2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA Problems & Recalls

The contact owns a 2005 Chevrolet Impala. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed, the instrument panel became inoperable. The contact stated that several unknown warning lights were illuminated. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle unexpectedly...

Mileage: 200,000

The contact owns a 2005 Chevrolet Impala. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed, the instrument panel became inoperable. The contact stated that several unknown warning lights were illuminated. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle unexpectedly...

Mileage: 200,000

When traveling down a steep incline the front driver and passenger side airbags went off. There was no collision with anything, also there's no damage to the car aside from the airbags themselves.

Transmission shifts hard after engine warms up.

The car shuts off while driving. Loose power steering hazardous while turning at higher speeds... dangerous for. Vehicles in front or back . The car also jumps or jolts when driving. And looses power causing severe loss of control especially when icy or snow road conditions.

The contact owns a 2005 Chevrolet Impala. The contact stated that while driving approximately 55-60 MPH, suddenly there was an abnormal wind sound inside the vehicle. The contact stated that the sunroof had detached from the vehicle. No warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an inde...

Mileage: 140,000

THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING AT 10 MPH, TO MERGE INTO ANOTHER INTERSTATE WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED AND THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO HIT A POLE. THE WINDSHIELD CRACKED AND THE HOOD WAS DAMAGED FROM THE CRASH. A STATE TROOPER...

Mileage: 194,000

I WAS ON MY WAY TO WORK AND I WAS TRYING TO TURN INTO MY JOB AND I MADE IT ABOUT HALF WAY INTO THE PARKING LOT WHERE PART OF MY CAR WAS STI'LL IN THE ROAD WHEN MY CAR JUST SHIFTED DOWN INTO NEUTRAL AND WOULD NOT GO BACK INTO DRIVE SO I ENDED UP HAVING TO BE TOWED INTO THE PARKING LOT BY A YOUNG MAN ...

TRANSMISSION HAS HARD SHIFTING AFTER ENGINE WARMS UP, ONLY HAS 44,000 MILES ON IT. STOP AND GO TRAFFIC SEEMS TO START THE PROBLEM FASTER THAN HIGHWAY DRIVING.

Mileage: 44,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE BRAKE FLUID WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE BRAKE LINE WAS RUSTED AND LEAKING BRAKE FLUID. THE MECHANIC CONTACTED AN UNKNOWN L...

Mileage: 105,886

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER FAILED TO READ ACCURATELY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE SPEEDOMETER PROVIDED INACCURATE SPEEDS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER PROVIDED SPEEDS EXCEEDING 120 MPH. A DEALER WA...

Mileage: 200,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER FAILED TO READ ACCURATELY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE SPEEDOMETER PROVIDED INACCURATE SPEEDS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER PROVIDED SPEEDS EXCEEDING 120 MPH. A DEALER WA...

Mileage: 200,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V400000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) HOWEVER, THE FAILURE OCCURRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE KEY DISLODGED FROM THE IGNITION. ADDITIONALLY, ON SEVERAL O...

Mileage: 100,000

WHEN I GO TO TURN ON MY CAR IT DOES NOT TURN ON. IT TAKES A COUPLE TRIES TO GET THE CAR STARTED. ON TOP OF THAT PROBLEM THE CAR IS NOW JOLTING WHEN I ACCELERATE. I'VE HAD THE CAR FOR ONLY A YEAR AND HAVE TAKEN EXCELLENT CARE OF IT AND BEFOREHAND IT WAS AT A DEALERSHIP. I AM VERY CONCERNED SINCE I HA...

Mileage: 190,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BATTERY WAS DRAINED DUE TO AN EMERGENCY WARNING LIGHT THAT REMAINED ILLUMINATED AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF. THE EMERGENCY LIGHT BY THE RADIO SYSTEM COMES ON AND DRAINS THE VEHICLE'S BATTERY. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT ...

Mileage: 134,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BATTERY WAS DRAINED DUE TO AN EMERGENCY WARNING LIGHT THAT REMAINED ILLUMINATED AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF. THE EMERGENCY LIGHT BY THE RADIO SYSTEM COMES ON AND DRAINS THE VEHICLE'S BATTERY. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT ...

Mileage: 134,000

INTERNAL SECURITY SYSTEM FAILS WITHOUT NOTICE, CAR WONT START. SECURITY LIGHT STAYS ON OR FLASHES. CAR STILL WONT START. IT CAN BE HOURS OR EVEN DAYS BEFORE THIS PROBLEM RESETS AND CAR STARTS AND WORKS. BUT THEN WILL SOON FAIL AS SOON AS THE VEHICLE IS SHUT OFF. HAS COASTED ME SEVERAL JOBS, LOSS WO...

Mileage: 99,000

INTERNAL SECURITY SYSTEM FAILS WITHOUT NOTICE, CAR WONT START. SECURITY LIGHT STAYS ON OR FLASHES. CAR STILL WONT START. IT CAN BE HOURS OR EVEN DAYS BEFORE THIS PROBLEM RESETS AND CAR STARTS AND WORKS. BUT THEN WILL SOON FAIL AS SOON AS THE VEHICLE IS SHUT OFF. HAS COASTED ME SEVERAL JOBS, LOSS WO...

Mileage: 99,000

INTERNAL SECURITY SYSTEM FAILS WITHOUT NOTICE, CAR WONT START. SECURITY LIGHT STAYS ON OR FLASHES. CAR STILL WONT START. IT CAN BE HOURS OR EVEN DAYS BEFORE THIS PROBLEM RESETS AND CAR STARTS AND WORKS. BUT THEN WILL SOON FAIL AS SOON AS THE VEHICLE IS SHUT OFF. HAS COASTED ME SEVERAL JOBS, LOSS WO...

Mileage: 99,000

HI I PURCHASED MY IMPALA LAST YEAR USED AND FOR ABOUT THE FIRST 6 MONTHS IT RAN FINE...NOW ELECTRICAL PANEL GOES ON THE FRITZ DIMMING MY LIGHTS AND DASHBOARD...POWER WINDOWS AND MIRRORS NOT WORKING... ALSO ABS LIGHT AND TRACTION LIGHTS ON CONSISTENTLY...TRACTION RANDOMLY ACTIVATES AND CAR LIGHTERS J...

Mileage: 150,000

HI I PURCHASED MY IMPALA LAST YEAR USED AND FOR ABOUT THE FIRST 6 MONTHS IT RAN FINE...NOW ELECTRICAL PANEL GOES ON THE FRITZ DIMMING MY LIGHTS AND DASHBOARD...POWER WINDOWS AND MIRRORS NOT WORKING... ALSO ABS LIGHT AND TRACTION LIGHTS ON CONSISTENTLY...TRACTION RANDOMLY ACTIVATES AND CAR LIGHTERS J...

Mileage: 150,000

HI I PURCHASED MY IMPALA LAST YEAR USED AND FOR ABOUT THE FIRST 6 MONTHS IT RAN FINE...NOW ELECTRICAL PANEL GOES ON THE FRITZ DIMMING MY LIGHTS AND DASHBOARD...POWER WINDOWS AND MIRRORS NOT WORKING... ALSO ABS LIGHT AND TRACTION LIGHTS ON CONSISTENTLY...TRACTION RANDOMLY ACTIVATES AND CAR LIGHTERS J...

Mileage: 150,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. SHORTLY AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED FROM A PRIVATE OWNER, THE AIR BAG OFF AND VARIOUS OTHER WARNING INDICATORS AND GAUGES FLICKERED. ALSO, FOUR MISFIRES OCCURRED. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED O...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. SHORTLY AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED FROM A PRIVATE OWNER, THE AIR BAG OFF AND VARIOUS OTHER WARNING INDICATORS AND GAUGES FLICKERED. ALSO, FOUR MISFIRES OCCURRED. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED O...

I AM COMPLAINING ABOUT THE JUST PURCHASED WHIC WAS VAVOLINE WHEN PLACED IN VEHICLE ENGINE THERMAL VISCOSITY BREAKDOWN HAPPENED AND ENGINE BLOCK SEIZED. RESTARTED AFTER OIL CHANGE SAME OIL ENGINE BLOCK SEIZED. WITH WHAT I'M READING AND WATCHING THE THIRD OR FOURTH VEHICLE TOWED FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD ...

Mileage: 172,000

I AM COMPLAINING ABOUT THE JUST PURCHASED WHIC WAS VAVOLINE WHEN PLACED IN VEHICLE ENGINE THERMAL VISCOSITY BREAKDOWN HAPPENED AND ENGINE BLOCK SEIZED. RESTARTED AFTER OIL CHANGE SAME OIL ENGINE BLOCK SEIZED. WITH WHAT I'M READING AND WATCHING THE THIRD OR FOURTH VEHICLE TOWED FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD ...

Mileage: 172,000

MY INSTRUMENT CLUSTER IS COMPLETELY OUT OF WACK !! NONE OF THE GAUGES ARE WORKING AND THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM THAT OCCURS IN THIS MODEL CAR . THIS SHOULD HAVE DEFINITELY BEEN A RECALL!!

Mileage: 42,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50-55 MPH, THE HEADLAMPS FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO BIG BEND CHEVROLET BUICK (LOCATED AT 1424 N YOUNG BLVD, CHIEFLAND, FL 32626, (352) 493-4263) TO BE DIAGNOSED, BUT THE MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE T...

Mileage: 89,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 10-15 MPH AND MAKING A LEFT TURN, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL POPPING NOISE AND THE STEERING WHEEL WENT IN A CIRCLE AS THE CAR VEERED OF THE ROAD. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONT...

Mileage: 125,015

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE DECELERATED WITHOUT WARNING, BRAKED INDEPENDENTLY, AND THE STEERING WHEEL WAS OUT OF CONTROL AND MADE AN ABNORMAL NOISE. IN ADDITION, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO ...

Mileage: 140,745

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE DECELERATED WITHOUT WARNING, BRAKED INDEPENDENTLY, AND THE STEERING WHEEL WAS OUT OF CONTROL AND MADE AN ABNORMAL NOISE. IN ADDITION, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO ...

Mileage: 140,745

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE DECELERATED WITHOUT WARNING, BRAKED INDEPENDENTLY, AND THE STEERING WHEEL WAS OUT OF CONTROL AND MADE AN ABNORMAL NOISE. IN ADDITION, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO ...

Mileage: 140,745

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE DECELERATED WITHOUT WARNING, BRAKED INDEPENDENTLY, AND THE STEERING WHEEL WAS OUT OF CONTROL AND MADE AN ABNORMAL NOISE. IN ADDITION, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO ...

Mileage: 140,745

TAKATA RECALL: SHUTS OFF ON IT'S OWN WHILE DRIVING WITH LOSS OF CONTROL. LOSS OF STEERING. LOSS OF BRAKES, CAR SHAKES. HEADLIGHTS DIM WHEN SIGNALING FOR TURNS. CAR BEGAN SHAKING WITH LOSS OF CONTROL, BATTERY, AB, AND OTHER SENSOR LIGHTS REMAIN ON. ODOMETER BECAME EXEMPT 2016, BUT SELLER, CACHE VALL...

TAKATA RECALL: SHUTS OFF ON IT'S OWN WHILE DRIVING WITH LOSS OF CONTROL. LOSS OF STEERING. LOSS OF BRAKES, CAR SHAKES. HEADLIGHTS DIM WHEN SIGNALING FOR TURNS. CAR BEGAN SHAKING WITH LOSS OF CONTROL, BATTERY, AB, AND OTHER SENSOR LIGHTS REMAIN ON. ODOMETER BECAME EXEMPT 2016, BUT SELLER, CACHE VALL...

TAKATA RECALL: SHUTS OFF ON IT'S OWN WHILE DRIVING WITH LOSS OF CONTROL. LOSS OF STEERING. LOSS OF BRAKES, CAR SHAKES. HEADLIGHTS DIM WHEN SIGNALING FOR TURNS. CAR BEGAN SHAKING WITH LOSS OF CONTROL, BATTERY, AB, AND OTHER SENSOR LIGHTS REMAIN ON. ODOMETER BECAME EXEMPT 2016, BUT SELLER, CACHE VALL...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. AFTER THE CONTACT STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN, ANOTHER VEHICLE TRAVELING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED AND CRASHED INTO THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INJURIES THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POL...

Mileage: 68,000

I'VE REPLACED THE BATTERY ALONG WITH NEW TIRES HOPING THAT ALL THE JERKING WOULD STOP HOWEVER THEY DIDN'T! THE CAR SEEMS TO HAVE BAD TIMING OR NOT WANTING TO SHIFT IN RIGHT HEARS

WONT GO INTO PARK, KEY STUCK IN IGNITION WHILE TRYING TO PARK

Mileage: 130,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, A HUMMING NOISE EMERGED FROM THE DASHBOARD AREA AND ALL THE WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT DROVE THE VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER WAS DAMAGED AND NE...

Mileage: 117,594

I TRIED TO START MY CAR AND SMELLED SMOKE. SOMETHING UNDER THE HOOD OF MY CAR MUST HAVE BEEN BURNING BECAUSE THERE WAS A DISTINCT SMELL OF SMOKE WHEN I OPENED THE HOOD. WHEN THE ROAD SERVICE ATTENDANT TRIED TO JUMP THE VEHICLE THE NEXT DAY, SMOKE CAME OUT OF THE FUSE BOX AND THE CAR WOULD NOT STAR...

Mileage: 160,000

I TRIED TO START MY CAR AND SMELLED SMOKE. SOMETHING UNDER THE HOOD OF MY CAR MUST HAVE BEEN BURNING BECAUSE THERE WAS A DISTINCT SMELL OF SMOKE WHEN I OPENED THE HOOD. WHEN THE ROAD SERVICE ATTENDANT TRIED TO JUMP THE VEHICLE THE NEXT DAY, SMOKE CAME OUT OF THE FUSE BOX AND THE CAR WOULD NOT STAR...

Mileage: 160,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHILE DRIVING UNKNOWN SPEEDS, THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO GEAR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE LOCAL DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 196,000.

Mileage: 196,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH, THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS SET WHILE THE VEHICLE INDEPENDENTLY ACCELERATED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS APPLIED TO SLOW DOWN THE VEHICLE ENOUGH TO DISENGAGE THE CRUISE CONTROL SETTING. THE ...

Mileage: 131,000

THE FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR LEAKING GAS.. AND SMELLS GASOLINE REALLY STRONG.. AND HARD STARTING ISSUE.

Mileage: 200,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT FOR APPROXIMATELY THE LAST SIX MONTHS, THE AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE PAT O'BRIEN CHEVROLET DEALER IN WILLOUGHBY, OHIO FOR REPAIRS UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V40000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) ...

Mileage: 106,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE'S POWER SEIZED. THE VEHICLE RESTARTED AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS. THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED PER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V400000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM), BUT THE REMEDY FAILED TO ...

WHEN THE CAR IS SITTING AT A STOPLIGHT, OR PRESSING ON THE BRAKE FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME, IT SHAKES LIGHTLY AND IT SHUTS DOWN. IT STARTS UP AGAIN AFTER RESTARTING THE CAR. THIS HAPPENS FREQUENTLY.

Mileage: 146,000

SPEED GAGE IS NOT WORKING CORRECTLY. IT WILL WORK AND STOP WORKING IN ROTATION. WHEN CAR IN NOT IN MOVEMENT, IT SOMETIMES SHOWS VEHICLE IS GOING A SPEED OF 60 TO 120 MILES PER HOUR. WHEN IN MOTION THE GAGE MOVES FROM RANDOM SPEED TO SPEED. SOMETIMES AT ESTIMATED SPEED OF 60 MILES PER HOUR THE GAGE I...

Mileage: 180,000

SPEED GAGE IS NOT WORKING CORRECTLY. IT WILL WORK AND STOP WORKING IN ROTATION. WHEN CAR IN NOT IN MOVEMENT, IT SOMETIMES SHOWS VEHICLE IS GOING A SPEED OF 60 TO 120 MILES PER HOUR. WHEN IN MOTION THE GAGE MOVES FROM RANDOM SPEED TO SPEED. SOMETIMES AT ESTIMATED SPEED OF 60 MILES PER HOUR THE GAGE I...

Mileage: 180,000

INSTRUMENT CLUSTER NOT WORKING AND THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT.

INSTRUMENT CLUSTER NOT WORKING AND THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT.

CAR WOULDN'T START AND WE THOUGHT IT WAS BATTERY SO WENT AND BOUGHT NEW BATTERY.. BUT THAT DIDN'T WORK EITHER.. SO CALLED A MECHANIC FRIEND AND ''HE TOLD US TO RUN A WIRE TO THE SMALL SCREW AND LARGE SCREW ON STARTER, AND IT STARTED!! BUT THERE'S A RECALL ON THESE IGNITIONS AND OURS NEEDS TO BE FIXE...

Mileage: 183,000

FROM STARTING POSITION TO SLOWING DRIVING THE TRANSMISSION SLIPS AND OR JERKS INTO GEAR HEAVILY. FROM 1ST TO 2ND VERY NOTICEABLE.

Mileage: 90,000

THE TRANSMISSION STARTED TO DEVELOP A SHUDDER AT 140000 MILES. I HAVE TAKEN IT IN MULTIPLE TIMES TO GET LOOKED AT. THE LAS RESORT WOULD BE TO GET A NEW TRANSMISSION. THIS ISSUE CAUSES THE CAR TO NOT TAKE OFF RIGHT AWAY OR SHAKE PRETTY BAD MAKING IT SEEM OR FEEL THAT IT WILL STOP, SHUT DOWN, OR ...

Mileage: 140,000

WHEN STATIONARY AND THE KEY IS INSERTED, THE IGNITION SWITCH WILL NOT TURN THEREFORE THE ENGINE WILL NOT START. WE HAVE ALREADY TAKEN IT IN FOR THE RECALL AND ALL THAT WAS DONE WAS THE KEY WAS RETROFITTED BUT THE IGNITION SWITCH NEEDS FULL REPLACEMENT. THIS HAPPENED PRIOR TO THE RECALL AND CONTINU...

Mileage: 200,000

MY IMPALA KEEPS STALLING!!! WHILE DRIVING IT, AND DOESN'T MATTER IF I'M GOING 30 OR 55, JUST STALLS, ITS A DEATH TRAP, BUT THAT'S ALL WE HAVE TO DRIVE, AND I HAVE TO HAUL A DISABLED PERSON!!! AM SCARED, HAVE SPENT A LOT OF MONEY REPLACING PARTS THAT IT COULD "POTENTIALLY" BE! AT A LOSS, PLEASE HELP!...

Mileage: 185,000

FROM A STOPPED POSITION, TRYING TO TAKE OFF CAR ACTS AS IF I'M NEUTRAL AND THEN WILL SUDDENLY JERK INTO GEAR. THE AUTOMATIC HEAR SHIFTS ARE ROUGH AND DELAYED. THERE'S VERY LITTLE POWER OR STRUGGLE TO REGISTER WHEN APPLYING GAS. WHEN ON FWY ESPECIALLY WHEN IN SLOW MOVING TRAFFIC THERE IS A LOT OF PR...

FROM A STOPPED POSITION, TRYING TO TAKE OFF CAR ACTS AS IF I'M NEUTRAL AND THEN WILL SUDDENLY JERK INTO GEAR. THE AUTOMATIC HEAR SHIFTS ARE ROUGH AND DELAYED. THERE'S VERY LITTLE POWER OR STRUGGLE TO REGISTER WHEN APPLYING GAS. WHEN ON FWY ESPECIALLY WHEN IN SLOW MOVING TRAFFIC THERE IS A LOT OF PR...

THE INDICATORS IN THE FRONT PANEL NEXT TO THE STEERING WHEEL WORK INCONSISTENTLY. THE SPEEDOMETER, THE ODOMETER, GAS GAUGE, TURN SIGNALS,AND EMERGENCY BLINKER SIGNAL WORK SPORADICALLY. THE RIGHT TURN SIGNAL DOESN'T WORK AT ALL. SO IT IS DANGEROUS TO TRY TO TURN LEFT WHEN CARS ARE ADVANCING TOWARDS M...

THE INDICATORS IN THE FRONT PANEL NEXT TO THE STEERING WHEEL WORK INCONSISTENTLY. THE SPEEDOMETER, THE ODOMETER, GAS GAUGE, TURN SIGNALS,AND EMERGENCY BLINKER SIGNAL WORK SPORADICALLY. THE RIGHT TURN SIGNAL DOESN'T WORK AT ALL. SO IT IS DANGEROUS TO TRY TO TURN LEFT WHEN CARS ARE ADVANCING TOWARDS M...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE FRONT WHEEL MADE A NOISE. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO SLOW DOWN BY DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL AND HEARD A LOUD BANGING NOISE UNDER THE FRONT END BY THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO PULL THE VEHICLE OVER...

Mileage: 190,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE FRONT WHEEL MADE A NOISE. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO SLOW DOWN BY DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL AND HEARD A LOUD BANGING NOISE UNDER THE FRONT END BY THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO PULL THE VEHICLE OVER...

Mileage: 190,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE FRONT WHEEL MADE A NOISE. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO SLOW DOWN BY DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL AND HEARD A LOUD BANGING NOISE UNDER THE FRONT END BY THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO PULL THE VEHICLE OVER...

Mileage: 190,000

RECENTLY, I HAVE BEEN HAVING TROUBLE WITH MY 2005 IMPALA AND THE ABS/TRACTION SYSTEM. AT THE BEGINNING, THE "ABS, TRACTION OFF AND SERVICE TRACTION SYSTEM" LIGHTS WOULD COME ON. THE ABS AND TRACTION LIGHTS WOULD STAY ON AND THE SERVICE TRACTION WAS INTERMITTENT. THE CAR ALSO MAKES A LOUD "DINGING" S...

Mileage: 77,000

I WAS ACCELERATING AND MERGING ONTO A ROAD AND JUST GOT INTO THE MIDDLE LANE. SUDDENLY THE CAR KEPT ACCELERATING EVEN THOUGH I HAD STOPPED PRESSING THE PEDAL. THE ENGINE WAS REVVING AND THE CAR GOT UP TO 70 MPH IN A 55 ZONE. THE BRAKES DID NOT SEEM TO HELP SLOW THE CAR. IN A PANIC I SHIFTED TO NEU...

Mileage: 148,000

I WAS ACCELERATING AND MERGING ONTO A ROAD AND JUST GOT INTO THE MIDDLE LANE. SUDDENLY THE CAR KEPT ACCELERATING EVEN THOUGH I HAD STOPPED PRESSING THE PEDAL. THE ENGINE WAS REVVING AND THE CAR GOT UP TO 70 MPH IN A 55 ZONE. THE BRAKES DID NOT SEEM TO HELP SLOW THE CAR. IN A PANIC I SHIFTED TO NEU...

Mileage: 148,000

WHEN I AM DRIVING MY VEHICLE THE GEAR SHIFT THE STICK ON IT'S OWN.I HEAR A POP SOUND WHEN IT HAPPENS.THIS HAPPENS WHEN I AM IN MOTION AND DRIVING THE CAR..I HAVE ALREADY TAKEN MY CAR IN FOR A RECALL LAST YEAR TO REPLACE A IGNITION SWITCH.IT HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR A FEW WEEKS AND I THOUGHT IT WAS NO...

Mileage: 98,000

WHEN I AM DRIVING MY VEHICLE THE GEAR SHIFT THE STICK ON IT'S OWN.I HEAR A POP SOUND WHEN IT HAPPENS.THIS HAPPENS WHEN I AM IN MOTION AND DRIVING THE CAR..I HAVE ALREADY TAKEN MY CAR IN FOR A RECALL LAST YEAR TO REPLACE A IGNITION SWITCH.IT HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR A FEW WEEKS AND I THOUGHT IT WAS NO...

Mileage: 98,000

I HAVE ANOTHER COMPLAINT ABOUT THIS VEHICLE AND THE LIST COULD GO ON.I PURCHASED MY VEHICLE AND PAID CASH FOR IT.ABOUT A FEW MONTHS AGO MY DASH METERS STARTED GOING OUT.I HAVE ALMOST RAN OUT OF GAS ON MAY OCCASIONS WITH MY CHILDREN.THE SPEEDOMETER GOES OUT AND I HAVE TO KEEP UP WITH TRAFFIC.ALSO MY ...

I HAVE ANOTHER COMPLAINT ABOUT THIS VEHICLE AND THE LIST COULD GO ON.I PURCHASED MY VEHICLE AND PAID CASH FOR IT.ABOUT A FEW MONTHS AGO MY DASH METERS STARTED GOING OUT.I HAVE ALMOST RAN OUT OF GAS ON MAY OCCASIONS WITH MY CHILDREN.THE SPEEDOMETER GOES OUT AND I HAVE TO KEEP UP WITH TRAFFIC.ALSO MY ...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT EXPERIENCED DIFFICULTY TURNING THE KEY IN THE IGNITION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT OPERABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFCATURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 100,000. THE VIN WAS NOT...

Mileage: 100,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING AND CRASHED INTO A CEMENT BARRIER. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED FROM THE SCENE TO A RESTAURANT PARKING LOT. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE R...

Mileage: 150,000

175555 MILES FUEL SMELL AND FUEL LOSS WHEN CAR IS RUNNING. ROUGH START, SOME MISSING. FUEL FILTER FAILED AT FILTER INLET SPRAYING GAS ONTO UNDERBODY OF CAR SO DIDN'T SEE THE FUEL SPILL. REPLACED FILTER AND O RINGS.SQUEALING BELT SOUND AT START UP. SERPENTINE BELT TENSIONER BROKE, REPLACED TENSIONER...

Mileage: 175,555

175555 MILES FUEL SMELL AND FUEL LOSS WHEN CAR IS RUNNING. ROUGH START, SOME MISSING. FUEL FILTER FAILED AT FILTER INLET SPRAYING GAS ONTO UNDERBODY OF CAR SO DIDN'T SEE THE FUEL SPILL. REPLACED FILTER AND O RINGS.SQUEALING BELT SOUND AT START UP. SERPENTINE BELT TENSIONER BROKE, REPLACED TENSIONER...

Mileage: 175,555

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE RANDOMLY STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE AND DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A SECOND DEALER WHO ALSO TEST DROVE THE VEHICLE, AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT...

Mileage: 100,000

2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE STOPS AND STEERING LOCKS UP WHILE DRIVING. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE STALLED WHILE AT A STOP SIGN. THE MANIFOLD GASKET, THERMOSTAT, ABS MODULE AND IGNITION WERE REPLACED OVER A PERIOD OF EIGHT YEARS. *JB

2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE STOPS AND STEERING LOCKS UP WHILE DRIVING. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE STALLED WHILE AT A STOP SIGN. THE MANIFOLD GASKET, THERMOSTAT, ABS MODULE AND IGNITION WERE REPLACED OVER A PERIOD OF EIGHT YEARS. *JB

2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE STOPS AND STEERING LOCKS UP WHILE DRIVING. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE STALLED WHILE AT A STOP SIGN. THE MANIFOLD GASKET, THERMOSTAT, ABS MODULE AND IGNITION WERE REPLACED OVER A PERIOD OF EIGHT YEARS. *JB

2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE STOPS AND STEERING LOCKS UP WHILE DRIVING. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE STALLED WHILE AT A STOP SIGN. THE MANIFOLD GASKET, THERMOSTAT, ABS MODULE AND IGNITION WERE REPLACED OVER A PERIOD OF EIGHT YEARS. *JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HESITATED TO START ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, BUT THE FAILURE WAS UNABLE TO BE DETERMINED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS PREVI...

Mileage: 100,000

SOMETIMES THE VEHICLE WILL NOT START RIGHT AWAY. THE SECURITY LIGHT COMES ON AND THE VEHICLE WILL NOT START. WE HAVE HAD TO WAIT 10 MINUTES TO TRY AGAIN. TO BYPASS THIS WE HAVE TO LEAVE THE DOOR OPEN, INSERT THE KEY AND WAIT 5 SECONDS, TURN THE KEY TO ACC AND WAIT ANOTHER 5 SECONDS. THEN WE TURN THE...

SPEEDOMETER WILL NOT WORK. GETS STRUCK AND WILL RETURN TO NORMAL IF BATTERY IS DISCONNECTED OR IF CAR IS SHUT OFF SEVERAL TIMES IN SUCCESSION.

Mileage: 115,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE SPEEDOMETER MALFUNCTIONED. THE FAILURE RECURRED MULTIPLE TIMES AFTER BEING REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPA...

Mileage: 65,301

I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE FOR SUBURBAN KIA IN TROY. ON THE THIRD DAY OF DRIVING IT, I NOTICED GASOLINE SMELLS COMING INTO THE CAR. I TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK ON 1/18/16 AND THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO FIND OUT THE CAUSE OF THE GAS SMELL COMING INTO THE CAR. I WILL BE TAKING IT BACK ON 1/21/16 WHEN THEY CAN ...

Mileage: 71,400

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START AFTER NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING. A ROAD SIDE ASSISTANCE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE IGNITION TUMBLER HAD MALFUNCTIONED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER TO BE DIAGNOS...

Mileage: 75,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, THE ACCELERATION DECREASED AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE BATTERY WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT HAD TO MANEUVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. AFTER FIVE MINUTES, THE CONTACT RESTARTED THE VEHICLE BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE ...

Mileage: 294,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED A BURNING ODOR EMITTING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. IN ADDITION, THE GAUGES PROVIDED INCORRECT READINGS, THE VEHICLE OVERHEATED, AND THE ABS, CHECK ENGINE, AND MULTIPLE OTHER WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHI...

Mileage: 85,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED A BURNING ODOR EMITTING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. IN ADDITION, THE GAUGES PROVIDED INCORRECT READINGS, THE VEHICLE OVERHEATED, AND THE ABS, CHECK ENGINE, AND MULTIPLE OTHER WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHI...

Mileage: 85,000

ALL GAUGES ON THE CAR STOPPED WORKING 4 YEARS AGO AROUND THE TIME THE PASS LOCK HAD TO BE REPLACED. I HAVE BEEN LOCKED OUT OF MY CAR MANY TIMES. THE VALVE COVER LEAKS OIL WHICH MIGHT RESULT IN A FIRE. DRIVING IT RESULTS IN THICK BLACK SMOKE COMING FROM THE VALVE COVER LEAK.

Mileage: 126,000

ALL GAUGES ON THE CAR STOPPED WORKING 4 YEARS AGO AROUND THE TIME THE PASS LOCK HAD TO BE REPLACED. I HAVE BEEN LOCKED OUT OF MY CAR MANY TIMES. THE VALVE COVER LEAKS OIL WHICH MIGHT RESULT IN A FIRE. DRIVING IT RESULTS IN THICK BLACK SMOKE COMING FROM THE VALVE COVER LEAK.

Mileage: 126,000

WHILE DRIVING ON A SMOOTH DARK COUNTRY ROAD AT A SPEED OF 50 MPH TIME 10:35PM I HAD ACTIVATED THE HIGH BEAM HEADLIGHTS AND APPROXIMATELY 10 SECONDS LATER THE HEADLAMPS WENT OFF LEAVING ONLY THE DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHTS ON. VISIBILITY WAS INSTANTLY DECREASED TO AN UNSAFE LEVEL WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. ...

Mileage: 118,169

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS AND CRUISE CONTROL FAILED TO ACTIVATE. THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT BOTH FUNCTIONS WERE NOT ABLE TO BE ACTIVATED AT THE SAME TIME. EITHER THE CRUISE CONTROL OR THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS NEEDED TO BE ACTIVATED AT A...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS AND CRUISE CONTROL FAILED TO ACTIVATE. THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT BOTH FUNCTIONS WERE NOT ABLE TO BE ACTIVATED AT THE SAME TIME. EITHER THE CRUISE CONTROL OR THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS NEEDED TO BE ACTIVATED AT A...

2005 IMPALA BOUGHT FROM ELDERLY MOTHER 50,000 MIES FUEL LEAK BEFORE FUEL INJECTOR PIPE ONTO MOTOR.

Mileage: 40,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN ATTEMPTING TO START THE VEHICLE, IT FAILED TO START. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE THE KEY WAS REPLACED WITH A NEW COVER. HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT ...

Mileage: 100,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER AND FUEL GAUGES WERE NOT FUNCTIONING. THE BATTERY WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT PROVIDED. TH...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE GAUGES AND INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS INTERMITTENTLY FAILED. THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. TH...

Mileage: 85,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT NOTICED A STRONG FUEL ODOR OUTSIDE THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE WAS PERSISTENT. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE SURGED FORWARD RANDOMLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILUR...

Mileage: 114,742

SECURITY LIGHT ON, WILL NOT START. WHILE DRIVING SECURITY LIGHT COMES ON ALL THE TIME. IF IT STARTS FLASHING WHILE DRIVING THE CAR WILL NOT START WHEN CYCLED AGAIN. YOU HAVE TO WAIT ALMOST 3HRS BEFORE IT WILL START AGAIN. WE ARE REPLACING THE IGNITION SWITCH TO SEE IF THAT HELPS.

Mileage: 150,000

SECURITY LIGHT ON, WILL NOT START. WHILE DRIVING SECURITY LIGHT COMES ON ALL THE TIME. IF IT STARTS FLASHING WHILE DRIVING THE CAR WILL NOT START WHEN CYCLED AGAIN. YOU HAVE TO WAIT ALMOST 3HRS BEFORE IT WILL START AGAIN. WE ARE REPLACING THE IGNITION SWITCH TO SEE IF THAT HELPS.

Mileage: 150,000

BOUGHT THE CAR USED 141,000 MILES DAY AFTER I BOUGHT IT THE TRANSMISSION JERKS REALLY HARD WHEN TAKING OFF. I HEARD IT WAS A COMMON PROBLEM BUT IT WILL COST $700 OR MORE TO FIX.

Mileage: 141,000

TRANSMISSION SHIFTS HARD AND JERKS UPON TAKE OFF INTERMITTENTLY.

Mileage: 65,000

THE GAS GAUGE, THE SPEED GAUGE AND THE GAUGE FOR THE HEATING AND WATER COOLING HAS MALFUNCTIONED. IT ALSO JUST STALLS CAUSING THE CAR TO STOP.

Mileage: 129,000

THE STEPPER MOTORS THAT CONTROL DASH INSTRUMENTS. SPEEDOMETER WILL NOT RESET TO 0 MPH AFTER COMING TO A FULL STOP. ALSO, STEPPER MOTOR CONTROLLING FUEL GAUGE. INACCURATE FUEL AVAILABLE READING AND I MUST RELY ON TRIP METER TO ESTIMATE WHAT FUEL IS REMAINING.

Mileage: 62,000

2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO IGNITION SWITCH PROBLEMS. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THERE WERE TIMES, WHEN THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START AND THERE WERE TIMES, WHERE IT WOULD TAKE HOURS FOR IT TO START. *JB

HAD TO RECENTLY REPLACE FUEL EJECTION AND OTHER PART FOR FUEL LEAKING AND FUMES OVERCOMING IN CAR. NOW THE SPEEDOMETER, FUEL AND TACK GAUGE STOPPED WORKING. GM HAS NOT RECALLED THIS ON THE IMPALA AND THEY ARE AWARE THIS IS A PROBLEM BUT WILL NOT TAKE RESPONSIBILITY. THESE ISSUES HAVE BEEN A SERIOUS ...

Mileage: 164,000

HAD TO RECENTLY REPLACE FUEL EJECTION AND OTHER PART FOR FUEL LEAKING AND FUMES OVERCOMING IN CAR. NOW THE SPEEDOMETER, FUEL AND TACK GAUGE STOPPED WORKING. GM HAS NOT RECALLED THIS ON THE IMPALA AND THEY ARE AWARE THIS IS A PROBLEM BUT WILL NOT TAKE RESPONSIBILITY. THESE ISSUES HAVE BEEN A SERIOUS ...

Mileage: 164,000

HAD TO RECENTLY REPLACE FUEL EJECTION AND OTHER PART FOR FUEL LEAKING AND FUMES OVERCOMING IN CAR. NOW THE SPEEDOMETER, FUEL AND TACK GAUGE STOPPED WORKING. GM HAS NOT RECALLED THIS ON THE IMPALA AND THEY ARE AWARE THIS IS A PROBLEM BUT WILL NOT TAKE RESPONSIBILITY. THESE ISSUES HAVE BEEN A SERIOUS ...

Mileage: 164,000

THE HI BEAM HEADLIGHTS FAILED, WHICH MADE THE LO BEAM HEADLIGHTS GO OUT WHEN THE HI BEAM WAS ENGAGED. REPAIR SERVICE FOUND A CORRODED "PIN" IN A MULTI-PIN ELECTRICAL CONNECTION.THIS IS A "PROTECTED" CONNECTION, IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, IT HAS BEEN CORRODED FOR A VERY LONG TIME ACCORDING TO THE ELE...

