2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA Complaints

SPEEDOMETER GETS STUCK AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS. CAN'T DETERMINE REAL SPEED WHEN THIS HAPPENS. WAS TOLD THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. SPEEDOMETER STARTED WORKING AGAIN BY ITSELF SO I DID NOT REPLACE THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. NOW IT IS HAPPENING AGAIN. CHECKED ONLINE AND THERE ARE MANY MANY OF THE SAME COMPLAINT. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL ITEM. *TR

I WAS DRIVING HOME ONE NIGHT AND MY CAR SAID I WAS DOING 120 MPH. WHEN I WAS AT A COMPLETE IT STILL READ 75 MPH. WE REPLACED THE SPEED SENSOR TWICE THINKING THIS MAY BE THE PROBLEM, BUT IT WAS NOT. I CAN GET IT BACK TO 0 BY TURNING THE CAR ON AND OFF UNTIL IT HITS 0. THIS KEPT DOING THIS SO I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE AND THEY STATED IT WAS A CLUSTER IN THE DASH GOING OUT. I HAVE TWO CHILDREN WHO ARE IN THIS CAR WITH ME ALOT AND DO ALOT OF NIGHT TIME DRIVING AND WHEN THIS GOES OUT IS NOT THE BEST FEELING OF SAFETY. I HAVE A 2005 CHEVY IMPALA. *TR

THE ENGINE COOLANT TEMPERATURE GAUGE MALFUNCTIONS, WITH WILD SWINGS IN INDICATED TEMPERATURE, INDICATION OF OVERHEATED TEMPERATURE (WHEN COOLANT IS NOT HOT), OR SOMETIMES EVEN NO READING AT ALL. *TR

2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. UNIT #1 WAS WESTBOUND ON THE OHIO TURNPIKE. THE LEFT FRONT TIRE BLEW OUT CAUSING THE UNIT TO LOOSE CONTROL. UNIT #1 VEERED OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROADWAY AND STRUCK THE MEDIAN WALL. *LN (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT # 10-0390-90)*JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER WOULD READ INACCURATELY, THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL AT ANY TIME, AND SMOKE COULD BE SEEN ENTERING THE VEHICLE THROUGH THE VENTS. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THERE WAS A FUEL PUMP FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED VIA EMAIL, BUT THE CONTACT DID NOT RECEIVE A RESPONSE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 136,000.

THE ONLY EVENT LEADING TO THE FAILURE WAS A LOUD SOUND COMING FROM THE REAR LEFT SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE INVOLVED A PULL TO THE LEFT AND EXCESSIVE HEAT BEING GENERATED FROM THE BACK LEFT TIRE. THE COMPONENT THAT FAILED ENDED UP BEING THE WHEEL BEARING. I HAD A MECHANIC REPLACE IT AND ALSO KEPT THE OLD PART. THE OLD BEARING WAS SCORCHED (THE MECHANIC SHOWED ME) AND WARPED. THE BEARING COULD HAVE LOCKED UP HAD IT NOT BEEN REPLACED, RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT. *TT

NO EVENTS APPEAR TO LEAD UP TO THE PROBLEM. IT OCCURS RANDOMLY WITHOUT WARNING, ESPECIALLY DURING BACKUP OPERATIONS. THE ABS SEEMS TO COME ON WHENEVER IT LIKES DURING BRAKING, CAUSING HEAVY LOSS IN STOPPING POWER. THIS CAN OCCUR REGARDLESS OF ROAD CONDITIONS OR SPEED. SIMILAR TO THIS, THE TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM APPEARS TO COME ON DURING ACCELERATION AT RANDOM TIMES, ESPECIALLY AT LOW SPEEDS OR IN REVERSE. THIS OCCURS ON DRY ROADS FREQUENTLY AND OCCASIONALLY CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO PULL HEAVILY TO ONE SIDE AS NEITHER SIDE IS ACTUALLY SLIPPING. AN ACCIDENT HAS NOT YET OCCURRED BUT CERTAINLY CAN GIVEN THE NATURE OF THE FAILURES. A TSB IS AVAILABLE CONCERNING THE ABS. THIS VEHICLE HAS A WHOPPING 75 TSBS! SERVICE BULLETIN NUMBER : 4615 NHTSA ITEM NUMBER : 10023171 *TT

CAR: 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA, V6 3100 ENGINE THE HORN IN THE CAR BEGAN HAVING INTERMITTENT PROBLEMS WITH FUNCTIONALITY. IT IS UNKNOWN HOW THIS BEGAN EXCEPT THAT THE SOUND OF THE HORN BECAME SOMEWHAT STRANGE TO START. OVER TIME THE HORN FAILED COMPLETELY. THE RESULT OF THIS FAILURE IS A RATHER BIG SAFETY ISSUE GIVEN THE NEED OF THE HORN TO WARN OTHER DRIVES AND PEDESTRIANS OF YOUR PRESENCE WHEN THEY ARE UNAWARE. WE NEARLY GOT INTO THREE ACCIDENTS (TWO IN PARKING LOTS, ONE ON ROAD) AS A RESULT OF OUR INABILITY TO HONK AT DRIVERS TO LET THEM KNOW WE WERE THERE. I AM A HANDYMAN/MECHANIC TYPE AND REPLACED THE DEFECTIVE HORN AND ADDED A CUSTOM WATER SHIELD TO PREVENT WATER FROM CORRODING THE HORN. THERE IS A TSB ABOUT THIS ISSUE. I BELIEVE A RECALL IS NECESSARY. SERVICE BULLETIN NUMBER : 4043 NHTSA ITEM NUMBER : 10020089 *TT

I PURCHASED A 2005 CHEVY IMPALA IN 2008. THE FIRST TIME I WAS DRIVING ON A STATE HWY, A VERY TWISTY ROAD . I HAD MY HEADLIGHTS ON HIGH, RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIRST CURVE MY HEADLIGHTS WENT OUT, I JUMPED THE BRAKE AND FLIPPED THE LEVER BACK AND FORTH AND THEY FINALLY CAME BACK ON LOW BEAM, I ALMOST WREAKED. THE SECOND TIME I WAS ON THE FREEWAY JUST COMING INTO THE OUTSKIRTS OF TOWN, HEAVY TRAFFIC, I FLIPPED THE LEVER BACK AND FORTH AND THE LOW BEAMS CAME BACK ON. I SPOKE WITH A DEALER WHO SAID THEY HAD NO COMPLAINTS FROM OTHER OWNERS AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS NO RECALL. IT HAS HAPPENED TOO MANY TIMES AND CAN'T BE PINNED TO ANY PARTICULAR TIMES, NOW I DRIVE WITH MY LIGHTS ON LOW ALL THE TIME. I WENT ONLINE AND FOUND HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. SOME HAD TO REPLACE THEIR WHOLE STEERING COLUMN TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM. I CAN'T AFFORD TO DO THIS, BUT THE CAR ISN'T SAFE. IT KEEPS DOING IT AND ONE OF THESE TIMES I WILL FORGET AND IT WILL CATCH ME UNAWARE AND I WILL WRECK. *TR

WELD ON FRONT RIGHT STABILIZER BAR FAILED AND IS CRACKED. CAR IS VIBRATING ON RIGHT FRONT SIDE. *TR