2014 CHEVROLET IMPALA Complaints

WHILE DRIVING, THE POWER STEERING, ABS AND STABIITRAK ALL BECAME NONFUNCTIONAL AND THE PROBLEM HAS PERSISTED FOR ABOUT A WEEK FOLLOWING THE ONSET. THIS OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING IN A STRAIGHT LINE, WITH NO TURNING INVOLVED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 CHEVROLET IMPALA. DURING RAINY WEATHER CONDITIONS, WATER LEAKED INTO THE TRUNK. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE WARRANTY EXPIRED. THE FAILURE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 67,000.

WARNING INDICATOR LIGHTS BEGAN FLASHING ON THE DASH AND WARNING LIGHTS IN THE MIRRORS FLASHED RANDOMLY. GM DEALER SAID IT WAS A SENSOR THAT WATER HAD LEAKED IN AND CORRODED INSIDE. SAID IT WAS SAFE TO DRIVE AND WOULD TAKE A WEEK TO GET THE PART. THE NEXT DAY IT SHUT OFF AFTER ABOUT ONE MINUTE WHEN STARTED WITH THE REMOTE START. WHEN DRIVING ON THE STREET MORE INDICATOR WARNINGS CAME ON: AIRBAG, TRACTION CONTROL, PARKING BRAKE, ETC.; THE A/C CAME ON BY ITSELF; THE HEADLIGHTS, HEATER, AND TURN SIGNALS STOPPED WORKING. STOPPED THE CAR AND SHUT IT OFF FOR ABOUT AN HOUR. AFTER STARTING IT WITH THE KEY AND RUNNING IT FOR ABOUT 3 MINUTES, IT SHUT ITSELF OFF. ONCE STARTED AGAIN, WOULD ONLY MOVE ABOUT A FOOT AND THEN STOPPED SHARPLY, LIKE THE BRAKES HAD BEEN SLAMMED ON. DID THIS SEVERAL TIMES. PARKED IT AGAIN AND HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALER. THEY STILL SAY IT'S THE SENSOR PROBLEM AND WILL BE $1200 TO FIX. THEY DID NOT INVESTIGATE THE ISSUE FURTHER ALTHOUGH IT IS CLEARLY A SAFETY PROBLEM.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHILE DRIVING, ALL THE WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED, THE SPEEDOMETER FAILED, AND ALL THE FUNCTIONS OF THE AIR CONDITIONING UNIT FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER (SARCHIONE CHEVROLET, 1572 OH-44, RANDOLPH, OH 44265) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE OBJ SENSORS AND WIRING HARNESS FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND A CLAIM WAS FILED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 49,700. *TT *TR

ON THE MORNING OF MONDAY JANUARY 29, 2018, I WAS DRIVING IN A SCHOOL ZONE AT 20MPH AND ALL OF A SUDDEN I HEAR A POP SO LOUD THAT IT SOUNDED LIKE A GUN SHOT. I LOOK BACK THROUGH THE REAR VIEW MIRROR AND THE BACK GLASS IS COMPLETELY SHATTERED! THERE WERE NO CARS BEHIND ME OR BESIDE ME AS THERE WAS NO TRAFFIC IT'S HIGHLY UNLIKELY SOMETHING HIT THE GLASS. I HAD JUST DROPPED OFF MY KIDS AT SCHOOL AND THEY COULD HAVE BEEN STILL IN THE BACK SEAT WHEN THIS HAPPENED AND IT COULD HAVE BEEN MUCH WORSE. THIS SEEMS TO ME TO BE A DEFECT IN THE WINDOW OR DEFROSTER.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE, THE MESSAGE "SERVICE POWER STEERING AND STABILIZING TRACK" DISPLAYED AND THE POWER STEERING MALFUNCTIONED, WHICH CAUSED THE STEERING WHEEL TO BECOME VERY DIFFICULT TO TURN. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED FOR THE SAME FAILURE ON JANUARY 19, 2018 BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO REPLACED THE STEERING SENSOR, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE LOCAL DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 39,000.