Mileage: 169,000

THE HI BEAM HEADLIGHTS FAILED, WHICH MADE THE LO BEAM HEADLIGHTS GO OUT WHEN THE HI BEAM WAS ENGAGED. REPAIR SERVICE FOUND A CORRODED "PIN" IN A MULTI-PIN ELECTRICAL CONNECTION.THIS IS A "PROTECTED" CONNECTION, IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, IT HAS BEEN CORRODED FOR A VERY LONG TIME ACCORDING TO THE ELE...

Mileage: 169,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL WAS TURNED LEFT OR RIGHT, IT MADE AN ABNORMAL NOISE. ON ANOTHER OCCASION, WHEN THE IGNITION KEY WAS TURNED TO THE ON POSITION, A BURNING ODOR EMITTED INSIDE THE VEHICLE INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT D...

Mileage: 160,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL WAS TURNED LEFT OR RIGHT, IT MADE AN ABNORMAL NOISE. ON ANOTHER OCCASION, WHEN THE IGNITION KEY WAS TURNED TO THE ON POSITION, A BURNING ODOR EMITTED INSIDE THE VEHICLE INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT D...

Mileage: 160,000

FUEL, TACHOMETER, SPEEDOMETER, ODOMETER FAILED / NO LONGER WORKING.

Mileage: 150,073

INTERMITTENT NO CRANK, NO START. PROBLEM IS KNOWN PROBLEM WITH IGNITION SWITCH, TUMBLER, AND DEFECTIVE "PASSLOCK SYSTEM". DEALERS CHARGE EXCESSIVE PROCES FOR REPAIRS THAT MAY OR MAY NOT ACTUALLY FIX THE PROBLEM. IT SEEMS TO BE A BAD DESIGN ISSUE, AND IS RELATED TO THE DEFECTIVE IGNITION RECALLS. TH...

Mileage: 56,000

INTERMITTENT NO CRANK, NO START. PROBLEM IS KNOWN PROBLEM WITH IGNITION SWITCH, TUMBLER, AND DEFECTIVE "PASSLOCK SYSTEM". DEALERS CHARGE EXCESSIVE PROCES FOR REPAIRS THAT MAY OR MAY NOT ACTUALLY FIX THE PROBLEM. IT SEEMS TO BE A BAD DESIGN ISSUE, AND IS RELATED TO THE DEFECTIVE IGNITION RECALLS. TH...

Mileage: 56,000

INTERMITTENT NON-START THAT RESETS IN 10 TO 15 MINUTES. NON-START OCCURRED ONCE AFTER THE CAR STALLED ON A HIGHWAY. IT STARTED AFTER ABOUT 12 MINUTES OF TIME LAPSE.

Mileage: 135,000

I BOUGHT THIS CAR IN 2006. ONE YEAR LATER I NOTICED MY SPEEDOMETER WAS NOT WORKING. I SEARCHED ON LINE AND FOUND MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SPEEDOMETER FAILING TO WORK. RIGHT AFTER THAT THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE AND THE FUEL INDICATOR STOPPED WORKING. I WENT ON LINE AND FOUND THAT CHEVY TRUCKS HAD BEEN...

Mileage: 45,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 109,000.

Mileage: 109,000

PROBLEMS BEFORE GM RECALL 14350/CAMPAIGN ID 14V400. PROBLEM 1 THE IGNITION SWITCH CONTINUED TO STILL ENGAGE AFTER VEHICLE WAS STARTED AND KEY WAS IN THE RUN POSITION. PROBLEM 2 AFTER TURNING THE KEY TO STOP ENGINE WOULD CONTINUE TO RUN UNTIL YOU JIGGLED THE KEY IN THE IGNITION SWITCH. PROBLEM 3 HITT...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE IGNITION KEY FAILED TO RELEASE FROM THE IGNITION SWITCH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER VERIFIED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS AFFECTED BY NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V400000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM); HOWEVER, THE RECALL DID N...

Mileage: 200,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. AFTER THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WAS SERVICED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V400000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM), THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAG...

WHILE DRIVING HORN SOUND WEAK AND STOPPED WORKING I HAD TO TAKE OUT FUSE FOR THE HORN BECAUSE IT WAS JUST SOUNDING OFF. ANOTHER IMPORTANT ISSUE WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS WILL TURN OFF WHILE DRIVING IN THE DARK. THIS CAN CAUSE A SERIOUS WRECK ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE ON THE HIGHWAY AN...

Mileage: 100,000

WHILE DRIVING HORN SOUND WEAK AND STOPPED WORKING I HAD TO TAKE OUT FUSE FOR THE HORN BECAUSE IT WAS JUST SOUNDING OFF. ANOTHER IMPORTANT ISSUE WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS WILL TURN OFF WHILE DRIVING IN THE DARK. THIS CAN CAUSE A SERIOUS WRECK ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE ON THE HIGHWAY AN...

Mileage: 100,000

WHILE DRIVING HORN SOUND WEAK AND STOPPED WORKING I HAD TO TAKE OUT FUSE FOR THE HORN BECAUSE IT WAS JUST SOUNDING OFF. ANOTHER IMPORTANT ISSUE WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS WILL TURN OFF WHILE DRIVING IN THE DARK. THIS CAN CAUSE A SERIOUS WRECK ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE ON THE HIGHWAY AN...

Mileage: 100,000

GAS FUMES INSIDE AND OUT. CAN'T DRIVE CAR IT'S THAT BAD. HAD CHEVY DEALER TOLD ME IT WAS FUEL FILTER REPLACED IT GUESS WHAT STILL HAD FUMES AFTER DRIVING HALF A MILEHAD CAR SINCE 2006 .80000 MILES ON CAR 68 YEAR OLD , CAR IN EXCELLENT CONDITION, CAN'T DRIVE OR WOULD END UP IN HOSPITAL. GM DEALER TO...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED AND SUDDENLY STARTED TO JERK VIOLENTLY. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN WAS NOT ABLE TO DUPLICATE AND DIAGNOSED ...

Mileage: 59,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 12 MPH, THE POWER STEERING SEIZED WHILE MAKING A TURN. ALSO, THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AS THE ENGINE STALLED AND IMMEDIATELY RESTARTED. THE FAILURE HAD OCCURRED ON SE...

Mileage: 112,149

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE SPEEDOMETER DISPLAYED IMPROPER READINGS. THE FAILURE RECURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING, BUT THERE WERE NO DIAGNOSTIC RESULTS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FA...

Mileage: 56,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE ANTI-THEFT SYSTEM SHUT DOWN WITHOUT WARNING AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO STALL. THE FAILURE ONLY OCCURRED ONCE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED BACK TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE ANTI-THEFT SYSTEM NEEDED TO BE REPLAC...

Mileage: 180,000

OWNER OF 2005 CHEVY IMPALA TRIED MULTIPLE TIMES TO START CAR. PASSLOCK SYSTEM PREVENTING CAR TO START. *TR

Mileage: 139,458

OWNER OF 2005 CHEVY IMPALA TRIED MULTIPLE TIMES TO START CAR. PASSLOCK SYSTEM PREVENTING CAR TO START. *TR

Mileage: 139,458

2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO GM RECALL #14350.* LD THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WOULD OCCASIONALLY STALL WHILE DRIVING. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED AND THE BATTERY, STARTER, ALTERNATOR, ETC. WERE RULED OUT AS POSSIBLE CAUSES. THE CONSUMER HAD TO INCUR THE COST OF A FAULTY...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, A SPEED BUMP WAS ENCOUNTERED AND THE CONTACT LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND CRASHED INTO AN EMBANKMENT AND GUARDRAILS. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CO...

Mileage: 60,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, A SPEED BUMP WAS ENCOUNTERED AND THE CONTACT LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND CRASHED INTO AN EMBANKMENT AND GUARDRAILS. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CO...

Mileage: 60,000

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 AI...

Mileage: 80,000

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 AI...

Mileage: 80,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO START AFTER MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS. IN ADDITION, THE SEAT BELT, THE BATTERY, AND THE ABS WARNING LIGHTS FLICKERED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. TH...

Mileage: 130,000

CAR IDLES OUT OF CONTROL WILL NOT KICK DOWN UNLESS U SHUT CAR OFF AN THEN U HALF TO START IT TWO OR THREE TIMES BE FOR IT WILL DROP IDLE TOO NORMAL.HAS SCARED US BECAUSE THERE'S NO CONTROL WHEN THIS HAPPENS. *JS

Mileage: 154,000

I WAS FORCED TO MAKE REPAIRS TO IGNITION SYSTEM THAT CHEVROLET REFUSED TO COVER. MY COST TO DEALER $969.61 I WAS TOLD BY GM TO WAIT FOR A RECALL ANNOUNCEMENT AND SEEK REIMBURSEMENT AT THAT TIME. ON 8/12 GM ISSUED A RECALL ON MY VEHICLE FOR THESE AFFECTED PARTS. I HAVE HEARD NOTHING BACK FROM ...

Mileage: 77,491

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH, THE BRAKES FAILED TO RESPOND AND THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AND NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED ...

Mileage: 140,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH, THE BRAKES FAILED TO RESPOND AND THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AND NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED ...

Mileage: 140,000

AS THE ORIGINAL AND ONLY OWNER OF THIS VEHICLE, THIS IS THE SECOND ITERATION OF A CRACKED FLEX PLATE. THE FIRST EVENT AND REPAIR FOR $661.69 HAPPENED WITH 48,929 MILES. THE CRACKS APPEAR TO BEGIN AT THE CRANKSHAFT MOUNTING BOLTS AND SPREAD OUT TO THE STAMPED STEEL CUTOUTS. IT IS A 3800 SERIES II V-6...

Mileage: 131,815

THIS CAR HAS BEEN DOWN NOW SINCE MAY WITHOUT BEING DRIVEN BECAUSE OF THE IGNITION SWITCH WENT OUT AND KEPT US STRANDED. WE HAD TO HAVE THIS REPLACED WHICH WAS 450.00 IN OCTOBER AND NOW WE ARE WAITING FOR THE KEY FROM G.M. TO EVEN START THE CAR AND THAT WAS 2 MONTHS AGO AND WE ARE STILL WAITING FOR T...

Mileage: 138,000

2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA CONSUMER IS ASKING FOR COMPENSATION FOR REPAIRS ON VEHICLE, RELATING TO IGNITION RECALL.*CN

FIRST, I HAD TO REPLACE THE RACK AND PINION STEERING. COULD HAVE BEEN THE STEERING KNUCKLE, DON'T KNOW. THEN, I WAS DRIVING ABOUT DUSK AND THE LOW BEAMS WENT DARK. THE CAR HAS AN AUTOMATIC SWITCH THAT MOVES THE HEADLIGHTS FROM DAYTIME MODE TO NIGHTTIME. LOCAL MECHANIC CALLED THE GM DEALER AND SP...

Mileage: 95,000

FIRST, I HAD TO REPLACE THE RACK AND PINION STEERING. COULD HAVE BEEN THE STEERING KNUCKLE, DON'T KNOW. THEN, I WAS DRIVING ABOUT DUSK AND THE LOW BEAMS WENT DARK. THE CAR HAS AN AUTOMATIC SWITCH THAT MOVES THE HEADLIGHTS FROM DAYTIME MODE TO NIGHTTIME. LOCAL MECHANIC CALLED THE GM DEALER AND SP...

Mileage: 95,000

FIRST, I HAD TO REPLACE THE RACK AND PINION STEERING. COULD HAVE BEEN THE STEERING KNUCKLE, DON'T KNOW. THEN, I WAS DRIVING ABOUT DUSK AND THE LOW BEAMS WENT DARK. THE CAR HAS AN AUTOMATIC SWITCH THAT MOVES THE HEADLIGHTS FROM DAYTIME MODE TO NIGHTTIME. LOCAL MECHANIC CALLED THE GM DEALER AND SP...

Mileage: 95,000

2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA CONSUMER IS CONCERNED ABOUT AIR BAGS AFTER HITTING A DEER AND THEY DID NOT DEPLOY AND THE SECURITY LIGHT CAME ON. *CN THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER, THE IGNITION SWITCH AND CYLINDER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONSUMER THEN WENT TO A REPAIR SHOP, TO HAVE THE WORK DONE. A SHO...

2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA CONSUMER IS CONCERNED ABOUT AIR BAGS AFTER HITTING A DEER AND THEY DID NOT DEPLOY AND THE SECURITY LIGHT CAME ON. *CN THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER, THE IGNITION SWITCH AND CYLINDER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONSUMER THEN WENT TO A REPAIR SHOP, TO HAVE THE WORK DONE. A SHO...

2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA CONSUMER SEEKING REIMBURSEMENT FOR OUT OF POCKET EXPENSES PRIOR TO THE RECALL BEING ISSUED *CN THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL, WHILE MAKING TURNS. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP, WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED, THE IGNITION LOCK CYLINDER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG LIGHT SPORADICALLY ILLUMINATED AND WOULD NOT DIM. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE AIR BAG MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MI...

Mileage: 35,000

WHEN YOU INSERT THE KEY INTO THE IGNITION SWITCH IT WON'T TURN OVER AND START VEHICLE ALSO STARTED SHOWING SECURITY LIGHT THAT WON'T TURN OFF. *TR

Mileage: 182,000

2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO IGNITION CYLINDER AND OTHER VEHICLE REPAIR ISSUES. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED SOMETIME AGO, SHE WAS NOT ABLE TO START THE VEHICLE. UPON CONTACTING HER INSURANCE COMPANY, SHE WAS ADVISED TO PRESS DOWN ON THE BRAKE AND THEN START THE VEHICLE. IT W...

FIRST JUST A FEW MINUTES, NOW SECURITY LIGHT STAYS ON...CANT START. WHEN THE SECURITY LIGHT COMES ON MY CAR WON'T CRANK AND I HAVE TO LET IT RESET BEFORE I CAN DO ANYTHING. IT HAS DONE ME LIKE THIS SEVERAL TIMES CAUSING ME TO BE STRANDED. I DEPEND ON THIS CAR TO BE SAFE AND DEPENDABLE AND RIGHT N...

Mileage: 180,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF AND FAILED TO RESTART. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT AFTER WAITING, THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO START. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO RESTART. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT DURING COLD WEATHER, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START INTERMITTENTLY AND THE ALARM SECURITY WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON NUMEROUS OCC...

Mileage: 149,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO RESTART. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT DURING COLD WEATHER, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START INTERMITTENTLY AND THE ALARM SECURITY WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON NUMEROUS OCC...

Mileage: 149,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START AND IT WAS DIFFICULT TO TURN THE KEY IN THE IGNITION. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V400000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM); HOWEVER, THE ...

2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO A RECALL AND SEEKS REIMBURSEMENT. *TGW THE IGNITION LOCK CYLINDER WAS REPLACED. *JB

DRIVING AT NIGHT, I TURNED ON MY HIGH BEAMS AND MY HEADLIGHTS WENT COMPLETELY OUT. AFTER DRIVING IN THE DARK FOR A WHILE, I SWITCHED THE HEADLIGHTS BACK TO LOW BEAM AND THE LIGHTS BEGAN TO WORK ON LOW BEAM. THE HIGH BEAMS DO NOT WORK AT ALL AT THIS POINT, AND THE HEAD LIGHTS GO OUT WHEN I SWITCH TO...

Mileage: 120,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE KEY FAILED TO START THE VEHICLE PROPERLY. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE KEY WAS TAMPERED WITH IN ORDER TO START THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V400000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) ...

2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARD TO GM RECALL #14350. * LD THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE LOCKED UP, SEVERAL TIMES. THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE.

THE KEY TO MY IMPALA JAMMED AND WOULD NOT TURN. I CALLED MY LOCAL DEALER TOM GILL BECAUSE I HAD HEARD THERE WAS A RECALL. THEY INFORMED THAT DID NOT KNOW ABOUT A RECALL AFFECTING IGNITIONS FOR CHEVY IMPALAS. I HAD MY CAR REPAIRED BY A LOCK SMITH. I HAVE NOW RECEIVED MY RECALL NOTICE AND THEY INFORM ...

Mileage: 190,000

IN MARCH 5 2013 I WAS DRIVING WHILE A DOG RAN OUT IN FRONT OF ME. THE CAR NEXT TO ME AND MYSELF CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP AS THE OWNER CAME AND GOT HER DOG FROM THE STREET. AS SOON AS THE OWNER GOT THE DOG A CAR DOING 50+MPH IN A 35MPH ZONE WAS TEXTING AND DRIVING AND THE DRIVER DIDN'T EVEN ATTEMPT TO...

Mileage: 109,334

IN MARCH 5 2013 I WAS DRIVING WHILE A DOG RAN OUT IN FRONT OF ME. THE CAR NEXT TO ME AND MYSELF CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP AS THE OWNER CAME AND GOT HER DOG FROM THE STREET. AS SOON AS THE OWNER GOT THE DOG A CAR DOING 50+MPH IN A 35MPH ZONE WAS TEXTING AND DRIVING AND THE DRIVER DIDN'T EVEN ATTEMPT TO...

Mileage: 109,334

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V400000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED TO REMEDY THE VEHICLE WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT DID NOT ...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V400000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM); HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED TO REPAIR TH...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED AND ALL THE LIGHTS ON THE INSTRUMENTAL PANEL ILLUMINATED. THE PROBLEM RECURRED TWICE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE IMPOUND. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS...

Mileage: 170,000

IGNITION KEY STICKS. *TR

Mileage: 101,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V400000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFAC...

WHILE DRIVING MY CAR IT JUST DIED MY KEY SEEM TO SHAKE LOOSE WHICH COULD HAVE CAUSED A ACCIDENT. JUT WANTED THIS ON RECORD TO UNTIL RECALL START ON CHEVY IMPALA'S. *TR

Mileage: 169,000

WHILE DRIVING MY CAR IT JUST DIED MY KEY SEEM TO SHAKE LOOSE WHICH COULD HAVE CAUSED A ACCIDENT. JUT WANTED THIS ON RECORD TO UNTIL RECALL START ON CHEVY IMPALA'S. *TR

Mileage: 169,000

WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE ENGINE INTERMITTENTLY STARTS, RUNS ROUGH/SUB IDLE THEN STALLS. WHEN THE ENGINE STARTS IT SEEMS TO RUN NORMALLY, BUT ON AT LEAST THREE OCCASIONS, WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE THE ENGINE WOULD STALL AND I WOULD LOOSE POWER STEERING AND BRAKES. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO JEFF W...

Mileage: 35,998

WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE ENGINE INTERMITTENTLY STARTS, RUNS ROUGH/SUB IDLE THEN STALLS. WHEN THE ENGINE STARTS IT SEEMS TO RUN NORMALLY, BUT ON AT LEAST THREE OCCASIONS, WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE THE ENGINE WOULD STALL AND I WOULD LOOSE POWER STEERING AND BRAKES. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO JEFF W...

Mileage: 35,998

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V400000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM); HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE REC...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE TEMPERATURE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT OVERHEATING. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE INSTRUMENT ...

Mileage: 55,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE ENGINE OVERHEATED AND THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE INCREASED TO HOT. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WHENEVER THE VEHICLE WAS IN OPERATION. THE DEALER REPLACED THE HEAD GASKET AND WATER PUMP THREE TIMES. IN ADDITION, THE ALTERNATOR AND CA...

Mileage: 98,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED CAUSING THE CONTACT TO CRASH INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AND THE SEAT BELTS DID NOT SECURE AROUND THE OCCUPANTS AT THE POINT OF IMPACT. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AND ...

Mileage: 131,100

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED CAUSING THE CONTACT TO CRASH INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AND THE SEAT BELTS DID NOT SECURE AROUND THE OCCUPANTS AT THE POINT OF IMPACT. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AND ...

Mileage: 131,100

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED CAUSING THE CONTACT TO CRASH INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AND THE SEAT BELTS DID NOT SECURE AROUND THE OCCUPANTS AT THE POINT OF IMPACT. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AND ...

Mileage: 131,100

STARTING IN FEBRUARY OF 2012, MY CAR HAS FAILED TO START ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. I HAVE HAD THIS CAR FOR 3 YEARS AND IT HAS LET ME DOWN SO MANY TIMES. I GO TO CRANK MY CAR AND IT DOESN'T DO ANYTHING. I TOOK IT TO A CERTIFIED MECHANIC AND HE TOLD ME IT WAS THE SECURITY SYSTEM AND HE SHOWED ME HOW TO...

Mileage: 120,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED SEVERAL TIMES. THE CONTACT HAD TO ATTEMPT TO TURN THE KEY SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE THE VEHICLE RESTARTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAI...

Mileage: 120,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE TECHNICIAN REPLACED THE IGNITION SWITCH. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION FOR RECALL NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: ...

Mileage: 89,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG INDICATOR CONTINUOUSLY ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL IN WARM WEATHER. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE AIR BAG MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA ...

Mileage: 34,000

I HAD TO HAVE THE IGNITION REPLACED ON MY CAR THIS YEAR! NOW THE AIR BAG LIGHT IS ON AND STAYS ON N WON'T GO OFF! NOT SURE IF IT'S ON RECALL OR NOT. *TR

DRIVING 2005 CHEVY IMPALA ON INTERSTATE 95 NORTH WHEN VEHICLE UNEXPECTEDLY WENT OFF THE ROAD AND CRASHED INTO THE GUARDRAIL, VEHICLE BOUNCED OFF OF GUARDRAIL AND SPUN AROUND THREE TIMES BEFORE COMING TO A STOP WITH VEHICLE RESTING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY IN THE CORRESPONDING DIRECTION OF TRAFFI...

Mileage: 68,000

DRIVING 2005 CHEVY IMPALA ON INTERSTATE 95 NORTH WHEN VEHICLE UNEXPECTEDLY WENT OFF THE ROAD AND CRASHED INTO THE GUARDRAIL, VEHICLE BOUNCED OFF OF GUARDRAIL AND SPUN AROUND THREE TIMES BEFORE COMING TO A STOP WITH VEHICLE RESTING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY IN THE CORRESPONDING DIRECTION OF TRAFFI...

Mileage: 68,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING AND CAUSED THE DRIVER TO CRASH INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED AND NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE TH...

Mileage: 127,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING AND CAUSED THE DRIVER TO CRASH INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED AND NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE TH...

Mileage: 127,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE VEERED OFF THE HIGHWAY AND ROLLED OVER SEVERAL TIMES. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED SCRAPES, BRUISES, AND OTHER MINOR INJURIES. MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS NOT RECEIVED. THE CONTACT WAS UNSURE IF A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE...

WHEN TAKING OFF FROM A STOP, THE CAR JERKED INSTEAD OF TAKING OFF SMOOTHLY. THIS SEEMED TO HAPPEN AT LOW SPEEDS WHEN CAR IS SHIFTING FROM ONE GEAR TO ANOTHER EVEN THOUGH IT HAS AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. THE SAFETY RISK HERE IS THAT ACCELERATION IS NOT EFFECTED AND A CAR COULD POTENTIALLY HIT YOU FR...

Mileage: 135,000

WHEN TAKING OFF FROM A STOP, THE CAR JERKED INSTEAD OF TAKING OFF SMOOTHLY. THIS SEEMED TO HAPPEN AT LOW SPEEDS WHEN CAR IS SHIFTING FROM ONE GEAR TO ANOTHER EVEN THOUGH IT HAS AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. THE SAFETY RISK HERE IS THAT ACCELERATION IS NOT EFFECTED AND A CAR COULD POTENTIALLY HIT YOU FR...

Mileage: 135,000

CAR WILL NOT START. NEED TO WAIT 10 MINUTES TO ATTEMPT START AGAIN. FAILURE IS LIKELY DUE TO FAULTY ANTI-THEFT SECURITY SYSTEM THAT READS THE IGNITION KEY INCORRECTLY BUT NOT SURE. SAFETY ISSUE IS 10 MINUTES IN THE HOT TEXAS SUMMER CAN MEAN INSTANT DEHYDRATION TO AN INFANT. I AM THE FATHER OF AN ...

Mileage: 140,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT 10 MPH ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE FROM A COMPLETE STOP, THE ENGINE LOSS POWER WITHOUT WARNING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION AND ANOTHER VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE VEHICLE. THE DRIVER OF THE OPPOSE VEHICLE SUSTAINED SHO...

IGNITION FAILURE CAUSED TO LOSE CONTROL OF VEHICLE AND RUN INTO STUMP CAUSING $3350.00 OF DAMAGE TO VEHICLE. *TR

Mileage: 9,500

IGNITION FAILURE CAUSED TO LOSE CONTROL OF VEHICLE AND RUN INTO STUMP CAUSING $3350.00 OF DAMAGE TO VEHICLE. *TR

Mileage: 9,500

IGNITION FAILURE CAUSED TO LOSE CONTROL OF VEHICLE AND RUN INTO STUMP CAUSING $3350.00 OF DAMAGE TO VEHICLE. *TR

Mileage: 9,500

IGNITION FAILURE CAUSED TO LOSE CONTROL OF VEHICLE AND RUN INTO STUMP CAUSING $3350.00 OF DAMAGE TO VEHICLE. *TR

Mileage: 9,500

WE WERE DRIVING ON A RURAL BLACKTOP AFTER DARK AND THE HEADLIGHTS WENT OUT. THEY WOULD COME BACK ON FOR A MOMENT THAN GO BACK OUT. WE DROVE MOST OF THE 20+ MILES HOME WITH JUST THE FLASHERS ON. WE HAD THE SWITCH REPLACED AND THOUGHT THAT TOOK CARE OF THE PROBLEM BUT HERE IN THE LAST MONTH (AUGUST...

Mileage: 120,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ABS TRACTION WARNING INDICATOR REMAINED ILLUMINATED. ALSO, THE CONTACT HEARD AN ABNORMAL SOUND WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC STATED THAT THE ABS INDICATOR NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE REPAIR WAS MAD...

Mileage: 149,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ABS TRACTION WARNING INDICATOR REMAINED ILLUMINATED. ALSO, THE CONTACT HEARD AN ABNORMAL SOUND WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC STATED THAT THE ABS INDICATOR NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE REPAIR WAS MAD...

Mileage: 149,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHEN THE VEHICLE CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP, THERE WAS A DELAY IN ACCELERATION AND IT JERKED VIOLENTLY. THE FAILURE PERSISTED FOR THE PAST YEAR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. ...

WHEN I WAS DRIVING MY VEHICLE A COUPLE MONTHS BACK MY CAR ONLY STEER ONE WAY AND I HAD TO STOP ON SIDE OF THE ROAD SO I WENT TO THE SHOP AND THEY TOLD ME IT WAS MY RACK AND PINION SO HE REPAIR THAT AFTER A FEW WEEKS OF DRIVING IT MY RACK STARTED LEAKING AGAIN NOW IM STUCK WITH THAT NOT TO MENTION I...

Mileage: 198,000

WHEN I WAS DRIVING MY VEHICLE A COUPLE MONTHS BACK MY CAR ONLY STEER ONE WAY AND I HAD TO STOP ON SIDE OF THE ROAD SO I WENT TO THE SHOP AND THEY TOLD ME IT WAS MY RACK AND PINION SO HE REPAIR THAT AFTER A FEW WEEKS OF DRIVING IT MY RACK STARTED LEAKING AGAIN NOW IM STUCK WITH THAT NOT TO MENTION I...

Mileage: 198,000

AFTER THE IGNITION IS SHUT OFF WITH EITHER THE KEY IN OR OUT OF IGNITION, WHEN ANY DOOR IS OPEN THE RADIO IS SUPPOSED TO TURN OFF. PERIODICALLY THE RADIO WILL STAY OF EVEN AFTER THE DOOR IS OPENED. MOST TIMES, THE RADIO WILL GO OFF IF THE DOOR IS OPENED BACK UP, BUT THERE HAVE BEEN SOME TIMES THAT...

Mileage: 40,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER AND TEMPERATURE GAUGE WERE NOT PROVIDING ACCURATE READING LEVELS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130...

Mileage: 130,000

I WAS MERGING AND EXITING OFF THE EXPRESSWAY ON MY WAY TO WORK AND WENT TO USE MY TURN SIGNAL AND IT QUIT WORKING. UPON ARRIVING AT WORK I TRIED IT AGAIN AND NOTHING...I THEN TRIED MY OTHER TURN SIGNAL AND HAZARD LIGHT ALSO AND THEY DIDN'T WORK EITHER. I DO ALOT OF EXPRESSWAY DRIVING TO DIFFERENT ...

Mileage: 104,000

I WAS MERGING AND EXITING OFF THE EXPRESSWAY ON MY WAY TO WORK AND WENT TO USE MY TURN SIGNAL AND IT QUIT WORKING. UPON ARRIVING AT WORK I TRIED IT AGAIN AND NOTHING...I THEN TRIED MY OTHER TURN SIGNAL AND HAZARD LIGHT ALSO AND THEY DIDN'T WORK EITHER. I DO ALOT OF EXPRESSWAY DRIVING TO DIFFERENT ...

Mileage: 104,000

THIS VEHICLE 2005 IMPALA WAS IN A ACCIDENT TWICE ONCE WHEN WE FIRST GOT IT. AND KNOW 08/04/2014 WITH FRONT END DAMAGE. EITHER TIME NO AIR BAG WAS DEPLOYED!!!!! THE LAST ACCIDENT WAS A DIRECT HIT TO THE LEFT FRONT OF THE VEHICLE!!! NO AIR BAG DEPLOYED!!!!

Mileage: 157,000

THE IGNITION ON MY CHEVY IMPALA WILL NOT TURN. IT IS LOCKED AND WILL NOT TURN. I HAVE READ OF OTHER SIGHTS THAT OTHER IMPALA ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE. THE DEALER IS NOT HELPFUL AND TOM GILL CHEVROLET IN FLORENCE, KY SAID THERE WERE NO RECALLS ON MY CAR. HOWEVER, I SAW ONE ON THE WEB. NO WONDER CHEV...

Mileage: 200,500

OVER THE LAST 2 YEARS I HAVE EXPERIENCED NUMEROUS PROBLEMS. THE FIRST PROBLEM WAS SHIFTING OF THE VEHICLE WHICH SHIFTS VERY HARD. THE SECOND PROBLEM WAS A LOT OF RUST AND NEEDING TO HAVE BODY WORK DONE. NOW WITH A LITTLE OVER 70,000 MILES ON THE CAR IT MIGHT NOT PASS INSPECTION NEXT YEAR BECAUSE ...

Mileage: 55,000

OVER THE LAST 2 YEARS I HAVE EXPERIENCED NUMEROUS PROBLEMS. THE FIRST PROBLEM WAS SHIFTING OF THE VEHICLE WHICH SHIFTS VERY HARD. THE SECOND PROBLEM WAS A LOT OF RUST AND NEEDING TO HAVE BODY WORK DONE. NOW WITH A LITTLE OVER 70,000 MILES ON THE CAR IT MIGHT NOT PASS INSPECTION NEXT YEAR BECAUSE ...

Mileage: 55,000

OVER THE LAST 2 YEARS I HAVE EXPERIENCED NUMEROUS PROBLEMS. THE FIRST PROBLEM WAS SHIFTING OF THE VEHICLE WHICH SHIFTS VERY HARD. THE SECOND PROBLEM WAS A LOT OF RUST AND NEEDING TO HAVE BODY WORK DONE. NOW WITH A LITTLE OVER 70,000 MILES ON THE CAR IT MIGHT NOT PASS INSPECTION NEXT YEAR BECAUSE ...

Mileage: 55,000

IGNITION: DRIVING ON HIGHWAY, HIS SMALL POT HOLE AND IGNITION SHUT OFF CAUSING LOSS OF STEERING, GAS ETC. WAS ABLE TO MANEUVER TO SIDE OF ROAD AND SHUT CAR OFF AND RESTARTED. DASH: TEMPERATURE GAUGE DOESN'T WORK AT ALL MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO TELL WHETHER CAR IS OVERHEATING OR NOT. *TR

Mileage: 200,000

SEEMS A LOT OF 2000-2005 IMPALAS ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME ISSUES AS I AM WITH THE DASH INSTRUMENT PANEL AND POSSIBLE ISSUES WITH THE PASSLOCK SYSTEM. SOMETIMES I HAVE TO WAIT 10-15 MINUTES TO CRANK MY CAR WHEN IT WONT START OR DO THE LOCK AND UNLOCK TRICK TO RESET THE PASSLOCK SYSTEM. IRONICALLY E...

SEEMS A LOT OF 2000-2005 IMPALAS ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME ISSUES AS I AM WITH THE DASH INSTRUMENT PANEL AND POSSIBLE ISSUES WITH THE PASSLOCK SYSTEM. SOMETIMES I HAVE TO WAIT 10-15 MINUTES TO CRANK MY CAR WHEN IT WONT START OR DO THE LOCK AND UNLOCK TRICK TO RESET THE PASSLOCK SYSTEM. IRONICALLY E...

THE PASSLOCK SENSOR WENT BAD AT 74000 MILES. I COULD NOT START MY CAR FOR UP TO A 1/2 HOUR. THIS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES. I HAD THE PASS LOCK SENSOR REPLACED AT A COST OF APPROXIMATELY $600. SHORTLY AFTER THE REPLACEMENT THE SPEEDOMETER BECAME STUCK AT 60 MPH. I DISCOVERED WHEN I TURNED MY KEY I...

Mileage: 74,000

RIGHT HAND BLINKER -- HAS STARTED FLICKERING..VERY FAST, WHEN I PUT MY RIGHT HAND BLINKER TO TURN.....IT STARTED EARLY JUNE....BUT THEN SUDDENLY WENT BACK TO NORMAL. JUST LAST WEEK/JULY14---IT STARTED FLICKERING VERY FAST AGAIN. IS THERE A PART THAT I CAN PURCHASE AND REPLACE MYSELF....I AM A SEN...

Mileage: 77,990

DEFECTIVE VEHICLE KEY SWITCH FORCED VEHICLE TO SHUT DOWN WHILE DRIVING ON SOUTHERN PARKWAY IN ISLIP NY. WE MANAGED TO PUSH VEHICLE TO DEALER WHERE IT CURRENTLY IS AWAITING REPAIRS. THERE IS NO CURRENT RECALL ON THIS CAR - THERE SHOULD BE! MY FAMILY AND I COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLE...

Mileage: 77,540

THIS IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY: OUR CAR'S SPEED ODOMETER STARTED ACTING UP--REGISTERING HIGH SPEEDS WHEN HARDLY MOVING AND NO SPEED WHEN ON THE INTERSTATE- IN NOVEMBER, 2010. I CALLED THE 800 NUMBER IN THE OWNERS MANUAL AND AFTER EXCHANGING PHONE CALLS FOR SEVERAL WEEKS THE TOLD ME THAT THEY WOULD F...

Mileage: 87,000

TRACTION CONTROL ENGAGES EVEN ON DRIVE EVEN SURFACES. ABS ALSO ENGAGE ON SMOOTH, EVEN AND DRY SURFACES.

Mileage: 128,000

TRACTION CONTROL ENGAGES EVEN ON DRIVE EVEN SURFACES. ABS ALSO ENGAGE ON SMOOTH, EVEN AND DRY SURFACES.

Mileage: 128,000

TRACTION CONTROL ENGAGES EVEN ON DRIVE EVEN SURFACES. ABS ALSO ENGAGE ON SMOOTH, EVEN AND DRY SURFACES.

Mileage: 128,000

WHILE DRIVING MY CHILDREN TO SCHOOL, MY STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP, MY GAS PEDAL WOULD NOT ACCELERATE, AND MY BRAKE PEDAL LOCKED UP, BROUGHT TO MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP THEY REPLACED THE IGNITION AND THE PROBLEM IS STILL OCCURRING. UPDATED 2/27/15 *JS

Mileage: 97,252

WHILE DRIVING MY CHILDREN TO SCHOOL, MY STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP, MY GAS PEDAL WOULD NOT ACCELERATE, AND MY BRAKE PEDAL LOCKED UP, BROUGHT TO MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP THEY REPLACED THE IGNITION AND THE PROBLEM IS STILL OCCURRING. UPDATED 2/27/15 *JS

Mileage: 97,252

WHILE DRIVING MY CHILDREN TO SCHOOL, MY STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP, MY GAS PEDAL WOULD NOT ACCELERATE, AND MY BRAKE PEDAL LOCKED UP, BROUGHT TO MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP THEY REPLACED THE IGNITION AND THE PROBLEM IS STILL OCCURRING. UPDATED 2/27/15 *JS

Mileage: 97,252

THE PROBLEM STARTED WITH THE SECURITY LIGHT COMING ON. THEN THE TEMP GAUGE STOPPED WORKING. SPORADICALLY WOULD NOT START. I WAITED 15 MINUTES WITH KEY IN THE ON POSITION, WHEN SECURITY LIGHT WENT OFF, TURN OFF AND BACK ON. MOST TIMES THIS WOULD WORK. HEADLIGHTS WOULD FLICKER ON AND OFF. DRIVER SIDE ...

