2014 CHEVROLET IMPALA Complaints

WATER LEAK IN TRUNK CAUSED BY TAIL LAMP SEALS LEAKING WATER INTO TRUNK AS ADVISED BY DEALER INSPECTION.

2014 CHEVROLET IMPALA. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO ISSUES WITH POWER STEERING. *LD *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHILE DRIVING OVER 35 MPH, THE AIR BAG INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND MADE A DINGING SOUND. THE FAILURE WAS A SAFETY CONCERN. THE CONTACT CALLED AND SCHEDULED A DIAGNOSTIC APPOINTMENT WITH GATES CHEVY WORLD (636 W MCKINLEY AVE, MISHAWAKA, IN 46545, 574-256-3000). THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND REFERRED THE CONTACT TO NHTSA. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 30,000.

WHILE DRIVING MY CAR ON A MAIN STREET MOVING ALONG AT APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH THE CAR COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM AND MOTOR. THE CAR WOULD NOT RECOGNIZE THE FOB. THEREFORE, IT WOULD NOT RESTART. I PUT THE CAR IN PARK TO RESTART. THEREFORE, IT WAS STUCK IN PARK AND I COULD NOT MOVE THE CAR OUT OF THE LANE OF TRAFFIC. WE TRIED TO RE-SET THE SYSTEM BY DISCONNECTING THE BATTERY AND TAPPING THE BRAKES. THIS DID NOT WORK. AFTER MY HUSBAND HAD BROUGHT ME THE SECOND FOB FROM HOME THE CAR STILL WOULD NOT RECOGNIZE THE FOB. I WALKED AWAY FROM THE CAR TO RE-SET THE FOB. THE CAR STILL WOULD NOT START. AFTER BEING STRUCK IN FRIDAY AFTERNOON TRAFFIC FOR AN HOUR I CALLED A TOW TRUCK. MY HUSBAND TRIED THE CAR AGAIN AND IT STARTED. I DROVE THE CAR HOME. THE VERY NEXT DAY I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY COULD NOT FIND ANY PROBLEMS. TWO WEEKS LATER THE CAR BEGAN NOT RECOGNIZING THE FOB AGAIN. THE DEALERSHIP CANNOT FIND THE PROBLEM. I DO NOT WANT TO SEE ANY OTHERS GET HURT FROM THIS PROBLEM.

SERVICE STABILITY TRACK CAME ON FOUR TIMES SINCE I HAVE OWNED THE CAR. THE LAST TIME I WAS ENROUTE TO MY HOME FROM A MEDICAL APPOINTMENT IN MINNEAPOLIS, MN. THIS TIME THE CAR WAS LOSING POWER. I MANAGED TO GET THE CAR TO A CHEVY DEALER, TWO HOURS FROM MY HOME, TO HAVE THREE SERVICE CODES SHUT OFF, ONE OF WHICH WAS SERVICE STABILITY TRACK.

AFTER BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY, THE WARNING LIGHTS STATING SERVICE STABILITRAK, BRAKE ASSIST & TRACTION CONTROL. ALSO, ABS LIGHT STAYS ON AND WHEN INITIATING BRAKES, BRAKE PEDAL VIBRATES AND MAKES A VIBRATING NOISE. WHILE I WAS DRIVING TO MY APPT, THE MESSAGE KEPT FLASHING OVER AND OVER. SAME PROBLEM 6/15/18 & HAD FRONT HUB & BEARING ASSEMBLY REPLACED. OK UNTIL 8/22/18.

2014 CHEVY IMPALA - 50,000 MILES - THE VEHICLE WILL LOSE POWER WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE. IT WILL SUDDENLY REGAIN POWER AND THE ENGINE WILL SURGE. ON 8/20/18 I CAN TO A STOP AT A STOP SIGN IN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD. I PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR, BUT THE CAR DID NOT RESPOND AND ALMOST STALLED. I DID NOT REALIZE HOW FAR I WAS PRESSING THE ACCELERATOR, AND WHEN THE CAR REGAINED POWER THE FRONT TIRES SQUEALED FROM THE RESULTING BURNOUT. LUCKILY, I DIDN'T RUN ANYONE OVER FROM TAKING OFF LIKE THIS. A MOTHER WAS WITH HER CHILD ON THE SIDEWALK AND WAS NOT PLEASED WITH THE WAY I WAS DRIVING IN AN AREA WHERE KIDS PLAY. THIS CAR HAS HAD ONE PROBLEM AFTER THE OTHER. I DISCOVERED A GM SERVICE BULLETIN PIP5507B - "IN AMBIENT TEMPERATURES 100F OR HIGHER, VEHICLE MAY EXHIBIT A HESITATION OR STALLING CONDITION - CUSTOMERS CAN BE ADVISED TO UTILIZE FUELS WITH OCTANE 91 OR HIGHER, REFRAIN FROM IDLING, AND ONLY PARK VEHICLE IN A COVERED GARAGE. AS LONG AS YOU DON'T USE THIS VEHICLE, YOU'RE FINE. I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS IS A KNOWN SAFETY ISSUE AND NO RECALL. I GUESS SOMEONE HAS TO BE KILLED, FIRST.

MY CAR HAD WARNING LIGHTS FOR STABILITRAK, PARKING BRAKE, ABS THAT CAME ON. THE CAR JERKS WHEN YOU START IT AND SHIFT GEARS. THE CAR DOES NOT ACCELERATE LIKE NORMAL AND HAS STUGGLE REACHING HIGH SPEEDS. WHILE DRIVING, SOME OF THE LIGHTS WENT OFFF AND CAUSED MORE JERKING OF THE VEHICLE.

BODY CONTROL MODULE / OBJECT DETECTION MODULE THAT CONTROLS SIDE AND REAR COLLISION DETECTION IS DISABLED DUE TO CORROSION FROM WATER DAMAGE AFTER NORMAL EVERYDAY USE. SAFETY ISSUE.

BODY CONTROL MODULE THAT CONTROLS SIDE AND REAR COLLISION DETECTION IS DISABLED DUE TO CORROSION FROM WATER DAMAGE AFTER NORMAL EVERYDAY USE. SAFETY ISSUE.