2007 Chevrolet Impala

WE PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE FROM WALLY MCCARTHY'S IN MINNESOTA ON 12/21/07. ON FEBRUARY 15, 2008, THE CAR WAS INVOLVED IN A SEVERE COLLISION WHEN OTHER DRIVER FAILED TO STOP. ON STAR WAS ALERTED IMMEDIATELY AND SHOWED THAT AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. HOWEVER, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AND PRETENSIONER BELTS FAILED CAUSING PERMANENT INJURIES. WALLY MCCARTHY REFUSES TO SPEAK WITH US AND GM OFFERS NOTHING IN RESOLVING CASE AS OF 2/17/09. SEE CNN IREPORT FOR PHOTOS UNDER "CHEVY IMPALA". *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHEN THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP, HE NOTICED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS FAILING AND WOULD NOT SHIFT GEARS IN A TIMELY MANNER. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, BUT THEY STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS FUNCTIONING CORRECTLY. THE DEALER WANTED TO CHANGE THE OIL AND CHARGE AN ADDITIONAL $400 TO DIAGNOSE THE TRANSMISSION. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 43,678.

WHEN IT RAINS THE FRONT WHEEL WELLS ARE EXTREMELY LOUD. IT OCCURRED EVERYTIME IT RAINS ONCE THE TIRES WERE WORN DOWN. I WENT BACK TO THE PURCHASE PLACE AND HAD THEIR MECHANICS LOOK AT IT AND THEN I TOOK IT TO A DIFFERENT MECHANIC NEITHER OF WHICH FOUND ANYTHING. I HAD TO REPLACE THE FRONT TIRES AFTER 6 MONTHS OF OWNING THE VEHICLE AND THE REAR TIRES 3 MONTHS LATER. *TR

MY 2007 CHEVY IMPALA HANDLES POORLY IN SNOW CONDITIONS. DIFFICULT TO CONTROL THE BACK END. I MADE A LEFT TURN AFTER BEING STOPPED AT A STOP LIGHT GOING APPROXIMATELY 5 - 10 MPH AND BACK END CONTINUED THE TURN AND CAR SPUN 180 DEGREES. WENT TO AN INTERNET DISCUSSION BOARD AND NOTICED I'M NOT THE ONLY DRIVER EXPERIENCING PROBLEM. HTTP://WWW.TOPIX.COM/FORUM/AUTOS/CHEVROLET-IMPALA/T2BLGNEG9LDGO6Q81. *TR

ONLY THE INSIDE 1 INCH OF BOTH REAR TIRE WEAR OUT AFTER 15,000 MILES DOWN TO THE CORDS. GENERAL MOTORS HAS REPLACED TWO SETS OF TIRES FOR ME BUT THE SECOND I HIT 36,000 MILE WARRANTY THEY REFUSE TO HELP ME ANYMORE. THERE IS A PROGRAM BULLETIN FROM GENERAL MOTORS ON THIS DEFECT (BULLETIN NUMBER 08032) FOR THE POLICE PACKAGE VEHICLES ONLY. I LOOKED UP THE DEFECTIVE PART NUMBERS (10329689 & 10329691 -ROD & REAR SPINDLES) AND THEY ARE THE SAME PART WHETHER THEY GO ON POLICE VEHICLES OR THE COMMON CONSUMER VEHICLE. DEFECTIVE IS DEFECTIVE. I HAVE ARGUED WITH GENERAL MOTORS AND THEY REFUSE TO HELP THE COMMON PEOPLE WHO BUY THE MAJORITY OF THEIR IMPALA VEHICLES. NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES I TAKE IT BACK TO THE DEALER THEY CAN'T LINE UP THE REAR END TO STOP THE WEAR. SOMEONE IS GOING TO BLOW A REAR TIRE AND HAVE A FATAL CRASH! *TR

2007 IMPALA LS STEERING WHEEL SHAFT. FIRST ONE REPLACED 3500 MILES SECOND AT 9500 MILES NOW AT 15500 THE THIRD ONE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. BANGING NOISE IN FRONT CHASIS, STEERING LOOSE, WOBBLE EFFECT IN FRONT WHEELS. UNSAFE ISSUE THAT GMC CHEVY DIV WILL NOT ADDRESS JUST REPLACES. NO ONE SEEMS TO CARE, NOT GOV NOT DEALER AND NOT GM CHEVY DIVISION. WHAT CAN I DO? *TR