Mileage: 122,000

ESC AND ABS TURN ON AT LOW SPEED USUALLY COMING OUT OF STOPPING POSITION, OR DURING BRAKING. HAVE HAD FRONT WHEELBEARINGS REPLACED MULTIPLE TIMES TO NO EFFECT. WIRING CHECKS OUT. NO CODES THAT THE MECHANIC CAN DETERMINE WOULD BE CAUSING THIS ISSUE. EVENTUALLY TRACTION AND ABS TURN OFF AND SERVICE TR...

Mileage: 145,000

ESC AND ABS TURN ON AT LOW SPEED USUALLY COMING OUT OF STOPPING POSITION, OR DURING BRAKING. HAVE HAD FRONT WHEELBEARINGS REPLACED MULTIPLE TIMES TO NO EFFECT. WIRING CHECKS OUT. NO CODES THAT THE MECHANIC CAN DETERMINE WOULD BE CAUSING THIS ISSUE. EVENTUALLY TRACTION AND ABS TURN OFF AND SERVICE TR...

Mileage: 145,000

MY 2005 CHEVY IMPALA INTERMITTENTLY FAILS TO START. IT WILL RESTART AFTER WAITING ABOUT 15-20 MINUTES. THIS IS A SIMILAR PROBLEM (POTENTIAL SAFETY ISSUE) I HAD WITH A PREVIOUSLY OWNED 2000 IMPALA, AND OTHER FRUSTRATED IMPALA OWNERS EXPRESS ONLINE. CERTIFIED TECHNICIANS ARE UNABLE TO PIN POINT THE CA...

Mileage: 120,000

MY 2005 CHEVY IMPALA INTERMITTENTLY FAILS TO START. IT WILL RESTART AFTER WAITING ABOUT 15-20 MINUTES. THIS IS A SIMILAR PROBLEM (POTENTIAL SAFETY ISSUE) I HAD WITH A PREVIOUSLY OWNED 2000 IMPALA, AND OTHER FRUSTRATED IMPALA OWNERS EXPRESS ONLINE. CERTIFIED TECHNICIANS ARE UNABLE TO PIN POINT THE CA...

Mileage: 120,000

IGNITION NOT WORKING PROPERLY. WHILE DRIVING SECURITY LIGHT COMES ON. MULTIPLE TIMES A WEEK CAR WON'T START. BATTERY'S PERFECT. *TR

DRIVERS SEAT BELT WILL NOT RETRACT. LOOSE AGAINST DRIVERS. *TR

Mileage: 140,000

FUEL STOPPED WORKING. TEMP GAUGE AS WELL. *TR

Mileage: 125,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THE IGNITION FAILED TO START UNTIL AFTER NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS. THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVEN TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER, WHO STATED THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIR...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THE IGNITION FAILED TO START UNTIL AFTER NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS. THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVEN TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER, WHO STATED THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIR...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THE IGNITION FAILED TO START UNTIL AFTER NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS. THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVEN TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER, WHO STATED THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIR...

TL ' THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE SECURITY WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE BECAUSE THE LOCK SYSTEM RESET ITSELF AUTOMATICALLY. ADDITIONALLY, THE HEADLIGHTS SHUT OFF INTERMITTEN...

Mileage: 70,000

TL ' THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE SECURITY WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE BECAUSE THE LOCK SYSTEM RESET ITSELF AUTOMATICALLY. ADDITIONALLY, THE HEADLIGHTS SHUT OFF INTERMITTEN...

Mileage: 70,000

STEERING KNUCKLE IS GOING OUT HAS BEEN POPPING EVER SINCE WE BOUGHT IT. *TR

IGNITION HAS GONE OUT. *TR

Mileage: 134,000

IGNITION HAS GONE OUT. *TR

Mileage: 134,000

IGNITION PROBLEMS. SOMETIMES VEHICLE WILL NOT START AND THE SECURITY LIGHT WILL COME ON. OTHER TIMES THE VEHICLE WILL HAVE TROUBLE STARTING AND THE IGNITION DOES NOT CATCH TO START AND TAKES MULTIPLE ATTEMPT TO SUCCESSFUL START. A FEW TIMES THE VEHICLE HAS STARTED AND AFTER MOVING 500FT OR MORE IT S...

FIRST HAPPEN AROUND 8-12-2013,DRIVING FROM BALTIMORE MD., TO SYRACUSE N.Y,STOPPED AT TRAFFIC LIGHT TO GET ON HIGHWAY TO SYRACUSE CAR TURN OFF AND WOULD NOT START, I CALLED AAA AUTO, AFTER ALONG WHILE WAITING FOR AAA AUTO, I TURN THE CAR KEY AND THE CAR STARTED, I HAVE BEEN HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM WH...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT IMMEDIATELY START. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT IT TOOK NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS FOR THE VEHICLE TO START. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS...

Mileage: 115,000

SECURITY SYSTEM COMES ON AND THE VEHICLE WILL NOT START ........... *TR

Mileage: 150,000

THE SPEEDOMETER MALFUNCTIONS. THIS INCIDENT IS THE THIRD I'VE EXPERIENCED IN THE LAST YEAR. I RESEARCHED THIS AND FOUND THE PROBLEM TO BE WIDESPREAD FOR 2000-2005 CHEVROLET IMPALAS. THE SPEEDOMETER REGISTERS 95-110 MPH ALL OF THE TIME FROM A COMPLETE STOP TO A SLOW ROLL. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS B...

Mileage: 74,711

I RECENTLY PURCHASED A 2005 IMPALA IN APRIL OF 2014. THERE WAS NO CHECK LIGHT ENGINE ON FOR ABOUT A WEEK, BUT THE LIGHT DID COME ON AND ALSO WITH THE AIRBAGS LIGHT. WHEN BRAKING BOTH LIGHTS WILL DISAPPEAR. AT TIMES OF ACCELERATING, THE LIGHTS WILL APPEAR. ALSO, I HAVE A FAULTY IGNITION SWITCH THAT...

Mileage: 178,966

I RECENTLY PURCHASED A 2005 IMPALA IN APRIL OF 2014. THERE WAS NO CHECK LIGHT ENGINE ON FOR ABOUT A WEEK, BUT THE LIGHT DID COME ON AND ALSO WITH THE AIRBAGS LIGHT. WHEN BRAKING BOTH LIGHTS WILL DISAPPEAR. AT TIMES OF ACCELERATING, THE LIGHTS WILL APPEAR. ALSO, I HAVE A FAULTY IGNITION SWITCH THAT...

Mileage: 178,966

FOUND OUT MY HORN STOPPED WORKING WHILE DRIVING. NEARLY GOT IN SEVERAL ACCIDENTS BECAUSE I COULDN'T SOUND MY HORN AS WARNING. FOUND OUT FROM SHINEE LA FLEUR AT THE DEALERSHIP THAT CHEVY PUT IN A UPDATE TO COVER THE HORN FROM WATER DAMAGE. THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN A RECALL NOT AN UPDATE. THE HORN SH...

Mileage: 100,000

FOUND OUT MY HORN STOPPED WORKING WHILE DRIVING. NEARLY GOT IN SEVERAL ACCIDENTS BECAUSE I COULDN'T SOUND MY HORN AS WARNING. FOUND OUT FROM SHINEE LA FLEUR AT THE DEALERSHIP THAT CHEVY PUT IN A UPDATE TO COVER THE HORN FROM WATER DAMAGE. THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN A RECALL NOT AN UPDATE. THE HORN SH...

Mileage: 100,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE ANTI-THEFT SECURITY SYSTEM WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED AND IT BECAME DIFFICULT TO MOVE THE GEAR SHIFTER FROM PARK. IT TOOK THE CONTACT BETWEEN 10-15 MINUTES TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHE...

Mileage: 124,628

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE ANTI-THEFT SECURITY SYSTEM WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED AND IT BECAME DIFFICULT TO MOVE THE GEAR SHIFTER FROM PARK. IT TOOK THE CONTACT BETWEEN 10-15 MINUTES TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHE...

Mileage: 124,628

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE ANTI-THEFT SECURITY SYSTEM WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED AND IT BECAME DIFFICULT TO MOVE THE GEAR SHIFTER FROM PARK. IT TOOK THE CONTACT BETWEEN 10-15 MINUTES TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHE...

Mileage: 124,628

PROBLEM STARTED FIRST WITH CAR NOT STARTING AND THEN IT WOULD START FEW MINUTES LATER, NOW CAR WILL SHUT OFF COMPLETELY WHILE DRIVING LOW SPEEDS/COASTING EVEN. CEL BLINKED SEVERAL TIMES ONCE STILL GIVING 0300 CODE. CHANGED SPARK PLUGS AND NOTHING CHANGED. I HAVE TO SHIFT CAR IN NEUTRAL WHEN THIS OCC...

Mileage: 150,000

PROBLEM STARTED FIRST WITH CAR NOT STARTING AND THEN IT WOULD START FEW MINUTES LATER, NOW CAR WILL SHUT OFF COMPLETELY WHILE DRIVING LOW SPEEDS/COASTING EVEN. CEL BLINKED SEVERAL TIMES ONCE STILL GIVING 0300 CODE. CHANGED SPARK PLUGS AND NOTHING CHANGED. I HAVE TO SHIFT CAR IN NEUTRAL WHEN THIS OCC...

Mileage: 150,000

THE GAS GAUGE WORKS OFF AND ON AND DOES READ CORRECTLY FROM OVER FULL TO NOT AT ALL AND EVERY PLACE INBETWEEN. THE SPEEDOMETER READS EVERY WHERE FROM CORRECTLY TO 130 MPH WHEN YOU ARE DRIVING AT 50 MPH AND SOMETIMES GOES ALL THE WAY AROUND TO IT HITS THE STOP.OTHER TIMES THE SPEED ODOMETER SAYS YOU...

Mileage: 90,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT, HE NOTICED THAT THE INSTRUMENT PANEL FAILED TO ILLUMINATE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 180,000 AND ...

Mileage: 180,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT, HE NOTICED THAT THE INSTRUMENT PANEL FAILED TO ILLUMINATE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 180,000 AND ...

Mileage: 180,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT, HE NOTICED THAT THE INSTRUMENT PANEL FAILED TO ILLUMINATE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 180,000 AND ...

Mileage: 180,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN, SHE WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD-ON CRASH WHERE THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED A CONCUSSION, INJURIES TO THE CHEST AND NECK. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDE...

Mileage: 74,000

DRIVING ON GRANDE BLVD TYLER TX, ON MY WAY TO WORK, HEADLIGHTS TURNED OFF COMPLETELY, TURNED THE HIGH BEAMS ON AND THE HEADLIGHTS CAME BACK ON. *TR

Mileage: 70,000

DRIVING ON GRANDE BLVD TYLER TX, ON MY WAY TO WORK, HEADLIGHTS TURNED OFF COMPLETELY, TURNED THE HIGH BEAMS ON AND THE HEADLIGHTS CAME BACK ON. *TR

Mileage: 70,000

I'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT THE RECALLS REGARDING SEVERAL CHEVY VEHICLES IN REGARDS TO THE IGNITION AND I WAS WONDERING WHY IMPALAS ARE NOT ON THE LIST. YOU CAN LOOK AT NUMEROUS WEB FORMS WITH PEOPLE HAVING TROUBLE STARTING THEIR IMPALA'S LIKE MY SELF. YOU CAN ALSO READ THAT THERE IS REALLY NO EXPLANATI...

Mileage: 162,124

VEHICLE SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING , THIS HAS OCCURRED TWICE, ABLE TO DIRECT VEHICLE TO SIDE OF THE ROAD SAFELY. AT TIME HAD MULTIPLE KEYS AND ITEMS HANGING FROM KEYCHAIN. NOW DRIVE WITH JUST KEY ALONE IN IGNITION HAS NOT OCCURRED SINCE. *TR

Mileage: 69,540

WHEN THE IMPALA IS AT NORMAL OPERATING TEMPERATURE THE ENGINE DIES WHEN YOU REMOVE YOUR FOOT OFF THE ACCELERATOR AS WHEN APPROACHING A STOP SIGN . IF THE ENGINE HAS NOT REACHED NORMAL OPERATING TEMPERATURE THIS DOES NOT OCCUR. *TR

Mileage: 119,000

WHEN THE IMPALA IS AT NORMAL OPERATING TEMPERATURE THE ENGINE DIES WHEN YOU REMOVE YOUR FOOT OFF THE ACCELERATOR AS WHEN APPROACHING A STOP SIGN . IF THE ENGINE HAS NOT REACHED NORMAL OPERATING TEMPERATURE THIS DOES NOT OCCUR. *TR

Mileage: 119,000

WHEN THE IMPALA IS AT NORMAL OPERATING TEMPERATURE THE ENGINE DIES WHEN YOU REMOVE YOUR FOOT OFF THE ACCELERATOR AS WHEN APPROACHING A STOP SIGN . IF THE ENGINE HAS NOT REACHED NORMAL OPERATING TEMPERATURE THIS DOES NOT OCCUR. *TR

Mileage: 119,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING, AN ABNORMAL CLICKING NOISE WAS HEARD WHEN TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE STEERING COLUMN BEARINGS WERE DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICL...

Mileage: 97,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING, AN ABNORMAL CLICKING NOISE WAS HEARD WHEN TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE STEERING COLUMN BEARINGS WERE DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICL...

Mileage: 97,000

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD HEAD WIPERS ON WIPERS QUIT FOR NO REASON COME TO THE STOP SIGN TRIED TURNING IT OFF AND ON A FEW TIMES THEN ONCE YOU TAKE OFF THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE AND THEN LUNGED FORWARD AND HIT THE PERSON IN FRONT. *TR

Mileage: 159,345

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD HEAD WIPERS ON WIPERS QUIT FOR NO REASON COME TO THE STOP SIGN TRIED TURNING IT OFF AND ON A FEW TIMES THEN ONCE YOU TAKE OFF THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE AND THEN LUNGED FORWARD AND HIT THE PERSON IN FRONT. *TR

Mileage: 159,345

I WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH ON A STRAIGHT ROADWAY WITH BRIGHTS ON WHEN THE HEADLIGHTS WENT OUT. THIS OCCURRED IN THE EARLY MORNING WHILE IT WAS STILL DARK OUT. THE PARKING LIGHTS REMAINED ON. PULLING THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH ON THE LEFT SIDE OF DASH TO THE "MANUAL ON" POSITION DID NOT HELP....

Mileage: 124,800

I WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH ON A STRAIGHT ROADWAY WITH BRIGHTS ON WHEN THE HEADLIGHTS WENT OUT. THIS OCCURRED IN THE EARLY MORNING WHILE IT WAS STILL DARK OUT. THE PARKING LIGHTS REMAINED ON. PULLING THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH ON THE LEFT SIDE OF DASH TO THE "MANUAL ON" POSITION DID NOT HELP....

Mileage: 124,800

I WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH ON A STRAIGHT ROADWAY WITH BRIGHTS ON WHEN THE HEADLIGHTS WENT OUT. THIS OCCURRED IN THE EARLY MORNING WHILE IT WAS STILL DARK OUT. THE PARKING LIGHTS REMAINED ON. PULLING THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH ON THE LEFT SIDE OF DASH TO THE "MANUAL ON" POSITION DID NOT HELP....

Mileage: 124,800

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS THE ABS, THE TRACTION CONTROL AND SERVICE TRACTION SYSTEM WARNING LAMP ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT WHENEVER HE ATTEMPTED TO ENGAGED THE BRAKES THE VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP AND THE BRAKE PE...

Mileage: 41,000

A SUDDEN LOUD NOISE BEGAN WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT SPEEDS OF 65-70. THE NOISE LASTED A FEW SECONDS FOLLOWED BY A LOUDER LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE TOP OF THE VEHICLE. I ACTIVATED MY HAZARD LIGHTS AND PULLED INTO THE MEDIAN TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE. AFTER OPENING THE SLIDING COVER FOR MY VEHICLE...

Mileage: 170,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED WITH THE ILLUMINATION OF THE WARNING INDICATOR. THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED ON THE FIRST ATTEMPT AND THE CONTACT RESUMED DRIVING. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE HA...

Mileage: 83,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A STRONG ODOR OF GASOLINE BEING EMITTED FROM THE FUEL LINE. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAI...

Mileage: 70,000

I HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM BEFORE. IT COMES AND GOES BUT NEVER IS STEADY. *TR

Mileage: 85,000

THE TRANSMISSION HESITATES AT STOP AND GO TRAFFIC, TRANNY SHOP SAYS IT IS A SWITCH SOLENOID THAT IS DEFECTIVE IN THE TRANSMISSION ITSELF. IT IS COMMONLY REPORTED BY MANY CONSUMERS OF THIS MAKE, MODEL AND YEAR. SEEMS TO SHIFT FINE WHEN DRIVING ON LONGER DRIVES IE. INTERSTATE DRIVING. COULD CAUSE POTE...

Mileage: 85,000

THE TRANSMISSION HESITATES AT STOP AND GO TRAFFIC, TRANNY SHOP SAYS IT IS A SWITCH SOLENOID THAT IS DEFECTIVE IN THE TRANSMISSION ITSELF. IT IS COMMONLY REPORTED BY MANY CONSUMERS OF THIS MAKE, MODEL AND YEAR. SEEMS TO SHIFT FINE WHEN DRIVING ON LONGER DRIVES IE. INTERSTATE DRIVING. COULD CAUSE POTE...

Mileage: 85,000

I NOTICED A STRANGE SMELL LIKE MELTING PLASTIC COMING FROM MY PASSENGER SIDE DASHBOARD UNDER THE GLOVE COMPARTMENT. TOOK IT STRAIGHT TO THE DEALER. THEY DISCOVERED MY BACK WINDOW DEFROST SHORTED OUT THE FUSE BOX ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. COMPLETELY MELTED IT AND RUINED THE BOX. IF I HAD WAITED ANY ...

Mileage: 109,000

I NOTICED A STRANGE SMELL LIKE MELTING PLASTIC COMING FROM MY PASSENGER SIDE DASHBOARD UNDER THE GLOVE COMPARTMENT. TOOK IT STRAIGHT TO THE DEALER. THEY DISCOVERED MY BACK WINDOW DEFROST SHORTED OUT THE FUSE BOX ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. COMPLETELY MELTED IT AND RUINED THE BOX. IF I HAD WAITED ANY ...

Mileage: 109,000

I NOTICED A STRANGE SMELL LIKE MELTING PLASTIC COMING FROM MY PASSENGER SIDE DASHBOARD UNDER THE GLOVE COMPARTMENT. TOOK IT STRAIGHT TO THE DEALER. THEY DISCOVERED MY BACK WINDOW DEFROST SHORTED OUT THE FUSE BOX ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. COMPLETELY MELTED IT AND RUINED THE BOX. IF I HAD WAITED ANY ...

Mileage: 109,000

GAS SMELL. *TR

Mileage: 80,000

SPEEDOMETER STOPPED WORKING PROPERLY. WOULD REGISTER ZERO OR OFF THE SCALE. NEVER CORRECT. WITH SO MANY COMPLAINTS YOU WOULD THINK THAT SOMETHING WOULD BE DONE AS THIS IS A NECESSARY INSTRUMENT BUT OBVIOUSLY GM DOESN'T CARE AND NTSB IS TOO BUSY UNTIL SOMEONE IS KILLED. *TR

Mileage: 50,000

WHEN I FIRST GOT THE CAR I NOTICED THAT WHILE DRIVING IT WOULD SOUND LIKE IT WANTED TO CUT OFF AND EVENTUALLY IT DID EVERY TIME I CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. EVENTUALLY IT WOULD NOT START AT ALL. HAD TO GET THE FUEL REGULATOR PUMP CHANGED TWICE. THEN MY CAR WAS CLAIMING TO BE OVERHEATING SO I CHANGED ...

I HAVE SPUN THE MOTOR IN MY WIPERS 3 TIMES NOW. THE SNOW OR ICE BUILD UP UNDER THE HOOD WHERE THE WIPERS REST. I HAVE HAD IT FIXED 2 TIMES NOW. THIS TIME WIPERS WERE DOING FINE, MADE SURE THAT I HAD NO ICE OR SNOW ON THE WIPERS AS THEY TURN ON (WAKE UP). THEN WHEN I WENT TO SHUT THEM OFF AFTER OUR L...

Mileage: 100,000

AUGUST 2013 INVOLVED IN A CAR ACCIDENT, QUICK DECELERATION, FRONTAL CRASH. OTHER DRIVER PULLED INTO TRAFFIC, WITH HER VIEW BLOCKED OF MOVING TRAFFIC APPROACHING HER. ONCE THE TRUCK DRIVING IN FRONT OF ME TURNED SHE WAS STOPPED IN THE ROADWAY. I ATTEMPTED TO STOP MY CAR QUICKLY BUT DID NOT HAVE MORE ...

Mileage: 79,500

AUGUST 2013 INVOLVED IN A CAR ACCIDENT, QUICK DECELERATION, FRONTAL CRASH. OTHER DRIVER PULLED INTO TRAFFIC, WITH HER VIEW BLOCKED OF MOVING TRAFFIC APPROACHING HER. ONCE THE TRUCK DRIVING IN FRONT OF ME TURNED SHE WAS STOPPED IN THE ROADWAY. I ATTEMPTED TO STOP MY CAR QUICKLY BUT DID NOT HAVE MORE ...

Mileage: 79,500

MY CAR JUST LOST ALL POWER SO I COASTED TO A STOP. I SMELLED SMOKE AND SAW IT COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THE CAR STARTED ON FIRE AND WAS A TOTAL LOSS. *TR

Mileage: 170,000

WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE WITH THE CRUISE SET TO 65 MPH, THE NEEDLE ON THE SPEEDOMETER STARTED TO SLOWLY SHOW A DECREASE IN SPEED EVENTHOUGH THE ACTUAL SPEED OF THE CAR DID NOT CHANGE. OVER THE NEXT 50 MILES THE SPEEDOMETER CONTINUED TO DECREASE UNTIL IT WAS BELOW 0 ALTHOUGH THE CARS SPEED ST...

Mileage: 41,500

AFTER SHOPPING, MY WIFE STARTED THE CAR AND THE FUEL GAUGE NEEDLE WENT FAR TO THE RIGHT WELL BEYOND THE FULL MARK. AT THAT TIME, THERE WAS APPROXIMATELY 1/2 TANK OF GAS. WE NOTED THE MILEAGE FROM THE ODOMETER AND HAVE USED THAT AS A BASIS ON WHEN TO FILL THE CAR. WE CHECKED WITH A GARAGE AND THEY...

Mileage: 74,000

WIPERS QUICK WORKING. *TR

Mileage: 130,000

DURING A SNOW STORM, TRAVELING WITH TRAFFIC AT A SAFE SPEED. I WAS CUT OFF BY ANOTHER VEHICLE BECAUSE MY HORN FAILED. I WAS NOT ABLE TO ALERT THE OTHER DRIVER THAT IT WAS NOT SAFE TO MERGE INTO MY LANE. RESULTING IN MY CAR ENTERING THE DITCH TO AVOID A MULTI-CAR ACCIDENT. I HAVE RESEARCHED 2005 ...

Mileage: 100,000

DURING A SNOW STORM, TRAVELING WITH TRAFFIC AT A SAFE SPEED. I WAS CUT OFF BY ANOTHER VEHICLE BECAUSE MY HORN FAILED. I WAS NOT ABLE TO ALERT THE OTHER DRIVER THAT IT WAS NOT SAFE TO MERGE INTO MY LANE. RESULTING IN MY CAR ENTERING THE DITCH TO AVOID A MULTI-CAR ACCIDENT. I HAVE RESEARCHED 2005 ...

Mileage: 100,000

THIS HAS HAPPENED A FEW TIMES NOW WITH BOTH THE SPEEDOMETER AND TEMPERATURE GAUGE. I START THE CAR AND START DRIVING AND HAPPEN TO LOOK DOWN AND EITHER THE SPEEDOMETER OR THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE WILL BE GIVING A FALSE HIGH READING. SEEING AS THE CAR HAD JUST STARTED IT COULD NOT POSSIBLY BE OVERHEAT...

Mileage: 91,000

SPEEDOMETER GETTING STUCK & NOT REGISTERING PROPERLY. DRIVER IS NOT ABLE TO TELL WHAT SPEED THE CAR IS TRAVELING AT. THIS COULD RESULT IN TRAFFIC INFRACTIONS FOR AN OTHERWISE VERY GOOD DRIVING RECORD & COULD BE A SAFETY HAZARD. CHEVROLET REALLY NEEDS TO STEP UP & FIX THIS ISSUE AS RESEARCH HAS SHOW...

I WAS DRIVING MY CAR AT 45MPH AND SUDDENLY MY SPEEDOMETER AND INSTRUMENT PANEL WENT CRAZY. IT SAID I WAS GOING 120MPH. FURTHERMORE, MY TEMPERATURE GAUGE WAS INACCURATE CAUSING MY CAR TO OVERHEAT. THIS CAUSED THE HEAD GASKETS TO BLOW AND OTHER PARTS HAD TO BE REPLACED. I HAVE SPENT OVER $1,900.0...

Mileage: 49,528

NOTICED A SMELL AND STARTED SEEING SMOKE COMING OUT OF THE GLOVE COMPARTMENT. TURNED OFF CAR AND CHECKED TO FIND OUT THE BLOWER MOTOR, RESISTER AND HARNESS MELTED. *TR

Mileage: 130,000

JUST BOUGHT A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA, HAVING BAD PROBLEMS WITH REAR BRAKES, DRAGGING REALLY BAD. SOMETIMES JUST 1 IS DRAGGING, NO ONE SEEMS TO KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM IS. EVERY SERVICE I TALK TO GIVES ME A 1500-3000 DOLLAR ESTIMATE TO REPLACE EVERYTHING , I'VE TALKED TO GENERAL MOTORS SEVERAL TIMES THE...

BRAKE PROBLEMS. *TR

Mileage: 130,000

I WAS ON MY WAY TO WORK AT AT 6:30 AM ON 9-24-13 WHEN MY HEADLIGHTS WENT OFF. IT WAS PITCH DARK AND I WAS TOTALLY WITHOUT HEADLIGHTS. I WAS ABLE TO TURN ON THE FOG LIGHTS THIS CAR HAS, BUT IT WAS STILL HARD TO SEE. I HAVE NOTICED THE LIGHTS SEEMED DIMMER THAN WHAT I CONSIDER NORMAL. I MADE AN AP...

Mileage: 47,352

CAR HAS JUST ROLLED OVER TO A LITTLE OVER 165,,000 MILES AND WHEN WE BOUGHT IT AT THE TIME WE DIDN'T THINK ANYTHING OF IT AND THEN TURNS OUT A YEAR AFTER WE BOUGHT THE CAR IT STARTED SMELLING LIKE GAS BIG TIME BUT WE DIDN'T KNOW WHERE IT WAS COMING FROM THEN WHEN I WENT TO PUT THE CAR IN PARK THE CH...

Mileage: 165,450

CAR HAS JUST ROLLED OVER TO A LITTLE OVER 165,,000 MILES AND WHEN WE BOUGHT IT AT THE TIME WE DIDN'T THINK ANYTHING OF IT AND THEN TURNS OUT A YEAR AFTER WE BOUGHT THE CAR IT STARTED SMELLING LIKE GAS BIG TIME BUT WE DIDN'T KNOW WHERE IT WAS COMING FROM THEN WHEN I WENT TO PUT THE CAR IN PARK THE CH...

Mileage: 165,450

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED AFTER ADDING GASOLINE TO THE VEHICLE, THE FUEL GAUGE DISPLAYED AN INACCURATE READING. THE SPEED ODOMETER REMAINED AT ZERO REGARDLESS UPON THE SPEED THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN. IN ADDITION, THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE WOULD FLUCTUATE. THE FAILURE...

Mileage: 70,000

FIRST BOUGHT THE CAR IN 2011 WITH 160,000 MILES ON IT AND FOUR MONTHS LATER MY ENTIRE STEERING GOES OUT SO I HAD NO POWER STEERING THE PEOPLE I BOUGHT THE CAR FROM DIDN'T BOTHER TO TELL ME ABOUT IT AND THE CAR WASN'T UNDER WARRANTY SO WHEN WE TOLD THEM ABOUT IT THEY DIDN'T WANT TO FIX IT. THEN EXACT...

Mileage: 184,785

FIRST BOUGHT THE CAR IN 2011 WITH 160,000 MILES ON IT AND FOUR MONTHS LATER MY ENTIRE STEERING GOES OUT SO I HAD NO POWER STEERING THE PEOPLE I BOUGHT THE CAR FROM DIDN'T BOTHER TO TELL ME ABOUT IT AND THE CAR WASN'T UNDER WARRANTY SO WHEN WE TOLD THEM ABOUT IT THEY DIDN'T WANT TO FIX IT. THEN EXACT...

Mileage: 184,785

FIRST BOUGHT THE CAR IN 2011 WITH 160,000 MILES ON IT AND FOUR MONTHS LATER MY ENTIRE STEERING GOES OUT SO I HAD NO POWER STEERING THE PEOPLE I BOUGHT THE CAR FROM DIDN'T BOTHER TO TELL ME ABOUT IT AND THE CAR WASN'T UNDER WARRANTY SO WHEN WE TOLD THEM ABOUT IT THEY DIDN'T WANT TO FIX IT. THEN EXACT...

Mileage: 184,785

IT STARTED WITH THE TACHOMETER NOT READING RIGHT, THEN IT STARTED WORKING, THEN STOPPED, NOW THE SPEEDOMETER AND TACHOMETER IS NOT WORKING RIGHT, IF I TURN OFF THE CAR OR BE AT A NON-MOVING STATE IT WILL READ ANYWHERE FROM 10-20MPH, IF I AM DRIVING IT WILL READ OR NOT AT ALL, NOTHING IS ACCURATE...G...

Mileage: 39,000

MY IMPALA IS HAVING TRACTION CONTROL AND ABS ISSUES MAKING IT HARDER TO FEEL SAFE ON THE ROAD. ABS STARTS WORKING FOR NO REASON WHEN STOPPING LIGHTLY AND THE TRACTION CONTROL ALSO STARTS WORKING WHEN TAKING OFF IN NORMAL CONDITIONS MAKING THE CAR HESITANT. *TR

Mileage: 120,000

MY IMPALA IS HAVING TRACTION CONTROL AND ABS ISSUES MAKING IT HARDER TO FEEL SAFE ON THE ROAD. ABS STARTS WORKING FOR NO REASON WHEN STOPPING LIGHTLY AND THE TRACTION CONTROL ALSO STARTS WORKING WHEN TAKING OFF IN NORMAL CONDITIONS MAKING THE CAR HESITANT. *TR

Mileage: 120,000

MY IMPALA IS HAVING TRACTION CONTROL AND ABS ISSUES MAKING IT HARDER TO FEEL SAFE ON THE ROAD. ABS STARTS WORKING FOR NO REASON WHEN STOPPING LIGHTLY AND THE TRACTION CONTROL ALSO STARTS WORKING WHEN TAKING OFF IN NORMAL CONDITIONS MAKING THE CAR HESITANT. *TR

Mileage: 120,000

MY IMPALA IS HAVING TRACTION CONTROL AND ABS ISSUES MAKING IT HARDER TO FEEL SAFE ON THE ROAD. ABS STARTS WORKING FOR NO REASON WHEN STOPPING LIGHTLY AND THE TRACTION CONTROL ALSO STARTS WORKING WHEN TAKING OFF IN NORMAL CONDITIONS MAKING THE CAR HESITANT. *TR

Mileage: 120,000

AT 60000 VEHICLE HAD A TRANSMISSION SLIP. RE-MANUFACTURED TRANSMISSION INSTALLED UNDER EXTENDED CAR WARRANTY. AT 120000 VEHICLE HAD A TRANSMISSION SLIP. WORN INTERNAL TRANSMISSION GEARS REPLACED UNDER EXTENDED CAR WARRANTY. AT 160000 VEHICLE HAD A TRANSMISSION SLIP. RE-MANUFACTURED TRANSMISSION INST...

Mileage: 60,000

COOLANT LEAKING NOW THE COOLANT LIGHT IS ON WHEN AT A STOP AND A WHISTLING NOISE HAPPENS AFTER A LONG RIDE. *TR

Mileage: 15,600

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN DRIVING IN REVERSE, THE REVERSE INDICATOR LIGHTS FAILED TO ILLUMINATE. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE LIGHT CASING WAS FULL OF WATER. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE W...

Mileage: 146,000

WHEN PRESSING GAS PEDAL FROM A STOP SIGN OR STOP LIGHT, I HEAR A GRINDING/ SLIPPING SOUND AND THEN A LOUD POP AND THE CAR JERKS INTO GEAR. THE DEALER I BOUGHT IT FROM 2 WEEKS AGO GAVE ME A 30 DAY OR 1000 MILE POWER TRAIN WARRANTY, IT HAS BEEN AT THE DEALER FOR THE PAST 2 DAYS .THEY KEEP TELLING ME T...

Mileage: 63,330

SPEEDOMETER AND TEMPERATURE ON THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER READ ERADICATE AT ALL SPEEDS. WHEN I WENT TO A MECHANIC HE SAID HE WAS CHANGING 3 TO 5 OF THESE A WEEK. JUST THINK HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OR MAYBE MILLIONS OF VEHICLES ON THE ROAD WITH NO CLUE AS TO HOW FAST THEY ARE GOING. IT'S NOT JUST THIS MAK...

Mileage: 75,000

FROM STOP I WOULD STEP ON THE GAS, AND THE CAR WOULD SLAM INTO GEAR. I HAVE HAD TO HAVE THE ELECTRICAL CLUSTER REPLACED $300, AND THE FUEL CONTROL REPLACED (CAR ALWAYS SMELT LIKE GAS) NOW THEY THINK THIS SLAM IS THE TCC VALVE IN THE TRANSMISSION WHICH IS ANYWHERE FROM $600-$900. ALSO THE STEERING ...

Mileage: 90,000

FROM STOP I WOULD STEP ON THE GAS, AND THE CAR WOULD SLAM INTO GEAR. I HAVE HAD TO HAVE THE ELECTRICAL CLUSTER REPLACED $300, AND THE FUEL CONTROL REPLACED (CAR ALWAYS SMELT LIKE GAS) NOW THEY THINK THIS SLAM IS THE TCC VALVE IN THE TRANSMISSION WHICH IS ANYWHERE FROM $600-$900. ALSO THE STEERING ...

Mileage: 90,000

FROM STOP I WOULD STEP ON THE GAS, AND THE CAR WOULD SLAM INTO GEAR. I HAVE HAD TO HAVE THE ELECTRICAL CLUSTER REPLACED $300, AND THE FUEL CONTROL REPLACED (CAR ALWAYS SMELT LIKE GAS) NOW THEY THINK THIS SLAM IS THE TCC VALVE IN THE TRANSMISSION WHICH IS ANYWHERE FROM $600-$900. ALSO THE STEERING ...

Mileage: 90,000

FROM STOP I WOULD STEP ON THE GAS, AND THE CAR WOULD SLAM INTO GEAR. I HAVE HAD TO HAVE THE ELECTRICAL CLUSTER REPLACED $300, AND THE FUEL CONTROL REPLACED (CAR ALWAYS SMELT LIKE GAS) NOW THEY THINK THIS SLAM IS THE TCC VALVE IN THE TRANSMISSION WHICH IS ANYWHERE FROM $600-$900. ALSO THE STEERING ...

Mileage: 90,000

FROM STOP I WOULD STEP ON THE GAS, AND THE CAR WOULD SLAM INTO GEAR. I HAVE HAD TO HAVE THE ELECTRICAL CLUSTER REPLACED $300, AND THE FUEL CONTROL REPLACED (CAR ALWAYS SMELT LIKE GAS) NOW THEY THINK THIS SLAM IS THE TCC VALVE IN THE TRANSMISSION WHICH IS ANYWHERE FROM $600-$900. ALSO THE STEERING ...

Mileage: 90,000

SPEEDOMETER WAS FIRST OFF BY 5 MILES THEN WORKED, FEW MONTHS LATER YOU WOULD BE DRIVING 30 AND IT WOULD SAY 60 THEN IT WOULD WORK FINE AT RANDOM LAST TIME IT ACTUALLY SPUN AROUND AND THE POINTER WAS ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE GEAR INFORMATION. AFTER THAT THE HEAT GAGE WOULD READ AT MAX TEMP BUT THE TE...

