back to 2016 across other Chevy vehicles

The car doesnt shift into parking and engine keeps running.

When turning vehicle off, it will display a message "SHIFT TO PARK" even though shifter is in the park position, the vehicle will also remain on. Sometimes have to jiggle the gear shift or shift back into park a few times before the message goes away and am able to turn vehicle off. This is very dangerous as if it's left unnoticed in a garage the car can be left running potentially filling the house with fumes. Can also run out the battery and gas and leave you stranded if away from your home.

Shift to park issue, not allowing car to shut off.

After I put the car in park, the car dashboard doesnt reflect this change, essentially assumes the car is not in park and I am unable to lock the car and the lights will stay on for a while. After jiggling the shift handle just the right way I could get it to recognize the car was indeed in park.

Car will not shift to park. Will not allow the car to be turned off.

I keep getting a shift to park message when I place the vehicle in park. I have to continuously take the vehicle out of park and put it back in a few times until it finally works otherwise I cannot turn off the vehicle. This is a huge issue that needs to be recalled immediately.

When trying to turn car off, "shift to park" error message appears on console, but car is in park as observed by gear shift and console display. Order of events: car stopped in parking spot or garage; shifted to park; parking brake set; hit power button to shut down; "shift to park" error message appears; car will not shutdown. Need to hit power button again in order to shift out of park to any other position (N, R, D, etc.), then shift back to Park and hit power button again. Sometimes 1 try works, but often the error message will appear again and multiple power button - shift to gear - shift back to park and power button again - sequences must be tried in order to turn the car off. Please issue recall.

When car is in park the vehicle sometimes does not recognize that and will not let you turn the car off. The display tells you that you need to shift to park but it is already in park. The problem is happening frequently now.

General: When I would shift to Park, the display would indicate I was in park, but the car would not turn off. I sometimes had to spend 10 minutes trying. The safety issue was if the car is left on it because the engine system would not recognize park, it could run from gas and create deadly fumes. 1. Shift stick and harness. I do not have the part. 2. Confirmed by dealer and part replaced. $491.33 3. Unsure if it was inspected. Google search has multiple listings for this issue 4. No warnings, no lamps prior to. Warning message when shifted to park and trying to turn off.

When shutting down the Chevy Bolt EV, the car is shifted into park, and with foot on the brake, the power button is pushed to shut down the power...but wit some regularity the car won't shut down and gives a "Shift To Park" message, even though it is in park. This is a safety hazard, because at times the car simply can't be turned off, meaning the driver can't exit the car and leave it behind. The problem is intermittent. I've experienced it MANY times. The problem is also apparently common, as there are hundreds of complaints about this problem on the internet (Search VOLT Shift to Park). Please ask GM to fix this problem.

When you put the car in Park, the engine would NOT shut off and the car kept sending a message that I needed to shift to park, but I already was in park. I shifted in and out of park to drive to reverse, but every time it went back to park it said I needed to shift to park. I was in my garage, could NOT leave the car running all night as the battery would be dead by morning, but couldn't shut it off either. I drove it immediately to the dealership and they reproduced and confirmed the problem, repaired it on Tuesday. Fortunately, I was at home, but had I been anywhere my safety and others could have been at risk, because I could have been in an unsafe place late at night, unable to shut my car off and/or get out of my own car. You are unable to put gas in a running vehicle, and I could have been stranded. My car is repaired but according to the internet there is a class action lawsuit over this very thing in Texas filed SEVERAL years ago. This same problem has happened to thousands of GM cars, and it is my understanding that second and third replacements of gear shifter are NOT covered by warranty and it is a $500 repair. Gear shifters have been in cars since they were first invented. This should be a recall and GM forced to create a new shifter and replace the old ones. This is NOT a new technology. There are 8,500,000 discussions and comments on the internet about this situation.

The contact owns a 2018 Chevrolet Volt. The contact stated that while the gear shifter was in PARK, the shift to park warning light illuminated and the vehicle failed to turn off or change gears. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the gear shifter assembly mechanism failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired however, the failure recurred. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximate 28,995.

I have the shift to park error come on sporadically when the car is in park. Clicking the shift trigger a few times usually fixes it. Car won't fully turn off when the message is displayed.

I put the car in park and try to shut it off but it says I need to put the vehicle in park. It is in park but will not shut off.

PARK TO SHIFT ISSUE. WHEN CAR IS PLACED IN PARK IT IS NOT RECOGNIZED AND SAYS THAT ACTION IS REQUIRED. GIGGLING THE SHIFTER OR PRESSING THE BUTTON ON THE SHIFTER USUALLY TAKES CARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE CAR WILL NOT TURN OFF UNLESS IT RECOGNIZES IT IS IN PARK.

