Flashed "shift into park" while driving

Hi, I replied above as to what they found wrong with my 2017 Jeep Grand Cherokee Altitude. Basically they could not find the problem with mine either. In the end I was told it was a short in the wiring under the shift console, but I had very limited confidence this was going to solve the issue given they were basically googling what it could be while I was on the phone explaining what happened and was told paint on wires can cause this. I wasn't buying it. I had 2 other transmission issues before this shift to park happened. I ended up telling them they needed to lemon my car. Hope this helps!

Hi, After several weeks of trying to figure out the "shift to park" issue I was told it was a short of sorts in the wiring under my shift console. This was of course found after the service manager called me while basically googling what it could be. He told me "sometimes paint gets on the wires during manufacturing and causes these issues". I too was very terrified to drive my vehicle and refused to pick it up from the dealership. I commute 100 miles a day for work and need a safe vehicle to drive. Long story short and 10 months later my jeep was lemoned. Let me tell you, the process of lemoning was a nightmare. It has to start with the service department at the dealership and then gets approval from Chrysler. The main nightmare of lemoning is the third party Chrysler uses Stericycle. I opted to not hire an attorney but looking back at the amount of time it took and the headache it caused me I wish i would have. There is zero chance I would accept these issues if I were you. It really is terrifying when it happens. Hope this helps!

Thanks so much this response was super helpful. Ugh. So my nightmare will begin.

What is the process of declare your car lemon? MY 2016 Laredo is so scary. From valve problems to shift to park your car while driving.

As far as I know, the process has to start with the dealership's service department. They know the history of the car's repairs and ongoing issues. It's not easy to get them to start the process! For me, I refused to pick up my car after they told me it was fixed. I told them they needed to get the process started to declare my car a lemon because there have been too many transmission issues and this last problem was totally unsafe. I told them I paid for a safe and reliable vehicle and was terrified to drive what they sold me. I also drive over 100 miles a day to/from work so I had to get this made right. Eventually the higher-ups in the service department got more involved and got the ball rolling for me. The whole thing was a complete nightmare to be quite honest. Lasted over 9 months once the ball got rolling. I did not hire an attorney, but looking back at it I wish I had to save myself the headache. Best of luck! Hopefully this helps!

Were there any oil change required messages around that same timeframe?

Once more as I said previously: GET TO THE DEALER. DO NOT TAKE NO FOR AN ANSWER. A safety concern is a safety concern, period. Contact Fiat Chrysler FCA Customer assistance. Advocate for your concern. You should not buy a $30,000+ vehicle and drive "in fear".

mine started this yesterday, im at 260,176 miles on 2017 Laredo. First time, it went completely dead, lost all power and lights. last 2 times I got the 'ding' and Shift to Park Or Neutral Press Brake + Select Gear message but car stayed on with radio and lights. everything else died. all 3 times happened at intersection where i was stopped and started accelerating. any ideas?

2016 Jeep Grand Cherokee, driving 45mph, felt a slight jerk, then engine light pops on, 2 minutes later, alert pops up on dash saying shift vehicle into Park, and something about Trans. Car automatically shifted to neutral, rolled to side of road. Shifted to park, car stayed on, wouldn’t let me shift to drive. Shut vehicle down for 5 mins, turned back on, drove .5 mile happened again. Sat for 10 mins vehicle turned on shifted to drive and no issues at the moment. Called The dealership but they said they’re backed up with trans issues. Wondering if anyone figured out then actual issue. My car is a 2016 grand Cherokee, with 86k miles. Never had any issues prior.