Mileage: 118,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE INSTRUMENT PANEL CLUSTER WAS INOPERABLE AND WOULD FAIL MOSTLY WHEN DRIVING DURING EVENING HOURS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC TEST BUT TO NO AVAIL. THE DEALER ALSO COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE FAI...

Mileage: 59,600

FOR SEVERAL MONTHS I HAVE BEEN SMELLING STRONG GAS FUMES. TOOK TO PEP BOYS AND THEY CANNOT FIND ISSUE. *TR

2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO LACK OF RECALL ON VEHICLE WITH BAD SENSOR CLUSTERS. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE SPEEDOMETER WAS INOPERATIVE, DUE TO A BAD SENSOR CLUSTER.

2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO LACK OF RECALL ON VEHICLE WITH BAD SENSOR CLUSTERS. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE SPEEDOMETER WAS INOPERATIVE, DUE TO A BAD SENSOR CLUSTER.

MY WIFE WAS SITTING STILL AT A RED LIGHT ON A ROAD WITH A 50MPH SPEED LIMIT. THE OTHER DRIVER DID NOT SEE THE RED LIGHT OR HER CAR & REAR ENDED HER AT FULL SPEED. THE BACK OF HER SEAT SNAPPED ALL THE WAY BACK AND THE BOTTOM OF THE SEAT LODGED UPWARD CAUSING HER THIGHS AND PELVIC AREA TO BE SEVERELY ...

Mileage: 114,000

SPEEDOMETER DOES NOT WORK MOST OF THE TIME. CAR WILL SHUT DOWN WITHOUT WARNING GOING DOWN ROAD. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT DOES NOT COME ON. AFTER PULLING OVER IT WILL START BACK UP. HAVE BEEN PLACED ON DIAGNOSTICS MACHINE AND NO CODES ARE TRIGGERED. WE HAVE REPLACED FUEL FILTER. HAD A TUNE UP DONE...

Mileage: 194,000

SPEEDOMETER DOES NOT WORK MOST OF THE TIME. CAR WILL SHUT DOWN WITHOUT WARNING GOING DOWN ROAD. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT DOES NOT COME ON. AFTER PULLING OVER IT WILL START BACK UP. HAVE BEEN PLACED ON DIAGNOSTICS MACHINE AND NO CODES ARE TRIGGERED. WE HAVE REPLACED FUEL FILTER. HAD A TUNE UP DONE...

Mileage: 194,000

FIRST... MY CAR ALL OF THE SUDDEN STARTED LEAKING LIKE AN OIL TANKER LAST JANUARY 2012, AND THE ABS/TRACTION CONTROL LIGHTS CAME ON. TOOK THE CAR TO THE CHEVY DEALERSHIP, AND HAD MAJOR REPAIR WORK DONE ON TRANSMISSION, AND ENGINE FOR LEAKS. SPENT $2100 AND WAS QUOTE $2600 TO REPLACE THE ABS/TRACTIO...

Mileage: 122,000

FIRST... MY CAR ALL OF THE SUDDEN STARTED LEAKING LIKE AN OIL TANKER LAST JANUARY 2012, AND THE ABS/TRACTION CONTROL LIGHTS CAME ON. TOOK THE CAR TO THE CHEVY DEALERSHIP, AND HAD MAJOR REPAIR WORK DONE ON TRANSMISSION, AND ENGINE FOR LEAKS. SPENT $2100 AND WAS QUOTE $2600 TO REPLACE THE ABS/TRACTIO...

Mileage: 122,000

I PURCHASED VEHICLE OCT 2011,TRANSMISSION WENT BAD,STARTED STEERING HARD, HAD IT CHECKED BY DEALER (CHEV) PLACE. GAVE ME ESTIMATE OF $3000. TO REPLACE STEERING. I TALKED WITH RECALL PEOPLE THEY FINALLY LOWERED IT TO ME PAYING $700.. SAID THE VIN # DOES NOT MATCH THE RECALLS IMPALAS. THERE IS LARGE E...

Mileage: 130,000

I PURCHASED VEHICLE OCT 2011,TRANSMISSION WENT BAD,STARTED STEERING HARD, HAD IT CHECKED BY DEALER (CHEV) PLACE. GAVE ME ESTIMATE OF $3000. TO REPLACE STEERING. I TALKED WITH RECALL PEOPLE THEY FINALLY LOWERED IT TO ME PAYING $700.. SAID THE VIN # DOES NOT MATCH THE RECALLS IMPALAS. THERE IS LARGE E...

Mileage: 130,000

I PURCHASED VEHICLE OCT 2011,TRANSMISSION WENT BAD,STARTED STEERING HARD, HAD IT CHECKED BY DEALER (CHEV) PLACE. GAVE ME ESTIMATE OF $3000. TO REPLACE STEERING. I TALKED WITH RECALL PEOPLE THEY FINALLY LOWERED IT TO ME PAYING $700.. SAID THE VIN # DOES NOT MATCH THE RECALLS IMPALAS. THERE IS LARGE E...

Mileage: 130,000

I HAVE A CHEV. IMPALA LS 2005 IT RUNS GOOD BUT THE TRANSMISSION JERKS AND IS SHIFTING LONG. THE CHEVROLET PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT THIS AND I THINK THAT THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO REPLACE IT AT FREE OF CHARGE BECAUSE WHEN THEY MADE THEM THEY KNEW AND DID NOT TELL ANYBODY UNTIL PEOPLE START COMING IN COMPLAININ...

Mileage: 109,545

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SUNROOF COULD NOT BE OPENED. IMMEDIATELY AFTER TRYING TO OPEN THE SUNROOF THE DRIVER SAW SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HEADLINER OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT THEN TRIED TO OPEN ALL THE WINDOWS HOWEVER THEY WERE ALSO INOPERABLE. T...

Mileage: 68,000

I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF A 68K MILES 2005 CHEVY IMPALA. THE CAR WAS PARKED AT MY PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT FOR THE 8 HRS. MY WORK HOURS ENDED AND I STARTED THE CAR TO PROCEED HOME. I PRESSED THE SUNROOF SWITCH TO MAKE IT AUTOMATICALLY OPEN. IT DID NOT OPEN. SMOKE STARTED TO FILL THE PASSENGER COMPARTME...

Mileage: 68,000

I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF A 68K MILES 2005 CHEVY IMPALA. THE CAR WAS PARKED AT MY PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT FOR THE 8 HRS. MY WORK HOURS ENDED AND I STARTED THE CAR TO PROCEED HOME. I PRESSED THE SUNROOF SWITCH TO MAKE IT AUTOMATICALLY OPEN. IT DID NOT OPEN. SMOKE STARTED TO FILL THE PASSENGER COMPARTME...

Mileage: 68,000

SPEEDOMETER WASN'T REGISTERING ANY SPEED AT ALL WHEN CAR WAS MOVIN APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH. NEXT DAY, SPEEDOMETER WAS READING APPROXIMATELY 30MPH FASTER THAN PROBABLY TRAVELING (90-100MPH) ON CITY STREETS. DEALER ESTIMATES ABOUT $275 FOR PARTS, AND $190 FOR LABOR TO FIX INSTRUMENTATION PANEL. *TR

Mileage: 86,580

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH AND AFTER ATTEMPTING TO DIM THE HEADLIGHTS, ALL OF THE LIGHTS MALFUNCTIONED WITHOUT ANY WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE WHO DID NOT OFFER ANY ASS...

Mileage: 91,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA LS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE SPEEDOMETER FLUCTUATED CONTINUOUSLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 107,000.

Mileage: 107,000

EXPERIENCED FUEL SMELL IN THE VEHICLE WHEN OPERATING THE BLOWER. NOTED FUEL REGULATOR VALVE LEAKS FUEL. STOP ENGINE ALLOW TO EVAPORATE AND WHEN THE ENGINE IS WARM STOPPED LEAKING. VEHICLE NOW HAS 161000 MILES AND STOPPED LEAKING. LEAKS WHEN THE TEMPERATURE GETS COOL OR COLD OUTDOORS. DEALER CANNOT F...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE JERKED WHILE TURNING. THE CONTACT THEN LOST CONTROL OF THE STEERING AND COULD NOT CONTROL THE VEHICLE. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO A MEDIAN. NO ONE WAS INJURED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR A DIAGNOS...

Mileage: 70,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT UPON STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE GAUGES ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL DID NOT DISPLAY THEIR PROPER READINGS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER DID NOT PERFORM A DIAGNOSIS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILE...

Mileage: 92,000

I DROVE MY CAR TO WORK AND IT CRANKED FINE. I GOT IN IT TO GO HOME AND IT WOULDN'T START. I REPLACED THE BATTERY AND IT STILL IS HAPPENING. SOME TIME IT CRANKS AND SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T. I JUST WISH SOMEONE WOULD HELP ME FIGURE THIS OUT. *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH AFTER ATTEMPTING TO DIM THE HEADLIGHTS, ALL OF THE LIGHTS FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE BUT STATED THAT THE DIMMER SWITCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFAC...

Mileage: 59,000

HORN WAS WORKING FINE AND IT WAS NICE AND LOUD ALWAYS SOUNDED LIKE A TRACTOR TRAILER HORN. THEN THE HORN STARTED GETTING WEAKER AND SOUNDING LIKE A REGULAR HORN THEN THE HORN JUST QUIT WORKING. THIS HAPPEN WITHIN TWO WEEKS TIME. REPLACED FUSES BUT THAT DIDN'T WORK. *TR

HORN WAS WORKING FINE AND IT WAS NICE AND LOUD ALWAYS SOUNDED LIKE A TRACTOR TRAILER HORN. THEN THE HORN STARTED GETTING WEAKER AND SOUNDING LIKE A REGULAR HORN THEN THE HORN JUST QUIT WORKING. THIS HAPPEN WITHIN TWO WEEKS TIME. REPLACED FUSES BUT THAT DIDN'T WORK. *TR

I HAVE HAD THIS CAR TOWED 4 TIMES SINCE MARCH 2012. WHEN THE CAR DECIDES TO START AND IS DRIVEN FOR SHORT DESTINATIONS, IT WILL NOT START. PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT. GIVES NO WARNING OF IMPENDING DOOM! CRANKS BUT WILL NOT START. ON APRIL 13, 2012 VEHICLE STARTED AFTER HAVING SET IN DRIVEWAY FOR A...

Mileage: 99,901

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHILE TRAVELING 30 MPH, THE CONTACT APPLIED THE BRAKES AND NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD BEGAN TO ACCELERATE ABNORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED FOR THE FAILURE. THE CURRENT AND THE FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 131,000.

Mileage: 131,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN MAKING A TURN IN ANY DIRECTION AT ANY SPEED, THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD NOT SELF CENTER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE CENTER SENSOR WAS REPLACED HOWEVER, THE CONTACT WAS STILL EXPERIENCING THE FAILURE. THE VIN ...

Mileage: 45,000

WHEN SHIFTING 1ST TO 2ND GEAR THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTS HARD, TRANSMISSION IS THE 2ND ONE I HAVE HAD IN THIS CAR SAMETHING IS HAPPENING TO THIS ONE I HAVE 95000 MILES NOW. *TR

Mileage: 45,000

WHEN SHIFTING 1ST TO 2ND GEAR THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTS HARD, TRANSMISSION IS THE 2ND ONE I HAVE HAD IN THIS CAR SAMETHING IS HAPPENING TO THIS ONE I HAVE 95000 MILES NOW. *TR

Mileage: 45,000

I PURCHASED A CAR FROM ICARSNOW (704-551-0990) ON SOUTH BLVD IN CHARLOTTE ON OCTOBER 28, 2011. I DROVE THE CAR FOR A WEEK WHEN THE GEARS STARTED SLIPPING AND THE CAR STARTED TO STALL AND JERK THE CAR HAD A 90 DAY WARRANTY SO I CALLED SOUTHERN WARRANTY (704-282-1814) AND THEY HAD ME TO TAKE THE CAR T...

I PURCHASED A CAR FROM ICARSNOW (704-551-0990) ON SOUTH BLVD IN CHARLOTTE ON OCTOBER 28, 2011. I DROVE THE CAR FOR A WEEK WHEN THE GEARS STARTED SLIPPING AND THE CAR STARTED TO STALL AND JERK THE CAR HAD A 90 DAY WARRANTY SO I CALLED SOUTHERN WARRANTY (704-282-1814) AND THEY HAD ME TO TAKE THE CAR T...

I'M NOT SURE WHAT THIS WOULD BE CLASSIFIED UNDER BUT HERE'S THE DESCRIPTION. THE GAUGES GO HAYWIRE, I.E. THE SPEEDOMETER JUST KEEPS GOING UP EVEN IF YOU SLOW DOWN - UNTIL IT GOES ALMOST ALL THE WAY AROUND AGAIN. IT NORMALLY STOPS AT THE BOTTOM LIKE AT THE 200 DEGREE POSITION IF ON A 360 DEGREE VI...

Mileage: 33,000

THE BACK WINDSHIELD MADE A BIG LOUD EXPLOISION NOISE , WHEN I GOT OUT OF MY CAR AND LOOKED IT HAD ALL SPIDER CRACKED THE WHOLE WINDSHILD. IT SCARED THE [XXX] RIGHT OUT OF ME. THANK GOD NO CHILDREN WERE IN THE CAR. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. ...

Mileage: 77,000

TRANSMISSION SHIFTS HARD AND JERKS INTERMITTENTLY. *TR

Mileage: 105,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA . THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER AND THE ENTIRE INSTRUMENT PANEL FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT THE INSTRUMENT PANEL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 58,...

Mileage: 58,000

THIS REPORT IS ABOUT SUDDEN AND REPEATED HEADLIGHT ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILURE IN A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA SEDAN, AND A REQUEST FOR A NATIONWIDE SAFETY RECALL AND REPAIR AT GM EXPENSE FOR THIS ISSUE. AFTER GETTING IN MY 2005 IMPALA SEDAN AT APPROXIMATELY 4:55 PM ON 16 FEBRUARY 2012, I STARTED UP AND...

Mileage: 140,920

THIS REPORT IS ABOUT SUDDEN AND REPEATED HEADLIGHT ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILURE IN A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA SEDAN, AND A REQUEST FOR A NATIONWIDE SAFETY RECALL AND REPAIR AT GM EXPENSE FOR THIS ISSUE. AFTER GETTING IN MY 2005 IMPALA SEDAN AT APPROXIMATELY 4:55 PM ON 16 FEBRUARY 2012, I STARTED UP AND...

Mileage: 140,920

TONIGHT, MY HEADLIGHTS WOULD NOT COME ON. I EVENTUALLY FLICKED THE LOW/HIGH BEAM SWITCH AND THEY CAME ON. ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO, I WAS DRIVING HOME AT ABOUT 55 MPH IN THE DARK ON A SINGLE LANE COUNTRY ROAD. THE LIGHTS WENT OUT, THEY CAME BACK ON FOR A MOMENT, AND THEN THEY WENT COMPLETELY OUT. I...

Mileage: 125,000

SEVERAL TYPES OF GM VEHICLES (APPROX 2000-2008) HAVE SEVERE LEAKING AND DECAY PROBLEMS LIKE MY CHEVY IMPALA SHOWS CURRENTLY. I NOTICED EARLY FEBRUARY 2012 WHEN MY FACTORY SPEAKERS STOPPED WORKING ALL TOGETHER. THE RADIO SOUND DIDN'T GET THROUGH, DOOR CHIMES DIDN'T WORK, SAFETY AND WARNING CHIMES D...

Mileage: 70,000

SEVERAL TYPES OF GM VEHICLES (APPROX 2000-2008) HAVE SEVERE LEAKING AND DECAY PROBLEMS LIKE MY CHEVY IMPALA SHOWS CURRENTLY. I NOTICED EARLY FEBRUARY 2012 WHEN MY FACTORY SPEAKERS STOPPED WORKING ALL TOGETHER. THE RADIO SOUND DIDN'T GET THROUGH, DOOR CHIMES DIDN'T WORK, SAFETY AND WARNING CHIMES D...

Mileage: 70,000

SEVERAL TYPES OF GM VEHICLES (APPROX 2000-2008) HAVE SEVERE LEAKING AND DECAY PROBLEMS LIKE MY CHEVY IMPALA SHOWS CURRENTLY. I NOTICED EARLY FEBRUARY 2012 WHEN MY FACTORY SPEAKERS STOPPED WORKING ALL TOGETHER. THE RADIO SOUND DIDN'T GET THROUGH, DOOR CHIMES DIDN'T WORK, SAFETY AND WARNING CHIMES D...

Mileage: 70,000

THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE, FUEL GAUGE, AND SPEEDOMETER HAVE GONE COMPLETELY HAYWIRE! THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE GOES TO HOT AND BUZZES BUT MY CAR IS NO WHERE NEAR HOT. I DON'T KNOW IF MY TANK IS FULL OR EMPTY BECAUSE THE GAUGE IS ALWAYS ON THE BOTTOM. I DON'T KNOW HOW FAST I'M GOING BECAUSE MY SPEEDOMETER...

Mileage: 161,500

THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE, FUEL GAUGE, AND SPEEDOMETER HAVE GONE COMPLETELY HAYWIRE! THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE GOES TO HOT AND BUZZES BUT MY CAR IS NO WHERE NEAR HOT. I DON'T KNOW IF MY TANK IS FULL OR EMPTY BECAUSE THE GAUGE IS ALWAYS ON THE BOTTOM. I DON'T KNOW HOW FAST I'M GOING BECAUSE MY SPEEDOMETER...

Mileage: 161,500

DRIVER SEAT HEATER STOPPED WORKING. HEAT ON DRIVER SIDE BLOWS COOL AIR AND PASSENGER SIDE BLOWS WARM. ROUGH SHIFTING OF SPEED BETWEEN 20-30 MPH SINCE FIRST MONTH OF PURCHASE. *TR

Mileage: 114,500

DRIVER SEAT HEATER STOPPED WORKING. HEAT ON DRIVER SIDE BLOWS COOL AIR AND PASSENGER SIDE BLOWS WARM. ROUGH SHIFTING OF SPEED BETWEEN 20-30 MPH SINCE FIRST MONTH OF PURCHASE. *TR

Mileage: 114,500

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE SPEEDOMETER READING WOULD NOT DECREASE WHEN DECELERATING. THE SPEEDOMETER READING FLUCTUATED ERRATICALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING OR REPAIRS. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE AP...

Mileage: 128,000

MY AIRBAG LIGHT HAS COME ON. HAS THERE BEEN ANY TYPE OF RECALL ISSUED FOR THIS THAT I'M JUST NOT FINDING? IF NOT, CAN YOU GIVE ME SUGGESTIONS AS TO WHAT I SHOULD CHECK TO MAKE THE LIGHT GO OFF? I HAVEN'T BEEN IN A WRECK THAT WOULD CAUSE THE LIGHT TO GO OFF & MY AIR BAG HAS NEVER BEEN DEPLOYED.

STARTED SMELLING GAS WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM CHURCH ON JANUARY 8, 2012. SMELL OF FUMES INTENSIFIED. MUST ROLL DOWN WINDOWS WHENEVER DRIVING. MY EYES BEGAN TO BURN. I PARKED THE CAR WHEN I GOT HOME, AND I COULD SMELL A LOT OF GAS WHEN I GOT OUT OF THE CAR. CAR SAT UNTIL MONDAY JANUARY 9, 2012. I STI...

DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH ON THE FREEWAY, THE SPEEDOMETER ADVANCED TO THE BOTTOM OF THE GAUGE, THEN STUCK THERE. THE ONLY WAY I CAN RESET IT IS TO TURN THE IGNITION OFF AND ON, AND SOMETIMES THAT DOES NOT WORK. *TR

Mileage: 10,400

TRANSMISSION SHIFTS CHANGE HARD, MAKES SHUDDER NOISE, WILL SPEED UP AND SLOW DOWN ON ITS OWN. SPEEDOMETER GOES UP AND DOWN. *TR

Mileage: 88,000

THE HEAT ON THE DRIVER SIDE OF MY CAR WILL NOT COME ON BUT THE PASSENGER SIDE BLOWS LIKE A CHAMP. I TOOK IT TO THE CHEVY DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THE DOOR THAT FLOWS COLD AND HOT AIR IS STUCK ON COOL AIR AND SINCE ITS A DUAL AIR VEHICLE ONE SIDE IS BLOWING HOT THE OTHER COLD. I AM VERY SURPRISED THI...

Mileage: 99,542

2005 CHEVY IMPALA. FIRST HAD AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM WITH THE ABS BRAKE SYSTEM. TRACTION CONTROL FEATURE WOULD ENGAGE WHENEVER THE BRAKE WAS APPLIED. THIS OCCURRED AT 30,000 MILES. DEALER WARRANTED THIS. AT ABOUT 80,000 MILES THE DISPLAY PANEL INDICATED ERRONEOUS PROBLEMS, IE. TRUCK OPEN WHEN NOT. TH...

Mileage: 82,000

THE SPEEDOMETER HAS GONE HAYWIRE. YOU CANNOT TELL HOW FAST YOU ARE GOING. THE RPM GAUGE IS GOING HAYWIRE AS WELL. IT JUMPS ALL OVER THE PLACE. TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP BUT WOULDN'T YOU KNOW IT THE WARRANTY EXPIRED WITH NO WRITTEN NOTICE FROM WARRANTY COMPANY. THE CLUSTERS ARE THE ROOT OF ALL T...

Mileage: 87,000

THE SPEEDOMETER JUST STOPPED WORKING, THE TRANSMISSION SHIFT HARD BUT WHEN YOU SHUT OFF THE ENGINE AND START IT BACK UP IT STOPS SHIFTING HARD, AND THE CAR STALLS. *KB

THE SPEEDOMETER JUST STOPPED WORKING, THE TRANSMISSION SHIFT HARD BUT WHEN YOU SHUT OFF THE ENGINE AND START IT BACK UP IT STOPS SHIFTING HARD, AND THE CAR STALLS. *KB

THE SPEEDOMETER JUST STOPPED WORKING, THE TRANSMISSION SHIFT HARD BUT WHEN YOU SHUT OFF THE ENGINE AND START IT BACK UP IT STOPS SHIFTING HARD, AND THE CAR STALLS. *KB

THE SPEEDOMETER JUST STOPPED WORKING, THE TRANSMISSION SHIFT HARD BUT WHEN YOU SHUT OFF THE ENGINE AND START IT BACK UP IT STOPS SHIFTING HARD, AND THE CAR STALLS. *KB

THE SPEEDOMETER JUST STOPPED WORKING, THE TRANSMISSION SHIFT HARD BUT WHEN YOU SHUT OFF THE ENGINE AND START IT BACK UP IT STOPS SHIFTING HARD, AND THE CAR STALLS. *KB

TL- THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 30 WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED AND BECAME DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT AT ENGINE STARTUP, THE SMELL OF FUEL EMITTED INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO BOTH A PRIVATE MECHANIC AND THE DEALER. ...

Mileage: 70,000

TL- THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 30 WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED AND BECAME DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT AT ENGINE STARTUP, THE SMELL OF FUEL EMITTED INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO BOTH A PRIVATE MECHANIC AND THE DEALER. ...

Mileage: 70,000

MY SPEEDOMETER GAUGE DOESN'T WORK IT WILL GET STUCK ON 20 MPH CONSTANTLY IT NEVER READS THE CORRECT SPEED BUT MY OTHER GAUGES WORK FINE. MY TRANSMISSION SHIFTS/SLIPS HARDER THAN IT SHOULD FROM 1ST INTO 2ED AND 2ND INTO 3RD. MY HEADLIGHTS FLICKER WHEN I PUSH ON MY WINDOW CONTROLS TO ROLL MY W...

MY SPEEDOMETER GAUGE DOESN'T WORK IT WILL GET STUCK ON 20 MPH CONSTANTLY IT NEVER READS THE CORRECT SPEED BUT MY OTHER GAUGES WORK FINE. MY TRANSMISSION SHIFTS/SLIPS HARDER THAN IT SHOULD FROM 1ST INTO 2ED AND 2ND INTO 3RD. MY HEADLIGHTS FLICKER WHEN I PUSH ON MY WINDOW CONTROLS TO ROLL MY W...

MY SPEEDOMETER GAUGE DOESN'T WORK IT WILL GET STUCK ON 20 MPH CONSTANTLY IT NEVER READS THE CORRECT SPEED BUT MY OTHER GAUGES WORK FINE. MY TRANSMISSION SHIFTS/SLIPS HARDER THAN IT SHOULD FROM 1ST INTO 2ED AND 2ND INTO 3RD. MY HEADLIGHTS FLICKER WHEN I PUSH ON MY WINDOW CONTROLS TO ROLL MY W...

MY CHEVY IMPALA BEGAN SHAKING WHEN I ATTEMPT TO SLOW DOWN ON THE FREEWAY FROM SPEEDS OF 55-65 MILES AN HOUR. I HAVE REPLACED THE TIRES, BRAKES, AND BALANCED, ALIGNED, ROTATED AND THE SHAKING HAS NOT STOPPED. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS WHEN YOU NEED TO COME TO A QUICK STOP BECAUSE WHEN YOUR CAR SHAKES LI...

Mileage: 89,000

MY CHEVY IMPALA BEGAN SHAKING WHEN I ATTEMPT TO SLOW DOWN ON THE FREEWAY FROM SPEEDS OF 55-65 MILES AN HOUR. I HAVE REPLACED THE TIRES, BRAKES, AND BALANCED, ALIGNED, ROTATED AND THE SHAKING HAS NOT STOPPED. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS WHEN YOU NEED TO COME TO A QUICK STOP BECAUSE WHEN YOUR CAR SHAKES LI...

Mileage: 89,000

MY CHEVY IMPALA BEGAN SHAKING WHEN I ATTEMPT TO SLOW DOWN ON THE FREEWAY FROM SPEEDS OF 55-65 MILES AN HOUR. I HAVE REPLACED THE TIRES, BRAKES, AND BALANCED, ALIGNED, ROTATED AND THE SHAKING HAS NOT STOPPED. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS WHEN YOU NEED TO COME TO A QUICK STOP BECAUSE WHEN YOUR CAR SHAKES LI...

Mileage: 89,000

STEERING KNUCKLE MAKES A POPPING NOISE SPEEDODOMETER DOES NOT WORK TEMP GAUGE DOES NOT WORK CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGES WHEN EVER IT WANTS TO IF THE SWITCH IS IN THE ON POSITION A HERD THAT A LOT OF CHEVROLETS HAD RECALLS FOR THESE CONDITIONS! ARE THERE ANY RECALLS FOR THESE CONDITIONS ON MY CAR? *...

Mileage: 60,000

STEERING KNUCKLE MAKES A POPPING NOISE SPEEDODOMETER DOES NOT WORK TEMP GAUGE DOES NOT WORK CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGES WHEN EVER IT WANTS TO IF THE SWITCH IS IN THE ON POSITION A HERD THAT A LOT OF CHEVROLETS HAD RECALLS FOR THESE CONDITIONS! ARE THERE ANY RECALLS FOR THESE CONDITIONS ON MY CAR? *...

Mileage: 60,000

STEERING KNUCKLE MAKES A POPPING NOISE SPEEDODOMETER DOES NOT WORK TEMP GAUGE DOES NOT WORK CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGES WHEN EVER IT WANTS TO IF THE SWITCH IS IN THE ON POSITION A HERD THAT A LOT OF CHEVROLETS HAD RECALLS FOR THESE CONDITIONS! ARE THERE ANY RECALLS FOR THESE CONDITIONS ON MY CAR? *...

Mileage: 60,000

I AM TRYING TO FILE A COMPLAINT ABOUT A KNOWN DEFECT WITH ALL YEARS OF CHEVY IMPALAS TRANSMISSION'S FAULTY FIRST GEAR OR PRESSURE CONTROL SOLINOID ISSUES. FOR THE LAST YEAR I HAVE EXPERIENCED ISSUES WITH MY CAR FAILING TO ADEQUATELY SHIFT FROM STARTING OFF TO THE 30 MILE PER HOUR MARK...YOU COULD FE...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. AFTER REPEATED ATTEMPTS, THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY START THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON AN INTERMITTENT BASIS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO HAVE THE FAILURE DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE ...

Mileage: 72,000

16 YR OLD DAUGHTER DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY AT NIGHT WHEN HEADLIGHTS JUST QUIT. VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. FORTUNATELY THE LIGHTS CAME BACK ON AFTER DRIVING WITH FOGLIGHTS ONLY. 2ND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED. VEHICLE IN GREAT SHAPE OTHERWISE AND MAINTAINED APPROPRIATELY. *TR

Mileage: 123,402

I HAVE ALWAYS DRIVEN CHEVY, LOVE THEM. HOWEVER, IN EACH I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH MY DOORS. I OWN A 2005 IMPALA,, AND ALL OF MY DOORS ARE NOT WORKING, TWO DO NOT WORK AT ALL 1 HAS TO BE HELD CLOSED WITH A ROPE AND THE LAST IS STARTING TO SHOW SIGNS OF BREAKING. I HAVE TAKEN TO A CHEVY DEALERSHIP A...

SINCE I BROUGHT MY 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA IN 2006, I HAVE ALWAYS HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM WITH MY PASSLOCK SYSTEM. ONE MINUTE MY CAR IS DRIVING FINE. I PARK IT GO WHERE I NEED TO GO AND THEN COME BACK TO MY CAR TO LEAVE AND IT WON'T START. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP IN 2006 AND THEY SAID IT WAS AN ELEC...

SPEEDOMETER GETS STUCK AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS. CAN'T DETERMINE REAL SPEED WHEN THIS HAPPENS. WAS TOLD THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. SPEEDOMETER STARTED WORKING AGAIN BY ITSELF SO I DID NOT REPLACE THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. NOW IT IS HAPPENING AGAIN. CHECKED ONLINE AND THERE ARE MANY MANY ...

Mileage: 48,252

I WAS DRIVING HOME ONE NIGHT AND MY CAR SAID I WAS DOING 120 MPH. WHEN I WAS AT A COMPLETE IT STILL READ 75 MPH. WE REPLACED THE SPEED SENSOR TWICE THINKING THIS MAY BE THE PROBLEM, BUT IT WAS NOT. I CAN GET IT BACK TO 0 BY TURNING THE CAR ON AND OFF UNTIL IT HITS 0. THIS KEPT DOING THIS SO I TOOK I...

THE ENGINE COOLANT TEMPERATURE GAUGE MALFUNCTIONS, WITH WILD SWINGS IN INDICATED TEMPERATURE, INDICATION OF OVERHEATED TEMPERATURE (WHEN COOLANT IS NOT HOT), OR SOMETIMES EVEN NO READING AT ALL. *TR

Mileage: 85,000

2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. UNIT #1 WAS WESTBOUND ON THE OHIO TURNPIKE. THE LEFT FRONT TIRE BLEW OUT CAUSING THE UNIT TO LOOSE CONTROL. UNIT #1 VEERED OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROADWAY AND STRUCK THE MEDIAN WALL. *LN (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT # 10-0390-90)*JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER WOULD READ INACCURATELY, THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL AT ANY TIME, AND SMOKE COULD BE SEEN ENTERING THE VEHICLE THROUGH THE VENTS. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THERE WAS A FUEL PUMP FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED...

Mileage: 130,000

CAR: 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA, V6 3100 ENGINE THE HORN IN THE CAR BEGAN HAVING INTERMITTENT PROBLEMS WITH FUNCTIONALITY. IT IS UNKNOWN HOW THIS BEGAN EXCEPT THAT THE SOUND OF THE HORN BECAME SOMEWHAT STRANGE TO START. OVER TIME THE HORN FAILED COMPLETELY. THE RESULT OF THIS FAILURE IS A RATHER BIG S...

Mileage: 41,000

NO EVENTS APPEAR TO LEAD UP TO THE PROBLEM. IT OCCURS RANDOMLY WITHOUT WARNING, ESPECIALLY DURING BACKUP OPERATIONS. THE ABS SEEMS TO COME ON WHENEVER IT LIKES DURING BRAKING, CAUSING HEAVY LOSS IN STOPPING POWER. THIS CAN OCCUR REGARDLESS OF ROAD CONDITIONS OR SPEED. SIMILAR TO THIS, THE TRACTION C...

Mileage: 42,000

NO EVENTS APPEAR TO LEAD UP TO THE PROBLEM. IT OCCURS RANDOMLY WITHOUT WARNING, ESPECIALLY DURING BACKUP OPERATIONS. THE ABS SEEMS TO COME ON WHENEVER IT LIKES DURING BRAKING, CAUSING HEAVY LOSS IN STOPPING POWER. THIS CAN OCCUR REGARDLESS OF ROAD CONDITIONS OR SPEED. SIMILAR TO THIS, THE TRACTION C...

Mileage: 42,000

THE ONLY EVENT LEADING TO THE FAILURE WAS A LOUD SOUND COMING FROM THE REAR LEFT SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE INVOLVED A PULL TO THE LEFT AND EXCESSIVE HEAT BEING GENERATED FROM THE BACK LEFT TIRE. THE COMPONENT THAT FAILED ENDED UP BEING THE WHEEL BEARING. I HAD A MECHANIC REPLACE IT AND ALSO K...

Mileage: 30,000

THE ONLY EVENT LEADING TO THE FAILURE WAS A LOUD SOUND COMING FROM THE REAR LEFT SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE INVOLVED A PULL TO THE LEFT AND EXCESSIVE HEAT BEING GENERATED FROM THE BACK LEFT TIRE. THE COMPONENT THAT FAILED ENDED UP BEING THE WHEEL BEARING. I HAD A MECHANIC REPLACE IT AND ALSO K...

Mileage: 30,000

THE ONLY EVENT LEADING TO THE FAILURE WAS A LOUD SOUND COMING FROM THE REAR LEFT SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE INVOLVED A PULL TO THE LEFT AND EXCESSIVE HEAT BEING GENERATED FROM THE BACK LEFT TIRE. THE COMPONENT THAT FAILED ENDED UP BEING THE WHEEL BEARING. I HAD A MECHANIC REPLACE IT AND ALSO K...

Mileage: 30,000

I PURCHASED A 2005 CHEVY IMPALA IN 2008. THE FIRST TIME I WAS DRIVING ON A STATE HWY, A VERY TWISTY ROAD . I HAD MY HEADLIGHTS ON HIGH, RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIRST CURVE MY HEADLIGHTS WENT OUT, I JUMPED THE BRAKE AND FLIPPED THE LEVER BACK AND FORTH AND THEY FINALLY CAME BACK ON LOW BEAM, I ...

Mileage: 45,000

WELD ON FRONT RIGHT STABILIZER BAR FAILED AND IS CRACKED. CAR IS VIBRATING ON RIGHT FRONT SIDE. *TR

Mileage: 60,102

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THE ENGINE TEMPERATURE GAUGE FAILED. THE ENGINE GAUGE ROSE WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC THAT LOCATED THE FAILURE AT THE ENGINE HEAD GASKET. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUF...

Mileage: 62,000

MY CAR OVERHEATS AND I WAS TOLD THAT IT IS THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET. MY CAR IS NOT OLD ENOUGH FOR THIS TO BE A PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 112,900

I PURCHASED THIS CAR USED WITH 59,000 MILES. DROVE IT HOME, PARKED IT FOR 2 DAYS AND THE CAR WOULD NOT START. RETURNED TO DEALER WHO REPLACED THE BATTERY AND INDICATED THE DRAIN WHILE OFF WAS WITH SPECS. TOOK CAR HOME AND WORKED WELL FOR ABOUT 3 DAYS. ON THE FOURTH DAY THE CAR WOULD NOT START AG...

Mileage: 59,000

2005 CHEVY IMPALA: ROUGH SHIFTING, LOST SOME HP, SPEEDOMETER ISN'T WORKING, ENGINE LEAKING OIL. *TR

2005 CHEVY IMPALA: ROUGH SHIFTING, LOST SOME HP, SPEEDOMETER ISN'T WORKING, ENGINE LEAKING OIL. *TR

2005 CHEVY IMPALA: ROUGH SHIFTING, LOST SOME HP, SPEEDOMETER ISN'T WORKING, ENGINE LEAKING OIL. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THE SPEEDOMETER AND TACHOMETER WOULD DISPLAY IMPROPER READINGS. THE FAILURE WAS FREQUENT, RECURRING MORE THAN THREE TIMES A WEEK. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN INSPECTED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. ...

Mileage: 156,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WAS DEFECTIVE, NONE OF THE GAUGES WERE DISPLAYING THE CORRECT READINGS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MA...

