Chevrolet Impala Complaints

10,446 consumer complaints on file.

#10678578January 23, 2015
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), POWER TRAIN
DRIVING DOWN ROAD AT 65MPH WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN REDUCE ENGINE POWER COMES ON AND MY CAR SHUTS OFF THE CRUISE AND I CANT GET THE POWER UP OVER 15MPH ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY............ *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10678594January 23, 2015
POWER TRAIN
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO OPERATE THE VEHICLE FORWARD OR IN REVERSE, A LOUD NOISE WAS HEARD AND A WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTICE OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V355000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10661677January 22, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE, BUT DUE TO UNAVAILABLE PARTS THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO BE REPAIRED. RECALL # 14V355000. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10678212January 22, 2015
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE FROM AN IDLE POSITION, THE VEHICLE BRIEFLY HESITATED AND JERKED VIOLENTLY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ON ONE OCCASION WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE FAILURE OCCURRED AND THE VEHICLE INDEPENDENTLY DECELERATED. THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE HIGHER THEN 5 MPH. THE CHECK STABILITY TRACT AND ENGINE POWER REDUCED WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER ON 3 OCCASIONS. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE OR REPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 75,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10661759January 22, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
2000 CHEVROLET IMPALA. VEHICLE REPAIRS WERE APPLIED BUT CONSUMER WOULD LIKE REIMBURSEMENT DUE TO RECALL. *TA THE DEALER PERFORMED THE IGNITION RECALL. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10678342January 22, 2015
ENGINE, EXTERIOR LIGHTING
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND ALL OF THE WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO RESTART. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE WIRING HARNESS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 99,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10676926January 21, 2015
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
WHEN I RECEIVED MY BRAND NEW CAR FROM THE DEALER, BEFORE I EVEN DROVE IT, THERE WAS EXCESS MOISTURE INSIDE OF BOTH HEADLIGHTS. THIS MOISTURE CAN DIMINISH THE HEADLIGHT AND TURN SIGNAL FUNCTION,AND CORRODE THE ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS. THE MOISTURE IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM. WORKING WITH DEALER TO FIX THIS IF POSSIBLE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10676999January 21, 2015
ENGINE, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
WENT TO START CAR AND INTAKE BLEW UP, CAUSING A LARGE FIRE AND PIECES OF THE BURNING PLASTIC HIT MY SON WHICH WAS STANDING BY CAR. THE HOOD WAS UP AT THE TIME AND WE DID GET THE FIRE OUT. IT APPEARS THIS WAS A FUEL REGULATOR ISSUE AND I DO NOT SHOW IT AS BEING DUE FOR MY CAR. IT MUST OF BEEN DONE ALREADY BUT THIS ISSUE STILL HAPPENS. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND SHOULD NOT HAPPEN. I WAS LUCKY IT WAS NOT WORSE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10676566January 20, 2015
ENGINE
CAR ENGINE LITERALLY BLEW UP WHEN TRYING TO START CAR. CAUGHT ON FIRE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10676580January 20, 2015
AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED CAUSING THE CONTACT TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO A GUARD RAIL AND ROLLED OVER. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AND THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESTART. THE CONTACT DID NOT DISCLOSE IF A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED OR NOT. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED WHIPLASH ALL OVER THE BODY THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 14V355000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE. UPDATED 4/27/15*CN UPDATED 9/18/2017*CN
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10676594January 20, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START INTERMITTENTLY. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THAT MULTIPLE UNKNOWN WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE MECHANIC DIAGNOSED THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED HOWEVER, THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER PANEL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VIN WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER:14V400000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 200,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10676710January 20, 2015
