2001 CHEVROLET IMPALA Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PART WAS UNAVAILABLE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V400000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED THE REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 116,000.

2001 CHEVROLET IMPALA. IGNITION RECALL. *TA THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THE PARTS NEEDED TO BE ORDERED. THE CONSUMER STATED IN NOVEMBER 2012, SHE HAD DIFFICULTY TURNING THE KEY IN THE IGNITION. *JB

THE SECURITY LIGHT CAME ON AND CAR SHUT OFF WHILE I WAS DRIVING THE CAR AT APPROX 30 MPH. THIS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES SINCE THEN WHILE TRAVELING AT A HIGHER RATE OF SPEED. LUCKILY I DID NOT HAVE AN ACCIDENT BUT, I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE THE CAR THAT AN ACCIDENT MAY HAPPEN. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. I HAVE RESEARCHED THE INTERNET AND CAME ACROSS MANY COMPLAINTS THE SAME AS MINE. HOW CAN IT BE THAT NO RECALLS HAVE BEEN MADE ON AN ISSUE SO SERIOUS? *TR

SINCE GM PERFORMED SAFETY RECALL # 14350 ON OUR KEYS WE'VE HAD MORE ISSUES WITH OUR 2001 IMPALA NOT STARTING WHICH HAS RENDERED IT UNABLE TO BE STARTED CURRENTLY. THIS IS MY SECOND TIME POSTING SINCE I ORIGINALLY POSTED ON 10/24/14 REGARDING THE CAR CUTTING OUT WHILE DRIVING. SINCE THAT TIME WE'VE BEEN HAVING ISSUES WITH THE CAR INTERMITTENTLY NOT STARTING OR FAILING TO RESTART AFTER DRIVING IT A SHORT DISTANCE, LIKE GOING TO THE STORE. A FEW WEEKS AGO WE HAD TO SPEND $140 ON A NEW BATTERY AFTER THE MECHANICS TOLD US THAT WAS THE STARTING PROBLEM. TWO DAYS LATER IT ONCE AGAIN WOULDN'T RESTART AFTER STOPPING AT THE STORE FOR A FEW MINUTES. THE MECHANIC CAME AND CHECKED THE CAR AND TIGHTENED THE BATTERY TERMINAL CONNECTIONS THINKING THAT WAS THE ISSUE. A FEW DAYS AFTER THE CAR WOULDN'T RESTART ONCE AGAIN AFTER A SHORT VISIT TO THE STORE. THAT TIME A TOW TRUCK DRIVER TRIED TO JUMP IT BUT IT WOULDN'T START, SO IT WAS TOWED TO THE MECHANIC. ONCE AT THE MECHANICS THE MECHANIC TRIED TO START IT AND IT STARTED RIGHT UP. HE KEPT IT FOR TWO DAYS AND TRIED STARTING IT NUMEROUS TIMES AND EVERY TIME IT STARTED. SINCE BRINGING IT BACK HOME WE'VE HAD PROBLEMS ONCE AGAIN WITH IT NOT STARTING EVEN THOUGH EVERYTHING SEEMS FINE AND THE BATTERY TERMINALS ARE TIGHT. TODAY THE KEY FOB WOULD NOT OPEN THE DOOR REMOTELY NOR WOULD THE CAR START. I'VE BEEN RESEARCHING THESE ISSUES AND SEE WHERE IN MANY INSTANCES PEOPLE HAVE FOUND THE IGNITION/KEY FOB ISSUES ARE RELATED TO THE PASS LOCK SYSTEM KEEPING THE CAR FROM STARTING OR CANCELING THE ENGINE WHILE RUNNING. GM NEEDS TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES WHICH ARE CAUSING VEHICLES LIKE OURS TO EITHER NOT START OR HAVE ENGINE FAILURE WHILE DRIVING. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT HEARD AN UNUSUAL SOUND AND NOTICED SMOKE UNDER THE HOOD WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO START THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT LIFTED UP THE HOOD AND OBSERVED AN ENGINE FIRE. THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED WITH WATER. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC STATED THAT THE INTAKE MANIFOLD FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 165,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH, THE TRACTION CONTROL AND BRAKE WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER OR INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 115,000.

2001 CHEVROLET IMPALA PARKED THE VEHICLE WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING, PUT FOOT ON THE BRAKES, AND ACCELERATED SLIGHTLY TO START DOWN THE DRIVEWAY AFTER COASTING DOWN THE INCLINE, HE TRIED TO BRAKE, BUT THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND THERE WAS NO POWER STEERING. RESULTING IN HITTING A TREE. *CW THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. AS A RESULT OF THE ACCIDENT, THE CONSUMER SUSTAINED INJURY TO HIS HEAD AND CHEST. THE CONSUMER BELIEVE THE ACCIDENT, WAS DUE TO THE IGNITION. *JB

2001 CHEVROLET IMPALA CAR WAS TOTALED BEFORE RECALL WAS ISSUED *CN THE CONSUMER STATED THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *JB

2001 CHEVROLET IMPALA RECALLED AND CUSTOMER IS REQUESTING REFUND.*CW THE DEALER REPLACED THE PASS LOCK SENSOR. *JB

2001 CHEVROLET IMPALA. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO IGNITION KEYS RECALL NOTICE. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED TWICE. THE IGNITION LOCK CYLINDER WAS REPLACED. *JB