2004 CHEVROLET IMPALA Complaints

MY WIFE GOT INTO A WRECK BECAUSE CHEVY HAS NOT RECALLED THESE ISSUES. MY 2004 IMPALA ABS BRAKES MALFUNCTIONED ALONG WITH MY TRACTION CONTROL , SHE TRIED TO STOP AT A STOP SIGN AND THE BRAKE PEDAL KICKED UP AND WOULD NOT LET HER STOP SHE REMOVED HER FOOT FROM THE BRAKE AND TRIED PRESSING THE PEDAL BACK DOWN AND IT KICKED UP KICKING IN THE ABS AND TRACTION CONTROL NOT ALLOWING HER TO STOP AND SHE RAN INTO A SNOW BANK BUT MY INSURANCE PAID FOR THE BODY WORK BUT NOT THE MECHANICAL PROBLEMS I REPLACED BOTH HUBS ON THE FRONT, QUIT DOING IT FOR A WEEK OR SO AND THEN WHEN I DRIVE IT THE TRACTION CONTROL AND ABS KICKS IN WHILE IM DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. NOW MY SPEEDOMETER, TACHOMETER AND TEMP GAUGE ARE NOT WORKIN AT 0 RPM MY CAR IS DOING 90 MPH AS IT SITS IN MY GARAGE NOT STARTING BECAUSE MY KEY WILL NOT TURN TO START IT MY STEERING WHEEL WILL NOT LOCK AND BECAUSE I CANT TURN MY KEY I CAN NOT PUT MY CAR IN NEUTRAL TO PUSH IT OUT OF MY GARAGE SO I CAN GET IT TOWED I HAVE READ SO MANY ISSUES ON THESE AND OTHER GM MODELS I AM SURPRISED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALLS WHEN I CALLED HAD THIS CAR FOR 4 YEARS AND NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS AND MONEY SO AS MY CAR SITS IN MY GARAGE AS IT WILL TILL THESE ITEMS GET RECALLED I AM NOT PUTTING ANYMORE MONEY IN THIS CAR I WILL DRIVE MY 98 INFINITI THAT I HAVE HAD FOR ALMOST 10 YEARS BECAUSE I KNOW ITS DEPENDABLE. NEVER AGAIN GM WILL YOU GET ANOTHER CENT FROM ME I HAVE NEVER HAD THIS MANY PROBLEMS WITH ANY CAR. *TR

I OWN A 2004 CHEVY IMPALA AND THE IGNITION FAILS, THEN YOU HAVE TO LET THE CAR SIT AT LEAST 10 MIN. THEN IT WILL START. THIS IS A PROBLEM FROM THE FACTORY AND FROM WHAT I'VE READ THIS SEEMS TO BE A MANUFACTURING DEFECT. *TR

THERE IS A LITTLE VIBRATION. WHEN I ACCELERATE AND BEGIN TO PICK UP SPEED IT HESITATES. WHEN GOING FROM 1ST INTO 2ND GEAR THE CAR SHIFTS HARD AND EVEN INTO THIRD GEAR. I TOOK THE CAR TO GET A TRANSMISSION SERVICE THINKING IT WOULD HELP, BUT IT DIDN'T. ITS STILL DOING THE SAME THING. I HAVE BEEN ASKING AROUND TO SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM COULD BE AND EVERYONE IS SAYING THAT ITS HARD TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM BECAUSE IT COULD BE S NUMEROUS AMOUNT OF THINGS WRONG. MOST OF THE MECHANICS I SPOKE TO THEY TOLD ME THAT IT WOULD BE SOMEWHERE AROUND $1800 TO GET ANOTHER TRANSMISSION AND THAT MIGHT NOT EVEN FIX THE PROBLEM. I HAVE NOTICED THAT I'M NOT THE ONLY PERSON WITH THIS CAR THAT'S HAVING THIS ISSUE. I WOULD HATE TO BE SOMEWHERE AND THE CAR JUST QUIT ON ME IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE. THIS CAR HAS BEEN VERY RELIABLE TO ME UP UNTIL THIS YEAR. I WOULD LOVE TO KEEP THE CAR BUT I DON'T WANT TO CONTINUE WASTING MONEY GETTING PARTS FIXED ON IT AND ITS NOT GOING TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHILE PARKED, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE HEADLIGHTS WERE NOT FUNCTIONING. THE FAILURE OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TEST. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE MODULE IN THE TURN SIGNAL ASSEMBLY WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 73,000.

