2004 CHEVROLET IMPALA Complaints

WHEN YOU TRY START VEHICLE SECURITY LIGHT COMES ON AND VEHICLE DOES NOT START. THERE ARE MANY REPORTS OF THIS ISSUE NOTED ONLINE AND CUSTOMERS ARE SPENDING MONEY ON BATTERIES AND OTHER PARTS WITHOUT A FIX. GM NEEDS TO FIX THIS ISSUE SEEMS LIKE MANY NOTES ARE INDICATING DISGUST WITH THE COMPANY NOT RESPONDING TO THIS ISSUE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET IMPALA. AFTER SHIFTING INTO DRIVE AND PULLING OFF AT APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, THE SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 200,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

THE CAR STARTED MAKING A LOUD SCREECHING NOISE, HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO DRIVE THE CAR. THE CAR WOULD START FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE BATTERY WAS DEAD AND ITS A NEW BATTERY ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WHEN THE KEY WAS TURNED. HAD IT JUMPED CAR FINALLY STARTED AND THE SCREECHING WAS LOUD AND CLOUD OF SMOKE STARTED. TURNED IT OFF WOULDN'T START AGAIN. I BELIEVE IT IS COMING FROM THE SERPENTINE PULLEY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET IMPALA. AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE HEAD GASKET WAS OVERHEATING AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000.

WHEN I TRY TO START MY CAR, IT WILL NOT START. I HAVE TO WAIT 10 MINUTES AND THEN TRY AGAIN. IT IS GETTING WORSE AND I HAVE HAD TO WAIT UP UNTIL ONE HOUR TO BE ABLE TO START CAR. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED IT AT ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS TO TRY TO GET THE PROBLEM RESOLVED AND THEY HAVE NOT FIXED IT. SOMETIMES, I CAN GO A WEEK WITHOUT THIS HAPPENING AND AT OTHER TIMES, IT HAPPENS TO ME SEVERAL TIMES IN A DAY. I HAVE BEEN LATE TO WORK COUNTLESS TIMES DUE TO THIS AND BEEN INCONVENIENCED. IT IS SCARY BECAUSE I AM NOT SURE IF IT COULD BE AN ELECTRICAL ISSUE OR WHAT ELSE COULD HAPPEN AS A RESULT OF THIS DEFECT. I'M NOT SURE IF THE PROBLEM COULD BE THE KEY, IGNITION SWITCH OR SOMETHING EVEN MORE DETAILED.

I WAS GOING DOWN A STEEP HILL - WARNER HILL ROAD - STRATFORD CT. THE CAR BATTERY LIGHT CAME ON AND I LOST POWER - INCLUDING BRAKES. I WAS ABLE TO USE THE BRAKES BUT THEY WERE EXTREMELY HARD TO PUSH BUT THEY WORKED. LUCKILY THERE WAS NO CARS IN FRONT OR BACK AND THE TRAFFIC LIGHT WAS GREEN. I WAS ABLE TO COAST ACROSS THE INTERSECTION INTO THE SIKORSKI AIRCRAFT PLANT PAST THE GUARD AND WAS ABLE TO STOP. I TURNED THE IGNITION SWITCH AND THE CAR WORKED FINE. THIS CAR WAS RECALLED FOR IGNITION SWITCH PROBLEMS AND ALL THE DEALER DID WAS TO REPLACE THE KEY FOB WITH A LEAD WEIGHT. I BELIEVE THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE REPLACED THE ENTIRE IGNITION SWITCH. PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH SHOULD HAVE REPLACED INSTEAD OF JUST A KEY FOB REPLACEMENT WHICH DID NOT WORK.

IGNITION SWITCH FAILURE. WAS GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND MY CAR SHUT OFF. CHECKED THE STARTER AND THE BATTERY AND THE ENGINE, ALL ARE IN WORKING ORDER. THE SWITCH HAS HAD PROBLEMS SINCE I BOUGHT IT. IT STICKS BAD IS HARD TO TURN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE IGNITION KEY IN THE START POSITION WOULD NOT START THE VEHICLE. ALL THE OTHER ELECTRICAL FUNCTIONS WERE WORKING NORMALLY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SECURITY WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED DURING THE FAILURE. IT TOOK THE CONTACT TEN MINUTES TO START THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE KEY IGNITION CYLINDER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.

2004 CHEVROLET IMPALA. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO IGNITION SWITCH RECALL REPAIRS AND REQUESTS REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE IGNITION SWITCH HE PAID TO HAVE REPLACED. *SMD

I HAVE REPLACED THE POWER STEERING PUMP BUT STEERING WHEEL STILL HARD TO TURN, THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE EARLY 2014