2006 CHEVROLET IMPALA Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V355000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM); HOWEVER, THE PART WAS UNAVAILABLE TO PERFORM THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

IN DEC 2011/TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 88900 MILES ON MY IMPALA THAT I PURCHASED BRAND NEW, CAR WAS OUT OF WARRANTY, I PAID HALF AND GM PAID HALF , TO REBUILD TRANSMISSION- SO I THOUGHT, NOV 2013- 25000 MILES LATER, TRANS STARTED TO FAIL AGAIN, I CALLED GM, OPENED ANOTHER CASE, NO RESULTS OR RESPONSE, ONCE AGAIN, DEC 2014, I CONTACTED GM AGAIN, TRANSMISSION GONE IN CAR APPROX. 30,000 MILES LATER, FROM WHEN THEY INITIALLY REBUILT THE TRANS, AND THE DEALER NOW WANTS 2200 TO PUT A TRANS IN THE CAR, I PAID ALMOST 2000 BEFORE IN DEC.2011/JAN2012 FOR THAT TRANS TO BE REBUILT, HERE IT IS 30000 MILE LATER AND THE TRANS IS GOING...THEY SHOULD HAVE RE-CALLED THE TRANSMISSIONS IN THAT CAR, BECAUSE EVERYONE HAS SAME HORROR STORY ABOUT THE 2006/2007/2008'S TRANSMISSIONS/ I HAVE 3 SEPARATE CASE #'S WITH GM, REGARDING THAT TRANS ON MY CAR. I ALSO OWN A 2013 MALIBU, SO THE 2006 IMPALA HAD NOT BEEN DRIVEN ENOUGH FOR THE TRANS TO BE GONE ON IT AGAIN. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2006 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 66 MPH WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ACTIVATED, THE CONTACT HEARD AN ABNORMAL NOISE AS THE SPEEDOMETER DECREASED. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND CRASHED INTO A DITCH, LANDING 80 FEET AWAY. THE CONTACT ALSO NOTICED THAT THE AXLES WERE FRACTURED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AND THERE WERE UNKNOWN INJURIES SUSTAINED THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V355000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) BUT DID NOT DISCLOSE IF THE VEIHCLE WAS INCLUDED OR REPAIRED UNDER THE RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 56,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

MY CAR WILL BE IN DRIVE AND GOING DOWN THE ROAD AND MY SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT COMES ON AND THEN FLASHES BETWEEN THAT AN REDUCE ENGINE POWER. CAUSING MY CAR TO HAVE REDUCED POWER ! *TR

I'VE HAD AN ONGOING ISSUE SINCE THIS SPRING WITH AN ISSUE ON TRACTION CONTROL AND THE DISPLAY REPORTING 'REDUCED ENGINE POWER ". I'VE NOW HAD THE THROTTLE BODY SENSOR AND POWER TRAIN COMPUTER MODULE REPLACED. I'LL BE DRIVING AT A RATE OF SPEED ON THE HIGHWAY OF APX 60MPH AND THEN THESE ERROR MESSAGES APPEAR AND THE CRUISE KICKS OFF. THERE'S HESITATION AS I TRY TO ACCELERATE. *JS

I GOT A SAFETY RECALL NOTICE NUMBER 14V355. I CALLED MY NEAREST CHEVROLET DEALER MIDWAY CHEVROLET AT 2323 W. BELL RD. PHOENIX, ARIZONA ON DECEMBER 10, 2014 @ 2 P.M.. I WAS TOLD SOMEONE WOULD CALL ME BACK TO SCHEDULE A REPAIR APPOINTMENT. I WAITED 3 WEEKS AND GOT NO CALL. DECEMBER 30, 2014 @ 11:30 A.M. I WAS TOLD BY '[XXX]' IN SVC. DEPT. THAT HE WOULD CALL ME BACK IN 15 MIN. I WAITED OVER AN HOUR. I CALLED THEM TO ASK WHY NO CALL BACK. I GOT A RECORDING. I CALLED AGAIN AND TOLD RECEPTIONIST I WANTED TO SPEAK TO SVC. MANAGER. I GOT A RECORDING. MIDWAY CHEVROLET WILL NOT HELP THE RECALL CUSTOMER. MIDWAY CHEVROLET DID NOT CO-OPERATE. I CALLED SANDS CHEVROLET @5418 MW GRAND AVE. GLENDALE, AZ. THEY TRANSFERRED ME IMMEDIATELY TO SVC. DEPT. [XXX] IMMEDIATELY SCHEDULED ME TO COME IN TOMORROW. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR UPDATED 2/4/16*JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 220,000.

THE POWER STEERING PUMP HAS BEEN REPLACED 4 TIMES IN 5 OR 6 YEARS. THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE POWER STEERING COOLER LINE WHICH WAS REPAIRED BY REPLACING CLAMPS AND HOSE AS PER RECALL IN 2011.ON 10/12/12 THE STEERING GEAR AND THE POWER STEERING PUMP WERE REPLACED. ON 10/25/12 THE POWER STEERING PUMP THAT WAS PUT ON 10/12/12 WAS FOUND TO BE LEAKING AND WAS REPLACED. IT WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. ON 12/16/14 ANOTHER POWER STEERING PUMP HAD TO BE PUT ON AS THE PREVIOUS ONE HAD FAILED. THE PUMP THAT WAS REPLACED WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY. *TR

2006 CHEVROLET IMPALA. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO RECALL PROBLEM. *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED AFTER HAVING THE RECALL PERFORMED, THE REMOTE STOPPED WORKING. *JB

POPPING NOISE COMING FROM FRONT END OF CAR. NOISE OCCURS WITH ACCELERATION, BRAKING, SHIFTING TRANSMISSION OR PASSING OVER SPEED BUMPS OR ROUGH ROADS. GENERALLY OCCURS AT LOWER SPEEDS, LESS THAN 35MPH, BUT OCCURS WITH HIGHER SPEEDS AS WELL, ALTHOUGH NOT AS FREQUENTLY. (POSSIBLY COMING FROM SUB-FRAME OR SUB-FRAME BOLTS?) *TR