2009 CHEVROLET IMPALA Complaints

I STARTED MY CAR AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHTS BOTH CAME ON. I GOT ON THE HIGHWAY AND TRIED TO ACCELERATE TO MERGE INTO THE LANE AND MY CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AND THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO GET INTO THE EMERGENCY LANE BEFORE MY CAR SHUT OFF, BUT I WAS VERY CLOSE TO BEING BLASTED BY AN ONCOMING SEMI TRUCK. THIS COULD'VE BEEN FATAL TO ME IF I HAD NOT GOTTEN OVER IN TIME.

"TAKATA RECALL " EVERYTIME I DRIVE MY VEHICLE 5 SECONDS THE CAR JERKS MAKES LOUD SOUND, STARTS BEEPING, MESSAGES APPEAR FLASHING BACK AND FORTH ENGINE POWER REDUCED, SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL, CAR SLOWS DOWN, CAR JERKS AND CHUGS, MAKES LOUD SOUND, BEEPING NOISE FROM MESSAGE BOARD, THROTTLE SOMETHING APPEARS, STEERING WHEEL LOCKS, CAR STOPS, CAN'T STEER CAR OUT OF ROAD, WON'T CRANK, MY CAR SITS IN THE ROAD.

AIRBAG LIGHT IS ON PAID TO GET IT FIXED AND IT'S STILL ON AFRAID TO DRIVE IT IF I GET INTO AN ACCIDENT IT WILL PROBABLY NOT DEPLOY THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM DOESN'T WORK MY BRAKE LIGHTS DON'T WORK TO FIX THEM AND GET NEW BALLS IT'S ALL ELECTRICAL I SEEN THERE'S A RECALL BUT I BOUGHT THE CAR AFTER THE RECALL SO I HAD NO IDEA THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WIRING AND THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM IGNITION MY KEY GETS STUCK IN THE IGNITION AND I HAVE TO PUSH A BUTTON IN THE BACK IN ORDER FOR IT TO RELEASE

BAD SOLENOID IN TRANSMISSION CAUSES CAR TO JERK UPON ACCELERATION. TRANSMISSION SLIPS. USUALLY HAPPENS TAKING OFF FROM A STOP WITH A SLOW ACCELERATION. FEELS LIKE BEING REAR ENDED AND CAN CAUSE SLUGGISH ACCELERATION. PROBLEM NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED WITH A RECALL AS MANY OTHER IMPALA DRIVERS HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS SAME ISSUE. ISSUE HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST 9 TIMES WITHIN A 6 WEEK PERIOD.

POSSIBLE TAKATA AIRBAG RECALL ? THE DASH DISPLAYS 'CHECK AIRBAGS' EVERY TIME THE VEHICLE IS IN USE, STATIONARY OR DRIVING, STAYS CONTINUOUSLY LIT. THIS AIRBAG DISPLAY AND SYMBOL NEVER GOES OFF. AIRBAG SYMBOL STAYS ON CONTINUOUSLY ON DASH ALSO. VERY CONCERNED ABOUT MY FAMILY AND MY OWN SAFETY WHILE OPERATING THIS VEHICLE. THANK YOU (XXXXX) 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).

I WAS DRIVING ALONE ON THE HIGHWAY AND NOTICED THAT THE RMP GAUGES WAS GOING UP AND DOWN, THEN SUDDENLY A MESSAGE ON THE DASH READ, SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL, THEN A FEW SECONDS LATER ANOTHER MESSAGE READ, ENGINE POWER REDUCED AND THE CAR WOULD NOT PICK UP ANY SPEED. THIS WAS VERY SCARY AND CONFUSING BECAUSE THE NEXT DAY I HAD NO ISSES BUT HAS NOW IT DID THE SAME THING TODAY. PLEASE HELP.

THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH THE DOOR LOCK ACTUATORS AND THE RECIRCULATION DOOR ACTUATOR. THE DOOR LOOKS ARE NOW 98% MANUAL. EVERY ONCE-IN-AWHILE THEY WILL START WORKING AGAIN. THIS HAS LED TO A FEW INSTANCES OF MY VEHICLE BEING LOCKED AUTOMATICALLY WITH THE KEYS INSIDE. THIS CAN BE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS WHEN IT COMES TO PETS AND CHILDREN. THERE IS A LOUD TAPPING BEHIND THE DASH DUE TO THE RECIRCULATION DOOR ACTUATOR. THIS CAN BE RATHER DISTRACTING AND WORRISOME WHEN IT STARTS HAPPENING FOR THE FIRST TIME WHILE YOU ARE DRIVING. THIS IS A COMMON AND KNOWN ISSUE FOR GM/ CHEVY VEHICLES DURING THIS TIME FRAME.