Mileage: 66,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 60 MPH WHEN THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER WAS PROVIDING AN INACCURATE READING OF 90 MPH. WITHIN SECONDS, THE SPEEDOMETER WAS READING 0 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER TO BE DIAGNOSED AND THE MANUFACTURER W...

Mileage: 40,000

INSTRUMENT CLUSTER PANEL FAILS OFF AND ON FOR AWHILE AND THEN COMPLETELY QUITS, CAUSING YOU NOT TO KNOW YOUR SPEED OR THE HEALTH OF YOUR VEHICLE. I HAVE SEEN ONLINE WAY TOO MANY COMPLAINTS OF THIS PARTICULAR PROBLEM FOR THERE NOT TO BE A RECALL. THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER PANEL NEEDS REPLACED. *TR

Mileage: 115,000

I JUST PURCHASED THIS CAR IN FEBRUARY 2011. CAR HAS OPERATED FINE AND OPERATED FINE EARLIER TODAY. THIS EVENING, AS I WAS ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A QUICK RUN TO THE STORE, I STARTED MY CAR, PRESSED ON THE BRAKE PEDAL AND PROCEEDED TO MOVE THE GEAR SHIFT LEVER FROM PARK TO REVERSE. I COULD NOT GET THE ...

Mileage: 106,503

3.4LTR 6CYL BASE MODEL HAS HAD MULTIPLE DEFECTIVE SENSATIONS FOR SOME TIME NOW; AMONG THOSE ARE STEERING, TRANSMISSION SHIFTING FROM A STANDING STOP, BRAKING AND ODD NOISES. THIS VEHICLE'S 5 Y/O WITH ONLY 20K MI, OWNED BY ELDERS & USED LOCALLY, I'VE BEEN DRIVING THEM, & NOW I HAVE THIS CAR. ...

Mileage: 19,500

3.4LTR 6CYL BASE MODEL HAS HAD MULTIPLE DEFECTIVE SENSATIONS FOR SOME TIME NOW; AMONG THOSE ARE STEERING, TRANSMISSION SHIFTING FROM A STANDING STOP, BRAKING AND ODD NOISES. THIS VEHICLE'S 5 Y/O WITH ONLY 20K MI, OWNED BY ELDERS & USED LOCALLY, I'VE BEEN DRIVING THEM, & NOW I HAVE THIS CAR. ...

Mileage: 19,500

3.4LTR 6CYL BASE MODEL HAS HAD MULTIPLE DEFECTIVE SENSATIONS FOR SOME TIME NOW; AMONG THOSE ARE STEERING, TRANSMISSION SHIFTING FROM A STANDING STOP, BRAKING AND ODD NOISES. THIS VEHICLE'S 5 Y/O WITH ONLY 20K MI, OWNED BY ELDERS & USED LOCALLY, I'VE BEEN DRIVING THEM, & NOW I HAVE THIS CAR. ...

Mileage: 19,500

CAR TURNS OFF WHILE DRIVING,ALSO LOOKS LIKE ITS NOT GETTING GAS,CLUSTER ALSO WENT BAD AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON ALSO BAT, BRAKE FLU ,IT BLINKS FAST AND TURNS OFF HIGH DANGER WHEN IT TURNS OFF WHILE DRIVING IT HAPPENED 3 TIMES HAVE NO CONTROL WHAT SHOULD I DO. *TR

Mileage: 98,000

2005 CHEVY IMPALA WITH A STICKING SPEEDOMETER. STAYS AT 85 WHEN PARKED, AND IS VERY ERRATIC. HAVE READ MANY, MANY OTHERS WITH SAME PROBLEM AND DEALERSHIPS UNWILLING TO FIX THIS SAFETY ISSUE WITHOUT FULLY CHARGING FOR REPAIR. CANNOT AFFORD CAR PAYMENT AND OVER EXPENSE FOR SHOP REPAIR THAT SHOULD BE ...

Mileage: 82,420

MY SPEEDOMETER WENT OUT ON MY 2005 CHEVY IMPALA. IT HAPPENED ABOUT 3 MONTHS AGO. I JUST HAD THE INSPECTION DONE AND HAD TO HAVE A NEW CLUSTER PUT IN. MY TOTAL COST WAS $500. AFTER SEARCHING THE INTERNET FOR COMPLAINTS, I NOTICED THAT THERE WERE ALOT OF THEM REGARDING THE CLUSTER TO STOP WORKING ...

Mileage: 66,000

SPEEDOMETER NOT WORKING PROPERLY. SPORADICALLY CHANGES TO 100MPH+ WHILE DRIVING ANY SPEED. SAFETY ISSUE. GM CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE GAVE A BIG RUN-AROUND. I HAD THEM AND A DEALERSHIP SERVICE MANAGER ON THE PHONE TOGETHER. GM CUST. ASST. SAID THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO KNOW THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM BEFORE T...

Mileage: 72,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THE SPEEDOMETER WOULD NOT REGISTER WHAT SPEED HE WAS DRIVING AND THE GAUGE WOULD SPORADICALLY FLUCTUATE FROM 100 MPH TO ZERO. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND ADVISED HIM TO HAVE THE VEHICLE DIAGNOSED BEFORE THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO DET...

Mileage: 72,000

THE INSTRUMENT PANEL ON MY 2005 CHEVY IMPALA JUST STOPPED WORKING. THE GAS, SPEEDOMETER, RPM GAUGES ARE ALL MISS READING. WHEN IM PARKED THE RPM IS REDLINED, THE SPEEDOMETER READS 90 MPH , AND THE GAS GAUGE READS STRAIGHT NORTH ABOVE THE FULL LINE. I'M STUCK NOT KNOWING EXACTLY HOW FAST IM GOING. T...

Mileage: 89,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER AND TACHOMETER WOULD NOT REGISTER AN ACCURATE READING WHICH CAUSED DIFFICULTY IN DETERMINING WHAT SPEED HE WAS DRIVING. IN ADDITION, THE LOW FUEL LEVEL ALARM FAILED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 74,000. U...

Mileage: 74,000

ALL THREE OF THE GAUGES IN MY 05 IMPALA HAVE MALFUNCTIONED. I HAVE NO WAY OF KNOWING HOW MUCH FUEL IS IN THE CAR, THE TEMP OF THE ENGINE, AND AT TIMES THE SPEED OF THE CAR. MY RESEARCH SUGGESTS A FAULTY STEPPER MOTOR USED BY GM. WHILE I CAN LIVE WITH THE FUEL GAUGE MALFUNCTION AND THE TEMPERATURE...

THE SPEEDOMETER QUIT WORKING IN MY 2005 CHEVY IMPALA ON OR ABOUT OCT. 10, 2010. THIS IS A BIG CONCERN SINCE WE CAN NOT AFFORD TO HAVE THIS REPAIRED & WE DON'T KNOW HOW FAST WE ARE GOING. *TR

Mileage: 100,000

AFTER CLEARING SNOW OFF THE WINDSHIELD WITH THE WIPERS, THEY NO LONGER GO TO THE PARK POSITION. THE WIPERS STOP IN AN UPWARD POSITION BLOCKING YOUR VIEW OF THE ROAD. FOUND BENT STOP TAB ON WIPER MOTOR ASSEMBLY DUE TO MANY WRITE UPS ON THE WEB. THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM AND I BELIEVE GM HAS A FI...

Mileage: 58,000

"SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL" WARNING LIGHT COMES ON INTERMITTENTLY DURING OPERATION OF VEHICLE EVEN IN PERFECT DRIVING CONDITIONS. WHEN THIS WARNING LIGHT APPEARS, THE BRAKES RESPOND BY BECOMING "SPONGY" OR "LESS REACTIVE" LIMITING THE DRIVER'S ABILITY TO BRAKE SAFELY. CAR WAS INSPECTED BY TWO DIFFERE...

Mileage: 101,434

THE INSTRUMENT PANEL ON MY 2005 CHEVY IMPALA WORKS INTERMITTENTLY. THIS INCLUDES GAS, SPEEDOMETER, AND TEMPERATURE GAUGES. THE DRIVER IS LEFT NOT KNOWING CONDITIONS OF THE VEHICLE. SEEMS TO BE WORSE IN COLD WEATHER. *TR

Mileage: 80,000

AT APPROX 100,00KM THE HIGH BEAM IS ACTIVATED WHEN SIGNALING A RIGHT TURN. WHEN KEEPING THE HANDLE IN CERTAIN POSITION THE HIGH BEAM GOES OFF BUT COMES BACK AGAIN WHEN RELEASED. LATELY REMAINS ON WHEN THE SWITCH RETURNS TO MID POSITION. NEVER EXPERIENCED WHEN SIGNALING TO THE LEFT. THIS BEHAVIOR MAY...

Mileage: 100,000

TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM FAILED REPEATEDLY DURING WARRANTY BY NOT SHOWING ONE OR TWO OF THE TIRES PRESSURE. WAS NEVER REPAIRED AT THE GM SERVICE, ONLY RESET. THE DEFECT REAPPEARED IN 3 DAYS TO 6 MONTHS AFTER THE RESET. INITIALLY WOULD APPEAR WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY. NOW AT OVER 100,000KM IT ...

Mileage: 60,000

INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FAILURE, SPEEDOMETER STOPPED AT 55MPH EVEN WHEN I STOPPED THE CAR AND SHUT IT OFF. WHEN I STARTED THE CAR AND BEGIN DRIVING THE SPEEDOMETER WAS GOING UP TO 105 MPH. I HAVE NO IDEA HOW FAST THE VEHICLE IS GOING. *TR

Mileage: 85,000

THERE ARE NO EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE PASSLOCK SECURITY SYSTEM LEAVING A MOTORIST STRANDED AT ANY GIVEN TIME. THE FAILURE HAPPENS AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK LEAVING THE DRIVER STRANDED AT WHATEVER LOCATION HE/SHE CUTS THE CAR OFF. SOMETIMES IT WILL BE 5MIN BEFORE THE ALARM WILL RESET AND SOMETIMES IT WIL...

Mileage: 145,000

THE ABS AND TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM HAS QUIT WORKING FOR THE 3RD TIME. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE FOR WINTER DRIVING. 1ST TWO OCCURENCES HAPPENED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS UNDER WARRANTY, 70,000 MILES LATER IT HAS HAPPEND AGAIN. IN ALL 3 OCCURENCES IT HAS HAPPENED IN BAD WEATHER: RAINY FOR THE 1ST TWO AND...

Mileage: 97,000

THE ABS AND TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM HAS QUIT WORKING FOR THE 3RD TIME. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE FOR WINTER DRIVING. 1ST TWO OCCURENCES HAPPENED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS UNDER WARRANTY, 70,000 MILES LATER IT HAS HAPPEND AGAIN. IN ALL 3 OCCURENCES IT HAS HAPPENED IN BAD WEATHER: RAINY FOR THE 1ST TWO AND...

Mileage: 97,000

I WAS DRIVING EARLY MORNING IT THE DARK AND MY HEADLIGHTS QUIT WORKING ON MY 2005 CHEVY IMPALA. THEY HAVE NOT BEEN FIXED YET. *TR

Mileage: 78,000

2005 IMPALA, FAILED INSTRUMENT PANEL. LIKE THE OTHER 65+ COMPLAINTS, MY INSTRUMENT PANEL BEGAN FAILING AT 75,000 MILES. AT FIRST, COULD RESET WITH KEY TO ACC NUMEROUS TIMES, NO LONGER WORKS. UNPLUG BATTERY RESETS, BUT AT ANY TIME STARTS AGAIN. IT SEEMS ESPECIALLY BAD IN COLD WEATHER. WHEN SPEED...

Mileage: 75,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH THE SPEEDOMETER STOPPED WORKING. THE SPEEDOMETER WOULD FAIL INTERMITTENTLY AND OVER TIME IT STOPPED FUNCTIONING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER OR REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 85,000.

Mileage: 85,000

2005 CHEVY IMPALA TIRE BLEW DUE TO BOWED REAR TIE ROD. *TR

Mileage: 131,485

2005 CHEVY IMPALA TIRE BLEW DUE TO BOWED REAR TIE ROD. *TR

Mileage: 131,485

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50-55 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER WAS NOT WORKING PROPERLY; IT INDICATED INCORRECT SPEEDS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO STATED THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO PERFORM A DIAGNOSTIC TEST. THE VEHICL...

Mileage: 73,000

THE SPEEDOMETER ON MY 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA LS STOPPED WORKING AND NOW THE NEEDLE POINTS STRAIGHT DOWN. THERE IS NO WAY FOR ME TO JUDGE MY SPEED WHICH IS VERY DANGEROUS FOR ME AND OTHER MOTORISTS. AFTER RESEARCHING THIS SITUATION THERE SEEMS TO BE A DEFECT IN A PART CALLED A CLUSTER WHICH IS A DEAL...

Mileage: 92,000

FAX FROM SENATOR MENENDEZ ON BEHALF OF CONSTITUENT RE A RECENT CONVERSATION WITH GMC ABOUT A PROBLEM WITH THEIR 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA; WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY GM CAN'T BE A VIABLE, HONEST, CONSUMER FRIENDLY MAN'F OF A SAFE CAR *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED THERE WAS A POPPING NOISE COMING FROM THE VEHIC...

1. MY FUEL GAUGE QUIT WORKING AS I WAS DRIVING TO WORK. ALL THE OTHER GAUGES KEPT WORKING. THE NEEDLE WAS POINTING DOWN AND WOULD MOVE AT THE BOTTOM WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED ON AND OFF. I SPENT 400.00 TO REPLACE THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER WHICH APPEARS TO BE A PROBLEM AS LISTED ON THE COMPLAINTS SECT...

Mileage: 49,000

1. MY FUEL GAUGE QUIT WORKING AS I WAS DRIVING TO WORK. ALL THE OTHER GAUGES KEPT WORKING. THE NEEDLE WAS POINTING DOWN AND WOULD MOVE AT THE BOTTOM WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED ON AND OFF. I SPENT 400.00 TO REPLACE THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER WHICH APPEARS TO BE A PROBLEM AS LISTED ON THE COMPLAINTS SECT...

Mileage: 49,000

BAD GAS SMELL WHEN YOU TURN HEAT ON. *TR

Mileage: 78,000

REAR SPOILER FLEW OFF OF TRUNK LID AT 70-75 MPH ON I-35 NEAR ROUND ROCK TX ON 11/7/10 - EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN CAUSING $225 DAMAGES TO OUR CAR AND DO NOT KNOW WHAT OTHER CONSEQUENCES MAY HAVE OCCURRED TO OTHERS. ELIMINATED THE REAR SPOILER - DID NOT REPLACE. *TR

Mileage: 71,292

I HAVE A 2005 CHEVY IMPALA LS 3.8 LITER, THE SPEEDOMETER QUIT WORKING ALL OF A SUDDEN. I CAN NOT SAFELY JUDGE THE SPEED I AM TRAVELING. UPON MY RESEARCH I HAVE FOUND THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL OTHER CONSUMERS WHO HAVE HAD THIS SAME ISSUE ON THIS MODEL OF CAR. THE ESTIMATED REPAIR WOULD RANGE F...

Mileage: 102,300

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING BECAME LOOSE AND THE CONTACT COULD HEAR A NOISE WITHIN THE STEERING COLUMN. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN INSPECTED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE BEGAN INTERMITTENTLY BUT PROGRESSED AND WAS NOT AN EVERYDAY OCCURRENCE. THE FAILU...

Mileage: 29,000

2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. S10 APPROPRIATE HANDLING- LETTER FROM REGARDING PROBLEMS WITH THE GM DEALERSHIP *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED THE TRANSMISSION WOULD SOMETIMES SHIFT TOO SLOW OR TOO FAST. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TEST, BUT THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG. THE CONSUM...

SPEEDOMETER IS MISS-READING, AT 65MPH I AM READING 140MPH, IT WILL NOT RESET BACK TO ZERO. NOW IT HAS WENT A COMPLETE CIRCLE AND IS READING 3MPH AT 65MPH GM WILL NOT COVER THE COST OF REPLACEMENT. I HAVE NO IDEA HOW FAST OR SLOW I'M GOING IN A CITY IN A SCHOOL ZONE. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

Mileage: 68,000

WITH 92,000 MILES ON MY 2005 IMPALA THE TACHOMETER IS WORKING STRANGELY, AND NOW FROZEN AT 6,100 RPMS. I FEAR THE ENTIRE GAUGE PACKAGE WILL FAIL. THE SPEEDOMETER IS STARTING TO SEEM IMPACTED NOW TOO. THE INTERNET IS FULL OF COMPLAINTS ON THIS ISSUE, BUT GM WILL NOT RECALL? PLEASE HELP. WE HAVE OWNED...

Mileage: 92,000

I HAVE A 2005 CHEVY IMPALA. THE TEMPERATURE LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON. I HAVE TOOK IT TO GET FIXED AND THEY HAVE BLEED THE RADIATOR AND IT STILL KEEPS COMING ON. IT MAKES YOU THINK THE CAR IS RUNNING HOT. IT ALSO STARTS SWITCHING GEARS HARD WHEN IT GETS LIKE THIS. IT HAS BEEN FROM THE START HARD TO GET ...

Mileage: 120,000

I HAVE A 2005 CHEVY IMPALA. THE TEMPERATURE LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON. I HAVE TOOK IT TO GET FIXED AND THEY HAVE BLEED THE RADIATOR AND IT STILL KEEPS COMING ON. IT MAKES YOU THINK THE CAR IS RUNNING HOT. IT ALSO STARTS SWITCHING GEARS HARD WHEN IT GETS LIKE THIS. IT HAS BEEN FROM THE START HARD TO GET ...

Mileage: 120,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE WIRING TO THE HEATER SYSTEM THAT SUPPLIED POWER TO THE BLOWER MOTOR MELTED AND CAUGHT FIRE INSIDE THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE HEATER SYSTEM FAILED AS A RESULT OF THE FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE ...

Mileage: 108,284

SPEEDOMETER DISPLAYS INCORRECT SPEED. *TR

Mileage: 69,000

SPEEDOMETER NOT WORKING , SOMETIMES IT WILL READ 80MPH STOPPED & NOT RUNNING. OR YOU COULD BE GOING 50 & ACTUAL Y GOING 80 & GET A TICKET , THIS HAS HAPPEN TO US 5 OR 6 TIMES WITHIN THE LAST 2 WEEKS, I HAVE READ A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. MY CAR HAS LESS THAN 85, 000 MILES. DO WE N...

Mileage: 84,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA LS. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 30 MPH WHEN THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL EXPLOSION HEARD THROUGHOUT THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE STEERING COLUMN WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE STEERING KNUCKLE WAS REPLACED AT...

Mileage: 37,517

ON MY 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA, 6 CYL, THE POWER STEERING COMPONENTS ARE LEAKING P/S FLUID. THE PUMP HAS BEEN REPLACED AT LEAST ONCE AND NOW THE STEERING RACK IS IN JEOPARDY OF FAILURE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA . WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH THE HEADLIGHTS STARTED TO FLICKER AND THE CONTACT SMELLED AN ELECTRICAL ODOR. THE CONTACT THEN PULLED INTO HER RESIDENCE AND AFTER A FEW MINUTES THE HEADLIGHTS TURNED ON WITHOUT ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY TAKEN TO A MECHA...

Mileage: 180,000

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.

Mileage: 90,000

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. W...

Mileage: 105,000

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...

Mileage: 62,000

2005 CHEVY IMPALA, THE SPEEDOMETER STICKS AND GIVES FALSE READINGS. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO KNOW THE SPEED THE CAR IS GOING. *TR

FIRST ISSUE TOOK PLACE ON A CLEAR SUNNY DAY AT HIGHWAY SPEED. THE SPEEDOMETER AT FIRST SEEMED TO STICK AS IT MOVED UP AND DOWN INSTEAD OF MOVING NORMALLY. THE SPEEDOMETER JUMPS TO EXTREMES IN SPEED, EITHER SUBSTANTIALLY HIGHER OR SUBSTANTIALLY LOWER THAN ACTUAL. ONCE THE ISSUE STARTED, IT HAS REM...

Mileage: 66,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. ON MAY 24, 2010, A ROUTINE OIL CHANGE WAS BEING PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THERE SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE BRAKES AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY WERE FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. WHEN THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO HAVE THE VEHICLE INSPECTED HE WAS TOLD TH...

Mileage: 27,647

I HAVE A 2005 CHEVY IMPALA, THE SPEEDOMETER DOES NOT WORK. AT ABOUT 80,000 MILES IT WOULD SAY I WAS GOING 80 OR 120 MPH WHEN IT WAS ACTUALLY ABOUT 60MPH. NOW IT DOESN'T WORK AT ALL. I HAVE NO IDEA HOW FAST OR SLOW I AM GOING. THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN FOR ME BEING DISABLED, AND I CAN'T AFFORD TO G...

Mileage: 86,000

DRIVING AT NIGHT, HEADLIGHTS GO OUT WITHIN 30-60 SECONDS OF SWITCHING FROM LOW BEAMS TO HIGH BEAMS. HEADLIGHTS STAY OUT UNTIL THE HIGH BEAM SWITCH IS FLIPPED AGAIN. IT STARTED HAPPENING ONCE IN A GREAT WHILE SPRING OF '09. AS TIME HAS PASSED, IT NOW OCCURS ALMOST EVERY TIME HIGH BEAMS ARE USED. CANN...

Mileage: 94,235

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A ROLLOVER CRASH AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. TWO PASSENGERS SUSTAINED MODERATE INJURIES AS A RESULT. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE DID NOT NOTICE ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE AIR B...

Mileage: 159,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT 25 MPH, THERE WAS AN UNUSUAL NOISE HEARD AND AS THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO BRAKE, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL INCREASE IN STOPPING DISTANCE AND TIME. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL REPAIR FACILITY WHERE THE MECHANIC ADVISE...

Mileage: 20,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT 25 MPH, THERE WAS AN UNUSUAL NOISE HEARD AND AS THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO BRAKE, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL INCREASE IN STOPPING DISTANCE AND TIME. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL REPAIR FACILITY WHERE THE MECHANIC ADVISE...

Mileage: 20,000

SPEEDOMETER NO WORKING CONSISTENTLY. SHOWS I AM GOING 120 WHEN I AM GOING ABOUT 40. VERY SPORADIC. *TR

Mileage: 70,000

FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR LEAKING. *TR

Mileage: 40,000

TAILLIGHTS ON VEHICLE FILL WITH WATER AND TRUNK FILLS WITH WATER WHEN IT RAINS. DEALER HAS REPLACED REAR PANEL SEVERAL TIMES...PROBLEM PERSISTED. DEALER 'FIXED' PROBLEM BY DRILLING HOLES IN TAILLIGHTS TO DRAIN, BUT TRUNK STILL FILLS. DEALER REMOVED PLUG FROM TRUNK. TRUNK IS FULL OF MOLD. CONTACTED...

Mileage: 100

TAILLIGHTS ON VEHICLE FILL WITH WATER AND TRUNK FILLS WITH WATER WHEN IT RAINS. DEALER HAS REPLACED REAR PANEL SEVERAL TIMES...PROBLEM PERSISTED. DEALER 'FIXED' PROBLEM BY DRILLING HOLES IN TAILLIGHTS TO DRAIN, BUT TRUNK STILL FILLS. DEALER REMOVED PLUG FROM TRUNK. TRUNK IS FULL OF MOLD. CONTACTED...

Mileage: 100

TAILLIGHTS ON VEHICLE FILL WITH WATER AND TRUNK FILLS WITH WATER WHEN IT RAINS. DEALER HAS REPLACED REAR PANEL SEVERAL TIMES...PROBLEM PERSISTED. DEALER 'FIXED' PROBLEM BY DRILLING HOLES IN TAILLIGHTS TO DRAIN, BUT TRUNK STILL FILLS. DEALER REMOVED PLUG FROM TRUNK. TRUNK IS FULL OF MOLD. CONTACTED...

Mileage: 100

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE WOULD INDICATE THAT THE VEHICLE WAS RUNNING HOT; HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE DID NOT EXHIBIT ANY RELATED SYMPTOMS OR FAILURES. THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE WAS REPAIRED WARNING LIGHT CONTINUED TO ILLUMINATE ON THE IN...

SPEEDOMETER AND FUEL GAUGE MALFUNCTION. SAME AS OTHER COMPLAINTS I'VE HEAR AND READ ABOUT. SPEEDOMETER AND FUEL GAUGE DO NOT WORK PROPERLY. A DRIVERS DISCUSSIONS BEHIND THE WHEEL CAN ONLY BE AS GOOD AS THE INFORMATION THAT IS DISPLAYED TO THE DRIVER. IF SPEED IS NOT A SAFETY ISSUE, WHAT IS? *TR

Mileage: 58,923

SPEEDOMETER, GAS GAUGE, TACHOMETER, STOPPED WORKING @ 41,000 MILES. TACH WORKS ONCE IN A GREAT WHILE. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AS YOU CAN'T TELL HOW FAST YOU ARE TRAVELING, AND YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH GAS YOU HAVE UNTIL THE GAS WARNING INDICATOR COMES ON. THIS PROBLEM WAS NOT CORRECTED YET. *TR

Mileage: 41,000

MY CHEVY IMPALA GAUGE CLUSTER BEGAN TO WORK INAPPROPRIATELY IN JULY 2007. IT STARTED WITH THE SPEEDOMETER, I WAS DRIVING TO WORK AND THOUGHT THAT I WAS GOING 55MPH BUT WAS REALLY GOING 77MPH. I GOT A TICKET AND THREE DAYS LATER THE NEEDLE STOPPED WORKING. TWO MONTHS LATER THE TEMP NEEDLE AND FUEL...

Mileage: 78,556

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE WAS UNABLE TO START THE VEHICLE. SHE WAITED THIRTY MINUTES AND THE VEHICLE STARTED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY AT FIRST BUT BECAME PROGRESSIVELY WORSE AND OCCURRED MORE OFTEN. THE VEHICLE ...

Mileage: 52,000

2005 CHEVORLET IMPALA: THE SPEEDOMETER GAINS/DROPS SPEED AT ANY GIVEN TIME WITHOUT WARNING CAUSING MISCALCULATION OF SPEED DURING TRAVEL. AT FIRST, THE SPEEDOMETER RETURNED TO THE ORIGINAL STATE, HOWEVER, AFTER RESETTING THE CRUISE CONTROL FUNCTION, THE UNIT FAILED TO REGISTER SPEED PROPERLY. IT HA...

Mileage: 103,117

WHEN RAINING WATER FILLS PASSENGER SIDE FLOORBOARDS AND GOES IN BEHIND DASH. HAS CAUSED THE RADIO TO QUIT WORKING. *TR

STRONG GAS SMELL IN CAR WHILE IDLING AND DRIVING. *TR

TL*-THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STARTED THE IGNITION AND THE STEERING WHEEL BEGAN TO MAKE A LOUD NOISE IN A SHAKING MOTION. THE NOISE BECAME LOUDER WHEN MAKING TURNS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE FAILURE WAS CONTRIBUTED TO THE POWER STEERI...

Mileage: 103,000

TL*-THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE HE WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, ALL OF THE VEHICLE LIGHTS (INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR) FAILED TO TURN ON WHEN THE SUN WENT DOWN AND IT BECAME DARK. HE TRIED TO USE THE HIGH BEAM AND LOW BEAM LIGHTS TO...

Mileage: 52,000

TL*-THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE HE WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, ALL OF THE VEHICLE LIGHTS (INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR) FAILED TO TURN ON WHEN THE SUN WENT DOWN AND IT BECAME DARK. HE TRIED TO USE THE HIGH BEAM AND LOW BEAM LIGHTS TO...

Mileage: 52,000

WITH APPROXIMATELY 100,000 MILES ON 2005 IMPALA SPEEDOMETER STARTED TO FALSELY REPORT VEHICLE SPEED WHEN DRIVING FOR MORE THEN 3 HOURS. THIS HAS OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY 5 TIMES. STOPPING AND TURNING OFF THE VEHICLE WILL RESOLVE THE ISSUE. *TR

Mileage: 100,000

2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA SPEEDOMETER NOT WORKING PROPERLY. IT READS MUCH FASTER THAN YOU ARE ACTUALLY GOING, OFTEN TIMES 40MPH +. THE PROBLEM STARTED ON A LONG TRIP. CYCLING THE IGNITION WOULD BRING IT BACK TO ZERO, BUT THAT NO LONGER WORKS. THERE IS NOT ONE SINGLE EVENT THAT TRIGGERS THE PROBLEM. I...

Mileage: 89,000

I BOUGHT 2005 IMPALA SS WITH 83,000 MILES AND SOON AFTER MY SPEEDOMETER STARTED SHOWING THE WRONG SPEED. I THOUGHT I WAS GOING 55 WHEN I WAS PULLED OVER FOR DOING 77. NOW THE NEEDLE JUST HANGS STRAIGHT DOWN,SO I STARTED RELYING ON MY TACH TO GUESS MY SPEED. THEN ABOUT 1 MONTH LATER MY TACHOMETER STA...

Mileage: 83,700

MY CHEVROLET IMPALA 2005 STARTED RUNNING HOT AND LEAKING WATER TOOK TO CHEVROLET HERE IN FORT PIERCE THEY REPLACE THE WATER PUMP HOSES AND BELTS BUT THE CAR TEMP GAUGE IS STILL GOING INTO THE RED ON THE DASH, SO I TOOK IT BACK THEY SAID THAT THEY COULD'VE FIND NOTHING THAT WAS WRONG WITH THE CAR NOW...

Mileage: 42,000

MY 2005 IMPALA SPEEDOMETER AND TEMPERATURE GAUGE ARE WORKING WHEN THEY WANT TO. I SET THE CRUISE CONTROLL AT 70 MPH AND CAR SEEMS TO DO FINE. I DONT USE THE CRUISE CONTROLL AND TRY TO HOLD THE CAR AT 70 MPH AND GOT A TICKET FOR DOING 82 IN A 65. AFTER GETTING THE TICKET ON 12 MARCH THE SPEEDOMETER A...

Mileage: 101,000

MY 2005 IMPALA SPEEDOMETER AND TEMPERATURE GAUGE ARE WORKING WHEN THEY WANT TO. I SET THE CRUISE CONTROLL AT 70 MPH AND CAR SEEMS TO DO FINE. I DONT USE THE CRUISE CONTROLL AND TRY TO HOLD THE CAR AT 70 MPH AND GOT A TICKET FOR DOING 82 IN A 65. AFTER GETTING THE TICKET ON 12 MARCH THE SPEEDOMETER A...

Mileage: 101,000

OVER THE PAST 6 MONTHS MY SPEEDOMETER ON MY 2005 CHEVY IMPALA HAS NOT BEEN WORKING CORRECTLY. THE SPEEDOMETER WILL SAY THAT I AM GOING 20 MPH ON THE INTERSTATE WHEN I AM ACTUALLY GOING 60 MPH OR FASTER. THE SPEEDOMETER WILL BE AT 0 MPH WHEN IN TOWN DRIVING. I HAVE NO IDEA HOW FAST I AM GOING. THE SP...

Mileage: 125,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THE SPEEDOMETER WAS EXHIBITING FAILURES BY INACCURATELY READING THE SPEED OF WHICH THE VEHICLE TRAVELED. IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN AN ACCURATE SPEED, HE WOULD HAVE TO UTILIZE THE CRUISE CONTROL MECHANISM. THE DEALER ADVISED THE CONTACT THA...

Mileage: 67,000

SPEEDOMETER ON MY 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA RANDOMLY STARTS DROPPING SPEED OR SHOWING NO SPEED AT ALL. HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES BUT ALSO RANDOM, NO CONSTANT WAY TO MAKE IT OCCUR. *TR

Mileage: 55,000

2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. PASSLOCK SECURITY SYSTEM IS MALFUNCTIONING. WILL NOT ALLOW CAR TO START. ELECTRICAL ISSUE. NO WAY TO RESET. FREQUENTLY LEAVES DRIVER STRANDED FOR TEN TO FIFTEEN MINUTES. *TR

Mileage: 65,000

I BOUGHT A NEW 2005 CHEVY IMPALA IN MARCH 2005 AND HAD TO REPLACED THE STEERING SHAFT AFTER ABOUT 12000 MILES IN 9 MONTHS. IN FEB,2010 I HAD TO REPLACED THE SECOND SHAFT THAT'S 3 SHAFTS IN 4 AN HALF YEARS WITH LESS THAN 60,000 MILES. *TR

Mileage: 12,000

DRIVING TO WORK APPROX 06:30 AM. POWER STEERING WENT OUT, MANAGED TO TURN THE CAR TOWARDS DITCH TO AVOID ONCOMING VEHICLES. APPROX 45 MPH, TWO LANE FRONTAGE ROAD. THE CAR HAS ALWAYS BEEN RATHER WEAVY ON THE HIGHWAY. THE DEALER COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG UNTIL THE RECALL FOR STEERING LINKAGE ...

Mileage: 11,000

THE WIPERS STICK IN UP POSITION 2005 CHEVY IMPALA CAUSED BY THE WIPERS TRYING TO RUN IF HEAVY SNOW. THE INTERNET SAYS IT IS A LINK BENDING IN THE WIPER MOTOR AREA. GM HAS AN UPDATED PART FOR THE 2005 BUT NOT A RECALL. WHY SHOULD CONSUMERS PAY FOR SAFETY ISSUE? *TR

THE SPEEDOMETER IN MY 205 CHEVY IMPALA DOES NOT SHOW THE CORRECT SPEED. IT SHOWS THE RATE OF SPEED AT ABOUT 1/2 OF WHAT IT ACTUALLY IS. *TR

Mileage: 42,000

ABOUT 1 1/2 YRS AGO I BOUGHT A 2005 IMPALA, WITHIN 4 MTHS MY SPEEDOMETER, GAS GAUGE & RPM GAUGE ALL STARTED ACTING UP. MY GAS GAUGE GOES WAY PAST THE FULL LINE AND NEVER COMES BACK DOWN, THE SPEEDOMETER WILL SAY I AM DOING OVER 200 KM WHEN I MAY BE DOING 50 KM, THE ONLY WAY I HAVE FOUND TO "FIX" T...

Mileage: 90,000

HEADLIGHTS AND DASH LIGHTS GO OUT WHEN BRIGHT BEAM IS TURNED ON. WHEN YOU SWITCH BACK TO DIMS IT COMES BACK ON. AFRAID TO USE THE HIGH BEAMS. HAS HAPPENED TWICE SINCE OWNING THIS VEHICLE. NO RECALLS ON THIS ISSUE. *TR

Mileage: 76,000

THE SPEEDOMETER IS CONSTANTLY INCONSISTENT. SITTING AT A STOPLIGHT IT READS 40?120? 75? I NEVER KNOW WHAT SPEED IM DOING. I JUST GO WITH THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC, AND ONCE AGAIN IT READS SOMETHING LIKE 90MPH. SOMETIMES IT IS EVEN POINTING STRAIGHT DOWN. THIS HAS GOT TO BE A SAFETY ISSUE RIGHT?? I WOULD L...

Mileage: 70,000

SPEEDOMETER ON 2005 IMPALA WOULD NOT GO BELOW 40MPH, NEVER RETURNING TO ZERO, OTHER INSTRUMENTS STARTED TO FAIL. *TR

Mileage: 42,000

SPEEDOMETER GAUGE NOT SHOWING PROPER SPEED SHOWS DOING 100 WHEN PARKED, TOOK CAR TO DEALER AND WAS TOLD NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH IT. SPEEDOMETER COMPLETELY QUIT WORKING AND NOW THE FUEL GAUGE IS NOT WORKING. SPEEDOMETER QUIT WORKING 2 YEARS AGO. CRUISE CONTROL HAS WENT OUT SEVERAL TIMES AND NO LONGER...

Mileage: 50,000

SPEEDOMETER GAUGE NOT SHOWING PROPER SPEED SHOWS DOING 100 WHEN PARKED, TOOK CAR TO DEALER AND WAS TOLD NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH IT. SPEEDOMETER COMPLETELY QUIT WORKING AND NOW THE FUEL GAUGE IS NOT WORKING. SPEEDOMETER QUIT WORKING 2 YEARS AGO. CRUISE CONTROL HAS WENT OUT SEVERAL TIMES AND NO LONGER...

Mileage: 50,000

SPEEDOMETER GAUGE NOT SHOWING PROPER SPEED SHOWS DOING 100 WHEN PARKED, TOOK CAR TO DEALER AND WAS TOLD NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH IT. SPEEDOMETER COMPLETELY QUIT WORKING AND NOW THE FUEL GAUGE IS NOT WORKING. SPEEDOMETER QUIT WORKING 2 YEARS AGO. CRUISE CONTROL HAS WENT OUT SEVERAL TIMES AND NO LONGER...

