Chevrolet Impala Complaints (2006)

544 consumer complaints on file.

#10511358May 10, 2013
ENGINE
I PURCHASED THIS CAR USED AT 115,000 MILES IN FEBRUARY OF 2013. ON MY WAY TAKING MY CHILDREN TO SCHOOL ON MARCH 22,2013 MY SERVICE TRACTION LIGHT BEGIN TO FLASH FOLLOWED BY REDUCED POWER LIGHT. NOW I'M DOING 45 MILES AN HOUR WITH CARS RIGHT ON MY TAIL AND HAD TO GET OVER IN THE OTHER LANE..TO KEEP SOMEONE FROM RUNNING INTO THE BACK OF ME. BUT THIS MORNING OF MAY 10,2013 DID IT FOR ME. ON THE WAY TAKING THEM TO SCHOOL IT HAPPENED AGAIN,BUT I HAD TO SWERVE OFF THE ROAD. MY BABIES WERE ALL SHOOK UP.SOMETHING REALLY NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS,BECAUSE THIS COULD BE VERY FATAL. NO ONE WANTS TO LOSE THERE LIFE BEHIND THIS. THERE ARE FAR TO MANY COMPLAINTS OF THIS ISSUE. THE GUY I PURCHASED IT FROM KEPT UP THE MAINTENANCE ON IT AND SO HAVE I. I HAVE PUT MORE MONEY INTO THIS CAR THAN I HAVE ANYONE OF MY OTHERS AND THEY WERE OLDER. I PAID A GOOD BIT OF MONEY FOR THIS CAR, AND AS WE ALL NO MONEY IS NOT EASY TO COME BY THESE DAYS. HAVE A BLESSED DAY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10510643May 4, 2013
POWER TRAIN
PURCHASED THE 2006 CHEVY IMPALA 3.9L WITH ABOUT 30,000 MILES. AT AROUND 60,000 MILES I STARTED TO NOTICE THE TRANSMISSION SLIP, MAYBE HAPPENED ONCE EVERY 20 TRIPS. AT AROUND 70,000 MILES IT STARTED HAPPENING MORE FREQUENTLY, ONCE OR TWICE A WEEK. HAD THE CAR LOOKED AT BY A MECHANIC AND WAS TOLD NO ISSUE WAS FOUND. NOW AT 75,000 MILES AND IT HAPPENS MULTIPLE TIMES ALMOST EVERY TRIP I TAKE WITH MY CAR. IT OCCURS AFTER SHIFTING FROM PARK INTO DRIVE THEN PULLING OFF OR WHEN PULLING OFF FROM A RED LIGHT OR STOP SIGN. ENGINE REVS, CAR HESITATES FOR 2-4 SECONDS THEN SLIPS REAL HARD INTO GEAR. I HAVE READ IN NUMEROUS FORUMS THAT GM TECH SAY THIS IS NORMAL BEHAVIOR FOR THIS TRANSMISSION, AND NUMEROUS PEOPLE HAVING THEIR TRANSMISSIONS REPLACED ONLY TO HAVE THIS ISSUE RECUR. THIS ISSUE ALMOST RESULTED IN CRASH ONCE WHEN ENTERING A 40MPH ZONE FROM A STOP SIGN, AS AFTER STOPPING AND TAKING MY FOOT OFF THE BRAKE AND APPLYING THE GAS, THE VEHICLE BEGAN ROLLING ONTO THE 40MPH ZONE AND ENCOUNTERED A 6-7 SECOND DELAY BEFORE SLIPPING INTO GEAR AND ACCELERATING, CAUSING THE APPROACHING VEHICLE TO HAVE TO APPLY ITS BRAKE ABRUPTLY TO PREVENT A COLLISION. AT THIS POINT THE SLIPPING IS BECOMING A REAL ISSUE AS I NOW HAVE A TODDLER IN MY VEHICLE AND DO NOT WANT TO RISK ANY NECK OR OTHER INJURIES DUE TO THE JERKING OF THE VEHICLE WHEN IT SLIPS INTO GEAR. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10509329April 23, 2013
POWER TRAIN
I HAD JUST STARTED DRIVING TO WORK AROUND 8:00 AM. GOT ABOUT 3 MILES DOWN THE ROAD AND HAD GOT STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT. WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN AND I WENT TO ACCELERATE I FELT A HARD JERK FROM THE VEHICLE AS THE RPM'S WENT UP AND THE VEHICLE WENT NOWHERE. AFTER READING REVIEWS AND ISSUES WITH THESE VEHICLES IT LOOKS LIKE THE TRANSMISSION IS STARTING TO GO. THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL CONSIDERING THE FACT THAT GM KNOWS OF THE ISSUE TSB# 07-07-30-012C. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10504544March 26, 2013
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
