2013 Chevrolet Impala

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE "SERVICE STABILITRACK" MESSAGE DISPLAYED ON THE MESSAGE CENTER. THE VEHICLE LOST ACCELERATION, THE RPMS INCREASED, AND THE VEHICLE SURGED FORWARD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED FOR APPROXIMATELY EIGHT MONTHS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 94,000.

WAS TRAVELING ALONG AND I THINK I HAD JUST COMPLETED A LEFT HAND TURN WHEN THE CAR DINGED. I LOOKED AT THE DASH AND THREE MESSAGES POPPED UP, "SERVICE STABILITRAK", "SERVICE BRAKE ASSIST", "SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL" AND THE ABS LIGHT COMES ON AND THE TRACTION OFF LIGHT SHOWS UP. HAPPENS QUITE FREQUENTLY HAVE HAD IT FIXED AT LEAST ONCE ON THIS VEHICLE AND ALSO ON MY 2012 IMPALA BEFORE IT WAS TOTALED.

WHILE DRIVING AND USUALLY MAKING HARD TURN AND BRAKING THE SERVICE STABILITRAK, TRACTION CONTROL, BRAKE ASSIST MESSAGES APPEAR ALL AT THE SAME TIME AND THE ABS LIGHT TURNED ON. HAD DIAGNOSTICS CHECKED ON IT AND FOUND CODE FOR FRONT RIGHT WHEEL BEARING AND POSSIBLE ABS SENSOR. HAD THE WHEEL BEARING AND HUB ASSEMBLY REPLACED BY PROFESSIONAL AUTO REPAIR SHOP. DROVE HOME AND AS RETURNING HOME, MADE LEFT TURN AND BRAKED AND FELT THE BRAKES SLIGHTLY LOCK UP. HIT GAS AND ALL LIGHTS AND MESSAGES REAPPEARED. SERVICED AT 87,000 MILES.

IN 2016 I WAS DRIVING TO WORK WHEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT, ABS LIGHT, SERVICE STABILITRACK LIGHT AND SERVICE BRAKE ASSIST LIGHT CAME ON ALL AT THE SAME TIME. I TOOK IT TO CHEVY DEALER AND THEY CLAIMED MY CAR WAS MISFIRING, ALONG WITH THE LEFT WHEEL HUB, AND A TUNE UP. LONG STORY SHORT, IN THREE MONTHS I SPENT ABOUT $3000 ON SOMETHING THAT IS CONTINUING TO HAPPEN. BUT THE DIFFERENCE IS NOW IT FEELS LIKE MY BRAKES SLIP WHEN THE LIGHTS COME ON. AND THEY COME ON AND OFF AND ON AND OFF..I COULD JUST HAVE TURNED THE CAR ON AND THE LIGHTS ARE DINGING. I TRIED TO SEE IF GENERAL MOTORS WILL HELP ME, AND OF COURSE THEY CANNOT DO ANYTHING. AS I READ THROUGH ALL OF THESE COMPLAINTS, IT MAKES ME FEEL LESS CRAZY SINCE EVERY TIME I TAKE IT TO A SHOP THE DIAGNOSTIC MACHINE DOESN'T PICK UP ANY CODES. THIS NEEDS TO BE A RECALL BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT. AND GENERAL MOTORS NEEDS TO DO BETTER IN MAKING THEIR CONSUMERS HAPPIER WITH THEIR PRODUCTS.

MY VEHICLE HAS 66,000 MILES ON IT. I AM TAKING IT IN FOR THE 3RD TIME DUE TO THE SERVICE STABILITRAK AND SERVICE ABS WARNING. THE CAR MAKES A GRINDING NOISE IN THE FRONT END WHEN TURNING (USUALLY LEFT) OR WHEN SHIFTING FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE. THE FRONT SPEED CONTROL HUB HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE TO SUPPOSEDLY CORRECT HIS PROBLEM. HOWEVER, SINCE IT IS HAPPENING AGAIN, I AM RELATIVELY CERTAIN THAT THE HUB WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED A THIRD TIME. THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE IN A VEHICLE WITH ONLY 66,000 MILES ON IT.

LAST YEAR I TOOK MY CAR TO CHEVY AND THEY TOLD ME THAT NOTHING WAS WRONG AND THAT THEY CAN NOT REPLICATE THE GRINDING NOISE OR SEE THE STABILITRAK LIGHT ON. A YEAR LATER AND IT IS GRINDING MORE AND THE STABILITRAK LIGHT STAYS ON. IS THERE A RECALL FOR THIS? I HAVE KEPT MY CAR UP ON TUNE UPS AND OIL CHANGES, BUT THIS STABILITRAK ISSUE IS GETTING MORE AND MORE ANNOYING EACH DAY AND THAT GRINDING NOISE DOES NOT SOUND GOOD AFTER I WAS TOLD IT WAS NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT.

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH MY CHILD AND MY SERVICE STABILITRACT AND ABS LIGHT CAME ON AND WHEN I WENT TO TURN ALL U HEARD WAS A GRINDING NOISE AND THE WHEEL LIKE LOCKED UP AND WOULDN'T LET ME TURN UNTIL LIKE 5 SECONDS LATER ALMOST CAUSING ME AND MY KIDS TO GET HIT INTO A REALLY TERRIBLE WRECK WITH CARS COMING AT US AT 55 MPH