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, SERVICE BRAKES
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS APPLIED AND THE VEHICLE VIBRATED VIOLENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TYPE OF FUEL NEEDED TO BE SWITCHED TO REGULAR. THE FUEL WAS SWITCHED, BUT THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 800. UPDATED 03/31/15*LJ
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10676747January 20, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V355000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM); HOWEVER, THE PART WAS UNAVAILABLE TO PERFORM THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10676338January 18, 2015
ENGINE, ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
WHILE DRIVING ALONG A CURVY RIVER ROAD MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT , MY TRACTION CONTROL AND THE STABILIZE LIGHT CAME OUT. THEN THE ENGINE REDUCED POWER. BARELY MADE IT HOME. WAITED FOR A FEW MINUTES RESTATED THE CAR AND IT RAN NORMAL BUT STILL FEEL THE CAR HESITATE. EVERY TIME I DRIVE IT I WORRY THAT ITS CONING TO DO IT AGAIN. I LIVE IN THE PART OF THE COUNTY THAT GETS SNOW AND AM WORRIED ITS GOING TO HAPPEN DURING A STORM, THIS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10676352January 18, 2015
ENGINE
I WAS GOING 65 MPH ON THE FREEWAY AND OUT OF NOWHERE MY ENGINE WENT INTO POWER REDUCE MODE WITHOUT WARNING AND I ALMOST GOT REAR ENDED BAD WITH MY CHILD IN THE CAR WITH ME. I DID GET TAPPED FROM BEHIND BUT REALLY NOTHING MAJOR BUT IT COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE THANK GOD I WAS ABLE TO WALK AWAY FROM THAT. MIND YOU I JUST PICKED MY CAR UP THAT FRIDAY FROM THE CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP THEY CHANGED THE THROTTLE BODY AND STILL THE SAME PROBLEM. NOW THIS IS THE SECOND TIME I PICKED MY CAR UP FROM THE CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. THE FIRST TIME THEY TRIED TO TELL ME IT WAS THE BATTERY. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS ISSUE I'M HAVING AND IT SHOULDN'T BE TAKEN LIGHTLY. IT SEEMS THAT MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AND INNOCENT PEOPLES LIVES ARE GETTING PUT IN DANGER FOR NO REASON..... PLEASE HELP.....THANK YOU *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10676187January 17, 2015
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
HEADLIGHTS SUDDENLY WENT OUT WHEN DRIVING. NO WARNING. COULD ONLY USE HIGH BEAM LIGHTS WHEN LEVER CONSTANTLY PRESSED WHEN DRIVING. VERY DANGEROUS. NOT FUSES, NOT BULBS, ULTIMATELY $800 MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH NEEDED REPLACEMENT. APPEARS TO BE A KNOWN HAZARD. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10672893January 16, 2015
POWER TRAIN
IN DEC 2011/TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 88900 MILES ON MY IMPALA THAT I PURCHASED BRAND NEW, CAR WAS OUT OF WARRANTY, I PAID HALF AND GM PAID HALF , TO REBUILD TRANSMISSION- SO I THOUGHT, NOV 2013- 25000 MILES LATER, TRANS STARTED TO FAIL AGAIN, I CALLED GM, OPENED ANOTHER CASE, NO RESULTS OR RESPONSE, ONCE AGAIN, DEC 2014, I CONTACTED GM AGAIN, TRANSMISSION GONE IN CAR APPROX. 30,000 MILES LATER, FROM WHEN THEY INITIALLY REBUILT THE TRANS, AND THE DEALER NOW WANTS 2200 TO PUT A TRANS IN THE CAR, I PAID ALMOST 2000 BEFORE IN DEC.2011/JAN2012 FOR THAT TRANS TO BE REBUILT, HERE IT IS 30000 MILE LATER AND THE TRANS IS GOING...THEY SHOULD HAVE RE-CALLED THE TRANSMISSIONS IN THAT CAR, BECAUSE EVERYONE HAS SAME HORROR STORY ABOUT THE 2006/2007/2008'S TRANSMISSIONS/ I HAVE 3 SEPARATE CASE #'S WITH GM, REGARDING THAT TRANS ON MY CAR. I ALSO OWN A 2013 MALIBU, SO THE 2006 IMPALA HAD NOT BEEN DRIVEN ENOUGH FOR THE TRANS TO BE GONE ON IT AGAIN. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10672961January 16, 2015
ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MECHANIC ADVISED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 77,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10673018January 16, 2015
AIR BAGS, ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. AFTER SHUTTING OFF THE VEHICLE, IT WOULD RESTART AFTER APPROXIMATELY FIVE MINUTES. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH WHERE ANOTHER VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE REAR AND THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AND THERE WERE UNKNOWN MINOR INJURIES SUSTAINED THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V400000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10673050January 16, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 184,471.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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