Mileage: 50,000

SPEEDOMETER GAUGE NOT SHOWING PROPER SPEED SHOWS DOING 100 WHEN PARKED, TOOK CAR TO DEALER AND WAS TOLD NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH IT. SPEEDOMETER COMPLETELY QUIT WORKING AND NOW THE FUEL GAUGE IS NOT WORKING. SPEEDOMETER QUIT WORKING 2 YEARS AGO. CRUISE CONTROL HAS WENT OUT SEVERAL TIMES AND NO LONGER...

Mileage: 50,000

I HAVE A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA AND THE SPEEDOMETER IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. I'VE CHECKED NHTSA COMPLAINTS AND FIND OVER AND OVER THIS SAME COMPLAINT BUT WAS TOLD BY A CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP THIS WAS NOT A RECALL. WITH THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS FILED THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL BY CHEVROLET INSTEAD OF MAK...

Mileage: 54,000

MY WIFE AND TWO CHILDREN WERE RIDING IN OUR 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA AND IT SUDDENLY STARTED ACCELERATING UNCONTROLLABLY. MY WIFE CALLED 911 AND TOLD THEM THAT SHE COULDN'T GET THE CAR TO STOP AND THE BRAKES SEEMED TO BE LOCKED. THE CAR WENT UNCONTROLLABLY FOR ABOUT 3/4 MILE, AND REACHED SPEEDS OVER 90...

Mileage: 90,000

ON AN ALMOST CONTINUOUS BASIS, MY 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA IS INCAPABLE OF REPORTING ACCURATE SPEED AND GAS LEVEL.. 9 OUT OF 10 TIMES, I HAVE TO GUESS HOW MUCH GAS I HAVE IN THE TANK, AND HOW FAST I AM GOING. AT LEAST WITH THE SPEEDOMETER I CAN SEE WHAT IT READS AT A STOP AND SUBTRACT THAT AMOUNT AND G...

Mileage: 73,000

SPEEDOMETER STOPS WORKING OR SHOWS A LOWER SPEED THAN ACTUAL SPEED. THIS OCCURS AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK, SOMETIMES MORE OFTEN. SO FAR HAS NOT CAUSED AN CRASH, YET. *CN

Mileage: 62,325

THE LIGHTS ON THE CAR WHEN ON THE BRIGHTS WILL JUST SHUT OFF, AND IT ONLY LEAVES THE MARKER LIGHTS LIT, UNTIL YOU PULL THE HEADLIGHT KNOB OUT.. WILL DO THIS INTERMITTENTLY.. HAS HAPPENED VERY OFTEN, EVERYTIME THE BRIGHTS ARE ON. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THE TRANSMISSION, SPEED ODOMETER AND ANTILOCK BRAKE IS FAULTY. CONTACT STATED SHE HAD TO REPLACE THE ROTOR, PADS FOUR TIMES AND THE TRANSMISSION IS JERKING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND CONTACT THE WAS TOLD SHE HAS TO PAY TH...

Mileage: 85,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THE TRANSMISSION, SPEED ODOMETER AND ANTILOCK BRAKE IS FAULTY. CONTACT STATED SHE HAD TO REPLACE THE ROTOR, PADS FOUR TIMES AND THE TRANSMISSION IS JERKING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND CONTACT THE WAS TOLD SHE HAS TO PAY TH...

Mileage: 85,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THE TRANSMISSION, SPEED ODOMETER AND ANTILOCK BRAKE IS FAULTY. CONTACT STATED SHE HAD TO REPLACE THE ROTOR, PADS FOUR TIMES AND THE TRANSMISSION IS JERKING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND CONTACT THE WAS TOLD SHE HAS TO PAY TH...

Mileage: 85,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THE TRANSMISSION, SPEED ODOMETER AND ANTILOCK BRAKE IS FAULTY. CONTACT STATED SHE HAD TO REPLACE THE ROTOR, PADS FOUR TIMES AND THE TRANSMISSION IS JERKING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND CONTACT THE WAS TOLD SHE HAS TO PAY TH...

Mileage: 85,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THE TRANSMISSION, SPEED ODOMETER AND ANTILOCK BRAKE IS FAULTY. CONTACT STATED SHE HAD TO REPLACE THE ROTOR, PADS FOUR TIMES AND THE TRANSMISSION IS JERKING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND CONTACT THE WAS TOLD SHE HAS TO PAY TH...

Mileage: 85,000

2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. SPEEDOMETER WORKS ONLY INTERMITTENTLY. STICKS AT ZERO WHEN IT ISN'T WORKING. AT TIMES, WHEN FUNCTIONING, THOUGH I INCREASE SPEED OR DECREASE, NEEDLE DOESN'T MOVE IN TIMELY MANNER THUS NOT ACCURATELY REPORTING CURRENT SPEED; NEEDLE LAGS WAY BEHIND CHANGES IN SPEED. THIS IS ...

Mileage: 72,000

ON MY GRANDFATHERS 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA THE GAUGE CLUSTER STOPS WORKING. IT FIRST STARTED WITH THE WATER TEMP GAUGE. AND NOW THE SPEEDOMETER WORKS INTERMITTENTLY. ITS DEFINITELY A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW HOW FAST YOUR GOING. AND AFTER TYPING THE PROBLEM INTO GOOGLE.COM THEIR ARE OTHER O...

Mileage: 45,000

I HAVE A 2005 CHEVY IMPALA. THE SPEEDOMETER WILL QUIT WORKING AND EITHER DROPS TO ZERO OR SHOWS A SLOWER SPEED THAN WHAT YOU ARE TRAVELING. IN ADDITION THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE WILL ALSO SHOW A LESSER TEMPERATURE THAN WHAT IS NORMALLY SHOWN. THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT HAS GOING ON SINCE 2007. I HAVE TRIED ...

Mileage: 85,000

2005 CHEVY IMPALA WHICH LEAKS GAS EVERY MOURNING WHEN THE CAR HAS SET OVERNIGHT. THE RECALL IS THE UNIVERSAL PRESSURE REGULATORS (UPR) WERE PRODUCED WITHOUT AN O'RING AND RETAINER, SO THIS CAUSE THE GAS TO LEAK. *TR

Mileage: 94,526

I HAVE A 2005 CHEVY IMPALA..MILEAGE ABOUT 83000. MY PROBLEM STARTED LAST YEAR WHEN THE SPEEDOMETER JUST FROZE. WHEN I GOT HOME AND SHUT THE CAR OFF IT STILL STAYED IN THE SAME POSITION. I TURNED THE KEY ON AND OFF AND THE SPEEDOMETER WENT DOWN 5MPH EACH TIME I TURNED THE KEY UNTIL IT WENT BACK TO Z...

Mileage: 63,000

INSTRUMENT CLUSTER HAS FAILED, SPEEDOMETER DOES NOT WORK OR IS INCORRECT ALL THE TIME. DRIVER DOES NOT KNOW HOW FAST OR SLOW THEY ARE GOING ,THIS CREATES NUMEROUS SAFETY ISSUES WHILE DRIVING WITH OR WITH OUT OTHER TRAFFIC AROUND YOU. ALSO THE FUEL GAUGE HAS STOPPED WORKING AND HAS RAN OUT OF FUEL I...

Mileage: 64,268

2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FAILURE. SPEEDOMETER WORKS INTERMITTENTLY AND TEMP GAUGE STOPPED WORKING ALL TOGETHER. UNSURE IF FUEL GAUGE IS ACCURATE. WILL GM REPAY ME IF I AM ISSUED A SPEEDING TICKET? UNSURE IF ENGINE IS OPERATING AT SAFE OPERATING TEMPERATURE OR IF ENGINE DAMAGE IS O...

Mileage: 50,000

SPEEDOMETER BEGAN NOT WORKING. *TR

Mileage: 75,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHILE DRIVING SPEEDS RANGING FROM APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH OR MORE, THE SPEEDOMETER AND THE TEMPERATURE GAUGES DISPLAYED INACCURATE READINGS REGARDLESS OF THE SPEED BEING TRAVELED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE VEHICLE H...

Mileage: 100,000

SPEEDOMETER BEGAN NOT WORKING. NOW THE TACHOMETER & HEAT GAUGE DON'T WORK. AM GOING TO HAVE TO PAY TO HAVE THE GEARS IN THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER REBUILT BECAUSE THEY'VE BIT THE DUST & I HAVE NO WAY TO TELL HOW FAST I'M GOING OR HOW HOT MY ENGINE MIGHT BE. *TR

Mileage: 97,000

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

Mileage: 166,377

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

Mileage: 166,377

2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FAILURE. SPEEDOMETER WORKS INTERMITTENTLY AND TEMP GAUGE STOPPED WORKING ALL TOGETHER. GM KNOWS THE PROBLEM IS DEFECTIVE STEPPER MOTORS BUT HAS NOT RECALLED VEHICLES. *TR

Mileage: 120,000

PURCHASE ONE OWNER 2005 IMPALA -5-09. PREVIOUS OWNER REPORTED INTERMITTENT FUEL GAUGE READING AS ONLY PROBLEM, NOW TEMP GAUGE HAS QUIT, FUEL GAUGE HAS QUIT, SPEEDOMETER WORKS INTERMITTENTLY. DEALER PRICE TO REPAIR $650 TO $750. GUESS I'LL TEAR OUT THE DASH AND SEND CLUSTER FOR REPAIR. *TR

Mileage: 85,000

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD MY INSTRUMENT CLUSTER LIGHTS WENT OUT. THEN I WAS WONDERING WHY EVERYBODY WAS GOING SO SLOW (45MPH) ON MY SPEEDOMETER. SO I PASSED THEM. I HAD A GPS AND TURNED IT ON IT WAS RECORDING 75MPH. IT WAS 20 MPH OFF. *TR

Mileage: 101,250

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD MY INSTRUMENT CLUSTER LIGHTS WENT OUT. THEN I WAS WONDERING WHY EVERYBODY WAS GOING SO SLOW (45MPH) ON MY SPEEDOMETER. SO I PASSED THEM. I HAD A GPS AND TURNED IT ON IT WAS RECORDING 75MPH. IT WAS 20 MPH OFF. *TR

Mileage: 101,250

IN JULY, 2009, I NOTICED THAT MY TEMPERATURE GAUGE ON MY 2005 IMPALA WAS NOT WORKING. I TOOK IT TO THE CHEVROLET DEALER WHO TOLD ME THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED AND IT WOULD AFFECT MY MILEAGE. IT WAS A COST PROHIBITIVE ISSUE, SO I ELECTED JUST TO KEEP AN EYE ON MY RADIATOR AND ...

Mileage: 69,500

2005 CHEVY IMPALA OFTEN TIMES THE VEHICLE WILL NOT START. WHEN THIS HAPPENS THE SECURITY LIGHT ON THE DASH BLINKS, AND, AFTER I WAIT ABOUT 10 MINUTES, IT WILL START. UPON SEARCHING THE INTERNET FOR A SOLUTION IT IS OBVIOUS THAT GM KNOWS THERE ARE PROBLEMS WITH THEIR "PASS-LOCK" ANTI THEFT SYSTE...

Mileage: 130,000

I OWN A 2005 IMPALA LS AND WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT THE HEADLIGHTS GO OUT. THIS HAS HAPPENED 12 TIMES WITH MY VEHICLE. THE LAST TIME IT HAPPENED I WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AT 75MPH AND THEY WENT OUT. I CYCLED THE LIGHT SWITCH 3 TIMES AND THEY WENT BACK ON. I HAVE DONE SOME RESEARCH ON THE INTERN...

Mileage: 46,124

2005 CHEVY IMPALA SPEEDOMETER VERY SPORADIC IN WORKING MAY SAY YOU ARE GOING 40 AND YOU ARE GOING 75 OR MAY SAY YOU ARE GOING 80 AND YOU ARE GOING 35 EXTREMES TO 120 AND LOWS TO 0. IT STARTED MESSING UP AROUND 70,000 MILES AND THE DEALER SAYS THIS IS NOT A RECALL EVEN THOUGH MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING T...

Mileage: 70,000

FOR OVER A YEAR THE SPEEDOMETER HAS NOT BEEN ACCURATE. SPEED MAY REGISTER OVER 100 MPH WHILE JUST BARELY MOVING. AT THE PRESENT TIME IT DOES NOT REGISTER AT ALL. *TR

WHILE DRIVING, THE HEADLIGHTS WILL GO OUT FOR NO REASON. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT. IF I PULL THE LIGHT SWITCH ON AND OFF IT WILL USUALLY WORK. FLICKING THE HIGH BEAMS ON AND OFF MAY WORK TOO. THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY FEATURE AND I HAVE FOUND THAT THERE ARE MANY COMPLAI...

THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER IN MY 2005 CHEVY IMPALA EXPERIENCES PERIODIC MALFUNCTIONS. THE SPEEDOMETER WILL READ SIGNIFICANTLY OVER THE ACTUAL SPEED OR WILL REMAIN AT ZERO. THE FUEL AND TEMPERATURE GAUGES ALSO READ INCORRECTLY. MY RESEARCH INDICATES THAT THESE ARE COMMON COMPLAINTS FOR 2000 TO 2006 CHEVY...

Mileage: 89,000

ONGOING PROBLEM I HEAR FROM CHEVY BOUT THIS, THE SPEEDOMETER CLUSTERS CONTINUALLY FAIL, SPEEDOMETER INTERMITTENTLY WORKS, OR DOESN'T WORK T ALL, SPEED SENSOR IS FUNCTIONING PROPERLY, JUST SPEEDOMETER READS ANYWHERE FROM 0 TO 100, HANGS UP ANYWHERE IN BETWEEN, WHEN STOPPED CAN SHOW ANY SPEED , OR WH...

Mileage: 83,000

SPEEDOMETER ON 2005 IMPALA JUST QUIT WORKING. WONT MOVE PAST 0. SO MANY COMPLAINTS..... *TR

Mileage: 64,257

2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA SPEEDOMETER GOES WACKY AT INTERMITTENT TIMES. I WAS GOING 65 MPH SPEEDO SHOWED 40MPH. OTHER TIMES I COULD BE STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT, SPEEDO SHOWS GOING 50MPH. THIS CAN LEAD TO A VERY DANGEROUS CONDITION. *TR

Mileage: 34,000

SPEEDOMETER GAUGE DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY. WHEN YOU DRIVE IT NEVER DISPLAYS THE CORRECT SPEED YOU ARE GOING AND CAN READ MANY DIFFERENT SPEEDS AS YOU DRIVE. IT CAN ALSO REMAIN AT 0. THIS IS HAPPENING ON MANY CHEVROLET MODELS AND CAN CAUSE YOU TO GET MULTIPLE TICKETS FOR NOT GOING THE CORRECT SPEED ...

Mileage: 65,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHEN DRIVING INTERMITTENTLY HE HEARS A CLANGING NOISE IN THE STEERING COLUMN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, AND A GREASE KIT WAS INSTALLED ON THE I-SHAFT. AFTER 14,000 MILES THE FAILURE RESURFACED. THE VEHICLE WOULD BE DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALE...

Mileage: 14,600

CHEVROLET SPEEDOMETER DOES NOT WORK CORRECTLY. IT WILL JUMP OR DROP AT ANY MOMENT AND YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT SPEED YOU ARE ACTUALLY TRAVELING AT. THIS HAPPENS REGULARLY AND APPARENTLY IS A COMMON KNOWLEDGE PROBLEM WITH THESE GM CARS. *TR

Mileage: 106,000

HAD PROBLEMS WITH HEADLIGHTS GOING OUT WEATHER IT'S LOW BEAM OR HIGH BEAM MECHANIC HAD TO REPLACE TURN SIGNAL/HIGH BEAM SWITCH AND THEN THAT ONE ONLY LASTED 3-4 MONTHS. THIS COULD REALLY POSE A DANGER HAS THE HEADLIGHTS GO OUT COMPLETELY, THE ONLY THING I COULD DUE IS HOLD BACK ON LEVER TO KEEP HIG...

Mileage: 89,000

TURN SIGNAL LIGHTS STOP WORKING AFTER BEING USED A FEW TIMES. MAY START WORKING AGAIN AFTER CAR HAS BEEN TURNED OFF ,THEN ON . 2005 CHEVY IMPALA. *TR

I HAVE A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA LS V6 3800 SERIES.THE VOLUME OF THE HORN WAS FLUCTUATING AFTER ABOUT 3 YEARS & NOW IT COULD HARDLY BE HEARD. I NEVER HAD A HORN THAT WEARS OUT,I BELIEVE IT IS DEFECTIVE & IS A SAFETY HAZARD. LOU BACHRODT'S CHEVROLET 954-247-3000 HAD ME WIT UNTIL I HUNG UP,THEY WOULD FI...

Mileage: 30,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE SPEEDOMETER DISPLAYS INACCURATE READINGS. AS A CONSEQUENCE HE CANNOT DETERMINE THE SPEED HE'S DRIVING. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT HIS INFORMATION WAS INCLUDED IN THE LAW SUIT; THEREFORE THEY WILL NOT REPAIR THE VEHICLE. HE WAS THEN REFERRED TO THE DE...

Mileage: 67,000

SPEEDOMETER AND GAS GAUGE STOPPED WORKING. *TR

Mileage: 40,000

CLUNKING NOISE COMING FROM STEERING SHAFT. GM DEALER TOLD ME THAT THEE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH STEERING SHAFTS ON THIS VEHICLE BUT NO RECALL. WILL COST 250.00 TO FIX.*TR

Mileage: 46,100

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER DISPLAYS INACCURATE READINGS ON THE INSTRUMENT CONTROL PANEL. HE IS IN THE PROCESS OF TAKING THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS...

Mileage: 80,000

2002 CHEVROLET IMPALA PASSLOCK PROBLEM, WON'T START AND SECURITY LIGHT IS ON(PAGE 1 OF 4 IT IS DEFECTIVE. *TR

Mileage: 68,213

MY VEHICLE, A 2005 CHEVY IMPALA, HAS HAD AN ISSUE CONCERNING MY FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR. AFTER TAKING MY VEHICLE TO THE CHEVY DEALERSHIP TO FIND OUT WHAT THE ISSUE WAS, THE DIAGNOSTICS TEST HAD DISCOVERED THAT THE FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR WAS DAMAGED. I DID FURTHER RESEARCH ON THE ISSUE THEY DISCOVER...

Mileage: 106,979

MY VEHICLE, A 2005 CHEVY IMPALA, HAS HAD AN ISSUE CONCERNING MY FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR. AFTER TAKING MY VEHICLE TO THE CHEVY DEALERSHIP TO FIND OUT WHAT THE ISSUE WAS, THE DIAGNOSTICS TEST HAD DISCOVERED THAT THE FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR WAS DAMAGED. I DID FURTHER RESEARCH ON THE ISSUE THEY DISCOVER...

Mileage: 106,979

MY 2005 CHEVY IMPALA SPEEDOMETER WENT OUT. I HAVE SEARCHED THE INTERNET, AND THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM. VEHICLE IS LESS THAN 5 YEARS OLD WITH UNDER 75K MILES. SPEEDOMETER STEPPER MOTOR IS DEFECTIVE. NEEDS DEALERSHIP RECALL TO REPLACE SINCE SUCH A COMMON PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 79,000

I OWNED A 2005 CHEVY IMPALA. THE ODOMETER ON THIS CAR GOES CRAZY. I DON'T KNOW HOW FAST I AM GOING. I SEARCH THE INTERNET AND HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE HAVE THE SAME TROUBLE WITH CHEVY IMPALAS AND ODOMETER. THEY NEED TO RECALL THIS CAR AND HAVE THEM FIX. *TR

Mileage: 95,000

STANDARD DRIVING TO 48000 MILES. RIGHT REAR WHEEL BEARING START TO MAKE EXCESSIVE NOISE. BEARING WAS REPLACED BEFORE FAILURE. OLD PART IS NOT AVAILABLE. *TR

Mileage: 48,000

2005 IMPALA BOUGHT IN 96 W/25K MILES. AFTER 1 YEAR CAR HAD 37K MILES AND STARTED EXHIBITING CRAZY PERFORMANCE ON THE DISPLAY GAUGES. SOMETIMES THE GAS INDICATOR WOULD REFLECT AN EMPTY GAS TANK THOUGH IT WAS NEARLY FULL. THE SPEEDOMETER WOULD REFLECT 35 MILES WHILE THE CAR WAS STOPPED AND OTHER SPEE...

Mileage: 37,000

MY 2005 IMPALA HAS A SECURITY SYSTEM THAT ACTIVATES WITHOUT WARNING NOT ALLOWING ME TO START MY CAR. *TR

Mileage: 106,634

DEFECTIVE SPEEDOMETER. SPEEDOMETER FREQUENTLY LOOSES CALIBRATION AT LOW AND HIGH SPEEDS CAUSING A MISREADING OF VEHICLE SPEED. *TR

Mileage: 90,815

I OPENED THE TRUNK OF MY VEHICLE 2005 CHEVY IMPALA, REACHED INSIDE TO GET SOMETHING THE SUSPENSION CYLINDERS THAT HOLDS THE TRUNK UP BROKE & CAME DOWN ON TOP OF ME. CAUSING A HEAD LACERATION & FILLETED MY FOREARM. SOMEONE NEEDS TO BE MADE TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS IT WOULD HAVE KILLED A CHILD HAD I...

MY 2005 IMPALA THAT HAS 47,000 MILES ON IS NOLONGER HAS WORKING SPEEDOMETER,GAS GAUGE OR TEMP GAUGE. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE DUE TO I NOLONGER HAVE CORRECT INFORMATION ON THE SPEED THAT I'M DRIVING WITH MY CHILDREN IN THE CAR. I CAN ONLY USE MY EDUCATED GUESS ON HOW MUCH GAS I HAVE AND WILL NOT KNOW ...

Mileage: 47,832

2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. FAILING SPEEDOMETER. THIS FAILURE HAS BEEN INTERMITTENT FOR OVER 1 YEAR. THE FIRST TIME I EXPERIENCED IT I WAS DRIVING ON A 4 LANE DIVIDED HIGHWAY AND DUE TO THE SLOW FAILURE OF THE SPEEDOMETER I WAS PASSING EVERYONE THINKING THEY WERE DRIVING SLOW. WHEN THE SPEEDOMETER DRO...

Mileage: 80,335

ON SATURDAY JULY 18, 2009 I WAS DRIVING MY 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA ON HIGHWAY 10 IN TAWASSEN BRITISH COLUMBIA HEADING EAST BOUND. I ACCELERATED FROM A STOP LIGHT AND WAS TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH WHEN MY DRIVER AND PASSENGER AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. I HAD NOT STRUCK ANYTHING WITH THE VEHICLE, NOR HAD...

Mileage: 89,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER CLUSTER FAILED. THE DIAL GOES STRAIGHT DOWN AND DOES NOT REGISTER CORRECTLY. THE FAILURE HAS OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY FOR ONE YEAR. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN INSPECTED BY A DEALER OR MECHANIC. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN...

Mileage: 60,000

I WAS SOLD A VEHICLE FROM A CAR DEALERSHIP THAT SUPPOSEDLY HAD A 100+ POINT INSPECTION INCLUDING SAFETY EQUIPMENT. AFTER TAKING THE VEHICLE TO MY MECHANIC, I FOUND THAT THE REAR BRAKES HAD ONLY 10% BRAKE PAD LEFT AND THE POWER STEERING WAS COMPROMISED. *TR

Mileage: 119,759

I WAS SOLD A VEHICLE FROM A CAR DEALERSHIP THAT SUPPOSEDLY HAD A 100+ POINT INSPECTION INCLUDING SAFETY EQUIPMENT. AFTER TAKING THE VEHICLE TO MY MECHANIC, I FOUND THAT THE REAR BRAKES HAD ONLY 10% BRAKE PAD LEFT AND THE POWER STEERING WAS COMPROMISED. *TR

Mileage: 119,759

2005 CHEVY IMPALA SPEEDOMETER STICKING OR NOT WORKING AT ALL. *TR

Mileage: 87,007

2005 CHEVY IMPALA SPEEDOMETER WENT OUT OF NO WHERE..EVERY REPAIR PLACE IN TOWN TELLS ME THEY KNOW ABOUT THE PROBLEM WITH ALL GM CARS BETWEEN 2004-2006 BUT NO RECALL SO IT WILL COST ME $700 TO GET IT FIXED..ALSO GASKET IN FUEL LINE MISSING THAT'S AN OTHER $280. *TR

Mileage: 49,000

2005 CHEVY IMPALA SPEEDOMETER WENT OUT OF NO WHERE..EVERY REPAIR PLACE IN TOWN TELLS ME THEY KNOW ABOUT THE PROBLEM WITH ALL GM CARS BETWEEN 2004-2006 BUT NO RECALL SO IT WILL COST ME $700 TO GET IT FIXED..ALSO GASKET IN FUEL LINE MISSING THAT'S AN OTHER $280. *TR

Mileage: 49,000

I PREVIOUSLY HAD MY 2004 PONTIAC GRAND AM'S PASSLOCK SYSTEM FOUL UP ON ME. I FOUND INFORMATION ABOUT IT ONLINE AND GOT IT STARTED AGAIN. NOW MY 2005 CHEVY IMPALA DID IT TODAY. THIS PASSLOCK SYSTEM IS FAULTY AND EXPENSIVE TO REPLACE EACH TIME IT DOES THIS AND IT'S ALMOST A GUARANTEE IT WILL HAPPEN...

THE SPEEDOMETER JUST STOPPED WORKING, THE DAY BEFORE IT WAS FINE. I KNOW ALOT OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE IMPALAS AND THEIR SPEEDOMETERS DON'T WORK EITHER. THIS IS NOT SAFE DRIVING NOT KNOWING HOW FAST YOUR GOING. I HAVE KIDS AND I TRAVEL ALOT SO I THINK CHEVY SHOULD RE-CALL THIS SOON. *TR

Mileage: 753,100

TL*- THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE HAS EXPERIENCED SEVERAL FAILURES OVER THE LAST YEAR. WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH HE NOTICED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER WAS FAILING TO DISPLAYING THAT HE WAS GOING AT A HIGHER SPEED, WHEN THE CONTACT STOPPED AT AN INTERSECTION HE THEN NO...

Mileage: 42,000

SPEEDOMETER IS NOT WORKING. WITH ALL THE COMPLAINTS ABOUT INSTRUMENT PANELS IN GM VEHICLES, YOU WOULD THINK IT IS TIME FOR A RECALL. I BELIEVE THEY RECALLED SUV'S, SO WHY NOT RECALL CARS. FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, MY SPEEDOMETER IS JUST THE BEGINNING OF MY INSTRUMENT PROBLEMS ON THE IMPALA THAT I PUR...

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE INSTRUMENT PANEL GAUGES WERE INOPERATIVE AND DISPLAYED INACCURATE READINGS. IN ADDITION, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED SPORADICALLY, THE REAR PASSENGER TAIL LIGHT WAS POORLY ILLUMINATED, AND THE BATTERY FAILED SPONTANEOUSLY. ...

Mileage: 120,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE INSTRUMENT PANEL GAUGES WERE INOPERATIVE AND DISPLAYED INACCURATE READINGS. IN ADDITION, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED SPORADICALLY, THE REAR PASSENGER TAIL LIGHT WAS POORLY ILLUMINATED, AND THE BATTERY FAILED SPONTANEOUSLY. ...

Mileage: 120,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE INSTRUMENT PANEL GAUGES WERE INOPERATIVE AND DISPLAYED INACCURATE READINGS. IN ADDITION, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED SPORADICALLY, THE REAR PASSENGER TAIL LIGHT WAS POORLY ILLUMINATED, AND THE BATTERY FAILED SPONTANEOUSLY. ...

Mileage: 120,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER DISPLAYS INACCURATE READINGS. WHEN THE VEHICLE IS PARKED, THE SPEEDOMETER READS 30 MPH. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, IT READS 100 MPH. THE DEALER STATED THAT IT WOULD COST $500 TO REPAIR THE SPEEDOMETER. THE CONTACT B...

Mileage: 59,000

BRAKES HAD TO BE FIXED THREE TIMES UNDER A DEFECT. NO NOTICE WAS RECEIVED BY DEALER. A LOCAL DEALER LET ME KNOW TO BRING THE CAR BACK TO DEALER TO BE FIXED. BY THE LAST TIME THE BRAKES WERE FIXED, WARRANTY WAS OUT. BRAKES SHOULD HAVE BEEN FIXED FOR FREE DUE TO DEFECT IN ROTORS. NOW THERE IS A PR...

Mileage: 15,000

THE SPEEDOMETER ON MY 05 IMPALA DIDN'T WORK PROPERLY. IT WOULD AT TIMES STOP WORKING, AND OTHERS, NOT READ THE CORRECT SPEED. THE SPEEDO JUT STOPPED WORKING PROPERLY. IT WOULD DO THAT ALL THE TIME, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT WOULD GET DAMP OR HUMID OUT. I CHECKED AND GM DID NOTHING TO RECALL IT. I HAD TO PA...

Mileage: 38,000

I HAVE A 2005 IMPALA AND I'VE BEEN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH THE STEERING AND WAS TOLD BY A GM MECHANIC THAT IT WAS MY TIRES, SO I HAD ALL 4 TIRES REPLACED AND STILL HAVE ISSUES WHEN TURNING THE WHEEL. I CAN HEAR AND FEEL A CLICKING/POPPING NOSE EVERYTIME. *TR

SPEEDOMETER IS MALFUNCTIONING BY GIVING INACCURATE READINGS AT SLOW AND HIGH SPEEDS. *TR

Mileage: 85,000

MY SPEEDOMETER IS NOT FUNCTIONING ON MY 005 IMPALA AND HAS NOT FOR MONTHS. IT WILL SAY YOU ARE DOING 100 WHEN PARKED AND NEVER COMES BACK DOWN UNLESS YOU KEEP RESTARTING THEN ENGINE TO MAKE IT "SHOCK DROP" BACK DOWN. THE DEALER WANTS $400+ TO REPLACE THE WHOLE UNIT. IT SEEMS THAT FROM JUST A LITTLE ...

Mileage: 56,000

SPEEDOMETER DOES NOT WORK ON MY 2005 CHEVY IMPALA AND GM HAS ADMITTED THIS IS DUE TO FAULTY PARTS. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION SINCE IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO DETERMINE ACCURATE SPEED. *TR

Mileage: 76,342

I HAVE A 2005 IMPALA SS, THE VEHICLE HAS STARTING PROBLEMS WHICH BEGAN AT 8,000 MILES. IF THE CAR SITS MORE THAN TWO DAYS WITHOUT BEING DRIVEN THE BATTERY GOES DEAD. THERE IS A SERIOUS ELECTRICAL DRAIN ON THE BATTERY. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALERS SERVICE DEPARTMENT ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, THEY TELL ...

Mileage: 8,100

OUR COMPLAINT IS ABOUT GM'S UNWILLINGNESS TO RECALL 2005 CHEVY IMPALA'S FOR THE SPEEDOMETER INSTRUMENT CLUSTER (STEPPER MOTOR) ISSUE. APPARENTLY, THEY'VE RECALLED THE TRUCKS BUT NOT THE CARS. THAT'S TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE. I HAVE TO PAY $500 TO GET THIS FIXED AND THEY ARE AWARE OF THE ISSUE BUT, N...

SPEEDOMETER READING TO SLOW THEN TO FAST NOW NOTHING. *TR

Mileage: 104,285

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT A SECURITY WARNING INDICATOR WOULD SPORADICALLY ILLUMINATE ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START. SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, BUT A DIAGNOSTIC TEST WAS NOT PERFORMED. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT IT WOUL...

Mileage: 83,000

CAR CAN BE PARKED FOR SEVERAL HOURS OR A FEW MINUTES AND THERE IS A STRONG ODOR OF GAS COMING THROUGH THE AIR VENTS, NO LEAKS OR SPILLS OF GAS ARE PRESENT, ONLY HAPPENS SPORADICALLY NOT EVERY DAY OR EVEN EVERY WEEK IT IS REALLY WEIRD. SERVICE MECHANIC CAN FIND NOTHING WRONG. THIS IS A 2005 CHEVRO...

Mileage: 42,500

TUESDAY, 1/27/09, WHILE DRIVING ON A LOCAL COUNTRY ROAD TO WORK AT 6:15 AM, VEHICLE HEADLIGHTS AND OTHER EXTERIOR LIGHTS WENT DARK. DASHBOARD LIGHTS STAYED ON, BUT OTHER EXTERIOR LIGHTS WENT DARK FOR 8 TO 10 SECONDS. SAME THING OCCURRED AGAIN MONDAY MORNING, 02/02/09. NO DIMMING OR WARNING, LIGH...

Mileage: 47,110

ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO MY SPEEDOMETER QUIT WORKING. I WOULD BE DRIVING AND IT WOULD REGISTER 100 MPH WHEN I WAS NOT GOING BUT ABOUT 30 MPH. AROUND THE SAME TIME MY HORN QUIT WORKING. WHEN I HONKED IT, IT WOULD SOUND FAINT UNTIL IT JUST QUIT. ALSO, WHEN I TRY TO PUT MY CAR IN GEAR IT IS REALLY HARD TO A...

Mileage: 27,500

ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO MY SPEEDOMETER QUIT WORKING. I WOULD BE DRIVING AND IT WOULD REGISTER 100 MPH WHEN I WAS NOT GOING BUT ABOUT 30 MPH. AROUND THE SAME TIME MY HORN QUIT WORKING. WHEN I HONKED IT, IT WOULD SOUND FAINT UNTIL IT JUST QUIT. ALSO, WHEN I TRY TO PUT MY CAR IN GEAR IT IS REALLY HARD TO A...

Mileage: 27,500

ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO MY SPEEDOMETER QUIT WORKING. I WOULD BE DRIVING AND IT WOULD REGISTER 100 MPH WHEN I WAS NOT GOING BUT ABOUT 30 MPH. AROUND THE SAME TIME MY HORN QUIT WORKING. WHEN I HONKED IT, IT WOULD SOUND FAINT UNTIL IT JUST QUIT. ALSO, WHEN I TRY TO PUT MY CAR IN GEAR IT IS REALLY HARD TO A...

Mileage: 27,500

TRANSMISSION IS FAULTY. I ONLY HAVE 100,00 MILES ON AN 2005 CHEVY IMPALA, I HAVE TO REPLACE THE WATER PUMP AND RADIATOR. NOW IN DECEMBER I HAVE TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION. *TR

Mileage: 112,107

TRANSMISSION IS FAULTY. I ONLY HAVE 100,00 MILES ON AN 2005 CHEVY IMPALA, I HAVE TO REPLACE THE WATER PUMP AND RADIATOR. NOW IN DECEMBER I HAVE TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION. *TR

Mileage: 112,107

THE SPEEDOMETER ON THE VEHICLE DOES NOT WORK, AND IT HAS ALMOST COST ME TO GET A TICKET, SINCE I DON'T KNOW HOW FAST I AM GOING. THEY IS A PENDING SETTLEMENT, BUT THAT DOES NOT HELP ME. THE SPEEDOMETER SAID THAT I WAS GOING 20MPH, AND WHEN I WAS PULLED OVER, I WAS TOLD THAT I WAS GOING 67MPH IN A ...

Mileage: 84,000

2005 CHEVY IMPALA SPEEDOMETER IMPROPERLY WORKING SHOW I AM DOING 100MPH WHEN I AM ONLY DOING 35. *TR

Mileage: 55,000

MY SPEEDOMETER DOES NOT WORK IT STARTED OUT READING THE WRONG SPEED NOW IT IS PEGGED ALL THE WAY OUT THE NEEDLE LAYS ON THE D FOR DRIVE. I FEEL THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE DUE TO NEVER KNOWING HOW FAST YOU ARE GOING. *TR

Mileage: 58,000

SPEEDOMETER SAID I WAS DOING 87 MPH WHEN CAR WAS SHUT OFF AND IN PARK. TOOK CAR TO DEALER, HAD INSTRUMENT CLUSTER REPLACED. ALSO HAD THEM CHECK POP IN THE STEERING( MADE NOISE WHEN I BOUGHT IT FROM DEALER WITH LESS THAN 31,000 MILES ON IT. DEALER REPLACED INSTRUMENT PANEL CLUSTER, STEERING SHAFT AND...

Mileage: 48,544

SPEEDOMETER SAID I WAS DOING 87 MPH WHEN CAR WAS SHUT OFF AND IN PARK. TOOK CAR TO DEALER, HAD INSTRUMENT CLUSTER REPLACED. ALSO HAD THEM CHECK POP IN THE STEERING( MADE NOISE WHEN I BOUGHT IT FROM DEALER WITH LESS THAN 31,000 MILES ON IT. DEALER REPLACED INSTRUMENT PANEL CLUSTER, STEERING SHAFT AND...