5WEEKS AGO I TOOK MY CAR IN FOR A HEATING PROBLEM THE DEALERS SERVICE DEPT. PUT A GALLON OF ANTIFREEZE IN CHARGED ME 67.00 AND SAID IT WAS FIXED ONE WEEK LATER SAME PROBLEM TOOK IT IN THEY HAD IT FOR 6HOURS SAID IT WAS FIXED A WEEK LATER SAME PROBLEM AGAIN THEY SAID IT WAS FIXED A WEEK GOES BY SAME PROBLEM , AND SO ON IT GOES ,THIS WILL BE MY FIFTH TRIP FOR SAME PROBLEM ,HAS THERE BEEN OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT HEATING ISSUES IN IMPALAS. *TR

I PURCHASED 2007 CHEVY IMPALA WITH 32,000 MILES. I BOUGHT THIS AT A GM AUTHORIZED DEALER. HOW CAN THEY SELL A CAR WITH AN ALIGNMENT ISSUE. AT 40,000 MILES THE INSIDE OF THE REAR TIRES ARE ALMOST BALD. I CALLED GM AN GOT A CASE NUMBER OF 71-686232146 THEY STATED THAT I WOULD HAVE TO GO AND PAY A DEALERSHIP $100 TO DO A DIAGNOSTIC ON THE CAR AND THEY WOULD THEN AT THAT TIME DO A REVIEW IF THEY WOULD COVER THE REPAIRS OR NOT. UPON RESEARCHING ON THE INTERNET I HAVE FOUND SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM ON THIS CAR. GM IS ADMITTING THIS IS A PROBLEM ON THE POLICE VERSION OF THE CAR. THE PART NUMBERS FOR THE SPINDLE ROD IS THE SAME ON BOTH CARS. I BELIEVE GM ISN'T FIXING CIVILIAN CARS DUE TO WE DON'T HAVE UNLIMITED MONEY AND LAWYERS LIKE THE CITY, STATE AND GOVERNMENT. I NOTICED THIS ON TUESDAY DECEMBER 9TH 2008 ON AN ICY ROAD. AT 30 MPH, IT FEELS LIKE THE REAR END WANTS TO PASS YOU OR LIKE AS IF YOU WHERE PULLING A TRAILER THAT WAS VIOLENTLY WIPING BACK AND FORTH. WHEN I WENT FROM DRY PAVEMENT TO ICY PAVEMENT THE CAR WENT SIDEWAYS. I HAD MADE AN APPOINTMENT WITH COUNTRY SIDE MOTORS IN WELLINGTON KANSAS 67152 PHONE 620-326-7433 AND SPOKE WITH THE SERVICE MANAGER RON. WE MADE AN APPOINTMENT FOR THE NEXT DAY. HE CALLED ME BACK 15 MINUTES LATER AFTER LOOKING AT THE RECALL FOR THE POLICE VERSION AND SAID HE DIDN'T LIKE MY ATTITUDE THE LAST TIME WE TALKED ON A DIFFERENT ISSUE "IT WAS ABOUT THE TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM BEING OFF, HE SAID MY TIRE WERE OVER INFLATED AND TO NOT GO BY WHAT THE TIRE MANUFACTURER SAYS BUT GO BY WHAT GM SAYS TO INFLATE TO. I TOLD HIM NOT SO AND AN EXAMPLE OF IT WAS FORD ALSO THOUGHT THEY KNEW BETTER THAN THE TIRE COMPANIES AND THEY WERE WRONG TOO." SO HE TOLD ME THAT COUNTRY SIDE WAS WASHING THEIR HANDS OF ME AND MY ISSUES AND HUNG UP THE PHONE. I BELIEVE THIS TO BE A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE WITH THE CAR. A PERSON COULD INVOLUNTARILY SWERVE AND HIT AN ONCOMING CAR. THE PARTS ARE $250.00 PLUS INSTALL AND NEW TIRES. *TR