WHEN FULLY STOPPED AND IN PARK, TURNING CAR OFF, MESSAGE APPEARS 'SHIFT TO PARK' CAR IS ALREADY IN PARK. UPON PUSHING START TO TURN CAR OFF, MOST LIGHTS ETC. TURN OFF EXCEPT THE SPEEDO DISPLAY. NO WAY TO TURN IT OFF. CAR HORN HONKS UPON EXITING CAR WITH KEYS. SPEEDO LIGHTS STAY ON, DRAINING BATTERY BATTERY AND POSSIBLY TEMPTING A CAR THIEF.

NTSB SHOULD REQUIRE A RECALL OF CERTAIN CHEVROLET VOLTS. AS AN OWNER I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM CHEVROLET STATING THAT MY VOLT 'MAY HAVE A CONDITION WHERE IT COULD GRADUALLY LOSE THE ABILITY TO MAINTAIN VOLTAGE. IF BATTERY CONCERNS ARE NOT ADDRESSED, OVER TIME THE VEHICLE COULD ENTER A REDUCED PROPULSION MODE WHILE DRIVING, OR LOSE PROPULSION, OR IT MAY NOT START.' LOSING PROPULSION WHILE DRIVING IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE, AND WARRANTS A RECALL. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

WILL NOT SHUT OFF WHEN TRANSMISSION SHIFTED TO PARK.

VEHICLE WILL NOT TURN OFF ON A REGULAR BASIS.. RECEIVE A MESSAGE THAT READS: 'ACTION REQUIRED. SHIFT TO PARK.' WHEN THIS OCCURS, THE VEHICLE CAN NOT BE TURNED OFF OR LOCKED. RESEARCHED THIS PROBLEM ON THE INTERNET AND DISCOVERED THAT IT IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM THAT AFFECTS NEARLY ALL 2016, 2017 AND 2018 CHEVROLET VOLTS. A RECALL SHOULD BE IMPLEMENTED!

POWER STEERING FAILED WHILE DRIVING INTO BALTIMORE CITY ON I-95. WAS ABLE TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE WITHOUT POWER STEERING BUT IT WAS DIFFICULT. THE POWER RETURNED AT THE END OF THE WORK DAY AFTER THE VEHICLE DID NOT MOVE ALL DAY. TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. THE DEALERSHIP SAID IT FOUND "SCAN CODE C056D FOUND BULLETIN 18-NA-313".

VEHICLE WILL NOT SHUT DOWN PROPERLY. WHEN TRYING TO TURN OFF PUSH BUTTON IGNITION THE VEHICLE SAYS " ACTION REQUIRED: SHIFT TO PARK". THE VEHICLE IS ALREADY STOPPED AND IN PARK HOWEVER IT IS NOT REGISTERING SOMEHOW.

'SHIFT TO PARK' PROBLEM THE CAR WON'T SHUTDOWN

THE VEHICLE HAS MORE CONSISTENTLY FAILED TO TURN OFF THE DISPLAY KEEP SEEING SHIFT TO PARK AND IT'S HAPPENING WITH MORE FREQUENCY.

I LEASED A CHEVY VOLT 2018, ABOUT 3 MONTHS AFTER THE FIRST FEW CHARGE, USING THE CABLE THAT CAME WITH THE VEHICLE THE CAR DO NOT CHARGE ANYMORE, AIR CONDITIONING NOT WAS WORKING, I REPOSTED THE ISSUES TO THE SALES AGENT. HE RESPONDED THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE, THAT I NEED TO LEARN HOW TO USE IT. A COUPLE OF MONTHS LATER WHEN I WAS DRIVING THE THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SAKE AND THE CONTROL PANNEL WENT CRAZY, I CALL AGAIN TO THE DEALER. THEY TELL ME THIS TIME TO BRING THE CAR INN. AFTER THE KEEP IT FOR A DAY, THEY CALL ME TO SAID THAT THEY HAVE TO KEEP THE CAR BECAUSE THE CAR HAVE A DIFECTEC BATTERY CELL, THEY TELL ME THAT THEY NEED TO ORDER THIS CELD AND INSTALL IT. THEY KEEP THE CAR FOR A WEEK. AFTER THE CAR WORK OK FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS AND AFTER THE AIR CONDITIONING NO NOT WORK, I CALL AGEING TO REPORT THE PROBLEM, BUT THEY GIVE ME THE SAME ANSWER. AFTER I RECEIVED A NOTICE OF A RECALL FOR THE AIR CONDITIONING, I TOOK THE CAR FOR SERVICE AND I NOTICED THAT THEY NEVER ROTATED THE TIRES AS THEY CLAIMED. THE PROBLEM WITH THE AIR CONTINUE, SO I TOOK THE CAR TO A DEALER CLOSER TO MY HOME, THEY TELL ME THAT THE CAR HAVE A PROBLEM AND THEY NEED TO KEED THE VEHICLE. AFTER THEY TELL ME THAT I HAVE TO PAID BECAUSE FOR THE REPAIRS ABOUT 1600.00 BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM I DON'T HAVE A CAR AND I'M ABOUT TO LOSS MY JOB. THIS CAR HAS BEEN A NIGHTMARE. I ASK THE DEALER TO PLEASE TO TAKE BACK THE CAR. I ALSO ASK CHEVROLET CORPORATION BUT NOT ANSWER HAS BEEN TAKEN, THIS CAUS

