2007 CHEVROLET IMPALA Complaints

I PURCHASED A 2007 CHEVY IMPALA 3.5 LT IN 2011. SOON DISCOVERED THE BACK END SHIFTS WHEN GOING OVER ROUGH, UNEVEN ROADS AND HIGHWAYS. IT ALSO SHIFTS WHEN GOING OVER MANHOLE COVERS. WHEN DRIVING IN MN SNOW AND ICE, IT IS VERY UNSETTLING TO HAVE THE BACK-END FISHTAIL. I'VE COMPLAINED TO THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP, ATTORNEY GENERAL, AND GM MOTORS HQ. I SOON LEARNED OF THE PROBLEMS AND EXACT SAME COMPLAINTS THAT OTHER 2007 CHEVY IMPALA OWNERS ARE HAVING WITH THIS CAR. THE OTHER DAY MY SON USED MY CAR TO RUN AN ERRAND AND EVEN HE NOTICED THAT THE BACK-END IS FAULTY. I'VE HAD THIS CAR ALIGNED TWO TIMES WITHIN SIX MONTHS. I AM FRUSTRATED THAT THE LOCAL DEALER WILL NOT TAKE THE CAR BACK AND ALSO THAT GM MOTORS HQ WILL NOT FIX THIS DANGEROUS PROBLEM. I'M STUCK WITH A CAR THAT'S NOT SAFE, THUS LIMITING ANY FREEWAY DRIVING, ESPECIALLY IN WINTER. *TR

I BOUGHT THIS CAR USED 9 MONTHS AGO AND PUT NEW TIRES ON IT, ONE OF THE REAR TIRES BLEW OUT ON THE INSIDE WHERE IT WAS WORN DOWN THE TO STEEL AND THE OTHER IS DOWN TO SHOWING STEEL AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AS WELL. IT IS ONLY THE INSIDE OF THE REAR TIRES AND IT NOT VISIBLE WHEN APPROACHING THE VEHICLE. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN A RECALL ON "POLICE" IMPALA'S BUT NOT THE STANDARD IMPALA BUT FROM A SHORT SEARCH ON THE INTERNET THIS SEEMS TO BE A WIDE SPREAD PROBLEM. *TR

I HAVE NOT HAD AN INCIDENCE BUT VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE MALFUNCTION THAT IS GOING ON WITH MY VEHICLE AT THIS TIME..I NOTICED A SCRUBBING/GRUMBLING NOISE WHEN I WOULD TURN THE WHEEL EITHER WAY LEFT OR RIGHT. AFTER VEHICLE BEING PUT ON MACHINE FOR TESTING IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE UPPER STRUT MOUNTS AND BEARING WERE WORN AND NOISY ON FRONT STRUTS......ALSO MY ABS AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT BOTH CAME ON AT THE SAME TIME AND WOULD NOT GO OFF, THE INFORMATION SYSTEM IN VEHICLE RECOMMENDED BRAKES BE SERVICE.....THE RESULTS FROM CAR BEING TESTED SHOWED BOTH FRONT HUBS HAVE SLACK AND BOTH FRONT WHEEL SPEED SENSOR HARNESS ARE COMING APART INSIDE WIRE INSTALLATION. THE CODES FOR ABS/TRACTION CONTROL IS...C0040 00.C0040. *TR

NOV 5, 2007. VEHICLE NEEDED A WHEEL ALIGNMENT AT 14,566 MILES. TIRES HAD ABNORMAL WEAR BECAUSE OF ALIGNMENT. FEB 2008. 4 NEW TIRES AND WHEEL ALIGNMENT AT 29,000 MILES. DEC 2010. 4 NEW TIRES AND WHEEL ALIGNMENT AT 48,900 MILES. AUG 2011. 4 NEW TIRES AND WHEEL ALIGNMENT AT 56,600 MILES. AUG 2012. WHEEL ALIGNMENT AT 65,400 MILES. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR CONDITIONER EMITTED AN ABNORMAL CLICKING NOISE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION BUT THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS UNKNOWN. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND THEY STATED TO BRING THE VEHICLE IN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 39,000.

