2009 Chevrolet Impala

2009 CHEVY IMPALA 3.5L FFV - MY "PASSENGER AIRBAG" LIGHT HAS BEEN COMING ON INTERMITTENTLY SINCE EARLY SPRING 2013. IN AUGUST 2013, MY "BRAKE" LIGHT SUDDENLY CAME ON WHILE DRIVING. THERE DIDN'T APPEAR TO BE ANY HANDLING ISSUES. BOTH THE REGULAR BRAKES & PARKING BRAKE WORKED NORMALLY THE BRAKE FLUID LEVEL WAS FULL. FOR A FEW MONTHS THE "BRAKE" LIGHT WOULD COME ON SPORADICALLY & ALARM WHILE DRIVING, ALL WITHOUT ANY CHANGES IN DRIVING OR BRAKING ABILITY. AROUND SEPTEMBER 2013, THE "TRACTION CONTROL" & "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHTS CAME ON. AGAIN, THERE DID NOT SEEM TO BE ANY ISSUE WITH HANDLING. THESE LIGHTS ALSO CAME ON & OFF RANDOMLY & THEY WERE SELDOM ALL ON SIMULTANEOUSLY. OCCASIONALLY, THE WARNING PANEL ALSO SAYS, "ENGINE POWER REDUCED" & ACCELERATION & POWER ARE DIMINISHED. THERE'S ALSO BEEN A "LOW PRESSURE LEFT REAR TIRE." THE LEFT FRONT TIRE WAS FOUND TO BE LOW, BUT THE REAR TIRE WAS OK. TONIGHT, THE "CHECK ENGINE" & "TRACTION CONTROL" LIGHTS CAME ON & THE DISPLAY SAID "ENGINE POWER REDUCED." SUDDENLY, IT SAID, "STARTING DISABLED SERVICE THROTTLE" & MY CAR ESSENTIALLY LOST ALL POWER. THE STEERING ALSO LOCKED UP. IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO PULL OFF OF THE ROAD. I RESTARTED THE CAR AFTER ABOUT 1 MINUTE, & THE "TRACTION CONTROL" LIGHT WAS NO LONGER ON, BUT THE "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT WAS. I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE AGAIN, WITHOUT DIFFICULTY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITH THE ILLUMINATION OF THE ENGINE AND TRACTION WARNING LIGHTS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 92,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT HAD TO TURN OFF THE TRACTION CONTROL AND ENGINE LIGHT IN ORDER TO OPERATE THE VEHICLE HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM RECURRED AGAIN. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER OR AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.

MY ISSUE WAS THAT I WAS FOUR MONTHS INTO DRIVING MY NEW 2009 CHEVY IMPALA AND WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY GOING ABOUT 60 MPH MY CAR SHOWED FLASHING SIGNAL READING "ENGINE REDUCED SPEED" "CHECK STABILITRACK " AND MY CHECK ENGINE WAS ON. THE CAR THEN STOPPED ACCELERATING AND DROPPED TO 45 MPH IMMEDIATELY. I WAS NEARLY REAR ENDED WITH MY SON IN THE CAR. AFTER RESEARCHING AND HEARING COMPLAINTS ABOUT GM AND HOW THEY ARE NOT TAKING RESPONSIBILITY OF THIS SAFETY ISSUE AND ACTUALITY CHARGING PEOPLE TO FIX THEIR DEFECT. THEIR ARE NUMEROUS BLOGS AND VIDEOS PROVING THIS. EXAMPLES: SHOW OVER 23,000 DRIVERS WITH THE SAME ISSUE HTTP://WWW.[XXX] : HTTP://WWW.[XXX] THANK GOD IT DOES NOT LOOK LIKE ANY FATALITIES HAVE OCCURRED AS OF YET BUT WHO KNOWS. PLEASE DON'T LET SOMEONE GET INJURED OR LOSE THEIR LIFE TO TAKE NOTICE TO THIS. GM THINKS INJURY OR LOSE OF LIFE = $222.00. I AM IN CONTACT WITH A LAW FIRM IN HOPES OF A CLASS ACTION. *TR PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ANTI-FREEZE FUMES WERE ENTERING THE VEHICLE AND THE LOWER ENLIST LINE WAS REPLACED. MOST RECENTLY, THE FAILURE RECURRED AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE CROSS OVER GASKET, CRANK TIMING COVER SEAL AND THE LOWER ENLIST LINE WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 56,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 86,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE A DIAGNOSTIC WAS PERFORMED, WHICH LOCATED THE FAILURE AS THE AIR BAG SENSOR NEEDING TO BE RECALIBRATED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT BUCKLE FAILED TO SECURE INTO THE BELT CLIP. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 117,000.

