Chevrolet Impala Complaints

10,446 consumer complaints on file.

#10247286October 30, 2008
WHEELS
THE TIRES KEEP LOOSING AIR IT TAKES ABOUT 2 DAYS FOR THEM TO LOOSE ABOUT 10LBS. THEY ARE LEAKING BECAUSE OF CORROSION OF THE WHEEL WHERE THE TIRE BEAD HAS TO SEAL. THE CAR HAS THE INDY SPECIAL EDITION CHROME PLATED ALUMINUM WHEELS. THE PROBLEM IS CAUSED BY THE CHROME PEELING OFF OF THE ALUMINUM IN THE BEAD AREA THE CORROSION CAUSES DEEP PITS THAT WILL NOT LET THE TIRE SEAL. THE DEALERSHIP RECOMMENDED TO PUT INNER TUBES IN THE TIRES WHICH ARE UNSAFE BECAUSE OF SUDDEN DEFLATION IN CASE OF A PUNCTURE. THE WHEELS WOULD COST I THINK OVER $2000 TO REPLACE THE SET. I THINK THIS IS VERY BAD QUALITY ON CHEVY PART. 4 WHEELS BAD ON A CAR IS NOT A NORMAL MAINTENANCE ISSUE. IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE OF THE CONSTANT AIR LOSS. 2004 CHEVY IMPALA SS INDY EDITION. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10247163October 29, 2008
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. SPORADICALLY, THE SPEEDOMETER ON THE INSTRUMENT CONTROL PANEL BECOMES INOPERATIVE AND DISPLAYS INACCURATE READINGS. AS A CONSEQUENCE, THE CONTACT CANNOT ACCURATELY MEASURE THE SPEED SHE IS DRIVING. THERE IS ALSO A STRONG FUEL ODOR EMANATING FROM THE VEHICLE. SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A REPAIR SHOP, BUT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED OR REMEDIED. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN PROPERLY REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 116,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10246902October 28, 2008
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH AT NIGHT ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS, THE HEADLIGHTS UNEXPECTEDLY LOST POWER. THE FAILURE OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE HEADLIGHTS ACTIVATED AUTOMATICALLY WHEN THE ENGINE WAS STARTED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WILL BE TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR REPAIR. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED OF THE SAFETY RISK INVOLVED. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 55,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10246937October 28, 2008
TIRES:PRESSURE MONITORING AND REGULATING SYSTEMS
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING INDICATOR CONSTANTLY ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT CONTROL PANEL. SHE TOOK HER VEHICLE TO A DEALER, BUT THEY COULD NOT IDENTIFY THE FAILURE AND PROVIDE A REMEDY. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 26,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 29,437.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10246785October 27, 2008
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR, LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES
2007 CHEVY IMPALA LTS: EXTERIOR HANDLE ON DRIVER'S SIDE BROKE UNDER NORMAL USAGE -- WAS NOT TEMPERATURE RELATED. SEVERAL SIMILAR FAILURES WERE NOTED BY ONE OF THE SERVICE EMPLOYEES. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10246607October 24, 2008
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
EVERYTHING WAS WORKING NORMALLY AND ALL OF THE SUDDEN MY SPEEDOMETER BEGAN GOING HAYWIRE. I'VE READ THAT MANY OTHER IMPALAS HAVE EXPERIENCED SIMILAR PROBLEMS. IT'S CURRENTLY DOING 90MPH PARKED IN MY GARAGE. IT SPORADICALLY ACCELERATES FROM WHEREVER THE NEEDLE IS AT THE TIME BUT WON'T RETURN TO ZERO WHEN IT COMES TO A STOP. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10246648October 24, 2008
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TEMPERATURE GAGE IS WORKING ONLY PART TIME, WILL INCREASE ABRUPTLY AND THEN DEGREE JUST AS FAST. LAST WEEK THE SPEEDOMETER CONTINUED TO INCREASE PAST THE NUMBERS THEN DECREASED SLOWLY THROUGHOUT THE DAY. I FILLED UP WITH GAS AND THE SPEEDOMETER STARTED WORKING AGAIN BUT THE TEMPERATURE GAGE FLOATED BACK AND FORTH. THIS WEEK THE SPEEDOMETER IS ON 90 WHEN THE CAR IS OFF. FILLED UP WITH GAS AGAIN HOPING IT WOULD CORRECT THE SPEEDOMETER AGAIN. INSTEAD THE SPEEDOMETER DROPPED TO THE N POSITION AT THE BOTTOM AND WILL MOVE TO 120 OCCASIONALLY. TOOK THE CAR TO REPAIR SHOP, HAD THE SENSOR CHECKED. SENSOR IS FINE. WAS TOLD MANY HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM AND IS A DEFECT WITH THE CLUSTER THAT GM WILL NOT RECOGNIZE. THIS PROBLEM NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. THIS IS A REAL SAFETY ISSUE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10246639October 24, 2008