SHIFT TO PARK. VEHICLE DOES NOT TURN OFF AFTER SHIFTING TO PARK. THE CAR DOES NOT DETECT PARK MODE AND DRIVER HAS TO 'JIGGLE' SHIFT KNOB.

OVER THE LAST MONTH (STARTING AROUND JULY 6 BUT CONTINUING TODAY), WHEN I SHIFT MY CAR TO PARK AND ATTEMPT TO TURN IT OFF, MY VOLT DISPLAYS THE MESSAGE "SHIFT TO PARK" AND WILL NOT FULLY TURN OFF. THIS RESULTS IN ME NOT BEING ABLE TO LOCK MY CAR AND THE LIGHTS STAY ON. THE MESSAGE APPEARS RANDOMLY ABOUT 50-75% OF MY ATTEMPTS TO TURN OFF THE CAR. THE CAR IS ALWAYS STATIONARY OF COURSE AND IN PARK. TO FIX IT, I WILL DEPRESS THE SHIFTER BUTTON A FEW TIMES...OR HIT THE IGNITION BUTTON AGAIN, SHIFT TO DRIVE, AND BACK TO PARK. I MAY HAVE TO DO THESE SEVERAL TIMES TO EVENTUALLY GET IT TO STOP DISPLAYING THAT MESSAGE AND FULLY TURN OFF. I'VE HEARD THAT OVER TIME, THOSE FIXES WON'T WORK AND THE CAR JUST WILL NOT SHUT DOWN PROPERLY. ONLINE, I SEE THAT MANY PEOPLE HAVE THIS ISSUE WITH GEN 2 VOLTS. EVEN WHEN THEY GET THE SHIFTER ASSEMBLY REPLACED BY CHEVY, AFTER SOME TIME, THE ISSUE COMES BACK AGAIN. COULD THIS SHIFTER ASSEMBLY BE RECALLED SINCE IT IS SUCH A KNOWN ISSUE AND CONTINUES TO CAUSE PROBLEMS? THANK YOU!

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO TURN THE CAR OFF- A MESSAGE APPEARS SAYING "ACTION REQUIRED- SHIFT INTO PARK". THE CAR IS IN PARK AND THE DASH REGISTERS THAT IT IS IN PARK, THE GEAR SHIFT IS LOCKED IN PARK BUT THE SYSTEM DOESN'T SENSE THAT IT IS IN PARK AND WON'T LET THE CAR SHUT OFF. HAS PROGRESSIVELY GOTTEN WORSE AND MORE FREQUENT.

WHENEVER I PUT MY VEHICLE IN PARK AND TURN IF OFF, THE SCREEN ON THE DASH WILL SAY "PLEASE SHIFT TO PARK." I WILL TURN ON MY VEHICLE AND THEN SHIFT IT TO PARK AGAIN AND TURN IT OFF. SOMETIMES IT WILL STOP NOTIFYING ME AFTER ONE TIME AND OTHER TIMES I WILL HAVE TO TURN IT OFF AND SHIFT IT TO PARK, EVEN THOUGH ITS IN PARK, SEVERAL TIMES. THE CAR WILL NOT TURN OFF AND I CANNOT LEAVE THE VEHICLE UNTIL IT STOPS NOTIFYING ME.

WHEN TRYING TO TURN THE CAR OFF, THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WILL SAY "SHIFT TO PARK" EVEN THOUGH THE CAR IS ALREADY IN PARK. THEN, THE CAR WILL NOT TURN OFF. THIS HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES, OVER MANY DAYS, WHEN THE CAR IS STATIONARY, IN ANY LOCATION, WHEN YOU ARE ATTEMPTING TO TURN THE CAR OFF.