I WAS PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE HAD MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE AND THE CAR ACCELERATED QUICKLY. EVEN WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE I COULDN'T STOP IT. THE CAR SLAMMED INTO A STONE PILLAR.

MADE RH TURN AND CAR STALLED AND JERKED STRUGGLING TO MOVE. CAR RECOVERED BUT WAS HAVING PROBLEMS. MADE LH TURN AND SEVICE WARNING "STABILITRACK" CAME ON WITH "LOSS OF ENGINE POWER" AS WELL AS THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND TRACTION CONTROL AND STABILITRACK LIGHTS CAME ON. BARELY ABLE TO GET CAR MOVING. WAS ABLE TO GET CAR MOVING BUT HAD TO DRIVE WITH FLASHERS ON DUE TO THE JERKYNESS OF THE ENGINE LOOSING POWER. GOT CAR TO HOME APPROX 1.5 MILES. NOTICED GRINDING NOISE COMING FROM UNDER CAR. AND ALMOST NO POWER TRYING TO GET CAR IN THE DRIVE WAY. VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. THIS HAPPENED WHEN CAR WAS TRAVELING AT SPEEDS OF ZERO TO 40 MPH.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE HEADLIGHTS TURNED OFF AND ON. THE CONTACT MADE AN APPOINTMENT WITH MIKE SMITH BUICK GMC (6014 S TRANSIT RD, LOCKPORT, NY 14094, (716) 625-8235) FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE FIRST OCCURRED LAST YEAR. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THERE WAS AN ELECTRICAL FAILURE, AND THE WIRES WERE BURNT AND CORRODED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ELECTRICAL WIRING HARNESS WAS REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED BY A LETTER THAT WAS MAILED BY THE CONTACT, BUT NO RESPONSE WAS RECEIVED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 39,000.

I'VE HAD AN ISSUE WITH MY 2014 CHEVY IMPALA LTZ GETTING LOCKED UP WHEN TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL. THIS STARTED A FEW MONTHS AGO, I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP BUT THEY WERE UNABLE TO RECREATE THE PROBLEM. THE FIRST INCIDENT OCCURED 09/2017, I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY GOING 60 MPH, UPON SWITCHING LANES IT FELT LIKE THE STEERING WHEEL JAMMED AND LOCKED FOR A SECOND AND THE ELECTRICAL POWER WENT OUT ON THE RADIO AND DASH. THE ALERTS THEN SAID "POWER STEERING DRIVE WITH CARE' & "FRONT CAMERA' OR SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT. THIS HAS HAPPENED VARIOUS TIMES SINCE ON CITY STREETS, ANOTHER MESSAGE I'VE SEEN HAS SAID SOMETHING ABOUT STABILITRAK. THE MOST RECENT EPISODE OCCURED ON 12/25/2017. I WAS DRIVING ON A CITY STREET AND TURNED RIGHT AND THE STEERING WHEEL JAMMED AND THE RADIO WENT OUT AND THE SAME MESSAGES CAME UP, I TOOK A VIDEO THIS TIME SO THAT THE DEALERSHIP CAN SEE WHAT THE ISSUE IS. I FOUND THAT THERE IS A RECALL ON OTHER 2014 CHEVY IMPALAS FOR SIMILAR ISSUES WITH POWER STEERING BUT WHEN SEARCHING UNDER MY VIN NUMBER THERE IS NO RECALL ON MY CAR BUT I FEEL AS THOUGH THIS IS A MISTAKE AND MY CAR SHOULD BE RECALLED FOR THIS ISSUE. THIS IS A BIG SAFETY ISSUE AND A BIG CONCERN TO ME AS I HAVE TWO SMALL CHILDREN AND ALMOST CRASHED WHILE ON THE FREEWAY DUE TO THIS ISSUE. LUCKILY THE OTHER TIMES THIS HAS OCCURED I WAS ON CITY STREETS NOT DRIVING AT A HIGH SPEED BUT REGARDLESS IT IS STILL A SAFETY HAZARD.