2007 Chevrolet Impala

140 MPH SPEEDOMETER CAN'T BE READ PROPERLY WHILE DRIVING. EVEN WITH NEW GLASSES THIS GAGE IS FOR KILOMETERS ONLY. WE NEED A NEW DIAL THAT SHOWS MPH READABLE TO 2 1/2 MPH. THERE IS NO REASON IN THIS USA TO HAVE A SPEEDOMETER TO GO TO 140 MPH. 2 TIMES THE LEGAL SPEED LIMIT IN THE USA. WHEN SPENDING $25,000 ON THIS NEW CHEVY IMPALA, ONE WOULD NOT EVEN THINK THAT GM IS SO CHEAP TO SAME MONEY ON THE SPEEDOMETER DIAL. THERE IS NO REASON FOR ONLY HAVE NUMBERS OF SPEED AT 20 MPH WHEN THE POLICE GIVE OUT TICKETS FOR 5 MPH OVER THE SPEED LIMIT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH, A SPEEDING VEHICLE STRUCK AND PUSHED THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE INTO A BRICK WALL OF AN APARTMENT COMPLEX. NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE HEAD AND EYE. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE HEAD, NECK, BACK, AND LEGS. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE MANUFACTURER TOOK A REPORT AND INVESTIGATED THE BRAIN BOX. THE INVESTIGATION CONCLUDED THAT THE AIR BAG ACTED PROPERLY BY NOT DEPLOYING, BUT NO FURTHER EXPLANATION WAS PROVIDED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 10,000. UPDATED 02-06-08. *KB UPDATED 03/29/10 *BF UPDATED 10/14/10*JB

GOODYEAR INTEGRITY 225/60R16 TIRE GOT FLAT TIRE FROM SMALL PLASTIC DEBRIS. WHEN TIRE WAS REPAIRED IT WAS POINTED OUT THE TIRE IS OVER HALF WORN AT JUST BARELY 9,000 MILES. TIRE IF KEPT ON VEHICLE WILL REQUIRE REPLACEMENT BEFORE 17,000 MILES. ALSO TIRE HANDLES POORLY IN ALL CONDITIONS. VERY LOOSE HANDLING AND EXCESSIVE TIRE NOISE ON CORNERS EVEN AT SLOW SPEEDS. *TR

(1) MY WIFE PULLED INTO A PARKING SPACE AT OUR CHURCH AND APPLIED THE BRAKES TO STOP. (2) THE CAR CONTINUED ON ROLLING OVER A CONCRETE BARRIER AND KNOCKING DOWN AN ORNAMENTAL IRON FENCE SURROUNDING THE PARKING LOT AND CONTINUING OUT INTO THE STREET WHERE IT FINALLY STOPPED. IN ADDITION TO THE DAMAGE TO THE FENCE, THERE WAS CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO THE FRONT OF THE CAR. (3) CAUSE OF FAILURE HAS NOT BEEN IDENTIFIED. ON ONE OR TWO PREVIOUS OCCASIONS, WHEN PULLING THE CAR INTO OUR GARAGE I HAVE HAD THE CAR STALL AND THEN SURGE FORWARD. CAR IS BEING TAKEN TO A BODY SHOP TO REPAIR THE DAMAGE. *TR

