2006 CHEVROLET IMPALA Complaints

TRANSMISSION SLIPPING AND FINALLY NO FORWARD OR REVERSE GEARS. BROKE DOWN MONDAY MORNING AFTER BEING INTO GM DEALER FRIDAY FOR A CHECK UP WITH NO PROBLEMS OR ISSUES FOUND. *TR

ON A 2006 CHEVY IMPALA, THE AIR BAG INDICATOR LIGHT ON DASHBOARD CAME ON AND REMAINED ON. CAR WAS TAKEN TO CHEVROLET DEALER WHO SAID IT WOULD BE QUITE EXPENSIVE TO REPAIR, SO LETTING IT GO. RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET REVEALS THIS PROBLEM. ALSO SAW A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN RELATED TO CODES RELATING TO AIR BAG LIGHT REMAINING ON. DANGER HERE IS THAT THIS SHOULD BE FIXED BY CHEVROLET WITH A RECALL, BUT NO RECALL AS OF YET. THIS DEFECT SHOULD BE FIXED BY CHEVROLET. SOMEONE IS GOING TO DIE BECAUSE OF THIS ISSUE NOT BEING RECALLED BY CHEVROLET. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE SEEMED TO HESITATE RANDOMLY WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP LIGHT. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THE PROBLEM GENERATED FROM THE TRANSMISSION AND REFERRED TO IT AS A PHANTOM SHIFT. THE DEALER STATED THEY WOULD HAVE TO PULL THE TRANSMISSION APART TO MAKE THE REPAIR. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE 95,000. UPDATED 10/03/2011 *LN *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE GEAR SHIFTER WAS STUCK IN PARK AND WOULD NOT ALLOW THE DRIVER TO MOVE THE VEHICLE AT ALL. IN ADDITION, THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT LATCH WAS FRACTURED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE CONTACTED BUT THE FAILURE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

AIR BAG SERVICE LIGHT CAME ON DASHBOARD OF 2006 CHEVROLET IMPALA. IN ADDITION TO THE RED WARNING LIGHT INDICATING THE AIR BAG PROBLEM, MESSAGE APPEARS IN MESSAGE CENTER ON DASHBOARD, SAYING TO SERVICE AIR BAG. MY COMPLAINT IS THAT THE DEALERSHIP SAYS IT MIGHT BE CLOSE TO $1000 TO FIX, YET AIRBAGS ARE SUPPOSED TO LAST THE LIFE OF A CAR. YET, IT WILL PASS INSPECTION IF I CHOSE TO NOT GET IT LOOKED AT. I SEE HUNDREDS OF OTHER CASES WHERE GM CARS HAVE THE SERVICE AIR BAG LIGHT ON, AND IT SHOULD BE COVERED BY WARRANTY OR A RECALL TO GET THIS ISSUE FIXED. PEOPLE ARE JEOPARDIZING THEIR SAFETY, DRIVING AROUND WITH AN AIR BAG THAT MAY OR MAY NOT WORK. IT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. *TR

2006 IMPALA 3.5 ,NOISE AND VIBRATIONS FROM TRANSAXLE AND OR CV JOINTS,THIS HAPPENS AT ALL SPEEDS AND THE NOISE GETS LOUDER WHEN TURNING LEFT, I HAVE'NT DONE ANYTHING TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *TR

IMPALA "SS" WITH ONLY APPROXIMATELY 71,000 MILES, MAJOR TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTION / FAILURE WITHOUT ANY PRIOR WARNING. VEHICLE HAD ONLY BEEN SERVICED AT GM DEALERSHIP SINCE PURCHASED, ALL REGULAR MAINTENANCE FOLLOWED. TRANSMISSION SLIPPAGE COMBINED WITH HARSH SHIFTING, TORQUE CONVERTER SHUDDER, GRINDING NOISES FROM GEARS. VEHICLE WOULD ALTERNATE BETWEEN NOT GOING FORWARD OR, ONCE MOVING, VERY DIFFICULT TO STOP VEHICLE BECAUSE TRANSMISSION DID NOT DISENGAGE (NEARLY REAR ENDED OTHER VEHICLES, HAD TO STAND ON BRAKE PEDAL). NO WARNING LIGHTS NOR DASH INDICATORS, BUT REMOTE DIAGNOSTIC VIA ONSTAR CONFIRMED TRANSMISSION FAILURE AND DIRECTED FOR IMMEDIATE REPAIR. VALVE BODY, PRESSURE REGULAR, ALL SOLENOIDS (REBUILD) REPLACED UNDER GMPP EXTENDED WARRANTY COVERAGE. NOT EVEN TWO WEEKS LATER, PROBLEMS RETURNED BUT WORSE. NHTSA CAMPAIGN # 10021844 AND TSB # 070730012C SEEM TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE. VEHICLE NOW AT GM DEALERSHIP BEING ASSESSED. ONSTAR DIAGNOSTICS FOUND NO ISSUE. STILL NO WARNING INDICATORS, BUT VEHICLE HAVE HIGH RPM WITHOUT ANY FORWARD MOTION WHEN ACCELERATOR DEPRESSED. RPMS WOULD ALSO BOUNCE UP AND DOWN ERRATICALLY ON HIGHWAY AT STEADY SPEED, VIBRATIONS AND WHINING NOISES FROM TRANSMISSION. APPARENTLY THIS IS KNOWN DEFECT WITH MULTIPLE VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH THE 4T65-E TRANSMISSION, BUT THERE HAS NEVER BEEN ANY RECALL. COST OF REPAIRS FOR THIS BETWEEN $4,000 AND $6,000 IF NOT UNDER WARRANTY. THIS LIKELY EFFECTS HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF GM VEHICLES COVERING MANY MODEL YEARS. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN SHE ATTEMPTED TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL EITHER TO THE LEFT OR RIGHT SHE HEARD AN UNUSUAL POPPING AND CLICKING NOISE, THEN IT WOULD VIOLENTLY JERK. THE DEALER ADVISED THAT CONTACT THAT IT COULD BE THE STEERING SHAFT AND SHE WAS AWAITING A SERVICE APPOINTMENT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT AWARE OF THE FAILURE. NO REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 87,000. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 77,000.

DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND THE POWER STEERING FUEL LINE BROKE. POWER STEERING IS CURRENTLY INOPERABLE. CURRENTLY RESEARCHING A SOLUTION TO THE ISSUE. *TR

THE HEAT HAS NEVER WORKED CORRECTLY UNLESS YOU ARE ACCELERATING. THE VEHICLE CAN BE WARMED UP AND HEATING, BUT IF ITS PUT INTO IDLE OR AT A STOP IT BEGINS TO BLOW COOL. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THERE IS AN AIR POCKET THAT HAS TO BE BLED OUT BECAUSE THERE IS A BAD DESIGN WHERE THE HOSES ARE ABOVE THE BLOCK AND THEY GET CLOGGED UP. I HAVE HAD IT BLED AND IT WORKED BUT NOW HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM COME BACK. *TR