Chevrolet Impala Complaints

10,446 consumer complaints on file.

#10352658August 30, 2010
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
LOWER INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKETS NEED REPLACED. I ONLY HAVE 40,000 MILES ON THE CAR THAT IS A 2003 IMPALA LS WITH 3.8 LITER ENGINE. ALSO, COOLANT HOSE SEAL IS LEAKING COOLANT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10352771August 30, 2010
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
I OWN A 2007 CHEVY IMPALA THAT WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED THE STEERING WHEEL SHUDDERS. THIS HAPPENS AFTER MODERATE TO HEAVY BRAKING OR DURING DOWN-HILL BRAKING. THE DRIVER GETS A SENSE OF LOSING CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND TENDS TO REDUCE BRAKING WHICH MAY LEAD TO AN ACCIDENT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10352825August 30, 2010
AIR BAGS
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHILE TRAVELING 70 MPH THE CONTACT SMELLED SMOKE COMING FROM INSIDE THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR PANEL, SECONDS LATER THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE AIRBAG LIGHT HAD APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD FOLLOWED BY THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THE WIRING WAS REPLACED IN THE DRIVER SIDE AIRBAG, HOWEVER AFTER THE REPAIR THE FAILURE STILL OCCURRED. THERE WERE NO PRIOR WARNINGS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 39000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 40000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10352588August 29, 2010
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
I WAS DRIVING MY 2004 IMPALA AT NIGHT AND LIGHTS WENT OUT. ONE SIDE HAD BLINKED BEFORE BUT CAME RIGHT BACK ON. LAST NIGHT I HAD TO ABANDON MY CAR. WHEN I PICKED IT UP THIS MORNING THE LIGHTS TURN ON AGAIN. TOTALLY UNSAFE AND UNRELIABLE. I CHECKED ONLINE FOR A POSSIBLE CAUSE AND FOUND THAT THIS IS AN EXTREME PROBLEM WITH IMPALAS, CHEVY SHOULD FIX THIS BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10352537August 28, 2010
STEERING
STEERING KNUCKLE IN 2007 IMPALA...STRANGE NOISE WHEN TURNING WHEEL ALL THE WAY TO THE RIGHT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10352325August 27, 2010
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE KEY WOULD NOT ENTER THE KEYHOLE OF THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE DOOR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS OR REPAIRS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 100,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10351944August 26, 2010
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
I WAS DRIVING THE CAR AND SECURITY LIGHT COMES ON. I STOP BY MY HOUSE, BUT WHEN I GET BACK INTO THE CAR THE CAR WON'T START. TEN MINUTES LATER THE CAR STARTS WITH NO PROBLEM. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10352175August 26, 2010
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
2004 CHEVY IMPALA THE MANUFACTURER INSTALLED PASSLOCK SYSTEM CONTINUOUSLY LOCKS THE CAR FROM BEING CRANKED. EVERYTHING WILL OPERATE PROPERLY EXCEPT BEING ABLE TO CRANK THE VEHICLE. THIS HAPPENS ABOUT EVERY 20 TIMES YOU CRANK THE VEHICLE. YOU HAVE TO WAIT AT LEAST 10 MINUTES BEFORE THE VEHICLE WILL CRANK. IF YOU TAKE THE KEY OUT OF THE IGNITION DURING THAT TIME IT IS LIKELY THAT THE SYSTEM WILL NOT RESET ITSELF, THUS STARTING THE PROCESS OVER AGAIN. I CONTACTED 2 GM DEALERSHIPS WHO SAID THEY COULD NOT FIX IT. HAD ANOTHER MECHANIC LOOK INTO IT AND HE TRIED REPLACING THE IGNITION BUT THAT DIDN'T WORK EITHER. THAT COST NEARLY $800.00. NOW I SIT IN THE BLAZING SUN OR FREEZING COLD OR RAIN AND WAIT FOR THE CAR TO FINALLY START. GM NEEDS TO FIX THIS FOR ALL OWNERS AT NO CHARGE. SADLY FOR THEM, IT IS NOT JUST IMPALAS THAT ARE HAVING THIS TROUBLE; IT IS ACROSS THE ENTIRE PRODUCT LINE OF GM MODELS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10351643August 25, 2010
