2009 Chevrolet Impala

2009 CHEVROLET IMPALA. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE DASHBOARD PASSENGER AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT BLINKING, SMOKE AND ODORS OF ELECTRICAL WIRE BURNING. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THAT A BUZZING NOISE WAS HEARD IN THE AREA OF THE AIRBAG 4 MONTHS AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED. THE AIRBAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED. MORE RECENTLY, THE DASH BEGAN SMOKING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND OFFERED TO PAY A PORTION OF THE REPAIR. THE CONSUMER DECLINED DUE TO NOT BEING ABLE TO AFFORD THE REMAINING COST OF THE REPAIRS. UPDATED 10/10/2017*JS

LOST POWER AND SHUT OFF COMPLETELY WHEN ACCELERATED AT HIGH SPEED WHEN GETTING ONTO A FREEWAY. MY HUSBAND WAS ABLE TO COAST TO AN EXIT AND GET OFF. AFTER WAITING SOME MINUTES, TURNED CAR BACK ON AND WAS ABLE TO GO HOME. ALSO TRACTION CONTROL ALERT COMES ON WHEN DRIVING SLOW IN A PARKING LOT OR MAKING A SLOW RIGHT OR LEFT TURN. CAUSES A GRINDING NOISE.

MY STERRING WHEEL ON MY 2009 CHEVY IMPALA HAS RECENTLY STARTED GETTING STUCK ONCE THE ENGINE HS BEEN CUT OFF AND PARKED. SOMETIMES I DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEMS TURNING THE KEY AND IT CRANKS RIGHT ON UP WHILE MAJORITY OF THE TIME I HAVE TO ROCK MY STEERING WHEEL BACK AND FORTH WHILE TURNING THE KEY. MY TIRE AND PRESSURE LIGHT STAYS ON EVEN AFTER I HAVE BROUGHT NEW TIRES AND A OIL CHANGE. MY ACTUATOR MAKES A CLICKING NOISE WHEN I CRANK UP MY CAR AND LAST ABOUT A MINUTE OR TWO THEN STOPS.

AUTONATION ALONG WITH GM COMMUNICATED WITH MY MECHANIC AND MYSELF AND TOLD ME THAT MY CAR REPAIRS WOULD BE COMPLETED AND PAID FOR BY GM AS PART OF RECALL WORK AND SUBSEQUENT DAMAGE FROM THE RECALL WORK NOT BEING PERFORMED BEFORE ADDITIONAL DAMAGE COULD OCCUR. WE WERE EVEN TOLD THAT OUR RENTAL CAR WOULD BE PAID FOR BUT ONCE THEY TOWED THE CAR FROM OUR MECHANIC TO THEIR SHOP, THEY TOLD US THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THAT, ALTHOUGH DIDN'T COMMUNICATE THAT TO US UNTIL OVER A MONTH HAD GONE BY. SUBSEQUENTLY, AUTONATION TOWED MY CAR BACK TO MY MECHANIC BUT WITH EVEN MORE DAMAGE THAN THEY THEMSELVES STATED HAD BEEN THE SITUATION WITH MY CAR. THEIR OWN MECHANIC STATED BOTH VERBALLY AND IN WRITING (IN THE WORK ORDER) THAT THE RECALLED WIRES SHORTED CAUSING THE DAMAGE TO MY CAR. NO ONE WILL TELL US WHY THAT CHANGED ONCE OUR CAR WAS TOWED TO THEM AS WE WOULD NEVER HAVE TOWED IT TO THEM IF THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE CASE. ADDITIONALLY, NO ONE HAS TOLD US WHY OR WHO THE SOMEONE IS WHO DISAGREED WITH THEIR OWN MECHANIC (AND 3 ADDITIONAL MECHANICS SUBSEQUENTLY) AND MADE THE DETERMINATION THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THE SHORT AND RELATED DAMAGES. I DO HAVE THE GM DOCUMENT SAFETY RECALL REPORT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS RECALL THAT OUTLINES WHAT HAPPENED TO OUR CALL WILL HAPPEN TO 1 PERCENT OF THE CARS MANUFACTURED DURING THE TIMEFRAME MY CAR WAS MANUFACTURED AS WELL AS THE WORK ORDER FROM AUTONATION CLEARLY STATING A SHORT CAUSED DAMAGE TO MY VEHICLE

AT AROUND 140,000 MILES I NOTICED MY SERVICE AIRBAG LIGHT COMING ON AND OFF. OVERTIME IT CONTINUED TURNING ON AND OFF STAYING ON MORE FREQUENT THAN BEING OFF. I BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR A RECALL THAT AFFECTED THE AIRBAGS. THEY TOLD ME THEY JUST HAD TO WRAP SOME WIRES THAT GO UNDERNEATH THE SEAT AND THAT WAS IT. HOWEVER THIS DID NOT TURN MY AIRBAG LIGHT OFF AND I HAVE GOTTEN NO HELP FROM ANY DEALERSHIP OR ONLINE FORUMS. I BELIEVE CHEVY SHOULD RECALL THIS AS MANY OTHER INDIVIDUALS WITH IMPALAS ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME ISSUE. AS TO THE SEAT PROBLEM. WHERE MY SEAT COMES TOGETHER AT THE LOW BACK, IT SHIFTS AND MOVES AROUND. THE DEALERSHIP SAID THEY COULD FIX IT AT $900. THEY SAID THEY WOULD HAVE TO FIND A NEW SEAT AND THEN PUT MY CUSHIONS AND UPHOLSTERY ON IT.