Chevrolet Impala Complaints (2000)

818 consumer complaints on file.

#10131850August 7, 2005
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL
TURN SIGNALS WILL NOT WORK MOST OF THE TIME. IF YOU TURN THE HAZARD FLASHERS ON FOR A MINUTE THEN TURN THEM OFF THE TURN SIGNALS WILL WORK FOR A LITTLE WHILE. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY PROBLEM. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10131243August 3, 2005
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HAZARD FLASHING WARNING LIGHTS:SWITCH
EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS IN MY 2000 CHEVROLET IMPALA SIMILAR TO THE FOLLOWING EXISTING VEHICLE RECALL FOR THE 2000 CHEVROLET MALIBU... CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 03V327000 DATE: 2003-AUG-28. *JB COMPONENT: EXTERIOR LIGHTING: HAZARD FLASHING WARNING LIGHTS: SWITCH DEFECT SUMMARY: CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES HAVE HAZARD WARNING SWITCHES THAT MAY EXPERIENCE SOLDER JOINT CRACKING CAUSED BY RAPID TEMPERATURE TRANSITIONS AND THE SOLDERING PROCESS. IF SOLDER JOINT CRACKING OCCURS AND RESULTS IN AN OPEN CIRCUIT, THE TURN SIGNALS/HAZARD LAMPS BECOME INTERMITTENT OR INOPERATIVE. CONSEQUENCE SUMMARY: WHEN THE TURN SIGNALS ARE INOPERATIVE, THE DRIVER CANNOT USE THEM TO SIGNAL INTENT TO TURN THAT COULD RESULT IN A CRASH. ...THE RESULT IS INTERMITTENT AND UNPREDICTABLE LOSS OF TURN SIGNAL OPERATION WHILE DRIVING. THIS HAS LED TO INABILITY TO SIGNAL INTENT OF DRIVER DURING A TURN, LANE CHANGE, ETC. AND COULD POTENTIALLY RESULT IN A VEHICLE CRASH.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10128614July 13, 2005
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I LOOK ON HERE AND SEE A NUMBER OF THINGS GOING ON WITH MY CAR. ROLLING ON HILLS, DRIVER WINDOW SWITCH,CONSTANT BURNING OF SPARK PLUG WIRES, MY KEYLESS ENTRY NEVER WORKED, I'VE HAD ROTERS TURNED AND REPLACED NUMEROUS OF TIMES. BUT THE 2 THINGS THAT ARE BOTHERING ME ARE 2 PARTS THAT HAVE BEEN RECALLED FOR 2000 IMPALAS DON'T MATCH MY VIN # FOR THE RECALL. I DON'T UNDERSTAND IF I'M HAVEING THE SAME PROBLEMS AS THEY ARE. 1 IS THE RACK N PENION PIECE WHICH IS CAUSEING THE POPIN AND STUFF UNDER THE FRONT END THAT MOST OF THE COMPLAINTS YOU HAVE ARE AND THE SECOND IS THE INTAKE MANAFOLD GASKETS. ARE THEY JUST REPLACEING THESE 2 ITEMS ON POLICE ISSUED AND TAXIS ? AND ALSO THE HESITATION &SHUT OFF THAT EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT. I HAD THE SAME PROBLEM IT WAS A WIREING PROBLEM THAT WAS LAYING ON MY EXUAST. I HAVE HAD TO FIX NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR AND DON'T MIND. BUT A SINGLE MOTHER OF 4 AND GM WHO DO YOU THINK CAN AFFORD TO FIX THINGS MORE. AND I FEAL THAT THE SHOULD FIX THERE FAULTY MATERIAL AS I HAVE FIXED MY WEAR AND TEAR. IF THAT RACK N PENION BREAKS AND I LOSSE CONTROL OF STEARING IN MY CAR MY FAMILY IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND I PROMISE IT WOULD OF BEEN ALOT CHEAPER TO GO AHEAD AND FIX IT FOR EVERYONE. IT'S SAD THAT WE HAVE GOT TO GO TO LIMITS OF PUTTING ADS IN PAPER, CALLING PEOPLE, AND ALMOST A ACT OF CONGRESS TO GET ANY KIND OF HELP. HOW MANY CARS HAVE LOST CONTROL OF STEARING? (RACK N PENION) WHAT HAPPENS WHEN I EXPECT MY KEYLESS ENTRY TO WORK BECAUSE I'M IN DANGER AND COUNTED ON IT? OR MAYBE WHEN ONE OF THOSE WIRES THAT'S BURNIG UP CATCHES MY CAR ON FIRE. OUT OF 600 COMPLAINTS THE THREE MOST COMPLAINED ABOUT ITEMS RACK IN PENION, WIREING, AND THE CAR ROLLING BAKWARDS WERE YOU KEEP 1 FOOT ON THE GAS AND 1 ON THE BREAK. IF THAT'S NOT ENOUGH I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS THESE ARE SAFETY ISSUES. I WILL GLADLEY LET SOMEONE DRIVE MINE TO SEE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10128268July 11, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