2007 CHEVROLET IMPALA LTZ 17K I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT 65 MPH. I WAS ABOUT TO EXIT AND I HEARD A LOUD POP AND GLASS FELL ALL OVER ME. I LOOKED AND SAW ABOUT A 2 FOOT HOLE IN MY SUNROOF (THE SHADE WAS OPEN). I PULLED OFF THE ROAD AND CALLED THE POLICE. I WAS NOT NEAR AN OVERPASS, IT WAS NIGHT, NO CARS WERE AROUND. I DID NOT FIND AN OBJECT AROUND THE CAR OR IN THE CAR. THE FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL DETERMINED THAT IT WAS NOT AN ASSAULT (SOMETHING WAS NOT THROWN AT THE CAR). I CALLED GM AND THEY REFERRED ME TO MY DEALER. I DROPPED THE CAR OFF TODAY BUT THE SERVICE MANAGER WAS VERY DOUBTFUL IT WOULD BE COVERED. HE KEPT INSISTING IT WAS A ROCK. THE STRANGE SIGNS THOUGH ARE THAT MY SUNROOF EXPLODED OUTWARD. THE GLASS IS CLEAR BUBBLED OUTWARD AND THE SHARDS STICK UP OUT OF THE CAR. I TOOK PICTURES OF THIS. I RESEARCHED THIS AND FOUND THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED TO MANY (ALTHOUGH NOT MY VEHICLE) BEFORE. THE SERVICE MANAGER SAID THEY WOULD FIND THE IMPACT POINT AND SHOW ME WHEN THEY DID (HE ACTUALLY ASSUMED IT WAS A ROCK BEFORE EVEN LOOKING) BUT HE COULD NOT EXPLAIN THE OUTWARD GLASS PATTERN (EXCEPT TO SAY CRAZY THINGS HAPPEN WITH GLASS). HE LATER ADMITTED THAT HE HAD SEEN THIS BEFORE BUT NEVER ON AN IMPALA ONLY ON A CORVETTE AND THAT WAS A DEFECT. HE SAID IF THIS WAS A DEFECT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN REPORTED. I TOLD HIM I WAS GOING TO REPORT THIS TO THE NHTSA BUT HE TOLD ME THAT GM WOULD DO THAT. AT THIS POINT THEY ARE INVESTIGATING ALTHOUGH HE SAID HE WAS VERY DOUBTFUL THAT ANYONE FROM GM WOULD COME OUT AND THAT I WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TO GO THROUGH MY INSURANCE. HE SAID IT IS COVERED IN FLORIDA WITH NO DEDUCTIBLE. LOOKED INTO THAT AND IT IS NOT TRUE, SUNROOFS ARE NOT COVERED. THIS IS CLEARLY A DEFECT. THIS CAR IS ONLY A YEAR OLD. THE VIOLENT WAY THIS SHATTERED WITH NO ONE AROUND AND THE ACTUAL BOWING OUT OF THE GLASS AND ALL THE GLASS ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE CAR IS PRETTY STRONG PROOF. I HAD A FEW CUTS, BUT HAD I NOT BEEN MORE ALERT THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A MAJOR ACCIDENT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE BEGAN ROLLING BACKWARDS AT APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH. THE GEAR WAS PLACED IN PARK AT THE TIME. HER ARM WAS TANGLED IN THE STEERING WHEEL AND SHE WAS KNOCKED TO THE GROUND AND DRAGGED DOWN THE DRIVEWAY. THE VEHICLE FINALLY CAME TO A STOP IN THE STREET. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED BRUISES AND SCRAPES ON HER RIGHT FOOT AS WELL AS HER LEFT KNEE DOWN TO HER ANKLE. HER HIPS AND BACK ARE STILL HURTING FROM BEING KNOCKED DOWN. SHE SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT WITH THE DEALER TO HAVE THE VEHICLE INSPECTED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 9,942.

WITHIN 6 MONTHS OF LEASING A 07 IMPALA, THERE HAS BEEN THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS MY TIRE HAS LOST ALL AIR PRESSURE WHILE PARKED WITHIN HOURS. 1ST INSTANCE: BETWEEN 10 A.M. AND 1 P.M. THE TIRE LOST AIR TO WHERE THE RIM WAS TOUCHING THE GROUND. 2ND INSTANCE: LOST 1/2 OF AIR OVERNIGHT - AGAIN THE RIM TOUCHED THE GROUND. I HAD PEP BOYS AND THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I AM LEASING THE VEHICLE EXAMINE THE TIRE AND BOTH SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE TIRE AND IT WAS PROBABLY SOMEONE LETTING THE AIR OUT OF THE TIRE. THIRD INSTANCE: I LEFT MY VEHICLE IN THE GARAGE OVERNIGHT AND WOKE UP TO THE RIM TOUCHING THE GROUND. THIS RULED OUT SOMEONE LETTING THE AIR OUT OF THE TIRE. I AGAIN TOOK IT TO THE CHEVY DEALERSHIP WHO I AM LEASING THROUGH, AND ONCE AGAIN, I WAS TOLD NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE TIRE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHILE TURNING THE VEHICLE AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD CLICKING SOUND COMING FROM THE STEERING COLUMN. SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY REPLACED THE STEERING COLUMN. FOUR DAYS LATER, THE NOISE RETURNED AND THE DEALER REPLACED THE TIE RODS. ONE MONTH LATER, THE NOISE OCCURRED FOR THE THIRD TIME AND THE STEERING GEAR MECHANISM WAS REPLACED. THE CONTACT IS CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING THE SAME FAILURE FOR THE FOURTH TIME. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF FAILURE AND REPAIR THE VEHICLE. SHE FILED A COMPLAINT WITH THE MANUFACTURER. THE PURCHASE DATE WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 24,498 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 26,691. THE CONSUMER STATED AFTER THREE REPAIRS THE PROBLEM STILL PERSISTS. UPDATED 11/14/07 *TR