Systems and methods to impede shift from park in a vehicle

A method comprising:

• determining, by a processor, that a user has entered a vehicle based on inputs obtained from a sensor unit configured to detect a presence of the user and predetermined items in the vehicle that are not keys of the vehicle;
• determining, by the processor, that a predefined condition is met based on the inputs obtained from the sensor unit responsive to determining that the user has entered the vehicle, wherein the predefined condition is met when one or more first items present in the vehicle do not match a user's predefined authorized item list or one or more second items that are preferred by the user are absent from the vehicle;
• and
• disabling, by the processor, the vehicle from being shifted out of a park mode, responsive to determining that the predefined condition is met.

A vehicle comprising:

• a sensor unit configured to detect a presence of a user and predetermined items in the vehicle;
• and
• a processor configured to:
• determine that the user has entered the vehicle based on inputs obtained from the sensor unit, wherein the vehicle is authenticated by a key that is not a phone;
• determine that a predefined condition is met based on the inputs obtained from the sensor unit responsive to determining that the user has entered the vehicle, wherein the predefined condition is met when a user's phone that is also configured as a key of the vehicle is absent from the vehicle;
• and
• disable the vehicle from being shifted out of a park mode, responsive to determining that the predefined condition is met.