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P07E5 Unable to Engage Drive

Check engine lightOn
EmissionsRelevant
Drive cycleRequired
Limp modePossible

With shift-by-wire or park-by-wire, P, R, N and D are requested electrically (buttons, rotary selector, automatic park on shutdown) and an actuator moves the selector shaft or the park pawl; the module compares the requested with the range actually reached. P07E5 means drive is requested but not reached in time. Only GM documents it: its electronic range selector (LaCrosse, XT5, XT4, 2025 Equinox and Terrain) allows 10 s in most tables, 3 s in the 2018 Diesel table and 2000 ms in the selector module, type B with the MIL after two trips. A 2018 bulletin blames a misaligned range control module coupling, its 2019 revision adds ratio codes; on the 2025 Equinox and Terrain it can appear after an over-the-air update and clears after a ten-minute rest. The car does not move forward or falls back to neutral.

Likely causes

Range control actuator misaligned or faulty
Software or after-effect of an over-the-air update
Range sensor signal wrong
Forward clutch or line pressure missing

Symptoms

  • No drive in D
  • 'Service Transmission' message, MIL
  • Range falls back to N or P

Repair estimate

DifficultyMediumWorkshop job
Parts and labour€100–1,500
Time0.5–3 h

Typical range across vehicles; the real cost depends on what the testing finds.

Parts involved

transmission range selectortransmission range sensorelectronic range selectortransmission control module

Related codes

P07E4P07E7P073EP073DP0700

References: gsi.ext.gm.com, gsi.ext.gm.com, gsi.ext.gm.com, static.nhtsa.gov.