Chevrolet Impala Complaints

10,446 consumer complaints on file.

#10298365January 5, 2010
STRUCTURE, SUSPENSION:REAR
CAR IS TERRIBLE ON ICE,VERY UNSAFE UNDER ANY ADVERSE CONDITIONS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10298376January 5, 2010
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
THE PASS LOCK SECURITY LIGHT WOULD COME ON WHILE DRIVING THEN IT WOULD NOT ALLOW ME TO RESTART THE CAR. THIS HAPPEN AT FIRST 2 TO 3 TIMES A MONTH AT FIRST THEN THE LAST THREE OF FOUR MONTHS IT TAKES PLACE ABOUT 3 TO FOR TIMES A DAY. FIRST THE SECURITY PASS LOCK WOULD COME ON THEN THE CAR DASH BOARDS ANT EVERY THING ELSE WOULD WORK BUT I JUST COULD NOT CRACK THE CAR. THEN THE PASS LOCK SECURITY WOULD MAKE EVERYTHING THE CAR TURN OFF THE CAR WOULD NOT MAKE A SOUND. THEN IT STARTED RUNNING MY BATTERY DOWN. THEN IT WOULD RUN DOWN THE BATTERY EVERY OTHER DAY. THIS IS A DANGER BECAUSE IT HAS LEFT ME STRANDED LATE A NIGHT AND ALSO DURING THE DAY. I HAVE MISSED WORK DUE TO THIS DEFECT. I HOPE CHEVY WILL DO A RECALL. I SEE THAT I AM NOT THE ONLY CONSUMER WITH THIS PROBLEM. EVEN THOU NO DEATH OR ACCIDENT TOOK PLACE DUE TO THIS DEFECT THIS IS STILL A SERIOUS MATTER DUE TO THE FACT THAT THIS PROBLEM HAS COST ME WAGES AND REST. I A LIFE THREATENING EMERGENCY THIS CAR COULD COST A LIFE ALL BECAUSE I MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO GET IT TO START. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10298386January 5, 2010
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
SPEEDOMETER IS NOT WORKING CORRECTLY (STICKS/DOESN'T MOVE). APPARENTLY THIS IS A VERY COMMON ISSUE WITH THIS VEHICLE, BUT CHEVY HAS ISSUED NO RECALLS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10298036January 4, 2010
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
I HAVE A 2004 CHEVY IMPALA. MY SPEEDOMETER HAS WENT CRAZY!! I CAN BE DOING 30 AND IT SAYS I AM DOING 105. ALSO WHEN I COME TO A COMPLETE STOP IT REGISTERS 25. THIS COULD CAUSE ANYWHERE FROM A MINOR SPEEDING TICKET TO A MAJOR ACCIDENT. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL. NO MORE GM PRODUCTS FOR ME!!! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10298203January 4, 2010
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
2004 CHEV IMPALA SPEEDOMETER SAYS 22 MPH WHILE SITTING STILL - GOING SLOWER THAN WHAT SPEED SAYS I HAVE HAD ALOT OF OTHER PROBLEMS WITH THEIR IMPALA FROM THE DAY I PURCHASED IT. STARTING PROBLEMS, FUEL TANK BAFFLES, FRONT END PROBLEMS, TEMP PROBLEMS, ANOTHER SENSOR PROBLEM. CAR HAS APPROX 60,000 ON IT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10298211January 4, 2010
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
WHILE DRIVING MY 2004 CHEVROLET IMPALA AT 60 MPH, THE SPEEDOMETER SUDDENLY DROPPED TO 0 MPH AND REMAINED THERE. THE FUEL GAUGE IS ALSO STUCK READING FULL CONTINUALLY, AND THE RPM GAUGE IS ALSO STUCK AT ZERO. THE CAR ONLY HAS 51000 MILES ON IT, AND BASED ON MY RESEARCH, THIS PROBLEM IS WIDESPREAD. GM NEEDS TO BE FORCED TO RECALL THIS OBVIOUS DEFECT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10297873January 3, 2010
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
ON MY 201 IMPALA, THE TURN SIGNALS SOMETIME FAIL TO OPERATE - I HAVE FOUND THAT I CAN TURN ON THE EMERGENCY SIGNALS AND THEN DISENGAGE THEM TO RESTART NORMAL TURN SIGNALS. INSTRUMENT LIGHTS ALSO DIM AT TIMES MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO READ SPEED OR ANY OTHER INSTRUMENTS - PROBLEMS DO NOT NECESSARILY OCCUR TOGETHER BUT CAN AND DO AT TIMES - RANDOM IN PROBLEM OCCURRENCE; MILEAGE APPROX 144,000. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10297783January 1, 2010
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
