Transmission Not Engage Problems of Chevrolet Traverse

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.

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When shifting from drive to reverse, or park to reverse, the transmission will not engage right away. The vehicle will roll forward or backwards until the transmission engages into reverse. This will happen when the vehicle is in motion at very low speeds (1-2 mph) and also while stationary.

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Slowed down for stop light and tried to accelerate and engine, transmission and accelerator felt disengaged, engine backfired, car hesitated and jolted felt transmission disengaged. This was on a street.

New lease under 8,000 miles and the transmission failed. While stopped at a red light on a heavily trafficked roadway, when I hi the gas there was a loud grinding. The transmission would not engage again as I sat in the middle of main roadway with car speeding by as my wife, my children and my niece sat in the vehicle with me. After trying to get the transmission to engage in "awd" I was able to get the car off the roadway and into a much safer parking area. When put into "park" the car continued to roll unless the "emergency brake was engaged. The car is currently in a dealer in maryland awaiting repairs more than a week later, and I am back at home on long island.

Wife went to park car in driveway between garage & street and when exiting the car, the car began to roll backwards. She tried to get back into car as 2 grand kids were in the back seat. After several attempts to get in, the car door knocked her down & the car continued to roll into street up on neighbors front lawn across the street. She was knocked unconscious and suffered bruises up & down her right side when I retrieved the car, found it in "park" & engine was turned off. Keys were still in ignition but in off position. Driveway has a slight downgrade but not what I consider significant. Neighbor had outside camera with audio but did not have vehicle in picture. It did have audio of car going click, click, click, click, click, etc. As it rolled backwards till it came to a stop. Very fortunate it did not collide with anything behind it or any traffic crossing street as would have been disastrous. Wife was taken to hospital and required follow-up visits with specialist & also had a return visit to hospital with complications from her concussion. Dealer found intermittent binding in park pawl linkage and adjusted shifter cable first. Could not duplicate problem. Further discussion with gm were instructed to replace park pawl and comparts including link arm w/spring. Did find recall on 2014 Chevrolet Traverse matching description of my experience with transmission not engaging in "park" & rolling. Interesting that the 2013 was the year the Traverse was redesigned.

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