Battery Dead problems of the 2017 GMC Acadia

1. Could not put car into park or turn off. Caused battery to be dead as it would not turn off when put into park. 2. Steering wheel locked and jerked repeatedly. Could not turn into parking spot. The steering wheel had a mind of its own and could not stop the jerk. It is dangerous and scary ! 3. At night, the headlights do not light the road. It is as though there are no lights at all. It is dangerous to not see the road at night because headlights do not give appropriate lighting.

1. The battery totally dies after sitting for 3 days. 2. Sometimes a warning message appears "shift into park" when the shifting handle is in park and sometimes prevents turning the engine off. Sometimes after trying several times it stops the engine but dash lights remain on. Dealership says this is a common problem and they do not have a definative solution.

The car will not recognizes it is in park and will not let you shut it off sometimes. Even worse it lets you shut it off but isn't actually al the way off. So the battery dies. Gm dealer put new shifter in and it happened again. Then they put a bother new sensor in and it happened again.

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

I purchased a new 2017 GMC Acadia on December 14th 2017. On October 11th 2018, my Acadia was rendered completely disabled by a what has been described by the dealership as a " dead battery" I was almost locked in the vehicle because the entire electrical system failed and the electronic locks would not operate. There was no previous indication, notification or warning by the vehicle and monitoring service or of an impending battery failure obviously, a 10 month old battery in a new car should not be completely drained after only 10 months of ownership ( leading me to believe there may be more at play than just a bad battery). Had this happened anywhere else besides my driveway, it would have been a major issue. The vehicle was then towed to the nearest authorized GMC repair facility. The dealership ran diagnostic tests of the electrical system and found nothing wrong, but this still leaves me with doubts about the reliability of the vehicle and integrity of the electrical system.

When you put the shifter into the park position and you try to turn off the vehicle with the start/stop button an on dash error code of �shift to park� appears even though the vehicle is clearly in park. You are not able to turn the vehicle off. It beeps incessantly, the battery remains on and the doors do not want to lock. GMC has been made aware of the issue by hundreds of 2017 Acadia owners however their engineers have not found a solution. This defect is forcing me to turn the engine on and off multiple times, trying putting the car in reverse and then shifting back in drive, wiggling the shifter, opening the rear passenger doors and repeating any and all of these processes until it eventually turns off the shift to park message and allows the vehicle to shut down (or if you can confuse the electrical panel and have another message pop up to override it, such as the one that says 'check rear passenger seat". I do not know if my car is ever truly in gear or not. I'm afraid that it might cause a dangerous situation where my vehicle rolls thinking it is not in park or the battery dies unexpectedly or the vehicle is stolen because it will not shut off or the doors will not lock. I bought this vehicle brand new and this started occurring at around 15,000 miles and is a highly reported problem that necessitates a recall fix for safety.