I WAS DRIVING THROUGH A INTERSECTION AND MY CAR STALLED AND A PERSON COMING FROM OPPOSITE DIRECTION RAN THE LIGHT AND I WAS UNABLE TO MOVE BECAUSE MY CALL STALLED AND THEN A FEW SECTION IT PULLED OFF.THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND I KNOW YOU GUYS SEE ALL THESE COMPLAINTS. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY YOU GUYS ARE IGNORING THIS ISSUE ARE JUST WAITING FOR A PRETTY BAD ACCIDENT TO OCCUR I HOPE NOT BECAUSE WE HAVE ENOUGH PROBLEMS THROUGH OUT THIS WORLD NO MONEY, CHILDREN AND ELDERLY GETTING MURDERED, AND THE FACT THE WE TRY TO DO BETTER TO GET BETTER ITS BEEN COMING HARDER BUT, I KNOW GOD HAS A PLAN TO HEAL THIS WORLD. SO, I WOULD LIKE TO BE REIMBURSE CAUSE I FAILED THE EMISSION TEST AND WOULD LIKE TO BE COMPENSATE FOR THAT AS WELL ALSO TO GET THAT REMOVED OFF MY EMISSION FILE THAT I FAILED OUT OF ALL THE CARS NEVER FAILED A TEST BEFORE AND I DON'T WANT THAT ON MY RECORD. THANK *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10504249March 23, 2013
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WELL FOR A MONTH I BEEN GETING POWER REDUCE INGINE ON THE DASH BOURD I GOT MY HUSBAND TO CHECK IT OUT AND HE CANT BELIVE WHAT HE SAW DID SOME RESEACH ON LINE AND LOOK LIKE THIS IS A COMMAND PROBLEM SO HE BOUGHT THE THROTTLE BODY AND NO LUCK SO THEN BOUGHT THE PEDAL POSSION SENSOR HOPE GM CAN REIMBURSE ALL THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE THIS PROBLEM.I SPENT ALREADY CLOSE TO $500.00 AND AM STILL WORKING ON THE CAR PLEASE HELP...IT NOT COOL THAT GM IS IGNORING THE SITUATION IT LOOK LOOK THERE AWARE OF IT.... *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10503524March 18, 2013
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
WHILE DRIVING THE REDUCED ENGINE POWER LIGHT CAME ON WHILE DRIVING ON EXPRESSWAY. SINCE THEN IT COMES ON MORE FREQUENT. CAUSING CAR TO ACCELERATE VERY SLOW, AND IN SOME CASES STALLING. NEARLY CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. VEHICLE IS NOT SAFE. SEVERAL SERVICE BULLETINS BUT ONLY 1 RECALL. I WILL NEVER BUY A GM PRODUCT AGAIN. I HAVE OWNED SEVERAL GM VEHICLES. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10503142March 15, 2013
POWER TRAIN
WHEN STEPPING ON THE GAS HARD FROM A STOP IT TAKES TIME FOR SOMETHING TO CATCH THEN IT JERKS AND GOES, WHEN SPEEDING UP WHEN DRIVING, IT JERKS REAL HARD WHEN IT SHIFTS. BAD TRANSMISSION. LEAKS OIL, HEADLIGHTS COME ON IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, DRAINS THE BATTERY. THIS CAR IS A P.O.S. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10502745March 14, 2013
STRUCTURE:BODY
THE REAR DOORS WILL NOT FROM EITHER THE OUTSIDE OR THE INSIDE REGARDLESS OF ALL ACTIONS TO OPEN THEM. REAR PASSENGERS HAVE TO EXIT THE VEHICLE BY CLIMBING OVER THE FRONT SEATS TO EXIT FROM THE FRONT DOORS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10502130March 8, 2013
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE COMPUTER WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 101,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10501835March 6, 2013
SEAT BELTS
DURING NORMAL USE THE DRIVER'S SEAT BELT BUCKLE WILL NOT ENTER INTO THE LATCH SO THE SEAT BELT CANNOT BE FASTENED. THIS IS NOT YET REPAIRED. THE DEALER STATES THIS IS NOT A NO CHARGE REPAIR OF THIS CRITICAL SAFETY ITEM (DEALER ESTIMATED $180 TO $200 TO REPLACE). IS THIS IN ACCORDANCE WITH NHTSA RULES AND REQUIREMENTS FOR SEAT BELTS? *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10497615February 10, 2013
