2012 Chevrolet Impala

WHILE DRIVING MY CAR HIGHWAY SPEED WAS 65MPH, AT THAT RATE OF SPEED MY VEHICLE WAS PICKING UP SPEED AND WHEN I WENT TO PRESS ON MY BRAKES, IT WAS IF I WAS DRIVING ON ICE AND MY CAR WAS SKIDDING. TWO DAYS LATER I STOPPED FOR GAS AND MY CAR WOULDN'T START, AFTER MY 3RD ATTEMPT, IT STUTTERED HARD TIME TURNING OVER. ONCE IT DID I TURNED IT OFF BUT THE CAR WAS STILL RUNNING. I DID THIS SEVERAL TIMES. VERY SCARED TO DRIVE MY CAR BACK HOME BECAUSE I'M OUT OF TOWN. MY LIGHTS SAYS I HAVE LOW RIGHT TIRE PRESSURE BUT I DON'T, IT'S BACK LEFT TIRE FOR SOME ODD REASON. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, WHEN ACCELERATING AND DECELERATING THERE WOULD BE AN ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE FAILURE WAS INTERMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE SPIDER GEAR FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURE WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 20,000.

CAR EXPERIENCED COMPLETE ENGINE AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILURE WHILE ACCELERATING ONTO BUSY HIGHWAY. THERE WAS NO EMERGENCY LANE, SO BROUGHT CAR TO A HALT BLOCKING ONE LANE. THIS WAS AS VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. LATER DETERMINED THAT THE CAUSE WAS A LOOSE HOT WIRE TERMINAL CONNECTION TO THE FUSE BOX. IT HAD EITHER VIBRATED LOOSE OR WAS NOT TIGHTENED ADEQUATELY AT TIME OF MANUFACTURE. LOCAL DEALER WAS NOT INTERESTED IN REPORTING THIS EVENT TO THE GM DATA BASE, SO GAVE ME A CHEVROLET CUSTOMER SERVICE NUMBER TO CALL, WHICH I DID. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED INDEPENDENTLY WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO PERFORM A DIAGNOSIS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 44,000.

I WAS DRIVING AND AFTER MAKING A LEFT TURN, MY SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL, SERVICE BRAKE ASSIST, AND ABS LIGHT ALL POPPED ON. IT WENT ON AND OFF FOR MANY DAYS AS I WOULD STOP AND THEN RE-START THE CAR. I FINALLY TOOK IT TO A CHEVY DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THEY TESTED THE FRONT ABS CONNECTOR AND ADJUSTED THE TIMING. LIGHTS AND CODES WENT OFF FOR ABOUT TWO WEEKS THEN POPPED BACK ON UPON MAKING A LEFT TURN. IN ADDITION TO THE LIGHTS AND CODES, THE CAR NOW MAKE A LOUD GRINDING NOISE AND THE CAR STALLS. I HAVE BEEN AT A LIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF MAKING A TURN WHEN THE CAR WILL STALL AND NOT LET ME TAKE OFF- THE TRACTION CONTROL SYMBOL WILL COME ON AND I WILL BE STUCK TRYING TO ACCELERATE. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AS I HAVE ALMOST BEEN HIT FROM BEHIND A FEW TIMES DUE TO NOT BEING ABLE TO ACCELERATE IN A TIMELY FASHION. I HAVE GONE ON CHEVY IMPALA FORUMS LOOKING FOR OTHER DRIVERS WHO MAY HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS ARE THERE ARE A GOOD NUMBER OF THEM. IT SEEMS TO BE AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. *JS

FAILED TORQUE CONVERTER. THE TORQUE CONVERTER WOULD SLIP WHEN SHIFTING FROM REVERSE TO FORWARD (DRIVE). IT WOULD SLAM INTO DRIVE, GRIN THE GEARS AND CAUSE THE TIRES TO SQUEAK (SPIN). ON APRIL 28, HEDRICK'S CHEVROLET 961 W SHAW, CLOVIS, CA, REPLACED THE ORIGINAL TORQUE CONVERTER, WITH A REMANUFACTURED CONVERTOR, PART NUMBER 17804457 (1), PLUS THE FOLLOWING PARTS:17804457(1)-CORE RETURN, 24264377 (1)- SEAL KIT, 25886620(2)- GASKET,10333578(1) - GASKET, 12609163(1) - GASKET. IT IS A WARRANTY CLOVERED PART. *TR