# 2011 Kia Sorento Won't Shift Into Park

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2011-kia-sorento-wont-shift-into-park/66641>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [July 28, 2011, 1:01am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2011-kia-sorento-wont-shift-into-park/66641 "2011-07-28T01:01:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![LeftWingLock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b9bd4f/32.png) [@LeftWingLock](https://community.cartalk.com/u/LeftWingLock)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2011, 1:01am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2011-kia-sorento-wont-shift-into-park/66641/1 "2011-07-28T01:01:35Z")

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I have a 2011 Sorento LX AWD 4 cylinder autotomatic with just under 14,000 miles. Twice in the last couple weeks I have been unable to shift into park. The hill descent assist and traction control lights come on and I can’t move the shifter past neutral. If I restart the car in neutral the lights go off and I can put it in park. Anyone have any ideas?

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**Author:** ![cigroller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c68b51/32.png) [@cigroller](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cigroller)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2011, 3:12am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2011-kia-sorento-wont-shift-into-park/66641/2 "2011-07-28T03:12:31Z")

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Yes. Take it back to where you bought it and have it fixed. Its under warranty.

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**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2011, 4:33am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2011-kia-sorento-wont-shift-into-park/66641/3 "2011-07-28T04:33:37Z")

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Yup!  
The solution is spelled w-a-r-r-a-n-t-y.

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**Author:** ![LeftWingLock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b9bd4f/32.png) [@LeftWingLock](https://community.cartalk.com/u/LeftWingLock)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 4:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2011-kia-sorento-wont-shift-into-park/66641/4 "2011-07-29T16:04:07Z")

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Very helpful guys, thanks 😉

Took it in yesterday. Brake interlock safety switch was bad and is being replaced.

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**Author:** ![cigroller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c68b51/32.png) [@cigroller](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cigroller)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 4:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2011-kia-sorento-wont-shift-into-park/66641/5 "2011-07-29T16:18:28Z")

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Glad to hear it. Count yourself a bit lucky. Often for intermittent problems what you get is “well, we couldn’t find anything wrong…” Hopefully this will be the end of the problem for you.