2004 CHEVROLET IMPALA Complaints

HEAD LIGHTS WILL NOT TURN ON, BLINKERS WILL NOT TURN ON, TRACTION CONTROL TURNS ITSELF OF AND YOU CANNOT TURN IT BACK ON. THE FOLLOWING DASH LIGHTS ILLUMINATE. CHECK ENGINE, BATTERY AND ABS. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR ABOUT A YEAR ON AND OFF. STARTED AT ABOUT 80,000 MILES. SOMETIMES ONLY ONE OF THE ABOVE CONDITIONS OCCUR AND SOMETIMES ALL AT ONCE. PROBLEMS HAPPEN DAY AND NIGHT, DAMP OR DRY, USUALLY ONLY OCCUR DURING ENGINE START UP, BUT OCCASIONALLY HAS OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING. I FOUND A TRICK TO MAKE THE HEAD LIGHTS COME ON (TURNING ON AND OFF MY HAZARD LIGHTS). MY FOG LIGHTS ARE NOT AFFECTED BY THESE ISSUES. I HAVE HAD THE BATTERY AND ALTERNATOR TESTED MULTIPLE TIMES BECAUSE THAT IS THE DIRECTION EVERYONE POINTS ME TOO. BOTH ARE GOOD. I SEE OTHERS HAVING THE SAME ISSUES. I HOPE THIS GETS LOOK INTO. *TR

I WAS DRIVING MY 2004 IMPALA WHEN I HIT A POT HOLE. I TRIED TO TURN AND HIT THE BRAKES AND NOTHING WORKED. I SLAMMED ON MY EMERGENCY BRAKE AND AFTER A WHILE I REALIZED THE CAR HAD SHUT OFF COMPLETELY. A MONTH LATER MY BOYFRIEND HAD THE SAME EXPERIENCE DRIVING IT. *TR

I WAS IN AN ACCIDENT WHERE I WAS STRUCK FROM BEHIND WHILE MY CAR WAS STOPPED AND I WAS PUSHED INTO THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME AND MY AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CRASH INVOLVED 4 CARS AND MY AIRBAGS NEVER DID THEIR JOB. *TR

ON THE NIGHT OF APRIL 24, 2014 AT APPROXIMATELY 10:30 PM I HAD JUST GOT OFF WORK AND WENT TO START MY CAR AND IT WOULD NOT START I GOT A MESSAGE DISPLAYED ON THE CONTROL PANEL WHICH SAYS SECURITY AFTER SITTING ABOUT 30 MINUTES IN THE RAIN AND COLD IT STARTED UP THEN I GOT HOME AND TURN IT OFF THEN TRIED TO TURN IT BACK ON AND IT WOULD NOT START IT SHOW SECURITY ON THE DASHBOARD I HAVE REVIEWED A COUPLE SITES ON THE INTERNET AND A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVING THIS PROBLEM WITH CHEVROLET IMPALA'S FROM 2000 TO 2004 I THINK THAT'S A BIG CONCERN BEING A ELECTRIC PROBLEM BECAUSE YOU CAN BE IN THE MIDDLE-OF-THE-ROAD AND A CAR JUST CUTS OFF AND WILL NOT START BACK UP. *TR

TL- THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED BECAME INVOLVED IN A CRASH WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH AND THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY UPON IMPACT. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AND ONE PERSON WAS INJURED WHICH REQUIRED MEDIAL TREATMENT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE AIR BAG FAILURE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 106,000. KMJ

THE VEHICLE OWNER ALLEGES THAT HE HIT ANOTHER VECHICLE AT 60 MPH INJURIES WERE TO HIS BACK, LEG , HEAD AND CHEST. HIS HEAD HIT THE WINDSHIELD AND CHEST HIT STEERING WHEEL. THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY *BF UPDATED 08/14/14*LJ UPDATED 8/23/2017*CN

WE WHERE RAN INTO ON DRIVER SIDE NO AIRBAG CAME OUT WE HAVE HAD LOTS OF STEERING PROBLEMS. AS OF TODAY THERE IS STILL PROBLEMS WITH THE STEERING WHEEL ENGINE LIGHT STAYS ON AND WE JUST WONT DRIVE ON HIGHWAY AT ALL. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY THINKING I WAS DOING 80 MPH AND TRAFFIC WAS PASSING ME. WHEN I EXITED THE HIGHWAY AND CAME TO A STOP MY SPEEDOMETER STILL SAID I WAS DOING 30 MPH. FROM THAT POINT ON IT WENT HAYWIRE. WHEN I AM AT A STOP IT NOW SAYS I AM DOING 60 MPH AND WHEN I START TO MOVE FORWARD IT JUMPS TO 120 MPH. I HAVE NO IDEA HOW FAST I AM GOING. I HAVE READ HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS FOR THE SAME THING. THE COST TO REPAIR IS CLOSE TO $500.00. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A SAFETY ISSUE AND IS A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM. SHOULD BE A RECALL. *TR

THE INTERMEDIATE SHAFT IS DEFECTIVE AND CLUNKS WHEN TURNING AND LOW SPEEDS. *TR

SINCE LAST YEAR I'VE HAD TO REPLACE THE BRAKE PADS TWICE BECAUSE OF A GRINDING/SQUEALING NOISE. NOW I NEED TO REPLACE THEM AGAIN ( 4-19-14 ). WHEN EVER I APPLIED THE BRAKES THE PEDAL WILL VIBRATE AND MAKES NOISES,IF I APPLY THE BRAKES WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY THE BRAKE PEDAL (VIBRATES A LOT )AND STEERING WHEEL SHAKES WICKED. I BROUGHT MY CAR TO THE DEALER SHIP ( BALISE OF WARWICK,RI )WHERE IT WAS BOUGHT FROM(MY FATHER-IN-LAW BOUGHT THE CAR THERE)AND ASK ABOUT ANY RECALLS....THEY TOLD ME THAT THERE WEREN'T ANY RECALLS FOR MY CAR. GEE I WONDER IF THE PERSON THAT TOLD ME THAT WAS JUST LAZY OR IF THERE AREN'T ANY RECALLS FOR IT. CAN SOMEONE LET ME KNOW PLEASE...I HAVE MY GRANDSON IN THE CAR A LOT. *TR