WHEN I PRESSED DOWN ON MY ACCELERATOR PEDAL (SPEED LIMIT WAS INCREASING FROM 50MPH TO 65MPH), A MESSAGE OF "STARTING DISABLED. SERVICE THROTTLE" CAME UP ON THE DASH. THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND STEERING WHEEL COMPLETELY LOCKED UP AND THE CAR STARTED TO DECELERATE. I WAS ABLE TO FORCE THE STEERING WHEEL IN ORDER TO TURN ONTO A SIDE STREET (NARROWLY AVOIDING A CAR STOPPED IN THE LEFT LANE TO TURN) AND PARK THE VEHICLE IN A LOCATION OUT OF THE MAIN LANE OF TRAFFIC. HAD THIS SIDE STREET NOT BEEN THERE AT THAT EXACT MOMENT, THE POSSIBILITY OF A CRASH WOULD BE VERY LIKELY AS STEERING WAS UNRESPONSIVE AND I MAY HAVE BEEN REAR-ENDED DUE TO THE SUDDEN LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. *TR

THE REAR POWER DOOR LOCK ACTUATORS HAVE FAILED. THE REAR PASSENGER DOOR LOCK FAILED FIRST, THEN A FEW THOUSAND MILES LATER THE DRIVER SIDE ACTUATOR FAILED. THE PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT BUT WITH A 90%+ OCCURRENCE OF FAILURE. ONE OR BOTH WILL FAIL FOR WEEKS AT A TIME, BUT MAY OCCASIONALLY SURPRISE YOU AND WORK ONCE OR TWICE. THE FAILURE IS IN BOTH THE LOCK AND UNLOCK MODES. THE FAILURE IS UNRELATED TO USING KEYLESS ENTRY OR THE MANUAL SWITCH OR HAVING CHILD SAFETY LOCKS ON OR OFF. IT IS VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO REACH THE REAR DOOR TOP MANUAL LATCH POST FROM THE FRONT SEAT. ON ONE OCCASION I WAS TRYING TO MANUALLY UNLOCK THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE DOOR FROM THE FRONT SEAT. MY HEAD/NECK BECAME TRAPPED BETWEEN THE SIDE OF THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT AND THE DOOR PILLAR. I WAS UNABLE TO REMOVE MY NECK UNTIL I WAS ABLE TO REACH THE SEAT ADJUSTING MECHANISM AND MOVE THE SEAT FORWARD. IN THE PROCESS OF THAT I AGGRAVATED A CHRONIC BACK CONDITION PULLING A MUSCLE IN MY BACK. AN INTERNET SEARCH OR DISCUSSION WITH REPAIR SHOPS WILL QUICKLY REVEAL THAT THIS IS A WIDESPREAD ISSUE FOR MANY 2008-2009 CHEVROLET IMPALA, TAHOE, MALIBU AND SILVERADO OWNERS. DUE TO THE APPROXIMATE $365 PER DOOR REPAIR COST, THE DEFECTIVE LATCHES ARE NOT BEING REPLACED BY MANY OWNERS. CHEVROLET IS WELL AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND OFFERS NO REPAIR ASSISTANCE. IN A CRASH SITUATION THE CRASH COMPUTER SEQUENCE CANNOT BE RELIED ON ACTUATE THE DEFECTIVE LOCK ACTUATORS. THE POSITION OF THE MANUAL LOCK POST DOES NOT FACILITATE MANUAL OPERATION WITHOUT EXTREME CONTORTION OF THE BODY. IN A FIRE, CRASH OR EMERGENCY IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO ACCESS CHILDREN OR PASSENGERS FROM THE REAR SEAT FOR EXTRACTION. MY SON HAS TOLD ME THAT IT IS COMMON KNOWLEDGE THAT THE REAR DOORS ON THIS GENRE OF VEHICLE ARE COMMONLY UNLOCKED AND A TARGET OF THIEVES AND POTENTIALLY CARJACKERS. *TR