2004 Chevrolet Impala

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN STARTING HER VEHICLE SHE NOTICED THAT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WOULD DEPRESS ON ITS OWN AND THE RPMS WOULD INCREASE EXCESSIVELY. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY SEVEN INDEPENDENT MECHANICS WHO ADVISED HER THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND ADVISED HER THAT SHE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN ANY RECALLS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 100,000.

BRAKE PAD AND ROTOR. AT 14,584 & 49,883 MILES PADS ON ALL 4 WHEELS & REAR ROTORS WERE REPLACED. PADS BECAUSE OF SEVERE WEAR. REAR ROTORS ON BOTH OCASSIONS WERE SEVERELY RUSTED AND WARPED CAUSING THE FRONT BRAKES TO PROVIDE ALL THE BRAKING FORCE RESULTING IN SEVERE WEAR & DAMAGE TO THE FRONT PADS. AT 14584MILES TOOK CAR TO CHEVY. DEALER BECAUSE OF NOISE AT REAR WHEN STOPPING. REAR ROTORS & PADS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY, FRONT PADS AT OUR COST. AT ABOUT 35000 HAD FRONT BRAKES CHECKED BECAUSE OF LOUD SQUEALING, FOUND FRONT PADS TO BE GLAZED. REARS NOT CHECKED AT THIS TIME. AT49884 MILES BRAKES GAVE OUT WHEN EXITING X-WAY. WHEN THE WHEELS WERE PULLED REAR ROTORS WERE AGAIN FOUND TO BE COMPLETELY RUSTED & WARPED . ONE OF THE FRONT PADS HAD BROKEN & FALLEN OUT, THE OTHER PADS WERE SEVERELY WORN. ONCE AGAIN THE FRONT BRAKES WERE DOING ALL THE STOPPING BECAUSE OF THE DEFECTIVE REAR ROTORS. THIS TIME WE HAD TO PAY FOR THE WHOLE REPAIR. CHEVY. DEALER SAID GM FELT THIS WAS NORMAL WEAR. TWO SETS OF WARPED & RUSTED ROTORS IN LESS THAN 50000 MILES DOES NOT SEEM LIKE NORMAL WEAR, IT APPEARS MORE LIKELY TO BE A DEFECT IN THE QUALITY OR DESIGN OF THE ROTORS & THE PREMATURE FAILURE OF THE PADS IS A RESULT OF THIS DEFECT. A WEB SEARCH OF THIS PROBLEM SHOWS THAT WE ARE NOT THE ONLY PEOPLE HAVING THIS DEFECT WITH RUSTY & WARPED REAR ROTORS ON GM PRODUCTS OF THE SAME MODEL YEAR. SERVICE TECH'S I'VE TALK TO ABOUT IT TELL ME IT'S NOT UNCOMMON TO SEE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN MAKING TURNS AT LOW SPEEDS, THE BRAKES WOULD GRIND AND EXHIBIT AN ABNORMAL NOISE. ALSO, THE ABS WARNING LIGHT WOULD ILLUMINATE AFTER THE FAILURE OCCURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY A DEALER AND THEY ADVISED THAT THE ABS SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED YET SHORTLY AFTER LEAVING THE DEALER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND THEY OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 150,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

I BOUGHT A 2004 CHEVY IMPALA WITH 76,000 MILE'S ON IT AND I HAVE BEEN HAVING A TON OF PROBLEMS WITH IT EVEN AFTER SPENDING HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS IN SHOP FEES TRYING TO FIX THE PROBLEM'S, THE SPEEDOMETER STICKS OR JUST DOESN'T WORK AT ALL SO I CAN NEVER TELL HOW FAST I'M GOING ALONG WITH THE TEMP. GAUGE SO I CAN'T TELL IF THE CAR IS OVER HEATING OR NOT. THE GAUGE CLUSTER IS FAULTY AND THE GAUGES ONLY WORK WHEN THEY WANT TO. I ALSO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SLIPPING FROM 1-2, THE HIGH BEAM SWITCH DOESN'T WORK UNLESS YOU HOLD IT AND ANY TIME YOU USE A WINDOW OF HAVE THE REAR WINDOW DEFROST ON THE RADIO IS ALL STATIC. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING DOWNHILL AT A LOW SPEED, THE LOW BRAKE FLUID LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. AFTER REACHING HIS DESTINATION, THE CONTACT EXAMINED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED A BRAKE FLUID LEAK. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE BRAKE LINES NEAR THE MASTER CYLINDER WERE SEVERELY RUSTED. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO ADVISED THE CONTACT TO REPLACE THE BRAKE LINES. THE LEAKING BRAKE LINE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 26,388 . UPDATED 08/01/11*LJ UPDATED 08/03/11

