2008 Chevrolet Impala

2008 AN UP CHEVY IMPALA TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT AN CHECK ENGINE LIGHT PLUS ENGINE POWER REDUCE. ITS ACTUALLY THE SENSOR ON YOUR GAS PEDAL WHAT WILL HAPPENED WITHOUT WARNING THE CAR WILL DROP TO 5 MPH. WHILE YOU ARE DRIVING AND STAY LIKE THAT I TOOK IT TO THE CHEVY DEALER AN THEY EXPLAIN TO ME WHAT'S THE PROBLEM ITS A VERY SERIOUS DEFECT THAT CAN CAUSE A REAR END CRASH TO THE LOSING THE AMOUNT OF POWER. THE CHEVY DEALERSHIP EXPLAINED TO ME THAT THEY HAVE A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH THE CHEVY IMPALA GAS PEDAL.THIS IS A SERIOUS ISSUE AN NEED TO A RECALL FOR THESE MAKES AN MODELS. *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

I STARTED THE CAR WITH THE REMOTE START AND IT WAS WARMING UP, WENT OUT PUT MY TWO SMALL CHILDREN I AND STARTED IT WITH THE KEY, WENT BACK TO GRAB MY BAG, AND GOT IN TO GO. WHEN I HOPPED IN THE MESSAGE CENTER WAS BLINKING; ENGINE POWER REDUCED, STABILIZATION TRACK, AND SOMETHING ELSE TO DO WITH THE TRACTION CONTROL. IT WAS VERY COLD OUT AND WE HAD A LONG DRIVE, I WAS VERY SCARED WE WOULD BE STRANDED IN THE COLD. MY CAR HAS SEVERAL MILES, BUT HAS ALWAYS BEEN TAKEN CARE OF. THIS IS VERY FRUSTRATING, AND SCARY. I HAVE DONE SOME RESEARCH ON-LINE, AND IT SOUNDS AS THOUGH CHEVY IS DOING NOTHING TO HELP THE SITUATION, AND ITS HAPPENING WITH A LOT OF THE SAME YEAR VEHICLES! I LOVE MY CAR, THIS IS THE FIRST BIG ISSUE, I AM SO SAD ABOUT IT. I AM WORRIED ABOUT DRIVING WITH MY KIDS, FROM WHAT I HAVE READ THE CAR WILL JUST TURN OFF! NOT OKAY!!! I HOPE THAT SOMETHING; SAY A RECALL HAPPENS SO THIS CAN BE REPAIRED WITH FEW LIVES LOST. DO THEY WANT TO BE LIKE TOYOTA AND ALL THE HEADACHE THEY HAD! *TR

I WAS GOING DOWN THE ROAD AND OUT OF NO WHERE MY CAR SAYS SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL, FOLLOWED BY SERVICE STABILITRAK, FOLLOWED BY ENGINE POWER REDUCED WITH A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON. LOST ALMOST ALL POWER TO THE CAR, COULD BARELY TURN THE WHEEL AND THE BRAKES FELT EXTREMELY STRANGE. I COULD ONLY GO ABOUT 5MPH TOPS DOWN THE ROAD. LUCKILY I WAS ONLY 2 MIN FROM HOME. WHICH ACTUALLY TOOK 6 MIN BECAUSE OF THE REDUCED ENGINE SPEED. RIGHT BEFORE I PULLED IN THE DRIVEWAY THE MOTOR DIED. THE NEXT DAY I WENT OUT AND TRIED STARTING IT. THE REMOTE START WASN'T WORKING AND MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS STILL ON BUT IT DID START UP WITH A TURN OF THE KEY. I LOOKED UP CODES AND FOUND THAT IT WAS TELLING ME THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL SENSOR WAS BAD. I HAVE GOOGLED THIS ISSUE AND FOUND THAT IT IS A VERY DANGEROUS, COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE CHEVY IMPALA. ALTHOUGH THAT IS THE CODE IT IS GIVING ME, OTHER PEOPLE HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THEIR THROTTLE BODY TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. GM SHOULD RECALL IT BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT. I WILL NOT BE BUYING ANOTHER GM VEHICLE IN THE FUTURE BECAUSE THEY ARE TOO CHEAP TO FIX THIS COMMON ISSUE WHICH COULD ESSENTIALLY COST SOMEONE THEIR LIFE. *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 WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE ERRONEOUSLY SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STALL. AS A RESULT, ANOTHER VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE DURING THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS. THE DRIVER AND THE CONTACT SUFFERED A CONCUSSION. THE CONTACT ALSO SUFFERED AN ANKLE INJURY. THE DRIVER OF THE OTHER VEHICLE SUFFERED A LEG INJURY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE HAD ALSO OCCURRED PRIOR TO THE CRASH. THE CONTACT DID NOT TAKE THE VEHICLE TO A DEALER OR MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING OR REPAIRS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 117,000.

