I don’t like the design of the park interlock switch on my 2007 Yukon Denali. This weekend I parked my truck in the driveway. I had planned to leave in like 5 minutes. Instead, I come out, start the truck and it’s stuck in park. So ... the thing sat in the driveway blocking everything for a few days. I would have liked to move it back into the garage but I couldn't move the truck. It was of course the brake light switch. No brake lights at all. I have no issue with changing the part. These things fail, I get that. What I don't get is the problems this failed switch causes. The park interlock never sees that you stepped on the brake and never disengages. The truck is just permanently stuck in park.
This is crazy to me. As far as I know, there is no park interlock override. So if this happens to you – you’re done. I mean, you can’t even tow the car – you are just done. What are you going to do - drag it onto a flatbed? I have never seen anything like this. Every other car has a park interlock override. You pop out the little plug, stick you key in there and then just shift the car out of park. Simple right. Well not on the 2007 Yukon.
GM should recall every single one of these cars and fix this. What if you are traveling with the family? This is just the stupidest design ever since the beginning or end of time. Who designs a vehicle like this? There is just no excuse for this. If anyone knows a way to get this thing out of park in these circumstances without tools please let me know.
In my case, it was no problem. I just ordered the $8 switch and waited a few days. It’s a 5 minute job to swap the thing out. I have other vehicles. But, this is a scary failure. I just can’t believe there is no override switch to get the thing out of park. Maybe I’ll order a spare switch and carry that and a 10mm ***** in the glove box. This was not cool GM - not cool at all.
This is crazy to me. As far as I know, there is no park interlock override. So if this happens to you – you’re done. I mean, you can’t even tow the car – you are just done. What are you going to do - drag it onto a flatbed? I have never seen anything like this. Every other car has a park interlock override. You pop out the little plug, stick you key in there and then just shift the car out of park. Simple right. Well not on the 2007 Yukon.
GM should recall every single one of these cars and fix this. What if you are traveling with the family? This is just the stupidest design ever since the beginning or end of time. Who designs a vehicle like this? There is just no excuse for this. If anyone knows a way to get this thing out of park in these circumstances without tools please let me know.
In my case, it was no problem. I just ordered the $8 switch and waited a few days. It’s a 5 minute job to swap the thing out. I have other vehicles. But, this is a scary failure. I just can’t believe there is no override switch to get the thing out of park. Maybe I’ll order a spare switch and carry that and a 10mm ***** in the glove box. This was not cool GM - not cool at all.