Mileage: 48,544

SPEEDOMETER SAID I WAS DOING 87 MPH WHEN CAR WAS SHUT OFF AND IN PARK. TOOK CAR TO DEALER, HAD INSTRUMENT CLUSTER REPLACED. ALSO HAD THEM CHECK POP IN THE STEERING( MADE NOISE WHEN I BOUGHT IT FROM DEALER WITH LESS THAN 31,000 MILES ON IT. DEALER REPLACED INSTRUMENT PANEL CLUSTER, STEERING SHAFT AND...

Mileage: 48,544

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE SPEEDOMETER DISPLAYED 100 MPH. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP AND THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER FAILED. THE REPAIR WOULD COST $350. THE VEHICLE HAS...

Mileage: 41,200

THE SPEEDOMETER DOES NOT WORK ON MY VEHICLE, MAKING IT UNSAFE TO DETERMINE THE RATE OF SPEED WHEN TRAVELING. *TR

THE GAUGE CLUSTER WENT ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO. THE TEMPS WAS READING HOT WHEN IT WAS NOT AND THE SPEED WOULD SAY 100MPH WHEN I WOULD BE GOING 50MPH. I SPENT OVER $100 TO SEE IF THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE RADIATOR TURNS OUT THERE WAS NOT. I GOT IT REPLACED AND WITHIN A YEAR IT WAS MESSED UP AGAIN. I HA...

Mileage: 45,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHEN THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO START THE VEHICLE AFTER IT HAD BEEN PARKED FOR HOURS, SHE SMELLED A STRONG ODOR OF FUEL THROUGH THE AIR VENTS. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING. THERE WAS NO FUEL SPILLAGE ON THE GROUND. THE AUTHORIZED DEALER WAS NOTI...

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE HEADLIGHTS FAILED 4-5 INTERMITTENTLY FOR OVER THREE MONTHS. WHEN THE HIGH BEAM LIGHTS WERE USED, THE LOW BEAMS FAILED. WHILE DRIVING, THE CONTACT HEARD A CLICKING NOISE BEFORE THE LIGHTS FAILED. THE LOW BEAM LIGHTS WOULD ILLUMINATE AGAIN WHEN HE ...

Mileage: 60,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE HEADLIGHTS FAILED 4-5 INTERMITTENTLY FOR OVER THREE MONTHS. WHEN THE HIGH BEAM LIGHTS WERE USED, THE LOW BEAMS FAILED. WHILE DRIVING, THE CONTACT HEARD A CLICKING NOISE BEFORE THE LIGHTS FAILED. THE LOW BEAM LIGHTS WOULD ILLUMINATE AGAIN WHEN HE ...

Mileage: 60,000

I HAVE A 2005 CHEVY IMPALA WITH 45,200 MILE ON IT AND FROM DAY ONE I HAVE HAD A ELECTRICAL PROBLEM OF SOME SORT EVERY TIME I AM DRIVING ALL MY LIGHTS WILL GO OUT,EVEN ALL MY PANEL LIGHTS INSIDE. I HAVE TO FLICK MY BRIGHTS ON AND OFF SO THEY WILL COME BACK ON. SOME TIMES THIS HAPPENS TWO OR THREE TIM...

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 5-25 MPH, THE SPEEDOMETER AND THE TEMPERATURE GAUGES MOVED UP AND DOWN. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A PERSONAL MECHANIC AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE FAILURE CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO NEED COOLANT. HE FEELS THAT THE VEHICLE IS UNSAFE ...

Mileage: 64,000

THIS PAST SUMMER IN JUNE, THE SPEEDOMETER WOULD READ 40-80 MPH WHEN STOPPED/IDLE. PROBLEM SUBSIDED AFTER A FEW WEEKS. MORE RECENTLY, WITHIN THE LAST 2 WEEKS, MY SPEEDOMETER IN MY 2005 IMPALA WOULD GRADUALLY GO DOWN GRADUALLY DURING LONG DISTANCE TRAVEL (100MI+) ON THE I-10. TO ME, THIS IS A VERY DAN...

Mileage: 35,000

MY 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA WITH THE V-6 3800 ENGINE HAS DEVELOPED A PROBLEM WHERE THE SPEEDOMETER HAS CEASED TO WORK PROPERLY. IT EITHER DOES NOT REGISTER ANY SPEED AT ALL OR IT FAILS TO RETURN TO ZERO WHEN THE CAR IS STOPPED. IN DOING SOME RESEARCH ONLINE THERE ARE NUMEROUS POSTINGS ON EDMONDS.COM ...

Mileage: 112,538

2005 IMPALA 3.4L 55K MILES AT 41K MY SPEEDOMETER, AND TEMP GAUGES NO LONGER WORK ... IT IS DUE TO BAD STEPPER MOTORS. AND GM WANTS OVER 400 DOLLARS TO FIX A PROBLEM THEY KNOW IS WAYYYYYYYYYY TOO COMMON AND I AS WELL AS MANY PEOPLE CANT AFFORD TO FIX THEIR PROBLEM. THIS IS VERY UNSAFE NOT KNOWING...

THE SPEEDOMETER READING ON OUR 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA IS INACCURATE/MALFUNCTIONING. SITTING STILL AT THE STOP LIGHT IT READS 100 MPH AND OTHER TIMES 30 MPH PULLING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY IT READS 70 MPH AND AT OTHER TIMES IT POINTS STRAIGHT DOWN AT THE NEUTRAL INDICATOR WITH NO READING AT ALL. OUR VEHIC...

Mileage: 76,200

GAS GAUGE READS EMPTY WHEN CAR WAS JUST FUELED. SPEEDOMETER AT TIMES READS 0 WHEN I'M DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY. AT TIMES THE SPEEDOMETER WILL READ 65 YET I'M ZOOMING PAST CARS SO WHO KNOWS WHAT SPEED I AM GOING. *TR

Mileage: 94,123

I OWN A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA WITH APPROX. 86,000 MILES ON IT. MY SPEEDOMETER IS GOING HAYWIRE(NOT CONSISTENT AT ALL) AND I AM UNABLE TO CORRECTLY TELL MY SPEED. I KNOW THERE ARE QUITE A BIT OF OTHER GM VEHICLES WITH THE SAME ISSUE BECAUSE THERE IS A BLOG ON THE INTERNET ABOUT THEM. I AM CONCERNED A...

Mileage: 85,000

I HAVE A 2005 CHEVY IMPALA.. FOR PAST TWO WEEKS MY SPEEDOMETER HAS BEEN READING INCORRECTLY. I WAS ON THE INTERSTATE DOING 70 MPH BUT IT FELT MORE LIKE 50. THE PROBLEM STOPPED FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS BUT YESTERDAY.. IT TOOK ANOTHER TURN. I WAS DOING 35MPH BUT THE READING SHOWED 0MPH. IT IS NOW POINTING...

THE SPEEDOMETER IS AT 35 MPH WHEN THE CAR IS AT A STANDSTILL. THE INDICATED SPEED IS INCORRECT WHEN THE CAR IS MOVING, SHOWING A FASTER SPEED THAN THE CAR IS MOVING. *TR

Mileage: 78,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. SPORADICALLY, THE SPEEDOMETER ON THE INSTRUMENT CONTROL PANEL BECOMES INOPERATIVE AND DISPLAYS INACCURATE READINGS. AS A CONSEQUENCE, THE CONTACT CANNOT ACCURATELY MEASURE THE SPEED SHE IS DRIVING. THERE IS ALSO A STRONG FUEL ODOR EMANATING FROM THE VE...

Mileage: 100,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. SPORADICALLY, THE SPEEDOMETER ON THE INSTRUMENT CONTROL PANEL BECOMES INOPERATIVE AND DISPLAYS INACCURATE READINGS. AS A CONSEQUENCE, THE CONTACT CANNOT ACCURATELY MEASURE THE SPEED SHE IS DRIVING. THERE IS ALSO A STRONG FUEL ODOR EMANATING FROM THE VE...

Mileage: 100,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH AT NIGHT ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS, THE HEADLIGHTS UNEXPECTEDLY LOST POWER. THE FAILURE OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE HEADLIGHTS ACTIVATED AUTOMATICALLY WHEN THE ENGINE WAS STARTED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICL...

Mileage: 55,000

TEMPERATURE GAGE IS WORKING ONLY PART TIME, WILL INCREASE ABRUPTLY AND THEN DEGREE JUST AS FAST. LAST WEEK THE SPEEDOMETER CONTINUED TO INCREASE PAST THE NUMBERS THEN DECREASED SLOWLY THROUGHOUT THE DAY. I FILLED UP WITH GAS AND THE SPEEDOMETER STARTED WORKING AGAIN BUT THE TEMPERATURE GAGE FLOATE...

Mileage: 81,579

THE SPEEDOMETER GETS STUCK YOU WILL BE ON THE HIGHWAY DOING 65 AND WHEN YOU GET OFF TO STOP IT WILL SAY THAT YOU ARE GOING 65 WHILE YOU ARE SITTING STILL OR IT WILL NOT MOVE AT ALL IT WILL SAY 0 WHILE DRIVING THIS IS A INSTRUMENT CLUSTER ISSUE AND WILL BE AROUND $500.00 TO FIX BUT I DO NOT HAVE THE ...

Mileage: 102,025

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER WAS MALFUNCTIONING AND WOULD NOT REGISTER THE CORRECT SPEED. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE SPEEDOMETER WOULD REGISTER 70-80 MPH. MOST RECENTLY, WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH, THE SPEEDOMETER REGISTERED MORE T...

Mileage: 74,600

2005 CHEVY IMPALA SS - INSTRUMENT CLUSTER ISSUE. NON WORKING, ERRATIC OR INCORRECT GAUGE INFORMATION. AFFECTING SPEEDOMETER, TEMPERATURE, RPM, AND BOOST GAUGES.*TR

Mileage: 33,500

SPEEDOMETER HAS CEASED TO FUNCTION PROPERLY. WHEN CAR IS TURNED OFF IT'S STUCK AT 80 MPH AND WILL PEG ITSELF OUT AS THE CAR SPEEDS UP. UPON RESEARCH REPAIR WILL COST 300+ DOLLARS. CAR HAS 55,450 MILES. THIS WILL BE REPAIRED UPON PAYCHECK BEING RECEIVED. *TR

Mileage: 55,399

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG SENSOR INDICATOR FOR THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG FLASHES, EVEN WHEN THE PASSENGER SEAT IS UNOCCUPIED. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE IS NOT UNDER RECALL. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 61,000. UP...

Mileage: 61,000

MY SPEEDOMETER IS READING 100 MPH WHEN I'M ONLY GOING 40 - 50. WHEN I COME TO A COMPLETE STOP, THE SPEEDOMETER MAY MOVE TO 60. IT'S TAKEN UP TO 3 - 4 DAYS TO MOVE BACK DOWN TO THE 0. THEN THE SAME PROCESS WILL START ALL OVER AGAIN. THE CAR ALSO TENDS TO DRIVE SLUGGISH WHEN THIS IS HAPPENING. COUL...

MY SPEEDOMETER IS READING 100 MPH WHEN I'M ONLY GOING 40 - 50. WHEN I COME TO A COMPLETE STOP, THE SPEEDOMETER MAY MOVE TO 60. IT'S TAKEN UP TO 3 - 4 DAYS TO MOVE BACK DOWN TO THE 0. THEN THE SAME PROCESS WILL START ALL OVER AGAIN. THE CAR ALSO TENDS TO DRIVE SLUGGISH WHEN THIS IS HAPPENING. COUL...

DIGITAL INSTRUMENT CLUSTER SPEEDOMETER AND FUEL LEVEL GAUGE, SPEEDOMETER GOES PAST 120MPH WHILE DRIVING AND CONTINUES CLIMBING UNTIL THE ENGINE IS SHUT OFF, FUEL GAUGE DOES THE SAME GOES PAST FULL WHEN LESS THAN FULL. THE PROBLEM IS NOT CONSTANT BUT OCCURS MOSTLY IN DAMP OR RAINY WEATHER. I HAVE FOU...

Mileage: 61,036

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHILE DRIVING LESS THAN 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT DECELERATE WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE CONTACT CONTINUED TO PUMP THE BRAKES UNTIL THE VEHICLE EVENTUALLY SLOWED DOWN. PERIODICALLY, WHILE TRAVELING IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS OR AREAS WHERE TH...

Mileage: 92,500

SPEEDOMETER RANDOMLY READS WAY TOO LOW OR TOO HIGH. *TR

Mileage: 40,000

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE SPEEDOMETER BEGAN READING FASTER THAN ACTUAL SPEED. SPEEDOMETER EVENTUALLY STUCK ON 120 MPH EVEN, WHEN VEHICLE STOPPED. DID CORRECT ITSELF AFTER A WEEK BUT ONLY FOR A FEW WEEKS. NOW DOESN'T REGISTER SPEED AT ALL, JUST STUCK AT 120 MPH. *TR

Mileage: 73,000

THE INSTRUMENT PANEL ON MY 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA GOES HAYWIRE. THE SPEEDOMETER WILL NOT REGISTER CORRECTLY. WHEN I'M DRIVING, IT REGISTERS 0. SOMETIMES WHEN I AM DRIVING 25 MPH IT IS REGISTERING 120. MY GAS GAUGE ALSO REGISTERS EMPTY WHEN I HAVE JUST FILLED MY CAR WITH GAS. SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO L...

1 WEEK AGO SPEEDOMETER STARTED MALFUNCTIONING READING AT 120 WHILE DRIVING AND WENT DOWN TO 60 AT A STOP. AFTER 2 DAYS WENT BACK DOWN TO 0 AND THE NEXT DAY RETURNED TO 60 AT REST AND UP TO 120+ WHILE DRIVING. THIS MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT TO ACCURATELY GAUGE YOUR SPEED ESPECIALLY THROUGH SCHOOL ZON...

Mileage: 84,000

2005 IMPALA POPPING SOUND MADE IN STEERING WHEEL WHEN TURNING VEHICLE. AFTER CONSULTING WITH MECHANIC HE STATED IT COULD BE A PROBLEM THAT COULD CAUSE MY STEERING TO FAIL WHILE DRIVING. AFTER PERFORMING RESEARCH ONLINE IT APPEARS THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE INITIAL DESIGN OF THE VEHICLE'S ST...

SEVERAL DAYS AGO THE SPEEDOMETER IN MY 2005 CHEVY IMPALA MALFUNCTIONED. IT HAS SINCE CONTINUED TO NOT FUNCTION. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS NO CHILD SAFETY LATCH ON THE REAR PASSENGER SEAT DOORS. ONCE THE VEHICLE IS STARTED, THE DOORS AUTOMATICALLY LOCKED. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE CONTACT'S FOUR YEAR OLD GRANDDAUGHTER WAS IN THE BACK SEAT OF THE VEHICLE A...

Mileage: 66,000

LOW BEAM MALFUNCTION. LOW BEAM CONNECTOR COMPLETELY FRIED. CONNECTOR MELTED ON TO THE BULB. 3-5 BULBS NEED TO BE REPLACED EACH MONTH AND MUST TAKE IT TO THE AUTO SHOP TO HAVE A NEW CONNECTOR PLACED ON AS WELL. CHEVY WOULD NOT HELP, SAID IT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. DEALER SAID THAT MY WHOLE EL...

THE CAR IS 3 YEARS OLD AND THE SPEEDOMETER BEGAN TO MALFUNCTION IT WOULD NOT ACCURATELY REGISTER SPEED AFTER JUST TURNING CAR ON WHILE STILL IN PARK SPEEDOMETER READ 80MPH THEN AFTER 1 WEEK OF DOING SO STOPPED WORKING ALL TOGETHER. *TR

Mileage: 63,000

DRIVING AT 30 MPH, THE SPEEDOMETER ON MY 2005 CHEVY IMPALA STOPPED WORKING. I STOPPED AND STARTED THE ENGINE A COUPLE OF TIMES AND TRAVELED SHORT DISTANCES BUT THE SPEEDOMETER WILL NO LONGER REGISTER ANY SPEEDS. THERE ARE 47039 MILES ON THE CAR. IT WILL GO TO THE REPAIR SHOP NEXT WEEK -- COST TO ...

Mileage: 47,039

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. OCCASIONALLY, WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE SPEEDOMETER WOULD REGISTER ZERO OR WOULD REGISTER 20 TO 30 MPH. THE CONTACT HAD NOT TAKEN HIS VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIR. THE FAILURE HAD OCCURRED ON THREE OR FOUR OCCASIONS. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE....

Mileage: 75,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. INTERMITTENTLY, WHEN THE HEAT OR AIR CONDITIONING IS ACTIVATED, THE SPEEDOMETER DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED BY A DEALER. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 30,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 22,000.

Mileage: 22,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE CONTACT SMELLS GASOLINE. THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO RUN HOT AND LOSE POWER. IN ADDITION, THE THERMOSTAT BECAME VERY HOT. THE VEHICLE HAS NEVER SHUT OFF, BUT IT BEHAVES AS IF IT WILL AT ANY MOMENT. THE DEALER STATED THAT HER ...

Mileage: 73,000

SPEEDOMETER FUNCTIONS INTERMITTENTLY, SHOWS FALSE SPEED, DOESN'T ZERO OR STICKS. *TR

Mileage: 560,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHEN THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD GRINDING NOISE. WITHIN A YEAR, THE FAILURE PROGRESSIVELY WORSENED. THE TIRES WERE ROTATED AND THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE BRAKE ROTORS HAD EXCESSIVE CORROSION AND RUST. THE DEALER S...

Mileage: 30,000

I WAS DRIVING ALONG SIDE THE POLICE WHEN I LOOKED DOWN TO MAKE SURE I WAS NOT SPEEDING WHEN I NOTICED THE SPEEDOMETER WAS ON 90MPH. I KNEW THAT HAD TO BE INCORRECT BUT I SLOWED DOWN ANYWAY JUST BECAUSE I WAS UNSURE. WHEN I STOPPED AT THE RED LIGHT THE SPEEDOMETER WAS ON 90MPH STILL AND I WAS SITTING...

Mileage: 106,911

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE CONTACT GLANCED AT THE HEAT GAUGE, WHICH READ 260 DEGREES. SHE PULLED OVER, SHUT OFF, AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE; HOWEVER, THE HEAT GAUGE STILL INDICATED 260 DEGREES. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A LOCAL MECHANI...

Mileage: 42,250

SPEEDOMETER QUIT WORKING AT ABOUT 60000 MILES. IT IS PART OF AN "INSTRUMENT CLUSTER" THAT COSTS $600. SOUNDS LIKE IT IS A POPULAR PROBLEM!!! *TR

HEADLIGHT INTERMITTENT FAILURE ON HIGH BEAM. CLICK TO LOW BEAM AND LIGHTS COME BACK ON. DISCONCERTING WHEN IT HAPPENS AT NIGHT AT HIGH SPEED. CHEVROLET DEALER REPLACED BODY CONTROL MODULE AT $362, BUT DID NOT SOLVE PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 50,000

SPEEDOMETER MALFUNCTIONS. SOMETIMES IT REGISTERS WRONG SPEED, SOMETIMES REGISTERS A SPEED EVEN THOUGH SITTING STILL. BEGAN AT ABOUT 55,000 MILES. DID RESEARCH AND FOUND TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM BUT NO RECALLS AND NO HELP WHATSOEVER FROM GM. *TR

Mileage: 55,000

NO CRASHES NO INCIDENTS, JUST DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND THE SPEEDOMETER AND TEMP GAUGE WENT HAYWIRE. SPEEDOMETER WOULD NOT READ OR REGISTER. UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM, THAT CHEVROLET ACKNOWLEDGES. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BY THE GOV.'T. *TR

Mileage: 104,235

THE SPEEDOMETER STOPPED WORKING WHILE DRIVING THE CAR UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS. IT NOW SITS NEAR THE GEAR INDICATOR ON THE CLUSTER NEXT TO NEUTRAL. *TR

Mileage: 90,000

I WAS COMING HOME FROM WORK AFTER A SNOW STORM, I HAD TURNED THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ON TO GET THE SNOW OFF SO I COULD SO. AS I TRIED TO TURN THE WIPERS TO THE OFF POSITION THEY WOULD NOT GO DOWN. THEY STILL WORK IF I NEED THEM BUT DO NOT GO TO THE PARK POSITION, INSTEAD THEY STICK RIGHT UP IN FRONT O...

2005 CHEVY IMPALA LOST CONTROL ON THE WET ROADWAY. CONSUMER WENT OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ROADWAY AND STRUCK THE MEDIAN WALL, ROTATED AND STRUCK THE MEDIAN WALL AGAIN. *NJ ACCORDING TO THE POLICE REPORT, THE TIRES WERE WORN WITH EXCESSIVE WEAR TO THE EDGES. OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT # 10-034...

VEHICLES SPEEDOMETER JUST QUITS WORKING, IT EITHER READS REALLY HIGH OR READS ZERO. YOU CAN NEVER TELL IF YOUR GETTING AN ACCURATE READING OR NOT. HAVE NOT CORRECTED THE PROBLEM YET I FEEL CHEVROLET SHOULD HAVE A RECALL DUE TO THE HIGH EXPENSE. *TR

Mileage: 65,000

I HAVE HAD ALL KINDS OF PROBLEMS WITH MY 2005 CHEVY IMPALA. WHEN I GO TO START MY CAR IT DOESN'T START, MY LIGHTS DEM OUT, THERE IS A POPPING NOISE IN THE STEERING WHEEL, THERE IS A LOUD NOISE WHEN I TURN IT TO THE RIGHT, WHEN I TURN THE A/C ON THERE IS A LOUD NOISE, AND THERE IS A RATTLE IN THE DA...

I HAVE INTERMITTENT PROBLEMS WITH THE SPEEDOMETER MALFUNCTIONING. I CANNOT PREDICT WHEN THE MALFUNCTION WILL OCCUR. THE SPEEDOMETER WILL READ 20 MPH WHEN I AM DRIVING WITH THE FLOW OF HIGHWAY TRAFFIC. SOMETIMES TURNING OFF THE ENGINE AND RESTARTING IT WILL SOLVE THE PROBLEM, BUT NOT ALWAYS. I SE...

Mileage: 59,000

DRIVING DOWN PAVED ROAD HEADLIGHTS WILL GO OUT SOMETIMES THEY WILL COME BACK ON AND SOMETIMES THEY WON'T. I ALSO HAVE REPORTED MY SPEEDOMETER SHOWING 80 OR 90 MPH WHEN I AM DRIVING AT NORMAL SPEEDS AND 40 OR 50 MPH WHEN COMPLETELY STOPPED - SOMETIMES IT WILL NOT WORK AT ALL. VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN R...

Mileage: 85,000

DRIVING DOWN PAVED ROAD HEADLIGHTS WILL GO OUT SOMETIMES THEY WILL COME BACK ON AND SOMETIMES THEY WON'T. I ALSO HAVE REPORTED MY SPEEDOMETER SHOWING 80 OR 90 MPH WHEN I AM DRIVING AT NORMAL SPEEDS AND 40 OR 50 MPH WHEN COMPLETELY STOPPED - SOMETIMES IT WILL NOT WORK AT ALL. VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN R...

Mileage: 85,000

DRIVING DOWN PAVED ROAD HEADLIGHTS WILL GO OUT SOMETIMES THEY WILL COME BACK ON AND SOMETIMES THEY WON'T. I ALSO HAVE REPORTED MY SPEEDOMETER SHOWING 80 OR 90 MPH WHEN I AM DRIVING AT NORMAL SPEEDS AND 40 OR 50 MPH WHEN COMPLETELY STOPPED - SOMETIMES IT WILL NOT WORK AT ALL. VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN R...

Mileage: 85,000

DRIVING DOWN PAVED ROAD HEADLIGHTS WILL GO OUT SOMETIMES THEY WILL COME BACK ON AND SOMETIMES THEY WON'T. I ALSO HAVE REPORTED MY SPEEDOMETER SHOWING 80 OR 90 MPH WHEN I AM DRIVING AT NORMAL SPEEDS AND 40 OR 50 MPH WHEN COMPLETELY STOPPED - SOMETIMES IT WILL NOT WORK AT ALL. VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN R...

Mileage: 85,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A LOCAL SERVICE SHOP AND DISCOVERED THAT THE BRAKE ROTORS WERE MADE WITH DEFECTIVE MATERIAL, WHICH CAUSED THEM TO FAIL PREMATURELY. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE CONTACT WOULD HAVE TO PAY A STANDARD CHARGE OF $65 JUST TO HAV...

Mileage: 60,000

CAR FAILS TO START ABOUT ONCE A MONTH FOR THE PAST FOUR MONTHS--ALWAYS FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. RADIO PLAYS AND DASHBOARD LIGHTS WORK, BUT ENGINE FAILS TO TURN OVER. OFTEN SECURITY WARNING DISPLAYS IN INSTRUMENT PANEL. AFTER TURNING THE KEY MANY TIMES FOR 10 MINUTES OR SO, THE CAR STARTS UP WITH ...

Mileage: 80,000

SPEEDOMETER SHOWS 80 TO 90 MPH EVEN WHEN YOU ARE GOING 30 OR 40 MPH. I WAS COMPLETELY STOPPED AND THE SPEEDOMETER SHOWED 40 MPH. THE CAR DEALER SAID THAT IT WILL COST $300 + JUST FOR THE PART. *TR

SPEEDOMETER QUICK WORKING AT 46,000 MILES. *TR

Mileage: 46,000

9/29/2006 I PURCHASED A USED 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA FROM MISSION AUTOMOTIVE AND AN EAGLE WARRANTY. ON 1/31/2008 THE CAR HAD A "COOLANT" PROBLEM OR OVER-HEAT PROBLEM OF WHICH I TOOK IT IMMEDIATELY TO THE CERTIFIED CHEVY. DEALER. EAGLE WARRANTY SENT AN AGENT TO LOOK AT THE CAR AFTER I PAID $600 TO HAV...

Mileage: 96,542

9/29/2006 I PURCHASED A USED 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA FROM MISSION AUTOMOTIVE AND AN EAGLE WARRANTY. ON 1/31/2008 THE CAR HAD A "COOLANT" PROBLEM OR OVER-HEAT PROBLEM OF WHICH I TOOK IT IMMEDIATELY TO THE CERTIFIED CHEVY. DEALER. EAGLE WARRANTY SENT AN AGENT TO LOOK AT THE CAR AFTER I PAID $600 TO HAV...

Mileage: 96,542

PREMATURE FAILURE OF LEFT TIE ROD END. FAILED AT 28,000 MILES. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS DO NOT GO DOWN WHEN THE VEHICLE IS TURNED OFF OR WHEN THE WIPERS ARE DEACTIVATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A MECHANIC, WHO STATED THAT THE WIPER MOTOR WAS BAD. THE CONTACT DISAGREES BECAUSE THE WINDSHIELD W...

Mileage: 75,845

WHEN TURNING ON THE HEAT THE SMELL OF GAS. *TR

MOST RECENT INCIDENT WAS APRIL 27, 2008. SPEEDOMETER REPEATEDLY STICKS ON 2005 CHEVY IMPALA. CAR HAS APPROX 80,000 MILES. INACCURACY IN SPEEDOMETER READING HAS SO FAR NOT RESULTED IN TRAFFIC TICKETS- ONLY WARNINGS. I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS MALFUNCTION ON THE INTERNET AND FOUND THAT THIS IS A VERY C...

Mileage: 81,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE FOLLOWING DAY AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED, THE SPEEDOMETER STOPPED WORKING. A CLUSTER WAS REPAIRED AND A NEW STEERING COLUMN WAS INSTALLED AT THE COST OF $465. AFTER THE CLUSTER WAS REPLACED, THE SPEEDOMETER BEGAN TO WORK. WHILE DRIVING BETWEE...

Mileage: 64,480

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE FOLLOWING DAY AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED, THE SPEEDOMETER STOPPED WORKING. A CLUSTER WAS REPAIRED AND A NEW STEERING COLUMN WAS INSTALLED AT THE COST OF $465. AFTER THE CLUSTER WAS REPLACED, THE SPEEDOMETER BEGAN TO WORK. WHILE DRIVING BETWEE...

Mileage: 64,480

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE FOLLOWING DAY AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED, THE SPEEDOMETER STOPPED WORKING. A CLUSTER WAS REPAIRED AND A NEW STEERING COLUMN WAS INSTALLED AT THE COST OF $465. AFTER THE CLUSTER WAS REPLACED, THE SPEEDOMETER BEGAN TO WORK. WHILE DRIVING BETWEE...

Mileage: 64,480

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE FOLLOWING DAY AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED, THE SPEEDOMETER STOPPED WORKING. A CLUSTER WAS REPAIRED AND A NEW STEERING COLUMN WAS INSTALLED AT THE COST OF $465. AFTER THE CLUSTER WAS REPLACED, THE SPEEDOMETER BEGAN TO WORK. WHILE DRIVING BETWEE...

Mileage: 64,480

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE FOLLOWING DAY AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED, THE SPEEDOMETER STOPPED WORKING. A CLUSTER WAS REPAIRED AND A NEW STEERING COLUMN WAS INSTALLED AT THE COST OF $465. AFTER THE CLUSTER WAS REPLACED, THE SPEEDOMETER BEGAN TO WORK. WHILE DRIVING BETWEE...

Mileage: 64,480

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE SPEEDOMETER DISPLAYED INACCURATE READINGS. WHEN THE VEHICLE IS STOPPED, THE SPEEDOMETER DISPLAYS 80 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. ...

Mileage: 51,000

POWER STEERING TOTAL QUIT WORKING ON TWO OCCASIONS IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS AND WE WERE STRANDED ON THE ROAD AND HAD TO HAVE AUTO TOWED TO DEALER. *TR

Mileage: 21,000

SPEEDOMETER IN 2005 CHEVY IMPALA STICKS. YOU ARE GOING 35MPH AND THE SPEEDOMETER WILL READ 85 TO 90 MPH. CALLED GM CUSTOMER SERVICE. THEY TOLD ME I HAD TO GET A $80 DIAGNOSTICS CHECK ON THE CAR FROM A DEALER, BEFORE THEY WILL TELL ME IF THEY CAN GIVE ME A DISCOUNT TO FIX THE PROBLEM. THE MECHANI...

Mileage: 39,000

I HAVE A 2005 CHEVY IMPALA, CURRENTLY WITH 22,320 MILES. AT MY OIL CHANGE AND TIRE ROTATION, (~20,500) I WAS INFORMED BY REPAIR PLACE THAT THEY WOULD NOT PERFORM THE TIRE ROTATION AS I WOULD BE NEEDING TO REPLACE THE TIRES SOON. I ASKED WHY THEY WERE WEARING SO FAST- I WAS TOLD, THEY NOTICED IT ON M...

Mileage: 13,400

I HAVE A 2005 CHEVY IMPALA, CURRENTLY WITH 22,320 MILES. AT MY OIL CHANGE AND TIRE ROTATION, (~20,500) I WAS INFORMED BY REPAIR PLACE THAT THEY WOULD NOT PERFORM THE TIRE ROTATION AS I WOULD BE NEEDING TO REPLACE THE TIRES SOON. I ASKED WHY THEY WERE WEARING SO FAST- I WAS TOLD, THEY NOTICED IT ON M...

Mileage: 13,400

I HAVE A 2005 CHEVY IMPALA, CURRENTLY WITH 22,320 MILES. AT MY OIL CHANGE AND TIRE ROTATION, (~20,500) I WAS INFORMED BY REPAIR PLACE THAT THEY WOULD NOT PERFORM THE TIRE ROTATION AS I WOULD BE NEEDING TO REPLACE THE TIRES SOON. I ASKED WHY THEY WERE WEARING SO FAST- I WAS TOLD, THEY NOTICED IT ON M...

Mileage: 13,400

I HAVE A 2005 CHEVY IMPALA, CURRENTLY WITH 22,320 MILES. AT MY OIL CHANGE AND TIRE ROTATION, (~20,500) I WAS INFORMED BY REPAIR PLACE THAT THEY WOULD NOT PERFORM THE TIRE ROTATION AS I WOULD BE NEEDING TO REPLACE THE TIRES SOON. I ASKED WHY THEY WERE WEARING SO FAST- I WAS TOLD, THEY NOTICED IT ON M...

Mileage: 13,400

I HAVE A 2005 CHEVY IMPALA, CURRENTLY WITH 22,320 MILES. AT MY OIL CHANGE AND TIRE ROTATION, (~20,500) I WAS INFORMED BY REPAIR PLACE THAT THEY WOULD NOT PERFORM THE TIRE ROTATION AS I WOULD BE NEEDING TO REPLACE THE TIRES SOON. I ASKED WHY THEY WERE WEARING SO FAST- I WAS TOLD, THEY NOTICED IT ON M...

Mileage: 13,400

I HAVE A 2005 CHEVY IMPALA, CURRENTLY WITH 22,320 MILES. AT MY OIL CHANGE AND TIRE ROTATION, (~20,500) I WAS INFORMED BY REPAIR PLACE THAT THEY WOULD NOT PERFORM THE TIRE ROTATION AS I WOULD BE NEEDING TO REPLACE THE TIRES SOON. I ASKED WHY THEY WERE WEARING SO FAST- I WAS TOLD, THEY NOTICED IT ON M...

Mileage: 13,400

I HAVE A 2005 CHEVY IMPALA, CURRENTLY WITH 22,320 MILES. AT MY OIL CHANGE AND TIRE ROTATION, (~20,500) I WAS INFORMED BY REPAIR PLACE THAT THEY WOULD NOT PERFORM THE TIRE ROTATION AS I WOULD BE NEEDING TO REPLACE THE TIRES SOON. I ASKED WHY THEY WERE WEARING SO FAST- I WAS TOLD, THEY NOTICED IT ON M...

Mileage: 13,400

I HAVE A 2005 CHEVY IMPALA, CURRENTLY WITH 22,320 MILES. AT MY OIL CHANGE AND TIRE ROTATION, (~20,500) I WAS INFORMED BY REPAIR PLACE THAT THEY WOULD NOT PERFORM THE TIRE ROTATION AS I WOULD BE NEEDING TO REPLACE THE TIRES SOON. I ASKED WHY THEY WERE WEARING SO FAST- I WAS TOLD, THEY NOTICED IT ON M...

Mileage: 13,400

THE SPEEDOMETER WILL AT RANDOM REGISTER THAT YOU ARE GOING FASTER THAN WHAT YOU ARE. THIS CREATES PROBLEM ON THE ROAD AND CAUSE SOMEONE TO BREAK BECAUSE OF FEAR. *TR

Mileage: 67,000

2005 CHEVY IMPALA HAVE HAD MANY PROBLEMS, THE MOST PROBLEMS HAVE STARTED AT 15,000 MILES, I HAVE HAD THE ROTORS REPLACED TWICE AND THE BRAKES REPLACED FOUR TIMES, THE MILEAGE ON THE CAR AT THIS TIME IS 44,900 MILES, THE AIR CONDITIONER WENT OUT AT 35,000 THE DEALER SAID IT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THE ...

Mileage: 15,000

2005 CHEVY IMPALA HAVE HAD MANY PROBLEMS, THE MOST PROBLEMS HAVE STARTED AT 15,000 MILES, I HAVE HAD THE ROTORS REPLACED TWICE AND THE BRAKES REPLACED FOUR TIMES, THE MILEAGE ON THE CAR AT THIS TIME IS 44,900 MILES, THE AIR CONDITIONER WENT OUT AT 35,000 THE DEALER SAID IT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THE ...

Mileage: 15,000

2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA CAUGHT FIRE UNDER THE HOOD IN AN ACCIDENT. CONSUMER STATES THAT WHEN THE CAR FIRST CAUGHT FIRE THE VEHICLE STAYED IN DRIVE AND WOULD NOT GO INTO PARK AND IGNITION WOULD NOT TURN OFF CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO FEED FUEL TO THE FIRE. *KB THE DRIVER OF THE IMPALA WAS INVOLVED IN A M...

2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA CAUGHT FIRE UNDER THE HOOD IN AN ACCIDENT. CONSUMER STATES THAT WHEN THE CAR FIRST CAUGHT FIRE THE VEHICLE STAYED IN DRIVE AND WOULD NOT GO INTO PARK AND IGNITION WOULD NOT TURN OFF CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO FEED FUEL TO THE FIRE. *KB THE DRIVER OF THE IMPALA WAS INVOLVED IN A M...

