2008 Chevrolet Impala

EXCESSIVE WEAR ON MY REAR TIRES. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THE SUSPENSION IS FAULTY AND THAT EXCESSIVE REPAIR WORK HAD TO BE DONE TO REMEDY THIS. I HAD TO CALL AAA ON ONE OCCASSION BECAUSE ONE OF MY REAR TIRES BLEW OUT BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM. NO INJURIES AND I WAS LUCKY THAT I WAS DRIVING IN THE CITY WHEN THIS HAPPENED. ON THE HIGHWAY, I COULD HAVE CAUSE GREAT DAMAGE TO MYSELF AND POSSIBLY TO OTHERS AROUND ME. MY CAR BURNS THRU OIL SO SUPER FAST. IT BURNS A QUART OF OIL APPROXIMATELY EVERY 750 MILES. *TR

WE ARE GETTING READY TO HAVE TO REPLACE OUR THIRD SET OF TIRES. WE BOUGHT OUR IMPALA NEW AND REPLACED OUR FIRST SET OF TIRES AT FEB. 2010 (38,000 MILES). REPLACED AGAIN AT 54,000 MILES DEC. 2011. REPLACED AGAIN AT 65,000 NOV. OF 2012 AND IT IS IN NEED OT NEW REAR TIRES AGAIN AT 72,000. CAR SHAKES AND BACK END SLIDES IN BAD WEATHER. SERVICE DEPARTMENT STATES THAT IT NEEDS A CAMBOR KIT. RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THAT CHEVROLET PRODUCED A FAULTY SUSPENSION ROD AND RECALLED "POLICE OWNED" VEHICLES BUT NOT CONSUMER VEHICLES. DO NOT FEEL SAFE IN VEHICLE OR ALLOWING MY 16 YEAR OLD TO DRIVE IT. MY CAR IS ALIGNED AND TIRES ROTATED AND SERVICED FREQUENTLY! TIRES WEAR DOWN TO METAL STICKING OUT OF TIRES AND INNER WEAR IS INCREDIBLE. LEFT TIRE BEHIND THE DRIVER IS THE QUICKEST TO HAVE PROBLEMS AND BEGIN TO CAUSE CAR TO SHAKE. SECONDLY, REAR DOOR AUTOMATIC DOOR LOCKS QUITE WORKING AFTER 2 YEARS OF OWNING CAR. HOW DO I BECOME PART OF THE CLASS ACTION LAW SUIT. *TR

VEHICLES REAR END FELT VERY LOOSE AS IF DIDN'T HAVE CONTROL OF THE CAR. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP WHERE PURCHASED. REAR TIRES HAD EXCESSIVE WEAR ON INNER EDGE. INSPECTED SUSPENSION AND FOUND ALIGNMENT OUT OF GM SPECS. PERFORMED WHEEL ALIGNMENT AND NEW TIRES PUT ON. THE VEHICLE NOW HAS 60,000 MILES AND IS DOING THE SAME THING AGAIN. REAR END IS WOBBLY AND TIRES ARE WORN.(DEC.2012). *TR