MY DASH CLUSTER IS MALFUNCTIONING. IT SAYS MY CAR IS OVERHEATING. HAD IT WORKED ON AND AFTER FOUND IT WAS A KNOWN CLUSTER PROBLEM. THE SPEEDOMETER IS NOT ACCURATE AND I GOT PULLED OVER FOR SPEEDING. NEXT THE CRUISE CONTROL WENT OUT. NOW THE GAS GAUGE IS NEXT. CHECKED ON LINE AND GM IS AWARE OF THESE ISSUES BUT HAS DONE NOTHING. REPAIR BILL IS AROUND 500.00 DOLLARS. SEEMS UNFAIR TO ME. WILL BE TRAVELING ON INTERSTATE SOON HOPE NO ONE GETS HURT DUE TO SPEED/ENGINE OVER HEATING AND NOT KNOWING/RUNNING OUT OF GAS ON A BUSY INTERSTATE. I THOUGHT I BOUGHT A DEPENDABLE CAR...GUESS I WAS WRONG. *TR

I DRIVE A CHEVY 2004 IMPALA. WHEN DRIVING MY CAR, THE SPEEDOMETER BEGIN TO ACT RANDOMLY. I WAS ABLE TO CLOCK MY SPEED USING MY GPS. MY CAR SAID I WAS DOING 70 MILES PER HOUR, BUT I WAS REALLY DOING 30 MP/H. NOW, THE SPEEDOMETER DOES NOT WORK AT ALL. IT CONSTANTLY SAYS I'M DOING 0 MP/H. THIS IS A SERIOUS ISSUE. THE DEALERSHIP WANTED $700 DOLLARS TO FIX A DEADLY DEFECT IN THEIR OWN CAR. MANY IMPALA DRIVERS HAVE THIS ISSUE AND GM HAS FAILED TO RECALL THIS PRODUCT. *TR

1) TRIED TO SLOW CAR DOWN. CAR WOULD NOT TURN NOR HALT. ENDED UP HITTING THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. RESTORED IT 100%. 2) A YEAR LATER, HAD 3 BRAND NEW RACK AND PINION'S REPLACED IN ONE MONTH. HAD THE VEHICLE CHECKED OUT. THE A-FRAME IS IN EXCELLENT SHAPE AND SO IS THE AREA SURROUNDING THE RACK AND PINON. HAVE PICTURES AND MECHANICS AS PROOF. 3) CALLED THE CHEVY COMPANY & WAS TOLD THAT THE CAR WAS MANUFACTURED IN WISCONSIN. THEY CLAIM THEY SAW NO REASON TO HELP WITH THE RACK & PINION AS THOSE CARS WERE RECALL-FREE. 4) CAR LEANS TOWARDS ONCOMING TRAFFIC AT TIMES (THIS STARTED AFTER EACH RACK AND PINION WAS REPLACED). THERE IS ALSO A 2 O'CLOCK AND 10 O'CLOCK DEAD ZONE IN THE STEERING COLUMN. STEERING USED TO FEEL A BIT NORMAL. IT WAS NOT LIKE THIS UNTIL I HAD A NEW RACK AND PINION PUT ON. TWICE (IN BETWEEN) THE BOOT WOULD EXCESSIVELY LEAK (AS DID THE ORIGINAL FROM CHEVY). 5) WHEN I TURN THE WHEEL OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY, THE CAR MAKES KICK DRUMMING GRINDING SOUNDS. WAS TOLD THIS WAS NORMAL. IT IS IRRITATING THOUGH. 6) THE CAR DIDN'T EVEN HIT IT'S 5TH YEAR (BEING NEW) BEFORE IT STARTED TO RUST PAINT OFF THE TOP OF ITS ROOF. I LIVE WHERE THERE IS NO SNOW OR COAST, AND EXTREMELY LITTLE ICE. 7) THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT NEVER GOES OFF. HAD IT CHECKED. WAS TOLD IT WAS FINE. 8) WAS DRIVING RIGHT NEXT TO A COP GOING DOWN A STEEP HILL WHEN THE SPEEDOMETER STUCK AT 10 MPH. I CROSSED MY FINGERS THAT I WASN'T SPEEDING SINCE I KEPT MY SPEED NEXT TO THE OFFICER. REPLACED. 9) COMBO TURNING SIGNAL & CRUISE BROKE OFF THE STEERING FOR NO REASON DURING A TURN. REPLACED. 10) LOCKS ME OUT OFF & ON FOR NO REASON. 11) THIS CAR IS MY BABY AS IT WAS ONE OF THE LAST THING I GOT THAT WAS MY MOTHER'S BEFORE SHE DIED. IT IS ALSO MY FIRST CAR THAT HAS SEEN ME THROUGH (AND STILL) MY COLLEGE YEARS. IT IS VERY SENTIMENTAL TO ME FOR THOSE REASONS. MY DREAM IS TO KEEP THIS CAR EVEN WHEN IT'S A CLASSIC.