2006 CHEVROLET IMPALA Complaints

2006 CHEVROLET IMPALA 8 MONTHS AGO THE LEFT BACK DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN, A COUPLE MONTHS LATER THE RIGHT BACK DOOR WILL NOT OPEN. I WAS UNABLE TO GET MY GRANDSON OUT OF THE CAR SEAT I HAD TO CLIMB OVER THE FRONT SEATS TO UNLOCK THE CAR SEAT UNDO THE SEAT BELT CLIMB BACK OVER AND THAN LIFT HIM OUT THROUGH THE FRONT SEAT. IF THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN AN ACCIDENT I WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET HIM OUT THROUGH THE BACK DOORS. THERE IS A SAFETY ISSUE WITH THIS PROBLEM. *TR

THE GAS CAPS OF 2006 CHEVROLET IMPALAS HAVE A DESIGN DEFECT IN THE GAS CAPS WHICH ALLOW FOR THE CAP TO FAIL AND THE EVAP SOLENOID TO FAIL. *TR

2006 CHEVY IMPALA SEEMS TO HAVE HOT HEAT NEAR THE PASSENGER FRONT BY WERE YOUR FEET REST ,AND I HAVE ALREADY FIXED THE TRANSMISSION TWICE AND FOR SOME REASON IT IS AGAIN MAKING THIS REAL LOUD NOISE WHEN I TAKE IT OFF OF PARK IT IS REALLY HARD TO MOVE IT IN TO PARK MODE AND WHEN IT DOES IT JERKS REALLY HARD. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH, THERE WAS EXCESSIVE RESISTANCE WITHIN THE STEERING WHEEL. AN AUTHORIZED DEALER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE FAILURE WAS A NORMAL OCCURRENCE FOR HIS YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE HAD BECOME PROGRESSIVELY WORSE WITHIN A YEAR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE CONTINUED TO OCCUR WHENEVER THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED OR WHEN THE VEHICLE CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 60,000.

THE CAR WAS PARKED IN FRONT OF OUR HOME. I SAW FLAMES ON DRIVER'S SIDE, WHICH QUICKLY CONSUMED THE ENTIRE INTERIOR. 911 WAS CALLED AND OUR LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT PUT IT OUT. THE FIREMAN BELIEVES IT WAS CAUSED BY THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. *TR

TRANSMISSION LUNGES FROM A DEAD STOP UPON ACCELERATION. DOES NOT MOVE WITH INCREASED RPMS UNTIL TORQUE CONVERTER BANGS. PROBLEM HAS EXISTED SINCE PURCHASE IN 2006 WITH 11,000 MILES. TAKEN TO DEALER MULTIPLE TIMES WITH NO PROBLEM FOUND. MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS WITH THIS PER INTERNET SEARCH. CHEVROLET EVIDENTLY WILL NOT OWN UP TO THIS PROBLEM. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT ANY POINT WHERE THE ENGINE WOULD BECOME WARM, THE ENGINE WOULD REMAIN WARM FOR APPROXIMATELY THREE HOURS AFTER SHUTTING OFF. THE CONTACT BELIEVED THERE TO BE A DEFECT IN THE WIRING OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 52,000.

2006 CHEVY IMPALA INVOLVED IN ACCIDENT 6/7/10. AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. POINT OF COLLISION WAS PASSENGER FRONT AT AN IMPACT OF 30 MPH. *TR

2006 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE REAR DEFOGGER DOES NOT WORK. NOTHING HAPPENED, IT JUST QUIT WORKING. WHEN YOU PUSH THE REAR DEFOGGER BUTTON ON THE FRONT PANEL, THE LIGHT LIGHTS UP SHOWING IT IS WORKING, BUT IT ISN'T WORKING ON THE REAR WINDOW. IT IS HAZARDOUS BECAUSE YOU CAN'T SEE OUT OF THE REAR WINDOW WITH FROST AND EVEN SNOW BUILT UP ON IT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE WOULD ABNORMALLY ACCELERATE WHEN TRAVELING AT ANY SPEED, MAKING IT HARD FOR THE CONTACT TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER CHANGED THE TRANSMISSION FLUID BUT TO NO AVAIL. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TAKEN TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP WHERE THE GEAR SHIFTER WIRING HARNESS WAS REPLACED. THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT YET BEEN CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 54,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 57,000.