WE PURCHASED THE CAR NEW FROM GRAND PRIZE CHEVROLET. AT ABOUT 8000 MILES I NOTICED UNEVEN WEAR ON THE FRONT TIRES AND CALLED THE DEALER. I WAS TOLD THAT THE WARRANTY ONLY COVERED WHEEL ALIGNMENT FOR THE FIRST 6000 MILES. ACCORDINGLY, I TOOK THE CAR TO TIRE KINGDOM, A TIRE DEALER, AND HAD THE CAR ALIGNED. AT 20,000 MILES I AGAIN NOTICED UNEVEN WEAR IN THE TIRES AND TOOK THE CAR BACK TO TIRE KINGDOM. THEY ALIGNED IT AGAIN AND SAID IT WAS OK. IT WASN'T. AT ABOUT 35,000 MILES IT WAS ALIGNED AGAIN BY TIRE KINGDOM AND I PUT IN NEW TIRES. THE STORE MANAGER, [XXX] TOLD ME HE HAD DONE THE ALIGNMENT HIMSELF AND THAT ALL WAS WITHIN SPECS. AT 52000 MILES ONE OF THE TIRES FAILED. IT WAS ALL WORN ON THE INSIDE EDGE WHERE I HAD NOT NOTICED THE UNEVEN WEAR. I THEN TOOK THE VEHICLE TO MAROONE CHEVROLET WHO TOLD ME THEY COULD NOT ALIGN THE CAR WITHOUT THE INSTALLATION OF WHAT THEY CALL A "CAMBER KIT" BECAUSE MY 2008 IMPALA HAD NO OTHER WAY OF HAVING THE CAMBER ADJUSTED. IN SUMMARY: MY 2008 IMPALA WAS MISALIGNED WHEN I PURCHASED IT AND 52000 MILES LATER IS STILL MISALIGNED BECAUSE THE MANUFACTURER FAILED TO INCLUDE CAMBER ADJUSTMENT IN THE DESIGN. NEITHER THE MANUFACTURER OR THE DEALER ACCEPTS RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS DEFECT, HAVE NOT ISSUED A RECALL AND WILL NOT FIX THE PROBLEM UNLESS WE PAY THEIR BLACKMAIL. HOWEVER, ACCORDING TO REPORTS ON THE INTERNET, A RECALL FOR THIS VERY SAME PROBLEM WAS ISSUED BY THE MANUFACTURER FOR POLICE VEHICLES. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT OVER THE COURSE OF TWO YEARS HE HAD TO REALIGN THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE THREE TIMES. THE DEALER TOLD HIM THAT IT WAS NORMAL FOR THE PARTICULAR MODEL VEHICLE. THE FAILURE WAS SO SEVERE THAT THE TIRES CONSTANTLY BECAME WORN PREMATURELY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED BUT OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 18,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 50,000. ....UPDATED 12/20/12 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED ONE SET OF TIRES THAT WERE REPLACED BECAUSE OF FAULTY ALIGNMENT WERE NEW AND HAD ONLY 7,00 MILES ON THEM. UPDATED 12/28/2012 *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR TIRES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE SUSPENSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000.

TIRES STARTED WEARING ON THE INSIDE EDGE AND NO OTHER PLACE WAS TOLD WE NEEDED NEW TIRES ALSO A 4 WHEEL ALIGNMENT WE REPLACED TIRES ON THE FRONT AND MOVED OLD TIRES TO THE REAR. LOOKING AT THE REAR OF THE CAR YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE TIRES LEANING IN AT THE TOP AND TIRES HAVE STARTED TO SHOW WEAR IN LESS 1,000 MILES ALL THE RESEARCH I HAVE DONE SAYS THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM GM WILL NOT DO ANYTHING AND WILL NOT ADMIT THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM I HAVE PUT 1 SET OF TIRES AND NOT THE CHEAP KIND GM USED PLUS THE LAST TIME I JUST REPLACED THE FRONT TIRES AND PUT THE OLDER ONES ON THE REAR AND HAVE HAD CAR ALIGNED 3 TIMES. *TR

CAR BEGAN TO DRIVE DIFFERENT SO THOUGHT I NEEDED AN ALIGNMENT. TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER I BOUGHT IT FROM ONLY TO BE TOLD I NEEDED NEW TIRES. AT 30000 MILES I THOUGHT THIS WAS ABSURD. A MONTH LATER LATER I HAD A FLAT TIRE IN THE REAR ONLY TO SEE THAT THE TIRE HAD WIRES STICKING OUT OF THE TIRE WITH A HOLE ALMOST COMPLETELY THROUGH THE TIRE. HAD TO SPEND MONEY FOR ALL NEW TIRES AND THEY ARE ALREADY STARTING TO SHOW PROBLEMS AFTER JUST A FEW THOUSAND MILES. I AM SINGLE, RETIRED AND LIVE PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK. I'M NOT A FAT CAT FROM GENERAL MOTORS WHO CAN'T SEEM TO MAKE A DECISION THAT YES, THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL AND YEAR CHEVY. WHEN PEOPLE START DYING BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM, POSSIBLY THEN YOU WILL DECIDE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS. *TR