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
ENGINE/LOW COOLANT LEVEL LIGHT ON! OVERHEATING. PROBLEMS APPEAR TO BE SAME AS OTHER OWNERS OF 2001 IMPALA'S! HAD TO REPLACE ENGINE. STILL SAME PROBLEM W COOLANT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10351865August 25, 2010
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
IGNITION SPORADICALLY FAILS TO START VEHICLE. ALL ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS WILL TURN ON, BUT IGNITION WILL NOT TURN OVER STARTER. LEFT WITH A COMPLETELY UNRELIABLE CAR THAT HAS LEFT ME STRANDED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS; ONLY TO GO BACK TO THE CAR AN HOUR LATER AND HAVE IT START! TOLD THIS IS AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM THAT GM HAS HAD ON MULTIPLE MAKES OF CARS THROUGHOUT THE PAST. IT IS WIDELY KNOWN TO BE A PROBLEM, YET NO RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10351872August 25, 2010
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
DRIVING ON HIGHWAY BACK FROM CALIFORNIA THRU NEVADA SPEEDOMETER ALL OF A SUDDEN STOPPED WORKING AND SLOWLY DROPPED TO 0 AS DONE IT AT LIST 5 MORE TIME BUT ONLY WHEN DRIVING ON HIGHWAYS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10351414August 24, 2010
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
I OWN A 2005 CHEVY IMPALA AND FOR THE LAST YEAR MY SPEEDOMETER HAS FAILED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE SPEEDOMETER WILL JUMP WITHOUT WARNING LEADING TO UNSAFE TRAVELING CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAYS. CYCLING THE IGNITION WILL TEMPORARILY FIX THE ISSUE BUT THIS HAS BECOME A HASSLE. WHEN I STARTED TO RESEARCH THE ISSUE ON THE INTERNET I FOUND HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ON THE SAME ISSUE. I ALSO FOUND WHERE THERE WAS A CLASS ACTION LAW SUIT THAT FORCED THE REPAIR OF THE SAME PROBLEM ON OTHER VEHICLES FOR THE SAME MODEL YEAR RANGE. WHY DO WE AS CONSUMERS HAVE TO PAY FOR AND FIX THE PROBLEM WHEN IT IS AN OBVIOUS DEFECT IN MANUFACTURING? WHY DIDN'T THE CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT ALERT THE NHTSA THAT THIS IS POTENTIALLY A BIGGER PROBLEM? DO WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR DEATHS LIKE THE TOYOTA RECALL BEFORE SOMEONE TAKES THIS SERIOUSLY? IMAGINE THAT YOU THINK YOU ARE TRAVELING AT A SAFE RATE OF SPEED ON ICE COVERED ROADS WHEN IN REALITY YOU ARE NOT BECAUSE OF DEFECTIVE ELECTRONICS' HMMM. I REFUSE TO PAY FOR A KNOWN DEFECT, US CONSUMERS ARE ENTITLED TO PROTECTION FROM A BLATANT DISREGARD TO MANUFACTURING STANDARDS AND SAFETY. I WELCOME YOUR RESPONSE. HTTP://WWW.TOPIX.COM/FORUM/AUTOS/CHEVROLET-IMPALA/TJSMIQPD8J0FT5DK8 HTTP://WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM/CHEVROLET/IMPALA/2005/ACCESSORIES-INTERIOR/SPEEDOMETER_CLUSTER_GAUGES_GONE_HAYWIRE.SHTML HTTP://WIKI.ANSWERS.COM/Q/HOW_DO_YOU_CHANGE_THE_SPEEDOMETER_ON_A_2005_CHEVY_IMPALA HTTP://WWW.JUSTANSWER.COM/QUESTIONS/JHFU-I-HAVE-A-2005-CHEVY-IMPALA-THE-SPEEDOMETER-WORKS-CORRECTLY HTTP://WWW.2CARPROS.COM/FORUM/2005-CHEVY-IMPALA-SPEEDOMETER-DOES-NOT-WORK-ALL-THE-TIME-VT115821.HTML HTTP://WWW.ARFC.ORG/COMPLAINTS/2005/CHEVROLET/IMPALA/?Q=&PAGE=5 HTTP://TOWNHALL-TALK.EDMUNDS.COM/DIRECT/VIEW/.EE9E83D/13472 HTTP://WWW.GMSPEEDOMETERRECALL.COM/. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10351419August 24, 2010
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STARTED THE IGNITION AND ACTIVATED THE AIR CONDITIONER, THEN THERE WAS AN OVERPOWERING GASOLINE FUEL ODOR INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE WOULD OCCUR INTERMITTENTLY AT INITIAL STARTUP WITH THE ACTIVATION OF THE AIR CONDITIONER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THE FAILURE CONTINUED AND THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 62,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10351517August 24, 2010
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