I PURCHASED MY '08 IMPALA LT USED, VEHICLE WAS IN PERFECT CONDITION, OLDER OWNER AND WAS A SEASONAL VEHICLE AS WE LIVE IN SOUTH FLORIDA THIS OWNER WAS A SNOW BIRD AND ONLY USED THE VEHICLE 4 MONTHS OUT OF THE YEAR. I HAD THE CAR ABOUT 7 MONTHS AND THEN I NOTICED A PROBLEM WITH THE LOCKS, THEY WOULD SOMETIMES NOT LOCK/OR UNLOCK WHILE USING THE FOB, THE INTERIOR LOCK STILL WORKED FOR A FEW MORE MONTHS AND THEN EVERYTHING EVENTUALLY CEASED. NOW NOTHING WORKS, UNLESS YOU MANUALLY LOCK/UNLOCK IT YOURSELF. PROBLEM IS.....I HAVE CHILDREN, SMALL CHILDREN AND WHEN DOING 8 OTHER THINGS WHILE GETTING OUT OF THE CAR, OR PARKING THE CAR AND GETTING OUT IT IS SUCH A PAIN IN THE A** THAT I HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS WITH A SOMEWHAT NEWER VEHICLE!!! I TRIED REPLACING THE FUSE, THAT DIDN'T WORK. I CAN HEAR THE LOCKS CLICK, BUT NOTHING HAPPENS. WELL.....I HAD SOME WORK DONE TO THE VEHICLE, NEW TIRES AND AN ALIGNMENT AND HAD THEM LOOK INTO IT FURTHER, THEY DID AND TOLD ME THE ACTUATORS NEED TO BE REPLACED, $1200!!! I ALMOST PASSED OUT RIGHT THERE!! FOR SOMETHING THAT WAS NOT THE DIRECT CAUSE BY ME HOW IRRESPONSIBLE OF CHEVROLET TO ALLOW THESE PARTS TO GO BAD, I DID A GREAT AMOUNT OF RESEARCH AND FOUND THIS PROBLEM WITH QUITE A FEW OWNERS OF THIS VERY SAME VEHICLE, THIS AND THE AIR FLOW THING THAT MAKES A HORRIBLE NOISE, LIKE BANGING!!! THAT WILL BE MY NEXT COMPLAINT!! I FOUND THAT APPARENTLY, THE GREASE FROM ONE OF THE COMPONENTS THAT IS NEXT TO ACTUATOR IS EATING AWAY AT THE PART CAUSING IT TO DEFAULT!! CHEVY NEEDS TO HAVE THIS RECALLED, ASAP!!! PEOPLE WITH SMALL CHILDREN, WHO KEEP THEM IN THE BACK SEAT COULD HAVE SOME SERIOUS PROBLEMS IF THEY ARE UNABLE TO GET TO THEIR KIDS.....ESPECIALLY SINCE THE LOCKS ARE ALL THE WAY TOWARDS THE REAR OF THE DOOR YOU CANT EVEN REACH IT FROM THE FRONT SEAT. THIS IS SUPPOSED TO ME CONSIDERED A FULL SIZE SEDAN, A FAMILY CAR!!! *TR