NHTSA Complaint #10967100 — 2017 CHEVROLET BOLT EV

THE PROBLEM IS THAT IT IS TOO EASY TO PUT THE CAR IN "PARK" BY ACCIDENT. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, I WAS TRYING TO GO FROM THE "L" POSITION TO THE "R" POSITION. TO DO SO REQUIRES YOU TO PRESS THE SIDE BUTTON AND MANEUVER THE SHIFTER TO THE R POSITION. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, WHILE DOING SO, I INADVERTENTLY PUSHED THE "P" BUTTON ON TOP OF THE SHIFTER RESULTING IN THE CAR ENDING IN PARK WHEN I WANTED TO REVERSE. THIS HAPPENS WHEN I GRABBED THE SHIFTER AND PRESS ON THE "P" BUTTON WITH MY PALM WHILE TRYING TO PRESS THE SIDE BUTTON. MOST OF THE TIMES IT WAS NOT A BIG DEAL, I JUST TRIED AGAIN AND THEN PROCEEDED. HOWEVER, ON ONE OCCASION TODAY, I WAS ABOUT TO MOVE INTO AN INTERSECTION WHEN A FAST MOVING CAR APPEARED FROM A BLIND SPOT AND I TRIED TO QUICKLY BACK-UP AND ENDED UP IN PARK INSTEAD. IT TOOK ME A FEW SECONDS TO REALIZE WHAT WAS GOING ON AND FINALLY GOT IT IN REVERSE BUT IT WAS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS AS I WAS IN PARK IN THE INTERSECTION WHEN I NEEDED TO MOVE QUICKLY OUT OF THE WAY.