2007 CHEVROLET IMPALA Complaints

STARTED HAVING TROUBLE WITH MY TRANSMISSION A WHILE BACK. IF I WAS AT A STOP AND TRIED TO ACCELERATE IT WAS SLOWLY TAKE OF THEN ALL OF SUDDEN SLAM INTO THE RIGHT GEAR THEN TAKE OFF. IT ALSO HAPPENED EVEN IF I DIDNT COME TO A COMPLETE STOP AND TRIED TO GO AGAIN. MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AFTER ABOUT A MONTH OF THIS HAPPENING. I HAD IT CHECKED. IT WAS A SHIFT SOLENOID. SINCE I WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY I HAD IT REPLACED. IT WAS FINE TILL ABOUT A TWO WEEKS AGO 08/20/2013. NOW MY TRANSMISSION IS DOING THE SAME THING AGAIN.

AFTER STOPPING, I PUSH ON THE ACCELERATOR, THE ENGINE REVS BUT THE TRANSMISSION DOES NOT ENGAGE, AFTER TWO SECONDS THE CAR WILL SLAM INTO GEAR AND VIOLENTLY LURCH FORWARD. POWERFUL ENOUGH TO STRAIN MY NECK. VERY DANGEROUS. *TR

HOW CAN A CAR GO THROUGH THE BUILDING PROCESS AND THE PASSENGER AIR BAG NOT BE INSTALLED? CHEVROLET'S FIX FOR THIS WAS A $100 GIFT CERTIFICATE TO FLY ANYWHERE I WANTED TO GO. I GUESS $100 IS ALL A HUMAN LIFE IS WORTH? *TR

NO HEAT IN CAR, OVER HEATING, TOOK TO GARAGE, IT IS HEAD GASKET. VERY EXPENSIVE TO FIX,ONLY 53,000 MILES. *TR

EXCESSIVE WEAR ON INSIDE EDGES OF REAR TIRES I'M JUST FORTUNATE I CAUGHT THE WEAR EARLY . SO I BROUGHT IT TO MY LOCAL CHEVY DEALER FOR A 4 WHEEL ALIGNMENT. I WAS TOLD THAT BOTH REAR SPINDLE RODS NEEDED REPLACING TO THE TUNE OF $700.00. THE SERVICE DEPT. TOLD ME THEY COULD NOT GET ENOUGH ADJUSTMENT IN THE CURRENT SPINDLE RODS TO BRING THE ALIGNMENT INTO SPEC. AND THERE IS AN UPDATED PART TO REPLACE THEM. GM HAS KNOWN ABOUT THIS PROBLEM SINCE 2009 AND IT EFFECTS BOTH 2007 AND 2008 CHEVY IMPALAS. THEY DID A RECALL ON 07 AND 08 POLICE VERSIONS OF THE IMPALA BUT NOT ON THE CIVILIAN VERSION. THE NHTSB NEEDS TO TAKE A HARD LOOK AT THIS DESIGN PROBLEM BEFORE SOMEONE IS HURT OR KILLED DUE TO A BLOW OUT. *TR

THE STEERING GOES OUT WHEN DRIVING THROUGH RAIN OR EVEN A VERY SMALL PUDDLE. THE POWER STEERING OR STEERING WHEEL LOCKS UP AND THE CAR CANNOT BE CONTROLLED FOR A FEW SECONDS AND/OR MINUTES. *TR

THE VEHICLE HAS A REDUCE ENGINE DISPLAY AND THE ACCELERATION STARTS TO SLOW DOWN THE CAR TO AROUND 40MPH. SOMETIMES THE CAR WILL SHUT OFF. *TR

TL-THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET IMPALA THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE WEATHER IS COLD THE VEHICLE ANTITHEFT SYSTEM ACTIVATES AND CAUSED THE ENGINE NOT TO START UP. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER A DIAGNOSTIC WAS PERFORMED WHICH WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE A FAILURE CODE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 122,000. LI

THE VEHICLE IS BLOWING COLD AIR OUT OF THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE EVEN THOUGH THE DUAL TEMPERATURE CONTROLS ARE BOTH SET TO HOT. THE SAFETY ISSUE HERE IS THAT THE DEFROST IS ALSO BLOWING COLD AIR AND WILL EVENTUALLY CAUSE IMPAIRED VISIBILITY DUE TO THE DEFROSTER NOT WORKING ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. DOING RESEARCH ON THE ISSUE IT SEEMS TO BE THE ACTUATOR ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. I JUST RECENTLY REPLACED THE ACTUATOR ON THE DRIVERS SIDE. *TR

DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH DUE TO ICY/SNOWY CONDITIONS ON HIGHWAY, CAR HAD POOR TRACTION AND REAR END WAS SWAYING, FISH TAILING.. WHEN ON DRY PAVEMENT IF ROAD CONDITIONS ARE ROUGH, BUMPY OR HAS MAN HOLES THE REAR SWAYS WHEN THESE AREAS ARE DRIVEN OVER AT MULTIPLE SPEEDS. *TR