Won't shift gears problems

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Turns ON But won't shift out of PARK

Chevrolet Equinox 2019 1.5 L 60000 miles

Started with having to jump and charge a new battery (purchased and put in less than a year ago at dealership). Anytime car would be at a stop light and the auto shut off decided to turn on , and car wouldn't be able to start back up without having to jump it...
After parking it one day, it did the same thing it's been and so I jumped the battery and it turned over and started but could not get it shifted out of PARK.
The display message on dash keeps saying that I need to shift it back into park and roll drivers side window DOWN and then UP???

Crowley6 from United States a year ago

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Same issue here

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Mar Omega from United States 6 months ago

I haven't had a battery issue (that I know of) in my 2008 Equinox, but I have recently had the "won't come out of park" issue recently. I did watch two videos on YouTube, that told me how to disassemble my console to access the shifter. I was able to manipulate a pin as shown in videos, but to remove the console, you have to disconnect your window controls, climate controls, Onstar controls etm. Of course you can reassemble everything, but the park lock issue reoccurred the third time I drove it after taking it apart. Today, I drove it disassembled again, but it was 25⁰ and I had no heat, defrost, or ability to roll windows up the last inch, so I cut the console into 3 sections with a Sawzall. Now all controls are plugged back in,and I can still access the shifter linkage.
Of course now my dashboard blacks out and resets when I hit the brakes too hard.

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GFUNK from United States 5 months ago

Did you ever figure out the cause of the issue? I am a technician and working on someone's car with this exact issue on the same year vehicle and can't seem to figure out what is going on with it. When I connect my scan tool I am getting a loss of communication fault for the TCM. Customer said the battery was dead so they replaced the battery and now this happened and it's stuck in park.

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Sam from United States 2 months ago

The tcm needs to be calibrated. Actually the procedure calibrate the ecm, tps, and tcm. Remove negative cable and fuses and relays. Ecm tps and tcm. Leave off for about 30 minutes. Put cable back on with fuses out. Push the gas to the floor and turn key to accessories. Hold gas down for 20 seconds. Let off and turn key off. Remove cable. Put fuses in. Put cable back on. Foot on gad turn to accessories again hold 6 seconds. Let off gas and turn off. Turn to accessories with foot on gas hold 10 seconds. Pump 9 times on gas and turn off. Then CRANK the car Rev motor a few times. Check the idle. That was on my nissan altima.

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