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
MY SPEEDOMETER IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. IT WILL DISPLAY ANYWHERE BETWEEN ZERO MPH AND 120 MPH WHEN DRIVING APPROX. 70 MPH (JUDGING ON THE SPEED OF OTHER TRAFFIC. I HAVE A 2004 CHEVY IMPALA WITH 81,000 MILES. REPAIR AT A GM DEALERSHIP IS APPROX. $400. I HAVE SPOKEN TO GM CUSTOMER SERVICE ABOUT THEM BEING RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPAIR OF A SAFETY HAZARD. THEY DON'T SEEM TO CARE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10246490October 23, 2008
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
THE SPEEDOMETER GETS STUCK YOU WILL BE ON THE HIGHWAY DOING 65 AND WHEN YOU GET OFF TO STOP IT WILL SAY THAT YOU ARE GOING 65 WHILE YOU ARE SITTING STILL OR IT WILL NOT MOVE AT ALL IT WILL SAY 0 WHILE DRIVING THIS IS A INSTRUMENT CLUSTER ISSUE AND WILL BE AROUND $500.00 TO FIX BUT I DO NOT HAVE THE MONEY FOR THIS BEFORE THIS STARTED THE GAS GAGE AND TEMP GAGE STARTED TO MESS UP AND BOUNCE AROUND. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10246519October 23, 2008
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
I OWN A 2003 CHEVY IMPALA. IN 2007 I BEGAN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR DOORS NOT LOCKING AND THEN THE HORN GOING OFF WHEN I OPENED THE DOOR. A FUSE WAS BLOWING OUT SO I WAS INSTRUCTED BY ONE OF THE MECHANICS AT THE DEALERSHIP TO BUY SOME FUSES AND CHANGE THEM AS THEY GO OUT. I ALSO HAD ISSUES WITH THE CAR NOT WANTING TO START. I HAD THE CAR AT THE DEALERSHIP 6 TIMES. THE LAST TIME IT WAS BROUGHT IN VIA TOW TRUCK BECAUSE IT WOULDN'T START AT ALL. NO COMPUTER CODES EVER REGISTERED. IN EXASPERATION THEY REPLACED THE BODY CONTROL MODULE. THIS SEEMED TO "FIX" THE PROBLEM. NOW A YEAR AND A HALF LATER AND OUT OF BOTH MY WARRANTY AND EXTENDED WARRANTY WE'RE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS AGAIN. I'VE TAKEN IT AGAIN TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY DROVE IT FOR THREE DAYS. CAN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT AGAIN. I DROVE IT AND TODAY IT WOULDN'T LOCK AND OR START. I WAITED ABOUT 30 MINUTES AND WAS ABLE TO GET IT TO START AGAIN. THE CAR DOESN'T EVEN HAVE 80,000 MILES ON IT AND I'M SICK OF THESE PROBLEMS! THIS CAR IS NOT RELIABLE TRANSPORTATION FOR ME ANYMORE AND THE DEALERSHIP DOESN'T SEEM TO BE CONCERNED. WHY IS THERE NO RECALL ON THIS? I THINK I'M GOING TO HAVE TO GO TRADE IN MY CAR FOR SOMETHING MORE RELIABLE SINCE NO ONE CAN SEEM TO FIGURE OUT THESE ISSUES NOR REPAIR THEM! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10246529October 23, 2008
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
DRIVE CAR AND PARK AND TURN OFF. RETURN 1 HOUR TO 1 DAY LATER CAR WILL NOT START INTERMITTENTLY. ALL LIGHTS CAME ON BUT CAR WILL NOT CRANK. KEEP TRYING AND WITHIN A HALF HOUR CAR WILL START. HAVE HAD IT TOWED TO A MECHANIC IN WHICH THEY REPLACED THE STARTER AND THE OCCURRENCE HAPPENED 1 MONTH LATER. MECHANIC WANTED ME TO DROP OFF CAR AND LEAVE IT THERE UNTIL IT HAPPENS AGAIN. CAN NOT AFFORD TO HAVE MY CAR SITTING AT A MECHANIC FOR WHO KNOWS HOW LONG AND EVEN THEN THEY STILL MAY NOT KNOW WHAT'S WRONG. HAVE BEEN TO MANY ONLINE DISCUSSION BOARDS AND MANY PEOPLE HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM BUT NO KNOWN FIXES. AS OF THIS WRITING THE NO START PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN RESOLVED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10246434October 22, 2008
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
2005 CHEVY IMPALA SS - INSTRUMENT CLUSTER ISSUE. NON WORKING, ERRATIC OR INCORRECT GAUGE INFORMATION. AFFECTING SPEEDOMETER, TEMPERATURE, RPM, AND BOOST GAUGES.*TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10246441October 22, 2008
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
SPEEDOMETER HAS CEASED TO FUNCTION PROPERLY. WHEN CAR IS TURNED OFF IT'S STUCK AT 80 MPH AND WILL PEG ITSELF OUT AS THE CAR SPEEDS UP. UPON RESEARCH REPAIR WILL COST 300+ DOLLARS. CAR HAS 55,450 MILES. THIS WILL BE REPAIRED UPON PAYCHECK BEING RECEIVED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10246347October 22, 2008