POWER TRAIN
SEEMS LIKE A CHEMICAL SMELL LIKE EXHAUST IS COMING INTO THE CAR. MAKES YOU COUGH. YOU CANT SEE ANY SMOKE . WONDERING IF THE EXHAUST SYSTEM HAS TOO MUCH BACK PRESSURE CAUSING EXTRA EXHAUST TO COME IN THE FRESH AIR INTAKE. THE SAME EFFECT ON A RENTAL 2012 IMPALA WHICH HAS THE SAME DESIGN, THAT CAR HAD ONLY 16,000 MILES. SEEMS WORSE WHEN THE OUTSIDE AIR IS ON, NOT SO MUCH WHEN THE RECIRCULATION IS ON. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10494798January 26, 2013
STEERING
I DID NOT HAVE A ACCIDENT HAD THE RECALL FIXED BY GWANTNEY CHEV., IN JACKSONVILLE, ARKANSAS IN JUNE 2011 AND DECEMBER 2012 THE VEHICLE IS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM POWER STEERING COOLING LINE. MESSED UP. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10494566January 24, 2013
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE WAS UNABLE TO REMOVE THE KEY FROM THE IGNITION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS A WIRE THAT CONNECTED TO THE SHIFT SOLENOID. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED BUT STATED THERE WERE NO RECALLS FOR THE VIN. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 47,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 109,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10490211December 27, 2012
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE COMPLETING A LEFT TURN, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AND THE CONTACT LOST CONTROL AND CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL BODY SHOP BUT WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 82,000.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10488769December 14, 2012
STEERING, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
MY 2006 CHEVY IMPALA HAS THUMP NOISE IN THE STEERING ANY TIME I TURN AND SOUNDS LIKE IT GONNA FALL APART ITS A HAZARD TO BE ON THE ROAD. AND THE HEATER CLICKS WONT WORK RESULTING IN THE WINDSHIELD BEING FOGGED WHEN IM DRIVING THAT'S A HAZARD ALSO. I CALLED CHEVY CUSTOMER SERVICE DID THEY HELP NO TAKE YOUR VEHICLE TO THE DEALER PAY $ 100.00 MAYBE YOU WILL GET IT FIXED FREE! HAHA FORGET IT IM SELLING THE CAR ITS EASIER THAT'S MY STORY IM VERY DISSATISFIED IN CHEVY. AND ANY OF THIS HAPPENS AT ANYTIME OF THE SPEED 0-75 MPH. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10485874November 23, 2012
POWER TRAIN
IN THE FALL OF 2010, I TOOK MY 2006 CHEVY IMPALA SS TO A CHEVY DEALER FOR AN OIL CHANGE. WHILE WAITING FOR MY VEHICLE, I WAS ADVISED BY THE MECHANIC I SHOULD HAVE THE TRANSMISSION FLUSHED. I QUESTIONED HIM BECAUSE THERE WAS ONLY 60K MILES ON THE CAR, ALSO, HAD NOT NOTICED ANYTHING WHILE DRIVING THAT WOULD INDICATE THAT BEING NEEDED. I HAD THE FLUSH DONE ANYWAY, AND, SINCE THEN, THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN SLIPPING FROM A COMPLETE STOP. IT WASN'T BAD AT FIRST, ONLY HAPPENED ONCE IN A GREAT WHILE. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE SAME SHOP THAT FLUSHED THE TRANSMISSION TO CHECK ON IT, ONLY TO HAVE THEM TELL ME THERE WAS NO PROBLEM AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO REPLICATE THE PROBLEM. I NOW HAVE 80K MILES ON THE CAR AND THE PROBLEM IS GETTING WORSE, THE SLIP HAPPENS ALMOST EVERY TIME I ACCELERATE FROM A DEAD STOP AND I ALSO FEEL TORQUE SHUDDER WHILE AT HIGHER SPEEDS. I HAVE DONE RESEARCH AND THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON ISSUE. I AM DRIVING THE CAR BUT AM VERY NERVOUS DOING SO. I FEEL THIS CAN BE A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE NOT KNOWING WHEN THE TRANSMISSION WILL ENGAGE OR DISENGAGE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10485220November 19, 2012
