Electronic shifter malfunction

[Sandevino]

Today was the first and hopefully last issue with the electronic shifter.

2023 new body V8 eTorque 4x4
28* outside and snowing

Went for a drive today and pulled into a parking lot to get something out of the back seat. Shifted to park, opened the drivers door and started to get out and the truck shut off. Thought I turned it off out of habit and when I tried to restart the EVIC displayed the error “apply emergency brake to prevent rolling”, the electronic shifter was flashing in park and the ignition was in accessory mode. I couldn’t turn the truck off. When restarting the truck the truck would die as soon as I let off the brake regardless of what gear was selected. The truck did not roll and appeared to be in park.

Well %$&@….. the shifter and transmission couldn’t agree on which gear, or lack of gear, the transmission was in. All my tools are at home and I’m stuck in a parking lot. All businesses were closed as everyone freaks out when it snows in North Texas.

I shifted to what the shifter thought was neutral and let it sit for a bit. 5 minutes later it started up like nothing ever happened and ran fine the rest of the day. I’ll bring it up with the dealer next week but what a shot to the confidence in this setup.

Has anyone experienced this? Any issues to report after the fact?

I miss the physical linkages of days gone by…

 

[BlueHemi1500]

Is it possible that you opened the driver's door a bit too quickly and the transmission had not shifted to park? The truck has a safety that if you open the driver's door it will shut down the truck. I learned that the hard way.
Just a SWAG.

BlueHemi1500

 

[Sandevino]

I’ve done that a few times but the transmission always shifted to park and I restarted without issue. This was a completely different experience.

I got an email from Ram about a MIL issue but nothing on the dash and no codes come up in the scanner. I’ll make it to the dealer one day next week to get a once over and see what’s what.