GENERAL MOTORS HAS DECIDED THAT A DEFECT, WHICH RELATES TO MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY, EXISTS IN CERTAIN 2009 ' 2010 CHEVROLET IMPALA VEHICLES. THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT FRAME IN THESE VEHICLES MAY RUB AGAINST AND DAMAGE THE WIRES OF THE PASSENGER PRESENCE SENSOR (PPS) MODULE, WHICH COULD CAUSE THE PPS SYSTEM TO FAIL TO RECOGNIZE THAT THE PASSENGER SEAT IS OCCUPIED AND IMPROPERLY SUPPRESS THE FRONT PASSENGER AIRBAG. IN ADDITION, THE CLUSTER GAUGES AND DRIVER INFORMATION CENTER (DIC) ALERTS MAY INTERMITTENTLY TURN OFF OR NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY. IN RARE CIRCUMSTANCES, THE DAMAGE TO THE PPS MODULE COULD CAUSE THE AIRBAG FUSE TO SHORT, RESULTING IN THE LOSS OF ALL AIRBAGS AND SEAT BELT PRETENSIONERS. GENERAL MOTORS HAS DECIDED THAT A DEFECT WHICH RELATES TO MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY EXISTS IN 2005-2009 MODEL YEAR (MY) BUICK LACROSSE, 2006-2011 MY BUICK LUCERNE, 2000-2005 MY CADILLAC DEVILLE, 2007-2011 MY CADILLAC DTS, 2006-2014 MY CHEVROLET IMPALA AND 2006-2007 MY CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO VEHICLES. IF THE KEY RING IS CARRYING ADDED WEIGHT AND THE VEHICLE GOES OFF ROAD OR EXPERIENCES SOME OTHER JARRING EVENT, IT MAY UNINTENTIONALLY MOVE THE KEY AWAY FROM THE "RUN" POSITION.

2009 CHEVY IMPALA LT MALFUNCTIONS 'BLEND DOOR ACTUATOR NOT TURNING CAUSING THE TEMPERATURE CONTROL SYSTEM TO NOT WORK PROPERLY: *THE HEATER BLOWS COLD AIR WHEN IN PARK *THERE IS A LOUD KNOCKING SOUND COMING FROM THE DASHBOARD. WHEN I START MY CAR, UNLOCK MY CAR, OPEN A CAR DOOR (DRIVER, PASSENGER, FRONT, BACK) AND WHILE MY CAR IS PARKED WITH THE IGNITION OFF. 'THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE DOOR LOCK MECHANISM NOT WORKING: *I HAVE TO MANUALLY LOCK AND UNLOCKTHE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR WITH THE KEY AND SOMETIMES MY KIDS HAVE TO UNLOCK DOOR FROM INSIDE THE CAR. 'LEFT PASSENGER POWER WINDOW WON'T ROLL DOWN. THE LAST TWO ITEMS COULD RESULT IN A SHORT IN THE CIRCUIT BOARD. A SHORT MAY CAUSE THE POWER DOOR LOCK AND POWER WINDOW SWITCHES TO BECOME INOPERATIVE. THESE COULD CAUSE OVERHEATING, WHICH COULD MELT COMPONENTS OF THE DOOR MODULE, PRODUCING ODOR, SMOKE, OR A FIRE INCREASING THE RISK OF PERSONAL INJURY. MECHANIC SAID THAT THESE MALFUNCTIONS ARE A COMMON PROBLEM IN CHEVY IMPALAS SO IT SEEMS THAT THESE ARE OBVIOUSLY FAULTY PARTS. I AM EXTREMELY AGGRAVATED THAT THIS IS A KNOWN AND CONSISTENT ISSUE WITH THIS CAR YET HAVE NOT BEEN RECALLED. NOT GOOD! THERE ARE SEVERAL ACTUATORS, THEY ALL NEED TO BE REPLACED. GM SHOULD DO A RECALL ON THIS MODEL TO FIX THESE ITEMS. COULD BE SIGNIFICANT IF THERE'S AN EMERGENCY AND I CAN'T UNLOCK THE DOOR AND CAN'T ROLL LEFT PASSENGER WINDOW DOWN. THE LAST TWO CONDITIONS COULD INCREASE THE RISK OF INJURY DURING A CRASH.

"LOW OIL PRESSURE LIGHT, SHUT OFF ENGINE" KEEPS COMING ON. OIL IS FULL. SO FAR I HAVE AIR BAG LIGHT, TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT, ENGINE LIGHT, ENGINE SPEED REDUCED LIGHT ALL ON! HOW ARE THESE AUTO'S NOT BEING RECALLED! I WILL NEVER OWN A CHEVY AGAIN! UNSAFE PIECE'S OF JUNK!