2006 CHEVROLET IMPALA Complaints

SERVICE ABS AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHTS COME ON AND FRONT WHEEL GRABS WHILE VEHICLE IS MOVING. *TR

MY CAR WAS PURCHASED BRAND NEW IN 2006. IT HAS GIVEN ME TROUBLE VERY EARLY ON. FOR ALMOST A YEAR NOW, MY GAS GAUGE HAS NOT WORKED AND I WAS TOLD I NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION. COULD THE LEMON LAW APPLY TO THIS CAR? ALSO, THERE HAVE BEEN MANY TIMES THAT I FEEL LIKE THE BRAKES ARE NOT GOING TO WORK, THEY SLIP. PLEASE HELP! *TR

REAR DEFROST DOES NOT WORK, LIGHT TURNS ON BUT DOES NOT DEFROST REAR WINDOW. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT WAS AT A STOP SIGN WHEN THE ENGINE RPMS INCREASED EXCESSIVELY AS THE VEHICLE ABNORMALLY ACCELERATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE DEALER CONFIRMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 51,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 51,497.

ON TUESDAY MORNING ON THE FREEWAY I NOTICED THE RPMS IN MY 2006 IMPALA SS JUMPING, I PUSHED ON THE GAS PEDAL TO ACCELERATE AND MY TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING IN OVERDRIVE. IS MY TRANSMISSION GOING OUT ALREADY? THE CAR HAS 63000 MILES ON IT. *TR

2006 IMPALA SS, TRANSMISSION SLIPPING, AND NOT ACCELERATING WHEN INITIALLY DEPRESSING ACCELERATOR. VEHICLE MAINTAINED APPROPRIATELY AT DEALERSHIP. THE FILTER AND FLUID CHANGED AT RECOMMENDED INTERVALS. I HAVE MONITORED SIMILIAR COMPLAINTS FROM OTHER IMPALA OWNERS. THE TRANSMISSION THAT CHEVROLET DEVELOPED FOR THE IMPALA LS-LT-SS. DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE A QUALITY PART. AND IF CHEVROLET DOES NOT DO A BETTER JOB OR ATTEMPT TO MAKE THIS SITUATION BETTER, I TO WILL MOVE ON TO A FOREIGN MANUFACTURER. I HAVE BEEN A GM OWNER ALL OF MY LIFE. I STILL OWN MY 1988 OLDSMOBILE CUTLAS. THIS SITUATION WITH ALL OF THESE COMPLAINTS "IS JUST WRONG"

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOP WHILE POSITIONED ON AN INCLINE, THE VEHICLE MOMENTARILY HESITATED BEFORE RAPIDLY ACCELERATING. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT BEGAN TO ILLUMINATE AFTER THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS A FAILURE WITHIN THE TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND THE CONTACT WAS AWAITING A RESPONSE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 109,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING WHERE THE TECHNICIANS ADVISED THAT THE WIRING HARNESS WAS MELTED AND WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE FAILURE RECURRED THREE TIMES AND THE REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED TWICE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED THE THIRD TIME THE FAILURE OCCURRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 230,000.

BOUGHT 2006 IMPALA LT USED IN JUNE 2009 WITH 41,000 MILES REPLACED THE FACTORY TIRES DIDN'T LIKE THE WAY THEY RODE. STARTED HEARING A GRINDING NOISE THAT GOT LOUDER WITH ACCELERATION MECHANIC SAID ALL FOUR TIRES WERE BAD WEARING ON THE INSIDE. THE TIRES ONLY HAVE 21,000 MILES ON THEM AND MOST OF MY TIRES LAST ME 40,000 MINIMUM. DID SOME ONLINE RESEARCH FOUND NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT PREMATURE WEAR FOR TIRES ON CHEVY IMPALAS. LOOKING AT ANOTHER $500 + FOR BRAND NEW TIRES IF THE PLACE I BOUGHT THEM DOESN'T UPHOLD THE WARRANTY WHICH IS FOR 50,000 MILES/5 YEARS. I REALLY LIKE THIS CAR BUT THERE A NUMEROUS PROBLEMS MAJOR AND MINOR GM NEEDS TO FOCUS MORE ON QUALITY. *KB

MY 2006 CHEVROLET IMPALA WITH 37000 MILES ON THE ODOMETER HAS HAD A CRACKING NOISE IN THE STEERING LIKE YOU WOULD GET IF THERE WAS A LOOSE CONNECTION IN THE STEERING MECHANISM. IT IS NOTICED MORE AT VERY SLOW SPEEDS THEN AT FAST SPEED. IT IS ALSO QUITE NOTICEABLE IF YOU ARE JUST CREEPING ALONG AND TAPPING THE BRAKE PEDAL. THIS SITUATION HAS BEEN PRESENT FOR THE LAST NINE MONTHS. I HAVE NOT HAD A DEALER LOOK AT THIS PROBLEM. THE CAR HAS NOT BEEN IN A ACCIDENT DURING THIS TIME NOR HAS THERE BEEN AN INJURY DUE TO THIS PROBLEM. AFTER READING OTHER REPORTS CONCERNING THE 2006 IMPALA STEERING. I STRONGLY FEEL THAT RECALL SHOULD BE IN ORDER. *TR