DT: CONTACT STATES BOTH BACK DOOR LOCKS ON HIS VEHICLE ARE MALFUNCTIONING. WHEN THE RIGHT DOOR LOCK MALFUNCTIONED THE CONTACT THOUGHT THE DOOR UNLOCKED, WHILE LIFTING THE DOOR HANDLE TO OPEN THE DOOR, THE DOOR HANDLE BROKE OFF. THE CONSUMER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER THEY STATED IT COULD BE AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM WITHIN THE DOOR. THEY DID GIVE HIM AN OPTION TO PURCHASE A VEHICLE WITHOUT THE POWER DOOR LOCKS. *THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED IS NO LONGER IN BUSINESS, SO THERE IS NO ADDRESS AVAILABLE*. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10127534July 5, 2005
FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER
MY CAR STALLS WHILE I AM DRIVING. I DON'T EVEN BREAK OR ANYTHING IT JUST SHUTS DOWN COMPLETELY. THE FUEL REGULATOR WAS REPLACED IN THE END OF MAY 2005. WHEN THEY REPLACED THE FUEL REGULATOR, IT SEEMED OKAY FOR A WHILE, BUT THEN IT STARTED MESSING UP AGAIN. I ALSO REPLACED THE FUEL FILTER AND IT IS STILL STALLING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10126911June 28, 2005
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
DT: CONTACT'S VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONT COLLISION AT 45 MPH. UPON IMPACT THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#10120791June 20, 2005
STEERING
DT: HARD TO STEER. CLUNKING, POPPING NOISE COMING FROM FRONT END. LAST YEAR STEERING SHAFT REPLACED (INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT, 12/21/04). THEN IN JANUARY PROBLEM STARTED. FEELS LIKE POWER STEERING COMES AND GOES. *NM *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10125002June 11, 2005
STEERING:COLUMN
INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT KNOCKING ON APPLYING THE BRAKES, ACCELERATING AND MAKING A TURN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10124131June 3, 2005
STEERING:RACK AND PINION
DT: WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING THE STEERING ROD BROKE. WEATHER WAS NOT A FACTOR. DEALER TOLD CALLER THEY DID NOT HAVE A MECHANIC. LATER, THE DEALER TOLD CALLER WHAT WAS WRONG WITH IT, AND CALLER'S FATHER SAID IT LOOKED LIKE IT HAD BEEN WELDED BEFORE. MANUFACTURER STATED THEY COULD NOT DO ANYTHING TO HELP HIM. CALLER HAS NOT GOT THE PROBLEM FIXED YET. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10124021June 2, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
HAVE REPEATEDLY NOTIFIED SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT DEALERSHIP WHERE PURCHASED THAT MY REMOTE ENTRY SYSTEM DOES NOT WORK. I CAN ONLY OPEN THE DRIVER DOOR OR THE TRUNK--RARELY ABLE TO OPEN BOTH THE DRIVER DOOR AND PASSENGER DOOR EVEN WITH REPEATED ATTEMPTS. I FEEL THE SENSORS ARE NOT WORKING BUT THE DEALERSHIP BRUSHES THE SITUATION UNDER THE RUG AND NEVER ADDRESSES THE PROBLEM. IN TODAYS WORLD IT BECOMES DANGEROUS AT TIMES TO NOT BE ABLE TO ENTER VEHICLE PROMPTLY--NOT TO MENTION IT IS A REAL "PAIN IN THE BUTT" DURING A RAIN STORM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10122243May 26, 2005
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE
RAIN WATER LEAKING IN UNDERNEATH DASH INTO PASSENGER FLOOR BOARD SOMEHOW SHORTING OUT THE AIRBAG SYSTEM. HAVE HEARD OF OTHER IMPALAS HAVING SAME PROBLEM. HAS BEEN A CONTINUOS PROBLEM SINCE A COUPLE MONTHS AFTER PURCHASE FROM DEALER. ASKED DEALER ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND THEY WANT TO CHARGE LOTS OF MONEY TO "LEAK TEST" IT BUT DENIED ANY KIND OF FACTORY DEFECT OR DESIGN FLAW. HAVE SEARCHED INTERNET AND FOUND QUITE A FEW OTHER POEPLE WITH SAME CAR HAVING SIMILAR PROBLEMS. HAVENT HAD MONEY TO CORRECT PROBLEM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10122015May 24, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