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE, POWER TRAIN
I HAVE A 2006 CHEVY IMPALA AND THERE SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION. WE HAVE TAKEN THE CAR TO THE DEALERS SEVERAL TIMES. WE HAVE CHANGED THE SPARK PLUGS, CHANGED AND FLUSHED THE TRANSMISSION FLUID. WE ARE STILL HAVING THE CAR JERK OFF AT A STOP LIGHT. WE YOU ARE STOPPED ON AN INCLINE IT ALSO HESITATES TO GO INTO GEAR AND THE JERKS AWAY! THE DEALER CAN NEVER FIND A ANYTHING WRONG AND WE HAVE DONE ALL THE RECOMMENDED FIXES. THIS SEEMS TO BE GETTING WORSE. THE GAS CAP AND SOLENOID HAVE ALSO HAD TO BE REPLACED WHICH EVERYONE HAS HAD PROBLEMS WITH. GM SHOULD RECALL THESE CARS BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10485088November 18, 2012
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL, EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL
2006 CHEVROLET IMPALA TRANSMISSION FAILURE AT 62,700 MILES. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10475132September 12, 2012
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
MY FIANCE WAS DRIVING MY CAR ON HIS WAY TO PICK MY CHILDREN UP FROM THEIR GRANDMOTHERS AND SMELLED SOMETHING BURNING. AS HE WAS TRYING TO FIND A PLACE TO PULL OVER SMOKE CAME INTO THE VEHICLE NEAR HIS FEET AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CAR WAS ON FIRE. HE PULLED OVER INTO A RESTAURANT PARKING LOT BUT BY THEN THE ELECTRIC WAS OUT IN THE CAR SO THE DOORS WERE LOCKED AND HE WASN'T ABLE TO OPEN THE DOOR. GOOD THING HE HAD THE WINDOWS DOWN PRIOR TO THE FIRE BECAUSE THAT WAS HIS ONLY ESCAPE. ONE OF THE EMPLOYEES BROUGHT OUT A FIRE EXTINGUISHER AND TRIED TO PUT IT OUT WITH NO LUCK. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED AND FINALLY WAS ABLE TO PUT THE FIRE OUT. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE FIRE WAS IN THE AREA OF THE FUSE PANEL AND WIRING HARNESS. MY CAR IS A TOTAL LOSS AFTER JUST PAYING IT OFF JUST TWO WEEKS AGO! HEARTBREAKING. I'VE BEEN DOING MY RESEARCH AND WAS SURPRISED TO FIND THAT I'M NOT THE ONLY PERSON THAT THIS HAD HAPPENED TO. THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN AND IT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED! I'M JUST THANKFUL THAT MY CHILDREN WERE NOT IN THE CAR WHEN THIS HAPPENED BECAUSE THE WORST COULD HAVE HAPPENED ALL BECAUSE NO ONE WANTS TO DO A RECALL! THANK GOD THERE WERE NO FATALITIES BUT WHO'S TO SAY THE NEXT PERSON THIS HAPPENS TO WILL BE SO LUCKY? *TR *JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10472325August 24, 2012
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR CONDITIONER WAS EMITTING AN ABNORMAL CLICKING NOISE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION BUT THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS UNABLE TO BE DETERMINED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND ADVISED THE CONTACT TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 59,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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