Chevrolet Impala Complaints

10,446 consumer complaints on file.

#11064269January 22, 2018
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
MADE RH TURN AND CAR STALLED AND JERKED STRUGGLING TO MOVE. CAR RECOVERED BUT WAS HAVING PROBLEMS. MADE LH TURN AND SEVICE WARNING "STABILITRACK" CAME ON WITH "LOSS OF ENGINE POWER" AS WELL AS THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND TRACTION CONTROL AND STABILITRACK LIGHTS CAME ON. BARELY ABLE TO GET CAR MOVING. WAS ABLE TO GET CAR MOVING BUT HAD TO DRIVE WITH FLASHERS ON DUE TO THE JERKYNESS OF THE ENGINE LOOSING POWER. GOT CAR TO HOME APPROX 1.5 MILES. NOTICED GRINDING NOISE COMING FROM UNDER CAR. AND ALMOST NO POWER TRYING TO GET CAR IN THE DRIVE WAY. VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. THIS HAPPENED WHEN CAR WAS TRAVELING AT SPEEDS OF ZERO TO 40 MPH.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11063959January 21, 2018
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), ENGINE
ON TWO DIFFERENT OCCASIONS, ONCE ABOUT A YEAR AGO AND AGAIN TODAY, MY 2011 CHEV IMPALA LTZ DISPLAYED A SERIES OF ROTATING ALERT MESSAGES -- 1. SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL 2. SERVICE STABILITRAK 3. ENGINE POWER IS REDUCED. I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 45 MILES PER HOUR ON AN OPEN ROAD WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE ENGINE STARTED RUNNING VERY ROUGHLY AND SLOWED DOWN AND THE ABOVE 3 MESSAGES REPEATEDLY DISPLAYED ONE AFTER THE OTHER. ALSO 2 YELLOW LIGHTS WERE FLASHING AND THEN REMAINED ON -- THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT (I THINK). WHEN I REPORTED THIS PROBLEM TO THE CHEV DEALERSHIP A YEAR AGO, I WAS TOLD THAT BECAUSE THE WARNING LIGHTS AND MESSAGES COULD NOT BE REPRODUCED IN THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT, THERE WAS NOTHING THAT THEY COULD DO. (AND I UNDERSTAND THAT IF IT ISN'T BROKEN WHEN I TAKE IT IN, THE SERVICE DEPT WOULD MOST CHALLENGED TO FIX IT.) TODAY, WHEN THIS HAPPENED I WAS ABLE TO GET THE CAR TO A SAFE PLACE TO PARK. I TURNED OFF THE IGNITION, WAITED A MOMENT AND THEN RESTARTED THE CAR. THE SAME 3 MESSAGES WERE DISPLAYED WITH THE TWO YELLOW LIGHTS STAYING ON. WHEN I RESTARTED THE CAR 3 OR 4 HOURS LATER, ONLY THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS DISPLAYED. THE 3 REFERENCED ALERTS WERE NOT DISPLAYED. I AM GETTING READY TO TAKE THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP AGAIN WITH THIS PROBLEM. DO YOU HAVE ANY ADVICE AS TO HOW TO PROCEED?
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11063883January 20, 2018
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), WHEELS
70,000 MILES, STABILTRAK WARNING ON STARTUP AND ENGINE POWER LOSS. ERROR MESSAGE WAS ABOUT A SENSOR, REPLACED THE HUB AND THE WIRING HARNESS TO FIX. SO FAR NO MORE PROBLEMS BUT I'VE SEEN THIS ISSUE COUNTLESS TIMES AND I'M SURPRISED THERE WASN'T A RECALL YET.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11029569January 18, 2018
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), SERVICE BRAKES, TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM, SUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL BEARING
2013 CHEVROLET IMPALA. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO FRONT END NOISE WHILE TRAVELING AT A LOW SPEED. *LD THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE WHEEL BEARING WAS REPLACED, BUT THE FAILURE CONTINUED. *JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11063631January 18, 2018
SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), STEERING
CAR LOSS POWER STEERING, ABS BRAKE CONTROL AND SPEEDOMETER. MULTIPLE SERVICES LIGHTS FLICKED ON / OFF. HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES IN THE LAST 1-2 MONTHS, HAPPENED ON CITY STREETS AND THE HIGHWAY. HAD TAKEN TO BE SERVICED TWICE. INTERMITTENT CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TURNS OFF AFTER A DAY OR TWO.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11063344January 17, 2018
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN
WHEN USING E85 FUEL IN MY FLEX FUEL VEHICLE THE CHECK STABILITY CONTROL/REDUCED ENGINE POWER WARNING IS ACTIVATED. THIS OCCURS WHEN THE CAR IS MOVING. I HAVE CONTACTED MY DEALER AND GM THEY WERE UNABLE TO HELP ME. THERE IS A GM TECHNICAL BULLETIN (PIP5385C) ON THIS PROBLEM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11063364January 17, 2018
AIR BAGS
SERVICE AIRBAGS CAME UP ON THE
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11062762January 15, 2018
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE, EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL, EQUIPMENT
TRANSMISSION REPLACED FOR THE 3RD TIME WITH 140009 MILES ON 2006 IMPALA SS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11062780January 15, 2018
AIR BAGS
TAKATA RECALL
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11062573January 13, 2018
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHAT HAS TO HAPPEN BEFORE SOMETHING IS DONE ABOUT THIS PROBLEM ? TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT AND REDUCE ENGINE POWER LIGHT COMES ON GOING DOWN THE INTERSTATE AND THE CAR SHUTS DOWN AND YOU HAVE TO TRY AND GET CAR PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITHOUT HITTING SOMEONE OR GETTING HIT . THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE AND NOTHING IS BEING DONE ABOUT IT . I WOULD REALLY LIKE A RESPONSE ON THIS PROBLEM . THIS HAPPENS A LOT SO YOUR DATE YOU WANT INCIDENT HAPPENING IS REALLY NOT RIGHT .