DT: WITHOUT WARNING THE AUTOMATIC TRACTION SERVICE LIGHT AND ABS LIGHT CAME ON RIGHT BEFORE THE CALLER'S SON LOST CONTROL OF CAR AND HAD A CRASH. CAR WAS TOWED TO DEALER TO GET IT FIXED. AUTOMATIC TRACTION LIGHT CAME ON TWO OTHER TIMES BEFORE THE CRASH, AND WENT RIGHT OFF. ONCE WHEN CALLER'S WIFE WAS DRIVING ,AND ONCE WHEN SON WAS DRIVING. HAS NOT TALKED TO DEALER OR MANUFACTURER YET.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10121946May 23, 2005
STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR
CLUNKING NOISE IN STEERING WHEEL
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10121304May 18, 2005
STEERING:RACK AND PINION
01-10-02, COMPLAINED OF PULSATION FELT IN STEERING. MECHANIC RESURFACED ROTORS. 01-11-02, SAME COMPLAINT, REPLACED INTERMEDIATE STEERING COLUMN. 11-07-02, REPORTED A SQUEAL IN STEERING WHEN TURNING LEFT, MECHANIC COULD NOT DUPLICATE, GREASED STEERING COLUMN. 09-09-03 COMPLAINED AGAIN OF SQUEAL IN STEERING, REPLACED RACK AND PINION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10118341April 24, 2005
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
ON JANUARY 10, 2005, I WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. I HIT THE VEHICLE, 2005 FORD FOCUS FROM BEHIND AND MY AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. I WAS DRIVING A 2000 CHEVROLET IMPALA LS. THE ACCIDENT CAUSED DAMAGES TO THE FORD FOCUS FROM THE BEHIND, DENTING THE BUMPER AND LEADING TO THE REPLACEMENT OF THE BUMPER AND 1530.00 WORTH OF DAMAGES ON THE FORD FOCUS AND OVER A 1000 DOLLARS WORTH OF DAMAGES ON THE IMPALA. THE AIR BAG LIGHT IN THE CAR CAME UP IN RED, BUT THAT WAS IT. THE AIR BAG NEVER DEPLOYED DURING THE ACCIDENT, EVEN THOUGH MAJOR INJURIES DID NOT OCCUR, MAJOR INJURIES COULD HAVE OCCURIED AND NO SUPPORT TO ELIMINATE OR DECREASE THE INJURIES WOULD HAVE OCCURIED. *JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10118051April 18, 2005
STEERING:GEAR BOX:SHAFT SECTOR
STEERING SHAFT WAS REPLACED IN AUGUST 2004 BECAUSE OF TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN (TSB) ABOUT BINDING. IN MARCH 2005 THE STEERING SHAFT BROKE IN HALF, CAUSING A LOSS OF CONTROL WITH STEERING OF THE VEHICLE. THE DEFECTIVE PART WAS REPLACED ALONG WITH A NEW STEERING COIL. THE PART WAS STILL BINDING AND SLIPPING AS IT WAS THE FIRST TIME WHEN FIXED IN 2004. A DIAGNOSTIC TEST WAS DONE IN APRIL 2005, AND CHEVROLET TOLD ME IT WAS MY BRAKES. I TOOK IT TO ANOTHER DEALER, AND THEY SAID MY BRAKES WERE FINE. PROBLEM NEEDED TO BE FIXED BEFORE SOMEONE GOT HURT THE NEXT TIME IT BREAKS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10117985April 16, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
2000 CHEVROLET IMPALA LEAKING INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET. VIN# [XXX]. CAR PURCHASED NEW. CURRENTLY WITH ONLY 21500 MILES 3.4 ENGINE. GM HAS A TSB ON THE ISSUE. REPLACEMENT = GASKET OF DIFFERENT MATERIAL. QUOTE FOR REPAIR AT LOCAL DEALERSHIP $900. !*AK *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10113685March 30, 2005
STEERING:GEAR BOX:SHAFT SECTOR
WHEN TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL IN EITHER DIRECTION A KNOCKING NOISE WAS HEARD. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT HAD TO BE REPLACED. *AK *BF *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10114941March 30, 2005
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
CONSUMER COMPLAINED THAT THE FUEL GAUGE WAS NOT REGISTERING THE PROPER AMOUNT OF FUEL IN THE FUEL TANK. CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED THAT VEHICLE WOULD RUN OUT OF FUEL WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, WHICH COULD CAUSE A REAR END COLLISION. *AK *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10116963March 28, 2005
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL:FLASHER UNIT
THE TURNS SIGNAL AND BRAKE LIGHT FAILED INTERMITTENTLY. DEALER STATED TURN SIGNAL AND FOUR WAY FLASHERS NEED TO BE REPLACED . *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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