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE STREET AND SAW THAT MY SPEEDOMETER SAYS ABOUT GOING 110 MILES AN HOUR WHEN I KNEW THAT I WAS ONLY GOING ABOUT 25 I WAS IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA. THE ISSUE STARTED SLOWLY I WOULD ONLY HAPPENED ONCE IN A WHILE BUT HERE WE ARE 2 YEARS LATER AND MY ACTUAL SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE FACES DOWN TOWARDS THE STEERING WHEEL .NO MY SERVICE TAG AGENT GOING ON THE FRAYED OF MY GAS GAUGE IS GONNA STOP WORKING ALSO THE BLINKERS ONLY WORK WHEN I WANT TO . . *TR

ROCKER ARM BOLTS CAME OUT OF HEAD DISABLING CYLINDER #1. CAUSING ENGINE TO RUN ROUGH AND COULD NOT EXCEED 15MPH. THREADS IN HEAD FAILED. THIS HAPPENED AGAIN IN DECEMBER 28, 2010 AFFECTING CYLINDERS #3 AND #5. NOW AGAIN THIS ISSUE AS OF MARCH 9, 2012 IN CYLINDER #2. IN EACH OCCURRENCE THREADS FROM HEAD WERE FOUND IN BOLT THREADS. BOLTS WERE LOOSE DISABLING CYLINDER FROM WORKING. THIS HAPPENS WITHOUT WARNING AND DUE TO CONCERN OF FURTHER DAMAGING ENGINE, CAR REQUIRES TOWING. THIS SEEMS TO BE A DEFECT IN THE MATERIALS THE HEAD WAS MADE OF. *TR

MY VEHICLE HAS 73000 MILES ON IT THE TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN SLIPPING AND SHIFTING HARD SINCE NOV 2011. I HAD THE TRANSMISSION SERVICED AS ADVISED BY A DEALERSHIP. NO CHANGE I HAVE A N EXTENDED WARRANTY THAT COVERS THE PROBLEM IF THE DEALER SHIP FINDS THE PROBLEM. I TOOK IT TO THE PLACE I BOUGHT THAT CAR FROM . THEY HAD A MECHANIC GET IN TEST DRIVE IT WITH A HAND HELD METER FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES A. THEY REPORTED THAT NOTHING SHOWED UP AND THE TRANS IS FINE. I TOOK IT HOME AND THE ENTIRE WAY THERE IT SLIPPED FROM ASTOP POSITION AND SHIFTED HARD INTO GEAR. I OWE OVER A YEAR AND A HALF STILL IN PAYMENT'S FOR THE CAR AND THE EXTENDED WARRANTY EXPIRES ON APRIL 22 20012 . I DON'T HAVE MUCH TIME TO GO WHAT DO I DO. JOHN B I HAVE REPORTED THE CAR A ND DEALER TO BBS FOR WHAT THAT IS WORTH. *TR

THE SPEEDOMETER STOPPED WORKING CORRECTLY. IT WENT TO 120 WHILE ON INTERSTATE WHILE I WAS ONLY GOING 70 MPH USING MY GPS. I HAVE BEEN STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN AND IT SHOWED ANYWHERE FROM 30 TO 70 MPH. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH WITH THE HEADLIGHTS ACTIVATED AND SUDDENLY WITHOUT WARNING THE HEADLIGHTS STOPPED ILLUMINATING FOR A FEW SECONDS. THE SAME MALFUNCTION RECURRED ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 95,000. UPDATED 03/14/12*LJ THE MULTI-FUNCTION SWITCH WAS REPLACED AT A COST OF $ 495.78

2004 CHEVY IMPALA, PROBLEM 1:TURN THE KEY ON SECURITY LIGHT BLINKING, CAR WONT START. CAR WILL START AFTER 10 MINUTES OR SO. PROBLEM 2: SPEEDOMETER STUCK, FOR EXAMPLE YOU WOULD BE ON THE FREEWAY DOING 60MPH EVEN WHEN YOU PARK YOUR CAR OR THE NEEDLE WOULD BE STUCK ON 0 AND I KNOW IT CAN'T BE RIGHT. IT HAS BEEN DOING THIS FOR QUITE SOMETIME ABOUT A YEAR NOW OFF AND ON. PROBLEM 3: AC/HEATER FAN CONTROL WONT TURN ON. I HAVE TAKEN MY CAR TO DIFFERENT SHOPS AND THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH IT, IT'S COSTING ME ALOT OF MONEY BEING RIPPED OFF BY THE SHOP. I STILL HAVE TO PAY THEM EVEN THOUGH THEY DIDN'T FIX THE PROBLEM. THEY SAY THEY FIXED IT AND SAME PROBLEMS STILL EXIST. *TR