SPEEDOMETER DOES NOT KEEP ACCURATE READING. GAUGE CAN READ 110 MPH WHEN ONLY GOING 60 MPH OR CAN READ 30 MPH WHEN DRIVING FASTER. NEEDLE DOES NOT ALWAYS RETURN TO ZERO WHEN STOPPED OR IDLING. ALSO RACES AT TIMES. HAPPENS DURING COLD AND HOT WEATHER. ALSO, THE TEMPERATURE INDICATOR GAUGE NEEDLE STICKS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE GAUGE OR GOES IMMEDIATELY TO THE RED ZONE WHEN STARTING THE ENGINE FROM A COLD START OR AFTER LEFT PARKED OVERNIGHT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10297739January 1, 2010
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
FIRST THE TACHOMETER QUIT WORKING THEN THE SPEEDOMETER BECAME ERRATIC SAYING I WAS GOING SLOWER THAN I ACTUALLY WAS(CHECKED WITH GPS).I WAS DOING 60 ON THE HIGHWAY AND IT SPEEDOMETER SAID 45,TACHOMETER IS ALWAYS PEGGED OUT !! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10297741January 1, 2010
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
DASH AND INSTRUMENT LIGHTS DIM TO WHERE I CAN'T SEE WHAT SPEED I'M DOING WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT. I CAN'T MANUALLY ADJUST THEM WITH HEADLIGHT KNOB WHEN THIS PROBLEM OCCURS MAKING FOR A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10297767January 1, 2010
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION "SLIPS" THEN ENGAGES HARD. HAS PROGRESSIVELY GOTTEN WORSE. HAD TRANSMISSION SERVICE JUST ABOUT A YEAR AGO, FLUID HAS BEEN CLEAN AND FULL. I WAS MAKING A RIGHT HAND TURN AND STARTED TO GO BUT THE CAR WOULD BARELY PICK UP SPEED, THE ENGINE REVVED THEN AFTER ABOUT 3 SECONDS IT JERKED HARD AND RESUMED ACCELERATION. MY LOCAL DEALER AND GM THEMSELVES FLAT-OUT LIES ABOUT THE ISSUES WITH THIS CAR (HAS HAD ALL THE COMMON THINGS, TIRE WEAR, BAD ROTORS, MOTOR MOUNTS, WINDOW SCREECHING, STEERING NOISES, REMOTE ENTRY, YOU KNOW, TYPICAL IMPALA) SO UNLIKELY IT WILL GO TO DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. THEY WILL LIKELY SAY IT'S DUE TO POSITION OF THE MOON AND DIRECTION OF THE WIND. JUST HOPE THIS DOES NOT CAUSE ACCIDENT BEFORE I CAN DITCH THIS CAR OR NHTSA GETS ON GM'S CASE FOR THESE DEFECT RIDDEN CARS! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10297637December 31, 2009
SUSPENSION:REAR, TIRES
EXCESSIVE TIRE WARE ON REAR TIRES---NOTICED THERE WAS A PROBLEM AT 22,000 MILE'S AT 27,000 MILES CAR WOULD NOT HOLD THE ROAD .IN THE DEAD OF SUMMER CAR DROVE LIKE YOU WERE ON A LAKE OF ICE( 2007 CHEVY SS IMPALA)TALKED TO DEALERS THEY SAID NOT A REPORTED PROBLEM FOUND OUT LATER THAT WAS '!@#$%. ITS A SUSP PROBLEM .SO MUCH SO THERE IS AN AFTER MARKET KIT TO CORRECT PROBLEM HAD TO TAKE CAR TO TIRE DEALER WHERE THEY CORRECTED PROBLEM. REPORTED PROBLEM TO G.M. AND GOT MORE '!@#$%. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10297652December 31, 2009
TIRES:PRESSURE MONITORING AND REGULATING SYSTEMS, STEERING:COLUMN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHEN DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH AND TURNING THE STEERING COLUMN HE HEARDS A LOUD NOISE. ALSO THE COMPUTER WAS NOT READING THE TIRE PRESSURE OF THE TIRE ON THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 27,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10297703December 31, 2009
POWER TRAIN, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
ON DECEMBER 24, 2009, AFTER PARKING MY 30 MONTH OLD 2007 CHEVROLET IMPALA LTZ ON LEVEL GROUND AT 6:30AM IN THE MORNING AND MINUS 13 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT, I ATTENDED MY MORNING WORKOUT FOR 1 HOUR. ON RETURN AND AFTER SUCCESSFULLY STARTING THE CAR I FOUND THE STICK SHIFT ACCESS BUTTON COULD NOT BE PUSHED, DESPITE FOLLOWING THE RECOMMENDED PROCEDURES, AND THE CAR WAS STUCK IN PARK. IT WAS TOWED TO THE LOCAL GM DEALER FOR $100. AFTER SIX DAYS AND $150 IN EXPENSES FOR ANOTHER CAR THE GM DEALER REPORTED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS A "BROKEN GROUND WIRE" IN THE "SHIFT LOCK SOLENOID CONNECTOR" [INSIDE THE CENTRE CONSOLE WHERE THE SHIFT LEVER IS