2000 CHEVROLET IMPALA Complaints

01-10-02, COMPLAINED OF PULSATION FELT IN STEERING. MECHANIC RESURFACED ROTORS. 01-11-02, SAME COMPLAINT, REPLACED INTERMEDIATE STEERING COLUMN. 11-07-02, REPORTED A SQUEAL IN STEERING WHEN TURNING LEFT, MECHANIC COULD NOT DUPLICATE, GREASED STEERING COLUMN. 09-09-03 COMPLAINED AGAIN OF SQUEAL IN STEERING, REPLACED RACK AND PINION.

ON JANUARY 10, 2005, I WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. I HIT THE VEHICLE, 2005 FORD FOCUS FROM BEHIND AND MY AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. I WAS DRIVING A 2000 CHEVROLET IMPALA LS. THE ACCIDENT CAUSED DAMAGES TO THE FORD FOCUS FROM THE BEHIND, DENTING THE BUMPER AND LEADING TO THE REPLACEMENT OF THE BUMPER AND 1530.00 WORTH OF DAMAGES ON THE FORD FOCUS AND OVER A 1000 DOLLARS WORTH OF DAMAGES ON THE IMPALA. THE AIR BAG LIGHT IN THE CAR CAME UP IN RED, BUT THAT WAS IT. THE AIR BAG NEVER DEPLOYED DURING THE ACCIDENT, EVEN THOUGH MAJOR INJURIES DID NOT OCCUR, MAJOR INJURIES COULD HAVE OCCURIED AND NO SUPPORT TO ELIMINATE OR DECREASE THE INJURIES WOULD HAVE OCCURIED. *JB

STEERING SHAFT WAS REPLACED IN AUGUST 2004 BECAUSE OF TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN (TSB) ABOUT BINDING. IN MARCH 2005 THE STEERING SHAFT BROKE IN HALF, CAUSING A LOSS OF CONTROL WITH STEERING OF THE VEHICLE. THE DEFECTIVE PART WAS REPLACED ALONG WITH A NEW STEERING COIL. THE PART WAS STILL BINDING AND SLIPPING AS IT WAS THE FIRST TIME WHEN FIXED IN 2004. A DIAGNOSTIC TEST WAS DONE IN APRIL 2005, AND CHEVROLET TOLD ME IT WAS MY BRAKES. I TOOK IT TO ANOTHER DEALER, AND THEY SAID MY BRAKES WERE FINE. PROBLEM NEEDED TO BE FIXED BEFORE SOMEONE GOT HURT THE NEXT TIME IT BREAKS. *AK

2000 CHEVROLET IMPALA LEAKING INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET. VIN# [XXX]. CAR PURCHASED NEW. CURRENTLY WITH ONLY 21500 MILES 3.4 ENGINE. GM HAS A TSB ON THE ISSUE. REPLACEMENT = GASKET OF DIFFERENT MATERIAL. QUOTE FOR REPAIR AT LOCAL DEALERSHIP $900. !*AK *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

CONSUMER COMPLAINED THAT THE FUEL GAUGE WAS NOT REGISTERING THE PROPER AMOUNT OF FUEL IN THE FUEL TANK. CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED THAT VEHICLE WOULD RUN OUT OF FUEL WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, WHICH COULD CAUSE A REAR END COLLISION. *AK *NM

WHEN TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL IN EITHER DIRECTION A KNOCKING NOISE WAS HEARD. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT HAD TO BE REPLACED. *AK *BF *NM

THE TURNS SIGNAL AND BRAKE LIGHT FAILED INTERMITTENTLY. DEALER STATED TURN SIGNAL AND FOUR WAY FLASHERS NEED TO BE REPLACED . *AK

CONSUMER'S SON WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION AT 55 MPH. UPON IMPACT, THE FRONTAL AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THERE WERE NO INURIES, HOWEVER, BOTH VEHICLES WERE TOTALED.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH CONSUMER HEARD A KNOCING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. DEALRSHIP WAS NOTIFED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM.*AK

LTR RE DEFECTIVE STEERING SYSTEM IN NUMEROUS AUTOMOBILES ESPECIALLY THE 2000 CHEVY IMPALA WHICH CAUSED HAND AND FINGER DEFORMALTIES TO THE CONSUMER. *TS *JB THE CONSUMER PURCHASED A 2000 VEHICLE AND STATED THAT HE WATCHED HIS FINGERS BECOME BENT AND TWISTED AS A RESULT OF STEERING. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT SIDE VIEW MIRROR HEIGHT OBSTRUCTS THE VIEW OF THE ON-COMING TRAFFIC. *TC *SC