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER WAS MALFUNCTIONING AND WOULD NOT REGISTER THE CORRECT SPEED. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE SPEEDOMETER WOULD REGISTER 70-80 MPH. MOST RECENTLY, WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH, THE SPEEDOMETER REGISTERED MORE THAN 120 MPH, WHICH WAS OFF THE METER. THE DEALER ADVISED HER TO BRING IN THE VEHICLE SO THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER COULD BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER HAS NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 75,545 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 74,600.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10246097October 20, 2008
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
OUR COMPANY OWNS A 2008 CHEVY IMPALA THAT WILL SHUT OFF FOR NO REASON. SOMETIMES, AFTER THE DRIVER PUTS THE CAR INTO 'DRIVE' OR 'REVERSE' FROM PARK THE ENGINE RPMS SURGE, THE RADIO GETS LOUDER AND THE CAR SHUTS OFF. IT HAS SURGED AND THEN DIED WHILE GOING DOWN THE ROAD AT 50+ MILES PER HOUR. IT HAS DIED WHILE IN DRIVE BUT STOPPED A STOP LIGHT/SIGN. THE DRIVER HAS TO PUT THE CAR BACK INTO PARK AND THE CAR STARTS. THIS HAS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES AND THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIX IT. IT IS A SERIOUS HAZARD. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10246103October 20, 2008
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
THE SPEEDOMETER IN MY 2004 IMPALA DOES NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY. IT IS UNPREDICTABLE IN WHAT SPEED IT MEASURES. SOMETIMES IT STAYS ON "0" SOMETIMES IT'S AT "110" WHEN I'M DOING APPROX. 20MPH. IT'S JUST BROKEN. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10246128October 20, 2008
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
FAILURE: LOWER INTAKE GASKET FAILED DUE TO DEXCOOL ANTIFREEZE. DEXCOOL INSTALLED AT FACTORY. VEHICLE HAD SUDDEN SERIOUS COOLANT LEAK . VEHICLE OVERHEATED ON HIGHWAY AND STRANDED OWNER. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER FOR SERVICE. DEALER TOLD OWNER TO REPLACE GASKET AND COOLANT. SERVICE TECHNICIAN REPLACED DEXCOOL WITH ANOTHER LONG LIFE BRAND OF ANTIFREEZE. THE ORIGINAL DEXCOOL ALSO CLOGGED THE RADIATOR WHICH REQUIRED EXTRA FLUSHING WITH ADDITIONAL CHEMICALS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10246139October 20, 2008
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH DOWNHILL, THE VEHICLE VIBRATED AND HESITATED WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE BRAKES ALSO MADE A LOUD GRINDING NOISE. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS RELATED TO THE ROTORS. THE TECHNICIAN RESURFACED AND DEGLAZED THE ROTORS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER A TOTAL OF FOUR TIMES FOR THE FAILURES. THE BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU MANDATED THE MANUFACTURER TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE FOR FREE. THE DEFECT HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED AND IS AWAITING TO BE REPAIRED AGAIN. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED OF THE SAFETY RISK INVOLVED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,732 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 18,006.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10246147October 20, 2008
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THE SPEEDOMETER DOESN'T WORK SOMETIMES. WHEN IT MOVES IT DOESN'T MOVE SMOOTHLY, BUT IT JERKS UP AND DOWN, OFTEN INDICATING AN INCORRECT SPEED. THE CAR HAS LOW MILES ON IT AND THE TCC SOLENOID AND ANOTHER SOLENOID REGULATING LINE PRESSURE IN THE TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED, REQUIRING REPLACEMENT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10246158October 20, 2008
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
I OWN A 2003 CHEVY IMPALA AND WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT AND WHEN I SWITCH FROM HIGH BEAMS TO LOW BEAMS MY LIGHTS GO OUT....JUST RECENTLY WHILE DRIVING ON THE EXPRESSWAY, MY LIGHT JUST WENT DARK...AFTER WORKING THE DIMMER SWITCH THEY CAME BY ON, THIS IS SCARY AND SHOULD BE A SAFETY RECALL .*TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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