THE INTERMEDIATE SHAFT ON STEERING WEARS OUT CAUSING VIBRATION IN STEERING, WAS REPLACED FREE, BUT WAS A KNOWN PROBLEM TO CHEVROLET YEAR 2005. ALSO REAR BRAKES DO NOT LAST VERY LONG LOW MILEAGE THEY WEAR OUT BEFORE EXPECTED TIME. *TR

Mileage: 22,000

2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA SPEEDOMETER INDICATES HIGHER SPEEDS THAN WHAT I AM ACTUALLY TRAVELING. TURN OFF THE CAR AND THE SPEEDOMETER WILL NOT RESET TO ZERO. *TR

Mileage: 37,100

I HAVE AN 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA WITH 45,000 MILES AND NIGHT TIME DRIVING IS VERY DIFFICULT AND SCARY AS THE HEADLIGHTS WILL GO OFF WITHOUT WARNING AND YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN IT WILL HAPPEN. I HAVE HAD IT IN THE SHOP MULTIPLE TIMES AND THEY HAVE REPLACED PARTS AND STILL HAS NOT FIXED THE PROBLEM. NOW TH...

Mileage: 40,000

I HAVE AN 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA WITH 45,000 MILES AND NIGHT TIME DRIVING IS VERY DIFFICULT AND SCARY AS THE HEADLIGHTS WILL GO OFF WITHOUT WARNING AND YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN IT WILL HAPPEN. I HAVE HAD IT IN THE SHOP MULTIPLE TIMES AND THEY HAVE REPLACED PARTS AND STILL HAS NOT FIXED THE PROBLEM. NOW TH...

Mileage: 40,000

WHEN STARTING VEHICLE AND TURNING ON HEATER THERE IS A STRONG ODOR COMING FROM THE VENTS. I COMPLAINED TO THE DEALER AND NOTHING WAS EVER DONE. I AM AFRAID THAT IT WILL CATCH FIRE. *TR

KEY WOULD NOT TURN IN THE IGNITION. *TR

Mileage: 39,640

SPEEDOMETER BEGAN LOSING SPEED, I.E. BEGAN DROPPING , WITH CRUISE CONTROL ON. NO LOSS OF ROAD SPEED NOTED, DIS-ENGAGED CRUISE CONTROL AND CONTINUED WITH FLOW OF TRAFFIC. SPEEDOMETER CONTINUED TO FALL EVENTUALLY REACHING 0 MPH. SPEEDOMETER BEGAN WORKING AGAIN AFTER SHUTTING VEHICLE OFF. CURRENTLY IT ...

Mileage: 56,500

I OWN A 2005 CHEVY IMPALA. THE HIGH BEAM HEADLIGHTS STARTED GOING OUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO AROUND JULY OR AUG. 2006. AROUND 75,000 MILES WAS WHEN THE PROBLEM STARTED AND I NOW HAVE 96,000 MILES. AT FIRST I WAS ABLE TO FIX IT BY SWITCHING BACK TO LOW BEAM AND THEN COULD SWITCH BACK TO HIGH BEAM A...

Mileage: 74,000

SPEED SENSOR WENT BAD AT 45,000 MILES ON A 2005 IMPALA. REPAIRED THE PROBLEM AND FOUND IT CAUSED THE INSTRUMENT CONTROL PANEL TO BE IN-OPERABLE AND NEED TO REPLACE THAT. WIPERS ALSO PARK IN UPRIGHT POSITION. NO DEFECT CODES FOUND. *TR

Mileage: 45,120

SPEED SENSOR WENT BAD AT 45,000 MILES ON A 2005 IMPALA. REPAIRED THE PROBLEM AND FOUND IT CAUSED THE INSTRUMENT CONTROL PANEL TO BE IN-OPERABLE AND NEED TO REPLACE THAT. WIPERS ALSO PARK IN UPRIGHT POSITION. NO DEFECT CODES FOUND. *TR

Mileage: 45,120

WHILE DRIVING MY 2005 IMPALA LS WITH ONLY 38,000 MILES ON IT, THE SPEEDOMETER DROPPED TO ZERO THEN BACK TO WELL OVER THE LIMIT. LATELY IT IS ALL OVER THE PLACE. THE TACHOMETER IS DOING THE SAME. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID THEY WOULD REPAIR IT BUT WOULD COST ME OVER $600.00. THESE...

Mileage: 38,000

2005 IMPALA ABOUT 7 MONTHS AGO THE HORN STARTED TO GET WEAKER AND WEAKER UNTIL IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS IT JUST QUIT. WHEN IT STARTED THE VEHICLE WAS ONLY 2 YEARS OLD AND PURCHASED NEW IT HAD 72K PLUS MILES TO DATE AT THE TIME THERE WERE APPROX 61K MILES ON THE VEHICLE. IN TEXAS PART OF THE STA...

Mileage: 71,300

HEADLIGHTS GO OUT INTERMITTENTLY. *TR

Mileage: 73,815

WHILE DRIVING IN RAIN, THE WARNING LIGHT FOR THE TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM CAME ON SHOWING IT WAS "OFF" AND PRESSING THE RESET BUTTON WOULD NOT MAKE IT COME BACK ON. ONE OF THE REAR SENSORS HAD FAILED, DISABLING THE TRACTION CONTROL AND ANTILOCK SYSTEMS. *TR

Mileage: 17,000

SPEEDOMETER ON MY DAUGHTERS 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA STOPPED WORKING AFTER 50,000 MILES. CHEVROLET HAS REFUSED TO PAY FOR REPAIRS EVEN THOUGH THEY EXTENDED THE WARRANTY FOR TRUCKS AND SUVS WITH DEFECTIVE SPEEDOMETERS TO 70,000 MILES. I THINK CHEVROLET SHOULD PAY FOR REPAIRS TO ALL CHEVY OWNERS WITH D...

Mileage: 50,000

THE SPEEDOMETER ON MY DAUGHTER'S 2005 CHEVROLET STOPPED WORKING AT 50'000 MI. WE CALLED CHEVROLET, BUT WERE TOLD SINCE THE CAR WAS OUT OF WARRANTY WE WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THE REPAIR.(350 DOLLARS). I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. *CN

Mileage: 50,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A BUMPING SOUND WHEN SHE DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL. SHE WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT THE TIME. THE DEALER RESURFACED THE REAR DISC BRAKES AND ROTORS AND REMOVED AND INSTALLED THE FRONT AND REAR DIS...

Mileage: 14,297

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A BUMPING SOUND WHEN SHE DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL. SHE WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT THE TIME. THE DEALER RESURFACED THE REAR DISC BRAKES AND ROTORS AND REMOVED AND INSTALLED THE FRONT AND REAR DIS...

Mileage: 14,297

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A BUMPING SOUND WHEN SHE DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL. SHE WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT THE TIME. THE DEALER RESURFACED THE REAR DISC BRAKES AND ROTORS AND REMOVED AND INSTALLED THE FRONT AND REAR DIS...

Mileage: 14,297

MY COMPLAINT IS ABOUT A 2005 IMPALA. WHEN I START THE CAR IN THE MORNING AND I TURN ON THE HEAT I SMELL GASOLINE FUMES INSIDE THE CAR. I CALL GM AND I WAS DIRECTED TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO SUPERIOR CHEVROLET. THEY TOLD ME THE PROBLEM WAS WITH THE COOLANT. IT COST ME $90.00. THE PROBLEM RETURNED ...

Mileage: 86,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE GAUGES ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WORKED INTERMITTENTLY. THE SPEEDOMETER WOULD DROP TO ZERO AND THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE WOULD BECOME HOT. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FAILED. NO REPAIRS WERE MADE. THE FAILURE MIL...

Mileage: 39,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE GAUGES ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WORKED INTERMITTENTLY. THE SPEEDOMETER WOULD DROP TO ZERO AND THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE WOULD BECOME HOT. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FAILED. NO REPAIRS WERE MADE. THE FAILURE MIL...

Mileage: 39,000

BRAKES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED WITH ONLY 14,297 MILES CLAIMING IT WAS ENVIRONMENTAL NOT WORN BRAKES. *TR

Mileage: 14,291

STARTED TO NOTICE "RUMBLING" AND CLICKING NOISES AS WELL AS VIBRATIONS IN THE STEERING WHEEL AS I MADE SLOW TURNS. CALLED THE LOCAL CHEVROLET SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND HE KNEW EXACTLY WHAT WAS WRONG FROM MY DESCRIPTION. HE SAYS IT IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THE "UPPER INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT" ON SEVER...

Mileage: 50,500

THERE WAS A LOUD CLUNKING NOISE WHENEVER I MADE A HARD TURN IN MY CAR - BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT, AS WELL AS A FEELING THAT THE STEERING COLUMN WAS LOOSE. ALSO, THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE WOULD MOVE BY TOUCH. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THAT THE STEERING COLUMN WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED AND I WO...

Mileage: 45,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SECURITY ALARM INTERMITTENTLY RESTRICTED THE VEHICLE FROM BEING STARTED. HE NEVER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 7,800 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 6,900.

Mileage: 6,900

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 1 AND 25 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD CLUNKING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. HE ALSO FELT A VIBRATION IN THE STEERING WHEEL. THERE IS A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN (01-02-32001H) REGARDING THIS SAME FAILURE. THE...

Mileage: 35,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH IN THE RAIN, THE SPEEDOMETER DISPLAYED 125 MPH. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE REPAIR WOULD TAKE A COUPLE OF DAYS. AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED FOR A FEW DAYS, THE SPEEDOMETER RESET ITSELF. HOW...

Mileage: 64,000

I OWN AN 05 IMPALA WE HAVE HAD THE HEADLIGHT FAIL ON US ABOUT 6-12 TIMES WE WILL BE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND THE HEADLIGHTS WILL GO OUT I HAVE TRIED RUNNING WITH THE SWITCH ON AND THEY STILL GO OUT ITS HAS EVEN HAPPENED TO ME ON A CURVE I JUST ABOUT PUT THE CAR IN THE DITCH IVE ASKED MY DAD WITCH I...

Mileage: 55,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHILE DRIVING 10-15 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO BE RESTARTED. THE BATTERY WARNING INDICATOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE ENGINE STALLED AGAIN WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE, HOWEVER, THEY CHANGED ...

Mileage: 49,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE VEHICLE OVERHEATED AND SHUT OFF. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN PARKED FOR ONE HOUR WHEN HE HEARD A LOUD BOOM. THE VEHICLE THEN CAUGHT FIRE. THE FIRE INSPECTOR STATED THAT THE FIRE WAS CAUSED BY THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO ...

Mileage: 64,035

DEXCOOL COOLANT TURNS FROM ORANGE LIQUID TO BROWN CORROSIVE SLUDGE RESULTING IN A CLOGGED HEATER CORE/RADIATOR, WATER PUMP DAMAGE, ENGINE DAMAGE, GASKET AND HOSE DETERIORATION AND OTHER COSTLY REPAIRS. GM/CHEVRON/TEXACO INSIST ON KEEPING THIS CANCER IN YOUR CAR. MANY LAWSUITS ARE PENDING. BOYCOTT DE...

Mileage: 28,000

HEATING AIR CONDITIONER CAR OVERHEATING. (IT HAPPENED BEFORE AROUND 15000-20000 MILES) 2ND OCCURRENCE. *TR

Mileage: 50,000

ELECTRICAL-HEADLIGHTS STOPPED WORKING. *TR

Mileage: 20,000

LEFT REAR WHEEL SENSOR FAILED IN WET WEATHER, DISABLING THE TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM AND THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM ON THE VEHICLE. SAME COMPONENT FAILED ON RIGHT REAR SEVERAL THOUSAND MILES EARLIER, IN JANUARY OF 2007. VERY EXPENSIVE PART TO REPLACE ($378.00) IN EACH CASE, PLUS LABOR. *TR

Mileage: 41,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. ON JUNE 8, 2007, AT AN INTERSECTION, A VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE OF THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE. THE FRONT AND SIDE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE INSURANCE COMPANY HAS POSSESSION OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT AND ...

Mileage: 15,020

WHILE DRIVING MY 2005 CHEVY IMPALA AFTER DARK THE HEADLIGHTS JUST WENT OUT. WAS DRIVING 55MPH DOWN THE HIGHWAY WITH MY WHOLE FAMILY WAS IN THE CAR. PULLED THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH IN AND OUT A FEW TIMES AND THEY CAME BACK ON. ABOUT ONE MILE LATER THE BOTH WENT OUT AGAIN. *TR

Mileage: 75,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. AFTER RELEASING THE BRAKE PEDAL ON A SLIGHT INCLINE, THE VEHICLE ROLLED BACKWARDS WHILE IN THE DRIVE POSITION. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS DUE TO THE DESIGN OF THE TRANSMISSION IN ORDER...

Mileage: 24,100

I PURCHASED A VEHICLE FROM BILL WINK CHEVORLET UNDER THE ASSUMPTION THAT IT WAS A QUALITY USED VEHICLE. AS SOON AS I DROVE IT OFF THE LOT, I NOTICED THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE WAY THE VEHICLE VEERED AND STOPPED. I TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALER TO HAVE IT LOOKED AT AND WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS OK. I REPEA...

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WERE 30000. WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT 45 MPH THE VEHICLE WOULD DRIVE WEIRD,VEERING TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN TO THE DEALER NUMEROUS AMOUNTS OF TIMES AND THEY CONTINUED TO TELL HER THAT THERE WAS N...

Mileage: 30,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WERE 30000. WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT 45 MPH THE VEHICLE WOULD DRIVE WEIRD,VEERING TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN TO THE DEALER NUMEROUS AMOUNTS OF TIMES AND THEY CONTINUED TO TELL HER THAT THERE WAS N...

Mileage: 30,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE HEARD A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE STEERING WHEEL WHEN DRIVING IN REVERSE. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER ON FOUR OCCASIONS AND REPAIR WORK WAS PERFORMED. HOWEVER, THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE AND THE NOISE R...

Mileage: 29,995

I HAVE A 2005 CHEVY IMPALA IT HAS AROUND 44000 MILES. I HAVE HAD IT ABOUT ONE YEAR,ABOUT A MONTH AGO MY WIFE WAS DRIVING HOME AFTER DROPPING ME OFF IT WAS ABOUT 2 IN THE MORNING SHE WAS ABOUT 10 MILES FROM THE HOUSE AND THE HEAD LIGHT WENT OUT ON HER. SHE GOT THE CAR STOPPED AND AFTER ABOUT 15 MINS ...

Mileage: 43,500

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH AT NIGHT THE HEADLIGHTS DIMMED WITHOUT WARNING. APPROXIMATELY FIFTEEN SECONDS LATER THE HEADLIGHTS ILLUMINATED AGAIN. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN INSPECTED BY THE DEALER. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 40,595.*AK

Mileage: 40,595

TL*- THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA LS. ON 03/30/07 WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH ON A CLEAR, DRY DAY THE FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT. THEY WERE ABLE TO PULL TO SIDE OF THE ROAD, AND RAISED THE VEHICLE TO CHANGE THE TIRE. THEY WERE ABLE TO PUT THE SPARE TIRE ON THE VEHICLE, AND WERE IN ...

WINSHIELD WIPERS WILL NOT GO DOWN IN THE PARK POSITION. FIXED ONCE AT DEALER AND WITHIN A WEEK BROKE AGAIN. CAR STILL UNDER WARRANTY, BUT DEALER REFUSED TO FIX AT THEIR EXPENSE. HARD TO DRIVE WITH WINSHIELD WIPERS IN UP POSITION BLOCKING VIEW.*AK

Mileage: 24,882

WHILE DRIVING THE CAR THE STEERING WHEEL MADE LOUD NOISES. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER, AND WAS TOLD THAT THE STEERING PUMP FAILED, AND THE LINE HAD A SMALL LEAK. I HAD TO PAY $800 TO GET THE CAR FIXED. I WAS TOLD BY ONE OF THE TECHNICIANS THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM FOR THE IMPALA. *AK

Mileage: 55,702

INTERMITTENT WARNING "SERVICE TRACTION SYSTEM" WHICH SHUT OFF BOTH THE TRACTION SYSTEM AND THE FOUR WHEEL ABS SYSTEM (THE SAFETY ISSUE). REGULAR BRAKING STILL WORKED. DIAGNOSED AT THE SHOP AS A FAULTY RIGHT REAR WHEEL SPEED SENSOR, AND THE FAULT HAS APPARENTLY BEEN CORRECTED. *JB

Mileage: 37,000

THERE ARE TIMES WHEN I AM DRIVING AT NIGHT MY HEADLIGHTS WILL GO OUT. I USUALLY CAN GET THEM BACK ON. IT IS SCARY WHEN THIS HAPPENS. IT HAS HAPPENED IN RAIN STORMS AT NIGHT AND THERE IS ONCOMING TRAFFIC. I HAVE ALSO HAD A WHEEL HUB THAT HAS BEEN REPLACED WHEN MY CAR WAS ONLY 1.5 YEARS OLD. I ...

Mileage: 55,000

THERE ARE TIMES WHEN I AM DRIVING AT NIGHT MY HEADLIGHTS WILL GO OUT. I USUALLY CAN GET THEM BACK ON. IT IS SCARY WHEN THIS HAPPENS. IT HAS HAPPENED IN RAIN STORMS AT NIGHT AND THERE IS ONCOMING TRAFFIC. I HAVE ALSO HAD A WHEEL HUB THAT HAS BEEN REPLACED WHEN MY CAR WAS ONLY 1.5 YEARS OLD. I ...

Mileage: 55,000

I HAVE HAD STALLING UPON ATTEMPTING TO START MY VEHICLE. I HAVE CONTACT GM & WAS TOLD THAT NOTHING IS DEFECTIVE IN MY CAR. MY CAR HAS BEEN TO A GM SERVICE DEPT. FOR SERVICE MORE THAN 10 TIMES SINCE MAY 2006. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT RECOURSE DO I HAVE WITH REGARDS TO ADDRESSING MY VEHICLE'S DEFE...

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE SPEEDOMETER BECAME INOPERABLE AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE SERVICE DEALER REPLACED THE INSTRUMENT PANEL.

Mileage: 44,000

HAD TO PAY DEALERSHIP TO LUBE MY INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT DUE TO IT BEING DEFECTIVE. VEHICLE STARTS TO MAKE A POPPING NOISE FROM UNDER THE HOOD WHEN TURNING AT LOW SPEEDS. FILED CLAIM WITH GM BUT THEY WOULD NOT PAY. THEY CLAIM IT IS A MAINTENANCE ISSUE. THE SHAFT IS SEALED IT WAS NOT INTENDED...

Mileage: 66,813

2005 CHEVY IMPALA, NOT ONLY MINE BUT I'VE ALSO READ OTHERS THAT ON AN INCLINE THEY TEND TO ROLL BACKWARDS WHEN FOOT IS TAKEN OF BRAKE, I BELIEVE THIS IS A SAFETY PROBLEM--NOT SOMETHING THAT IS TAKEN FOR GRANTED WITH THIS VEHICLE. THANKS. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR WAS LEAKING GAS UNDER NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED.

Mileage: 45,733

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WATER COLLECTED IN THE TAIL LIGHTS. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE DEALER WHO DETERMINED THE TAIL LIGHTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.

Mileage: 66,000

FOUND THE RIGHT REAR SEAT BELT CONNECTION TWISTED WHERE IT MOUNTS TO THE CAR CHASSIS. IT DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE MOUNTED IN THE SAME MANNER AS THE LEFT REAR SEAT BELT CONNECTION. *NM

Mileage: 25,000

CLUNKING/BANGING NOISE FELT IN STEERING WHEEL, GAS AND BRAKE PEDALS WHEN TURNING RIGHT OR LEFT AND SOMETIMES WHEN GOING STRAIGHT ON A ROUGH SURFACE. TAKEN TO DEALER THREE TIMES FOR REPAIR. THE FIRST AND SECOND TIME LUBE KIT WAS REPLACED ON STEERING SHAFT. THE THIRD TIME, OWNER WAS TOLD THAT THE W...

Mileage: 30,188

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS, WITHOUT ANY WARNING SIGNAL SMOKE STARTED COMING FROM UNDER THE DASH BOARD AND NOTICED THE A/C BLOWER HAD SEIZED. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER AND WITH POLICE HELP DISCONNECTED THE A/C BLOWER FUSE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALE...

Mileage: 15,509

WE PURCHASED A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA FROM A DEALER ON MARCH 16, 2006. ON MARCH 21, 2006, WE WERE TRAVELING DOWN A 2 LANE HIGHWAY AT 45 MPH. THE TRAFFIC IN FRONT OF US STOPPED SUDDENLY. I APPLIED THE BRAKES AND HEARD A LOUD POP. THE BRAKE PEDDLE THEN WENT TO THE FLOOR AND I HIT THE VAN IN FRONT OF ME...

Mileage: 40

WE PURCHASED A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA FROM A DEALER ON MARCH 16, 2006. ON MARCH 21, 2006, WE WERE TRAVELING DOWN A 2 LANE HIGHWAY AT 45 MPH. THE TRAFFIC IN FRONT OF US STOPPED SUDDENLY. I APPLIED THE BRAKES AND HEARD A LOUD POP. THE BRAKE PEDDLE THEN WENT TO THE FLOOR AND I HIT THE VAN IN FRONT OF ME...

Mileage: 40

CHIPPING AND CRACKING ON REAR ROTORS ON 2005 CHEVY IMPALA AFFECTING THE QUALITY OF ABS SYSTEM. *NM

Mileage: 46,000

AIRBAG LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON. SENSOR IS BEING REPLACED, BUT NOW DEALERSHIP SAYS IT'S THE WIRING UNDER THE SEAT. THE COST TO REPAIR IS $550! THIS IS A GM CERTIFIED VEHICLE WARRANTY WITH 39,000 MILES...CAR HAS 40,200 MILES. *JB

Mileage: 38,600

WATER IN BACKUP LIGHTS GM REPAIRED 2 TIMES BUT REFUSES TO REPAIR AGAIN SAYS IT IS A CHARACTERISTIC OF THE VEHICLE. *NM

Mileage: 6,572

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE WITHOUT WARNING WHILE WAS PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY OVERNIGHT. THE FIRE ORIGINATED FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND BATTERY AREA, AS FLAMES WERE CLEARLY PRESENT. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE AND DETERMINED THE FIRE WAS ELECTRICAL IN ...

Mileage: 22,000

REAR WINDOW MOLDING LOOSE WILL NOT STAY IN TACT AFTER REPAIR, DELAYED CRANK-HOLD KEY IN IGNITION FOR A FEW SECONDS BEFORE STARTING THEN AT TIMES IT WOBBLES THEN CUTS OFF,ELECTRICAL SHOCKING, GOING OVER HUMPS OR TURNING THERE IS CLUNNKING NOISE, PASSENGER SIDE FEELS A LIGHTER WEIGHT WHEN OPERATING,IN...

Mileage: 6,884

2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA BRAKES PULSATED MAKING STOPPING ROUGH. *KB ***NAR*** BOTH FRONT ROTORS WERE SCALING AND FLAKING. THE DEALER TURNED THE ROTOR WHICH REDUCED THE LIFE OF THE ROTORS. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED THAT THE DEALER REPLACE THE ROTORS.

Mileage: 2,374

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS AND DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL, THERE WAS RESISTANT PRESSURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE REAR ROTORS WERE MACHINED HOWEVER THE PROBLEM PERSISTED.

Mileage: 20,000

DRIVING MY 2005,CHEVY IMPALA A DEER JUMPED OFF SIDE OF RAILROAD TRACKS DOWN INTO THE FRONT OF CAR. EXTENSIVE DAMAGE OVER $4000. BIG IMPACT SKID MARKS FROM TIRES ETC. AIR BAGS DID NOT ACTIVATE. CAR AT GARAGE AND BEING CHECKED OUT? *JB

THE VEHICLE HESITATED TO START THEREFORE YOU HAVE TO HOLD THE KEY SEVERAL SECONDS TO START. THE CAR HAS A ROUGH IDLE. ONLY HAD THE CAR THREE MONTH AND HAVE RETURN IT ABOUT 10 TIMES FOR THE SAME ISSUES. I WAS TOLD THAT IT'S NORMAL FOR IT TO RUN THAT WAY. I WAS ALSO TOLD THAT THE GRAND AM ARE THE SAME...

Mileage: 29,899

I HAVE A 2005 CHEVY IMPALA. ABOUT 2-3 TIMES WEEKLY, MY CAR WILL NOT START PROPERLY. I TURN THE KEY TO CRANK THE VEHICLE, AND IT TURNS OVER WITHOUT FIRING UP. SOMETIMES IT MAY DO THIS ONE TIME, AT OTHERS IT MAY DO IT 4-5 TIMES. IT IS VERY IRRITATING, AND SOUNDS HORRIBLE. I AM NOT SURE IF THIS IS...

Mileage: 32,000

2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA, CAR IDLE IS ROUGH, DELAYED CRANK, MAY BE NECESSARY TO HOLD KEY IN START SEVERAL SECONDS UNTIL START. *NM

Mileage: 29,899

ON 3/30/2006 AT 1715 HRS A 2005 CHEVY IMPALA POLICE CAR WAS TRAVELING ON A GRAVEL ROAD IN RURAL OGLE COUNTY, ILLINOIS WHEN BOTH FRONT AIR BAGS DEPLOYED, THE CAR NEVER MADE CONTACT WITH ANYTHING, THERE ARE AT LEAST 30 PICTURES TO THE CAR AND THE ROADWAY. SINCE THE 30TH I PERSONALLY HAVE CALLED GENERA...

Mileage: 25,000

TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM FAILED ON MY VEHICLE. THE FAILURE TURNED OFF MY ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM AND MY TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM AT TWO INOPPORTUNE TIMES. THIS FAILURE HAS TWICE IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS. IT FIRST OCCURRED AT THE END OF DECEMBER DURING A SNOW STORM. THE SECOND FAILURE OCCURRED A FEW W...

Mileage: 25,500

TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM FAILED ON MY VEHICLE. THE FAILURE TURNED OFF MY ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM AND MY TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM AT TWO INOPPORTUNE TIMES. THIS FAILURE HAS TWICE IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS. IT FIRST OCCURRED AT THE END OF DECEMBER DURING A SNOW STORM. THE SECOND FAILURE OCCURRED A FEW W...

Mileage: 25,500

THIS IS RENTAL CAR FROM ALAMO. CAR WAS PARKED AND ENGINE WAS STOPPED ON A LITTLE INCLINED ROADSIDE. ALL PEOPLE EXITED CAR. CAR WAS SUDDENLY MOVED BACKWARDS AND I HAD TO JUMP IN TO THE CAR AND APPLIED EMERGENCY BRAKE. CAR WAS STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. RIGHT SIDE DOOR HIT ROAD SIGN AND C...

Mileage: 24,695

ON THE 2005 CHEVY IMPALA, IT IS POSSIBLE TO SHIFT THE CAR INTO ANY GEAR WITHOUT DEPRESSING THE BRAKE WHEN THE IGNITION IS IN THE "ACC" POSITION AND WITHOUT THE CAR BEING STARTED. *NM

Mileage: 27,000

DT: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPLIED BRAKE PRESSURE AND THE BRAKES DID NOT STOP THE VEHICLE. THE ABS DID NOT ACTIVATE AT ANY TIME DURING THIS INCIDENT. THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE REAR-ENDED THE VEHICLE IN FRONT. THE PASSENGER SEAT DIDN'T RESTRAIN THE PASSENGER DURING IMPACT. UPON IMPACT, TH...

Mileage: 8,000

DT: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPLIED BRAKE PRESSURE AND THE BRAKES DID NOT STOP THE VEHICLE. THE ABS DID NOT ACTIVATE AT ANY TIME DURING THIS INCIDENT. THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE REAR-ENDED THE VEHICLE IN FRONT. THE PASSENGER SEAT DIDN'T RESTRAIN THE PASSENGER DURING IMPACT. UPON IMPACT, TH...

Mileage: 8,000

DT: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPLIED BRAKE PRESSURE AND THE BRAKES DID NOT STOP THE VEHICLE. THE ABS DID NOT ACTIVATE AT ANY TIME DURING THIS INCIDENT. THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE REAR-ENDED THE VEHICLE IN FRONT. THE PASSENGER SEAT DIDN'T RESTRAIN THE PASSENGER DURING IMPACT. UPON IMPACT, TH...

Mileage: 8,000

DT: THE CONTACT DOES NOT LIKE THE HEADLIGHTS IN THE CAR. THE DEALERSHIP ADJUSTED THE HEADLIGHTS THREE DIFFERENT TIMES. THE CONTACT IS STILL NOT SATISFIED. HE SAYS HE CANNOT SEE TO DRIVE AT NIGHT BECAUSE THE HEADLIGHTS ONLY SHINE ABOUT FORTY FEET IN FRONT OF THE CAR.*AK UPDATED 12/07/05. *JB

WHEN IN DRIVE CAR ROLLS BACKWARDS EVEN ON SLIGHT INCLINE, ALSO ROLLS FORWARDS IN REVERSE EVEN ON SLIGHT HILL OR INCLINE, HAVE TAKEN IT TO A DEALER AND THEY SAID THIS IS NORMAL OF THESE CARS. *JB

Mileage: 29,000

NO SUMMARY GIVEN. *AK

FUEL LINE ON VEHICLE DO NOT MATCH PARTS CATALOGUE CAUSING MISMATCH. PARTS ARE NOT MADE AVAILABLE BY OEM UNLESS YOU PURCHASE A NEW FUEL LINE ASSEMBLY. TWO SEPARATE DEALERS INFORMED ME THAT THE VEHICLE COULD NOT HAVE THE PARTS THAT MY CAR HAD. REPAIRING DEALER IS NOW PINGING ME WITH A MAJOR REPAIR ...

Mileage: 21,400

1. UNDER CHASSIS CORROSION PROTECTION FAILURE- KEY SUSPENSION AND POWER TRAIN COMPONENTS AFFECTING SAFE OPERATION. 2. FACTORY DID NOT APPLY STANDARD AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY ANTI CORROSION COATINGS PRIOR TO SHIPMENT. DAMAGE OCCURRED PRIOR TO DEALER RECEIPT. #. FACTORY REP HAS NOT PROVIDED OR APPROVED A...

Mileage: 35

1. UNDER CHASSIS CORROSION PROTECTION FAILURE- KEY SUSPENSION AND POWER TRAIN COMPONENTS AFFECTING SAFE OPERATION. 2. FACTORY DID NOT APPLY STANDARD AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY ANTI CORROSION COATINGS PRIOR TO SHIPMENT. DAMAGE OCCURRED PRIOR TO DEALER RECEIPT. #. FACTORY REP HAS NOT PROVIDED OR APPROVED A...

Mileage: 35

1. UNDER CHASSIS CORROSION PROTECTION FAILURE- KEY SUSPENSION AND POWER TRAIN COMPONENTS AFFECTING SAFE OPERATION. 2. FACTORY DID NOT APPLY STANDARD AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY ANTI CORROSION COATINGS PRIOR TO SHIPMENT. DAMAGE OCCURRED PRIOR TO DEALER RECEIPT. #. FACTORY REP HAS NOT PROVIDED OR APPROVED A...

Mileage: 35

1. UNDER CHASSIS CORROSION PROTECTION FAILURE- KEY SUSPENSION AND POWER TRAIN COMPONENTS AFFECTING SAFE OPERATION. 2. FACTORY DID NOT APPLY STANDARD AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY ANTI CORROSION COATINGS PRIOR TO SHIPMENT. DAMAGE OCCURRED PRIOR TO DEALER RECEIPT. #. FACTORY REP HAS NOT PROVIDED OR APPROVED A...

Mileage: 35

1. UNDER CHASSIS CORROSION PROTECTION FAILURE- KEY SUSPENSION AND POWER TRAIN COMPONENTS AFFECTING SAFE OPERATION. 2. FACTORY DID NOT APPLY STANDARD AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY ANTI CORROSION COATINGS PRIOR TO SHIPMENT. DAMAGE OCCURRED PRIOR TO DEALER RECEIPT. #. FACTORY REP HAS NOT PROVIDED OR APPROVED A...

Mileage: 35

1. UNDER CHASSIS CORROSION PROTECTION FAILURE- KEY SUSPENSION AND POWER TRAIN COMPONENTS AFFECTING SAFE OPERATION. 2. FACTORY DID NOT APPLY STANDARD AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY ANTI CORROSION COATINGS PRIOR TO SHIPMENT. DAMAGE OCCURRED PRIOR TO DEALER RECEIPT. #. FACTORY REP HAS NOT PROVIDED OR APPROVED A...

Mileage: 35

CONSUMER COMPLAINT REGARDING THE DESIGN OF THE 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA TRANSMISSION SYSTEM.***NO ANSWER REQUIRED***. *MR THE CONSUMER IS NOT SATISFIED WITH THE DESIGN OF THE VEHICLE'S AUTOMATIC TRANSAXLE. THE CONSUMER EXPLAINED THAT WHEN THE VEHICLE IS IN DRIVE AND THE BRAKE IS RELEASED THE VEHICLE ...

DT: THE WAY THAT THE WINDOW SWITCH IS DESIGNED IT CAN EASILY SHUT ON A CHILD'S BODY OR BODY PART. THERE WAS SOMETHING ABOUT THIS SIX MONTHS AGO ON TV. THIS WAS A RENTAL VEHICLE FOR A TRIP FOR VACATION.*AK WHEN THE CONSUMERS SON LEANED HIS HEAD OUT THE WINDOW, HIS ELBOW HIT THE SWITCH, AND THE WI...

Mileage: 3,091

MY 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA LS, WHEN IT HAD 235 MILES ON IT HAD TO BE TAKEN INTO THE DEALER BECAUSE ENGINE NOISE, "BROKEN ROCKER PIVOT ARM" GOT THE CAR BACK, RAN ROUGH, VEHICLE STALLED OUT AT STOP LITE, RESTARTED OK, REAR WINDOW RUBBER TRIM COMING OFF. CAR NOW HAS 2300-MILES ON IT.

Mileage: 235

2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA JUMPED OUT OF PARK AND ROLLED BACKWARDS. *MR THE IMPACT CAUSED THE GARAGE DOOR TO POP OPEN AND CRASH BACK DOWN AND TRAPPING THE CONSUMER INSIDE OF THE GARAGE. THE CONSUMER SUGGESTED THAT GM SHOULD TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE DEFECTIVE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE ALSO STALLED WHE...

2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA JUMPED OUT OF PARK AND ROLLED BACKWARDS. *MR THE IMPACT CAUSED THE GARAGE DOOR TO POP OPEN AND CRASH BACK DOWN AND TRAPPING THE CONSUMER INSIDE OF THE GARAGE. THE CONSUMER SUGGESTED THAT GM SHOULD TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE DEFECTIVE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE ALSO STALLED WHE...

CAR WAS RUNNING IN MY DRIVEWAY WHILE IN PARK. I WENT IN THE HOUSE BECAUSE I FOGOT MY CELL PHONE. ABOUT TWO MINUTES LATER THE CAR CRASHED THROUGH MY FENCE AND I RAN OUTSIDE AND JUMPED IN IT AS WE CRASHED THROUGH THE GARAGE DOOR. THE CAR HAD TO BE IN PARK BECAUSE THE DOOR OPENED FROM THE OUTSIDE AN...

Mileage: 6,100

WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH DRIVER WAS COMING TO A STOP AND APPLIED THE BRAKES AND VEHICLE LUNGED FORWARD, AND REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. DRIVER PULLED TO THE RIGHT OF THE VEHICLE, AND THE VEHICLE WAS CONTINUING TO GO, AND THE ENGINE REVVED. VEHICLE FINALLY STOPPED AFTER HITTING A TREE. ...

Mileage: 537

I WAS A PASSENGER IN AN 2005 IMPALA, DRIVER REAR ENDED A LARGE TRUCK, I HIT THE WINDSHIELD, NEITHER THE ANTI LOCK BRAKES OR THE AIR BAGS WORKED, ABOUT $8,000 DAMAGE TO IMPALA, NONE TO TRUCK. I DID NOT HAVE SEAT BELT ON.*AK

Mileage: 11,000

I WAS A PASSENGER IN AN 2005 IMPALA, DRIVER REAR ENDED A LARGE TRUCK, I HIT THE WINDSHIELD, NEITHER THE ANTI LOCK BRAKES OR THE AIR BAGS WORKED, ABOUT $8,000 DAMAGE TO IMPALA, NONE TO TRUCK. I DID NOT HAVE SEAT BELT ON.*AK

Mileage: 11,000

THE PARKING BRAKES WOULD NOT HOLD THE VEHICLE WHEN IT'S PARKED ON AN INCLINE. THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE BOTH NOTIFIED. *NM THE PROBLEM OCCURRED HEADING UP A SLIGHT INCLINE, WITH THE RIGHT FOOT ON THE BRAKE AND THE SHIFT LEVER IN NEUTRAL. THE VEHICLE ROLLED BACK UNTIL THE CONSUMER AP...

Mileage: 50