UNKNOWN REASON AS TO WHY THE DIRECTIONALS ON MY 02 IMPALA WORK INTERMITTENTLY. THIS FIRST OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY 4 MONTHS AGO WITH AVERAGE OCCURRENCE OF ONCE A WEEK. NOW IT OCCURS APPROXIMATELY ONCE A DAY. MECHANIC CANNOT FIND A SOLID REASON AS TO WHY THIS IS OCCURRING AND CANNOT REPLICATE IT AT THE TIME THE VEHICLE IS IN THE SHOP. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10351560August 24, 2010
TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM
2000-2004 CHEVY IMPALA ABS/TRAC CONTROL ISSUES AFFECTING BRAKING UNDER WET CONDITIONS AND LOW SPEED. COMPLAINTS AT TOPIX .NET. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10351547August 24, 2010
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
ON THE 2001 IMPALA THE TURN SIGNALS WORK INTERMITTENTLY. THERE IS NO CONSISTENCY ON WHEN THE ISSUE HAPPENS, IT SUDDENLY STARTS. WHAT ACTUALLY CAUSES IT IS UNKNOWN. SOMETIMES PUSHING THE HAZARD BUTTON SEVERAL TIMES WILL CORRECT THE ISSUE TEMPORARILY. THE ONLY WAY TO FIX THIS ISSUE IS TO $400+ TO REPLACE THE SWITCH ON A WELL KNOWN ISSUE AFFECTING 1000'S OF IMPALA OWNERS OVER MANY YEARS OF THE DESIGN. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10351324August 23, 2010
VISIBILITY
DRIVING ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAY IN A RAIN STORM - THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ABRUPTLY STOPPED. DEALER INSTALLED NEW WIPER TRANSMISSION 8-23-10. I ASKED IF THIS HAPPENED VERY OFTEN. DEALER SAID AFTER I CALLED, THEY HAD ANOTHER CALL FOR THE VERY SAME THING. THIS WAS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10351051August 21, 2010
TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM
MY 2002 CHEVY IMPALA 3.8L V-6 HAS A PROBLEM WITH THE TRACTION CONTROL ENGAGING WHEN BRAKING IN TURNS TO THE LEFT. THIS CAUSES THE BRAKES TO SLIP AND GRIND. A HUMMING SOUND CAN BE HEARD WHEN THIS OCCURS. THE TRACTION CONTROL AND SOMETIMES THE "CHECK ABS " LIGHT BECOMES ILLUMINATED AT THE SAME TIME. THE CAR HAS BEEN TAKEN TO A LOCAL CHEVY DEALER FOR REPAIR. BOTH RIGHT AND LEFT FRONT WHEEL HUB ASSEMBLIES WERE REPLACED. I REQUESTED A CHECK OF WIRING HARNESSES TO SEE IF THERE WAS DETERIORATION. NONE WAS APPARENTLY FOUND BY THE SHOP. IM AFRAID TO DRIVE THIS CAR OR ALLOW OTHERS IN MY SON TO DRIVE IT INCASE THE BRAKES CANT ENGAGE PROPERLY. FROM READING ONLINE ACCOUNTS OF OTHER DRIVERS, I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS PROBLEM WITH A CHEVROLET OF THIS MODEL. AFTER HAVING THE RIGHT FRONT HUB ASSEMBLY REPLACED, I THOUGHT IT WAS FIXED. THEN AFTER HAVING THE LEFT FRONT REPLACED AS WELL TO THE TUNE OF AROUND $350.00 A PIECE, I THOUGH THE PROBLEM WAS FIXED. NOT SO. WHERE DOES THIS END. I URGE YOU TO LOOK INTO A RECALL OF THIS MODEL AND HAVE GM ULTIMATELY FIX THIS PROBLEM AND AVOID ALLOWING FOR A POSSIBLE ACCIDENT WITH INJURIES OR DEATH. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT GM KNOWS THERE IS A PROBLEM AND AGAIN SHOULD BE RECALLED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10351072August 21, 2010
STEERING
2004 IMPALA, CLUNKING NOISE IN STEERING. SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL. IT HAS PROGRESSIVELY GOTTEN WORSE. NOW I HAVE SLIGHTLY LOOSE STEERING WITH NOTICEABLE PLAY IN THE STEERING. THANKS FOR STANDING BEHIND KNOWN MANUFACTURING PROBLEMS GM! WILL BE MY LAST GM AUTOMOBILE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10351095August 21, 2010
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
I OWN A 2003 CHEVY. IMPALA AND LAST YEAR THE SECURITY LIGHT WAS FLASHING IN MA DASH,SO I PULLED OVER AND TURNED IT OFF WHEN I TRIED TO RESTART IT WOULDN'T TURN ON. THIS INCIDENT TURNED TO A MAJOR PROBLEM, IT HAS MADE ME LATE TO APPOINTMENTS,LEFT MY KIDS AND I STRANDED AND IT HAS NOT GONE AWAY. THIS IS VERY INCONVENIENT AND SHOULD BE TAKEN CARE OF, I DON NOT WANT TO INVEST MORE MONEY THEN WHAT THE VEHICLE IS ACTUALLY WORTH. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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