2009 CHEVROLET IMPALA Complaints

AIRBAG ISSUE SINCE I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE FROM THE GSA IN FEBRUARY 2015. PICKED UP THE VEHICLE IN BROWNSVILLE TEXAS AND THE AIRBAG LIGHT WAS ON. DIGITAL INDICATOR REQUESTED THAT THE AIRBAG SYSTEM BE SERVICED. NEVER HAD THE SYSTEM CHECKED UNTIL TODAY 8/29/2015 BY MY MECHANIC. FOUND THAT THERE ARE MELTED WIRES UNDER THE PASSENGER SEAT.AFFECTING THE AIRBAG SYSTEM OPERABILITY.

MY CAR SHUT DOWN ON ME ON MAY 15 2015.SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL AND REDUCED ENGINE POWER MESSAGE APPEARED. I MANAGED TO DRIVE THE CAR HOME AT SLOW SPEED.THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. I HAVE READ REPORTS THAT SIMILAR PROBLEMS HAVE APPEARED ON OTHER 2009 IMPALAS. SOME REPORTS SAID THE CAR SHUT DOWN COMPLETELY IN FAST MOVING TRAFFIC.I HAD MY OWN MECHANIC LOOK AT THE CAR AND THE PART THAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED WAS THEA.I.R. SYSTEM CHECK VALVE.I LATER RECEIVED A NOTICE FROM CHEVROLET ABOUT ANOTHER PROBLEM THAT COULD CAUSE THE CAR TO SHUT DOWN UNEXPECTEDLY. (APP) SENSOR ACCELERATOR PEDAL POSITION SENSOR.I BELIEVE A RECALL SHOULD BE ISSUED FOR THESE PROBLEMS BECAUSE OF THE POTENTIAL FOR ACCIDENTS ON THE HIGHWAY.ALSO, CHEVROLET DID NOT COVER THE COST OF THE REPAIRS TO THE A.I.R. PUMP. THANK YOU *TR

AIR BAG COMPLAINS THAT IT NEEDS SERVICE. THE LIGHT ON THE DASH WILL STAY ON INDEFINITELY. SOMETIMES THE LIGHT WILL NOT COME ON AND THE CAR WILL NOT DISPLAY AN ERROR, OTHER TIMES IT WILL APPEAR AT THE TIME THAT I START THE VEHICLE AND WILL NOT TURN OFF FOR MONTHS. OTHER TIMES IT RANDOMLY TURNS ON WHILE DRIVING.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE WARNING MESSAGES FOR POWER LOSS, SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL, AND SERVICE AIR BAGS WERE DISPLAYED ACROSS THE MESSAGE BOARD. THE TRACTION CONTROL WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 157,775. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

WHILE DRIVING, THERE IS A SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER. ENGINE AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHTS COME ON. DRY PAVEMENT WITH NOTHING ON SURFACE TO LOSE TRACTION. HAVE TO COAST TO SIDE OF ROAD TO AVOID BEING STRUCK BY OTHER VEHICLES.

MY WIFE AND I WERE DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH. A LIGHT ON THE DASH CAME ON SAYING ENGINE POWER REDUCED. AT THAT POINT MY VEHICLE SLOWED DOWN TO NEARLY 20 MPH WHILE I WAS STILL ON THE INTERSTATE IN MODERATE TRAFFIC. I PULLED OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TURNED MY VEHICLE OFF TO TRY TO INVESTIGATE THE PROBLEM. AT THAT POINT MY VEHICLE WOULD NOT START FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES. AFTER GETTING MY VEHICLE TO START I IMMEDIATELY DROVE IT HOME. THIS ISSUE COULD HAVE CAUSED A VERY SERIOUS ACCIDENT THAT WOULD HAVE INJURED MY WIFE AND I, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY OUR 7 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER RIDING IN THE BACK SEAT ALONG WITH ANY ONE ELSE INVOLVED. I HAVE BEEN ON MANY DIFFERENT FORUMS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM, AND IT SEEMS THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE WITH THIS EXACT PROBLEM ON THEIR CHEVROLET IMPALAS.

THE SERVICE TIRE MONITOR SYSTEM LIGHT COMES ON, AND FROM ASKING MECHANICS AND OTHERS THAT HAVE HAD THIS ISSUE, IT IS NOT JUST THE REPLACEMENT OF A SENSOR OR PART. WAS VERY NERVE RACKING WHEN IT FIRST HAPPENED SINCE I THOUGHT THAT THERE WAS A SERIOUS PROBLEM WITH ONE OF MY TIRES (SINCE IT SHOWED ONE AT 0 PSI), BUT IT WAS JUST A GLITCH. IF SOMETHING REALLY WAS WRONG, I WOULD HAVE NO IDEA SINCE THIS SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM THAT HAPPENS OCCASIONALLY WITHOUT THERE BEING A REAL ISSUE

THE "SERVICE AIR BAG" LIGHT COMES ON AND TURNS OFF OCCASIONALLY. THERE DOES NOT SEEM TO BE SOMETHING IN PARTICULAR THAT HAPPENS FOR THE "SERVICE AIR BAG" TO EITHER COME ON OR SHUT OFF, BUT FROM WHAT I HAVE HEARD THIS IS NOT AN ISSUE WITH THE AIR BAG. IT HAS BEEN TO THE CHEVY DEALER MORE THAN ONCE (NOT FOR THAT LIGHT) AND THEY HAVEN'T EVEN MENTIONED IT. VERY NERVOUS THAT IF SOMETHING WERE TO BE WRONG WITH THE AIR BAG, HOW WOULD I POSSIBLY KNOW WHEN THE LIGHT WAS ACTUALLY STATING A REAL PROBLEM??

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, AN ABNORMAL NOISE EMITTED FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER AND DRIVER LOWER CONTROL ARMS AND PINIONS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 62,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, SUDDENLY THE VEHICLE INDEPENDENTLY DECELERATED AND THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE ALSO INTERMITTENTLY FAILED TO ACCELERATE WHEN IDLED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 156,830.