2000 CHEVROLET IMPALA Complaints

DT*: THE CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING, THE PASSENGER SEAT WARMER BECAME VERY HOT. THE PROBLEM WAS NOT NOTICED UNTIL A COAT IN THE SEAT CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE COAT WAS DISCARDED FROM THE VEHICLE WHILE MOVING IN ORDER TO KEEP THE FIRE FROM SPREADING. THE PASSENGER SEAT WAS DAMAGED AS A RESULT OF THE FIRE. *JB

1. CHILD CLIMBED INTO FRONT SEAT AND PULLED GEAR SHIFT FROM PARK INTO NEUTRAL. 2. THE GEAR SHIFT LOCK MALFUNCTIONED OR BROKE, AND AS A RESULT THE CAR ROLLED INTO THE STREET AND OVER THE NEIGHBOR'S MAILBOX. 3. CONTACTING THE DEALERSHIP TO GET IT FIXED. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHEN TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL THERE WAS A CLANKING NOISE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP IN MARCH 2004, WHERE THE REAR STABILIZER LINK AND FRONT LOWER CONTROL ARM BUSHINGS WERE REPLACED AND LUBRICANT WAS APPLIED TO THE STEERING SHAFT. AFTER THE REPAIRS THE NOISE DID NOT COMPLETELY CEASE, AND THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY AT THE DEALERSHIP. THE DEALERSHIP HAS DETERMINED THE STEERING SHAFT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. *AK UPDATED 2/13/2006 - *NM

DT: THE CONTACT COMPLAINED ABOUT AN EXTERIOR LIGHTING PROBLEM. THE TURN SIGNALS WILL WORK INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP, BUT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

DT: THE CONSUMER STATED WHILE STOPPING AT A RED LIGHT A STRANGE ODOR ENTERED THE VEHICLE FOLLOWED BY A LOSS OF POWER STEERING. HE MANAGED TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, WHERE THE DEALER DETERMINED THAT VEHICLE WAS LEAKING POWER STEERING FLUID. THE DEALER REPLACED THE POWER STEERING FLUID HOSE AT THE CONSUMER EXPENSE. *AK THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THE SERPENTINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THERE WAS DAMAGE TO THE SUSPENSION. UPDATED 01/11/06. *JB

DT: THE CONTACT STATED THE TURN SIGNAL WORKED INTERMITTENTLY. THIS HAS BEEN OCCURRING FOR APPROXIMATELY ONE YEAR. WHEN THE TURN SIGNALS WERE NOT WORKING HE COULD PRESS THE HAZARD LIGHT SWITCH AND THE TURN SIGNALS WOULD ACTIVATE. NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. DURING AN OIL CHANGE A MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE LOWER INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET WAS LEAKING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND OFFERED TO PAY FOR HALF OF THE REPAIRS. THE REPAIRS HAVE NOT BEEN MADE. *AK THE REPLACED THE HAZARD SWITCH WARNING LIGHT. UPDATED 01/11/06. *JB

2 YEAR + PROBLEM WITH AIR BAG LIGHT ON AND OFF. HAVE HAD THE VEHICLE AT THE DEALERSHIP AT LEAST 7 TIMES FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. NO REMEDY AS YET. *NM

DT: CONTACT STATES WHILE DRIVING HIS VEHICLE, HE EXPERIENCED COMPLETE BRAKE FAILURE. WHEN HE APPLIED THE BRAKES, HE HEARD A POPPING SOUND AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE LOCAL DEALER AND THEY FOUND RUST ON THE BRAKE LINE. THE DEALER REPLACED THE BRAKE LINE AND THIS CORRECTED THE PROBLEM. *JB UPDATED 12/27/05. *JB

DT: THE CONTACT HEARD A CRACKING SOUND COMING FROM STEERING COLUMN. HE HAS NOT TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO A SERVICE DEALER TO BE CHECKED. THE SOUND WOULD BE MORE EVIDENT IF THE WHEEL WAS TURNING. HE HAS NOT CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER. THE NOISE HAS BEEN HEARD FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS.*AK

DT: 2000 CHEVROLET IMPALA - THE TURN SIGNALS AND HAZARD LIGHTS WORK INTERMITTENTLY. THE TURN SIGNALS WILL WORK FOR A FEW SECONDS AT NORMAL SPEED AND THEN THEY JUST STOP WORKING. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING SINCE PURCHASING THE CAR ABOUT A YEAR AGO. TOOK VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC AND HE COULD NOT FIND THE REASON WHY THIS WAS HAPPENING. CONSUMER HAS NOT CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP OR MANUFACTURER. CONSUMER DID RESEARCH AND FOUND NO RECALL ON THIS VEHICLE, BUT THERE WERECOMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS SAME PROBLEM. *AK