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11062597January 13, 2018
AIR BAGS
TAKATA RECALL I RECVIED A RECALL FROM TK HOLDINGS INC.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11062427January 12, 2018
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
I WAS DRIVING ON ICY AND SNOWY ROADS AND MY ENGINE POWER REDUCED WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. I DROVE SEVERAL MILES TO MY DESTINATION. MY CAR SAT FOR 6 HOURS. I GOT IN TO LEAVE AND THE ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON BUT NOT THE WARNING. AFTER DRIVING ABOUT TEN MILES MY ENGINE POWER REDUCED LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN. THIS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES FOUR YEARS AGO AND IT'S VERY FRUSTRATING TO HAVE IT HAPPENING AGAIN. IT SEEMS TO OCCUR MORE FREQUENTLY WHEN THE ROADWAY IS WET. AFTER READING ONLINE, IT SEEMS THIS IS HAPPENING TO MANY OTHER CHEVROLET CARS ALSO.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11061940January 10, 2018
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT EXPERIENCED RECURRING ISSUES WITH THE STEERING IN THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE RACK AND PINION FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 230,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11061540January 9, 2018
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE
WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION ON DRY PAVEMENT, THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT CAME ON, FOLLOWED BY THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT THEN THE CAR STALLED AND HAD TO BE BE EASED OFF THE HIGHWAY. TRIED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE SEVERAL TIMES. AFTER IT SAT FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES TRIED ONE MORE TIME AND THE CAR RESTARTED AND DROVE HOME PERFECTLY. RESEARCHED THE ISSUE ONLINE, AND THERE ARE ENTIRE FORUMS IN EDMUNDS DEDICATED TO THIS VERY PROBLEM. DEFINITELY A SAFETY ISSUE WITH THIS VEHICLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11060920January 6, 2018
ENGINE
ENGINE FIRE
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11060747January 5, 2018
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
IGNITION STICKS IN THE 'START' POSITION & HAS TO MANUALLY BE TURNED TO THE 'RUN' POSITION. NEW IGNITION HAD TO BE INSTALLED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11058537January 4, 2018
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
I TOOK IN MY WIFE'S 2012 IMPALA INTO THE AUTO MECHANIC ABOUT A MONTH AGO BECAUSE HER DEFROSTER WAS NOT WORKING. THE MECHANIC SAID THAT THAT SOMETHING BURNED (I THINK IT WAS A BOX WITH SOME WIRES). HE REPLACED IT WITH A NEW PART AND IT WAS WORKING. LAST WEEK I NOTICED THAT HER REAR DEFROSTER IS NOT WORKING AGAIN. I PLAN ON TAKING IT IN AGAIN BUT IF THEY FIX THE SAME THING I WOULD ASSUME IT WOULD BE AN ONGOING CYCLE OF THIS PROBLEM. I DID DO SOME INTERNET RESEARCH AND NOTICED THAT OTHERS ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. I CONTACTED CHEVROLET COOPERATION AND THEY SAID THAT THERE IS NO RECALL ON THIS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11058065January 2, 2018
SEATS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, EXTERIOR LIGHTING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE HEADLIGHTS TURNED OFF AND ON. THE CONTACT MADE AN APPOINTMENT WITH MIKE SMITH BUICK GMC (6014 S TRANSIT RD, LOCKPORT, NY 14094, (716) 625-8235) FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE FIRST OCCURRED LAST YEAR. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THERE WAS AN ELECTRICAL FAILURE, AND THE WIRES WERE BURNT AND CORRODED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ELECTRICAL WIRING HARNESS WAS REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED BY A LETTER THAT WAS MAILED BY THE CONTACT, BUT NO RESPONSE WAS RECEIVED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 39,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11057853January 1, 2018
VISIBILITY/WIPER
THE DRIVER SIDE SUN VISOR DOES NOT STAY UP AND IT FALLS INTO YOUR VIEW WHEN DRIVING. THIS IS A COMMON ISSUES WITH THESE CARS. THIS SHOULD BE A SAFETY RECALL AS IT COULD FALL INTO VIEW OF THE WINDSHIELD UNEXPECTEDLY AND CAUSE A CAR CRASH.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11057877January 1, 2018
AIR BAGS
SERVICE AIR BAG LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON AND OFF. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL AGAINST SOMETHING LIKE THIS WITH SAFETY INVOLVED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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