Emergency: Reverse button broken, won’t shift into reverse

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Slimpee

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I bought my 2021 Yukon SLT a few weeks ago. About a week ago, the plastic cover on the Reverse shifter button came off. Annoying, but it would stay in there as long as I was careful with it.

I just parallel parked the Yukon in between an older Tahoe and a Sierra. As I straightened out and went to back up, the plastic R cover came off and it appear the button/lever itself is broken and the vehicle won’t go into reverse.

I tried prodding the button to see if I can trigger reverse but it hasn’t. I can’t pull forward until the Tahoe moves.

Dealership isn’t answering.

Anyone know of a way to engage reverse with a broken button/lever?
 

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try to put it in neutral, then push it back far enough so that you can put in drive and get out .. you shouldn’t need too much clearance just to get out of a parallel park
 

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those buttons are one of the reasons I won't ever buy a 2021+
i'll roll a 2020 till the wheels fall off or if/when they abandon all this stupid ..ish
 

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