I WILL NOT DRIVE THIS CAR DOWN ANY STEEP GRADE. GOING DOWN CUESTA GRADE AND APPLYING BRAKES, THE STEERING WHEEL SHAKES UNCONTROLLABLY. WE HAD THE CAR CHECKED OUT AT A DEALER AND THEY SAID IT WAS PROBABLY THE ROTORS. WE THEN HAD THEM TURNED FRONT AND BACK AND GOT A FRONT END ALIGNMENT. THAT DID NOT CHANGE ANYTHING. WE THEN HAD A FOUR WHEEL ALIGNMENT DONE AND REPLACED THE BRAKES. NO DIFFERENCE. THAT IS WHEN WE WERE TOLD WE NEEDED TO REPLACE OUR TIRES. THE REAR WERE WEARING OUT AT VERY FAST. THEY LASTED UNDER 20K MILES. WE ARE NOW ON OUR THIRD SET. IT'S TOO BAD GM WILL NOT RECALL 2007/2008 IMPALAS. ONLY THE POLICE VERSION.THIS IS NOT RIGHT. OUR REAR SPINDLES AND FRONT UPPER/LOWER CONTROL ARMS SHOULD BE REPLACED AT NO COST TO US. IF NOT WHO WOULD BOTHER BUYING THIS CAR WHEN WE SELL IT? *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE KEY BECAME STUCK IN THE IGNITION WITH THE VEHICLE ENGAGED IN PARK. THE CONTACT NOTIFIED THE DEALER WHO ADVISED THAT THE SHIFTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 63,000.

ON MONDAY AUGUST 7,2012 I STARTED EXPERINCING PROBLEMS WITHMY CAR NOT STARTING SO WE REPLACED THE BATTERY. THEN SAT. AUGUST 12, 2012 MY CAR COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN. AFTER I GOT JUMPED WE DROVE IT HOME ONLY TO REALIZE THE CAR WA GOING ONLY 30 MPH. HAVING TO CLIMB HILL WAS VERY FUSTRATING. TOOK IT TO O'RIELLY AND THE COMPUTER READ P0606 WHICH HAS TO DO SOMETHING WITH THE MODULES. ALSO ALL THE ELECTRICAL INSIDE THE CAR IS GOING HAYWIRE, KEY STUCK IN IGNITION, AND HAS TO LOCK DOORS AUTOMACTIALLY DUE TO KEYPAD NOT WORKING. PLEASE DO A RECALL ON THIS BEFORE SOMEONE OR FAMILY IS SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED. AS A PARENT I TRAVEL ALOT WITH MINE. *TR

DURING A AUTO REAREND ACCIDENT I WAS INJURED, I FEEL THE BUILT IN LUMBAR SUPPORT FAILED TO PROTECT ME FORM THE LUMBAR DISPLACEMENT AND OTHER INJURY I RECEIVED TO MY SHOULDER AND CERVICAL SPINE. DURING THE AUTO ACCIDENT THE INNER WORKINGS OF THE SEAT BROKE ON MY BACK UPON IMPACT, THIS WAS NEVER FIXED DURING THE COLLISION REPAIR NOR THE BUMPER SPRING IT ALSO BROKE IN THE REAR END CRASH, THE COLLISION REPAIR COMPANY LIED ABOUT THE REPAIRS MADE AND THE DAMAGE RECEIVED TO THE CAR. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THE GEAR SHIFT FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS ALREADY AT A REPAIR SHOP FOR AN UNRELATED FAILURE AND THEY STATED THAT THERE WAS A FAILURE WITHIN THE GEAR SHIFT CABLE. THE MECHANIC HAD TO MANUALLY SHIFT THE VEHICLE INTO GEAR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 112,000.