LOCATED]. THE COST OF REPAIR WAS $137. MY INTERNET RESEARCH SHOWS THIS PROBLEM OCCURS OFTEN IN CHEVROLET IMPALAS, WHICH SUGGESTS THAT THE PROBLEM IS IN THE DESIGN AND MANUFACTURE OF THE VEHICLE. THIS PROBLEM COULD BE LIFE THREATENING IF THE PROBLEM OCCURS IN A REMOTE AREA AT THIS TEMPERATURE. I THOUGHT THIS WAS A POWER TRAIN PROBLEM SINCE THE PART ALLOWS THE TRANSMISSION TO ENGAGE, AND THEREFORE SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. GM CLAIMS IT IS NOT PART OF THE POWER TRAIN. MY COMPLAINT IS THAT THE PROBLEM COULD BE LIFE THREATENING, IS A DEFECT IN DESIGN AND MANUFACTURE, AND THAT THE PROBLEM IS A POWER TRAIN PROBLEM AND THEREFORE SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10297305December 29, 2009
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL, SEAT BELTS
I WAS IN A CAR ACCIDENT ON 12/22/09 WHERE I REAR-ENDED ANOTHER CAR. MY AIRBAGS NEVER DEPLOYED. BECAUSE OF THAT MY HEAD HIT THE WINDSHIELD. ALSO I WAS WEARING MY SEATBELT AND THE SEATBELT DID NOT CATCH TO PREVENT ME FROM HITTING MY HEAD ON THE WINDSHIELD. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10297379December 29, 2009
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
VEHICLE SPEEDOMETER SUDDENLY QUITS FUNCTIONING. SPEEDOMETER SUDDENLY SHOWS HIGH SPEED (EXAMPLE 120 MPH) WHEN DRIVING HIGHWAY SPEEDS. SPEEDOMETER REMAINS STUCK IN THIS POSITION. I WAS ABLE TO CLEAR THE ERROR AFTER RETURNING HOME AND CYCLING THE IGNITION FROM OFF TO ON MANY MANY TIMES. NOW THE TACH JUST '!@#$% OUT AND STAYS AT 6:00. I BEEN ALSO HAVING TRANSMISSION ISSUES TO WHERE THE TRANNY WOULD OCCASIONALLY SHIFT HARD THEN BE FINE FOR A WHILE THEN BACK TO SHIFTING HARD? *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10297139December 28, 2009
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, INTERIOR LIGHTING
HEADLIGHTS AND INTERIOR LIGHTS WENT OFF WHILE DRIVING. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10297190December 28, 2009
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FAILURE ON 2004 CHEVY IMPALA. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10297072December 27, 2009
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
JUST DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD NO SPECIFIC ROAD JUST NORMAL DRIVING AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE SPEEDOMETER EITHER GOES UP OR DOWN DOES NOT HAVE CORRECT SPEED SOMETIMES IT WILL GO BACK TO NORMAL AFTER ABOUT AN HOUR AND SOMETIMES AFTER THIRTY MINUTES OR AFTER YOU SHUT THE CAR OFF AND RESTART. IT HAPPENS ABOUT TWICE A WEEK I HAVE NOT REPLACED ANY PARTS AS OF YET TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE PROBLEM IS FOR SURE. I AM READING ONLINE THAT MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING THIS PROBLEM AND IT IS THE GAUGES NEED TO BE REPLACE AND THAT THERE IS A RECALL ON CHEVY TRUCKS BUT MINE IS A 2004 IMPALA AND AS OF YET THERE IS NOT ONE AND THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE VERY ANGRY ONLINE REGARDING THIS MATTER AND WANT A RECALL AS SOON AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE THE COST IS ABOUT 600 - 800 DOLLARS DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU GO SO THEY ARE USING GPS SYSTEMS FOR THERE SPEED INSTEAD OF GETTING IT REPAIRED SINCE THE COST IS SO HIGH. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10296984December 26, 2009
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
MY SPEEDOMETER IS OUT OF WHACK, ALSO THE TACH DOESN'T READ CORRECTLY. YOU NEVER KNOW HOW FAST YOU ARE GOING. THIS COULD LEAD TO A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. GOING AROUND CORNERS OR DRIVING IN A SCHOOL ZONE. SOMEDAYS IT WORKS FOR A LITTLE WHILE AND SOME DAYS NOT.. IT READS 90 MILES AN HOUR WHILE YOUR GOING SLOW. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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