2002 CHEVROLET IMPALA Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS, THE VEHICLE WOULD SOMETIMES RESTART AND SOMETIMES NOT. THE FAILURE OCCURS INTERMITTENTLY. DURING THE MOST RECENT FAILURE, THE INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS ILLUMINATED, BUT THE STARTER DID NOT MAKE A NOISE. NO REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 95,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 110,000.

ON MANY OCCASIONS, CAR WILL NOT START AFTER SITTING FOR SEVERAL MINUTES. THIS HAS HAPPENED SINCE NEW AND IT HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP MANY TIMES TO BE FIXED. LOTS OF MONEY SPENT AND NO RESOLUTION. LEAVES MY ELDERLY PARENTS STRANDED AND COULD RESULT IN MAJOR ISSUE IF IN THE WRONG PLACE. SOMEONE NEEDS TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE - GM IS NOT!!! *TR

CAR WOULD NOT START CHANGED PASSLOCK AND STILL WILL NOT START. SECURITY LIGHT IS ON, RADIO IS LOCKED AND THE CHEVY DEALERSHIP DOES NOT KNOW WHAT IS WRONG WITH IT, THEY ARE GUESSING THAT IS THE BCM AND THE SDM BUT THEY CANNOT PROMISE THAT IT WILL WORK. *TR

MULTI-FUNCTION SWITCH FAILED ON 2002 CHEVROLET IMPALA CAUSING A LOSS OF HIGH BEAM LIGHTS. THE SWITCH AND THE HIGH BEAM BULBS HAD TO BE REPLACED FOR SAFETY REASONS. *TR

2002 CHEVROLET IMPALA LS - SECURITY/PASSLOCK SYSTEM PROBLEM - SUMMER 2007 - TOOK IN TO CHEVROLET DEALER (SINCE OUT OF BUSINESS - PALM BAY CHEVROLET IN FLORIDA) BECAUSE SECURITY LIGHT WOULD COME ON AT TIMES, EVENTUALLY DISABLING CAR FOR SHORT PERIODS OF TIME. FIRST REPAIR, BCM REPLACED - SAME ISSUE TWO MONTHS LATER - IGNITION CYLINDER REPLACED - TWO MONTHS LATER, SECURITY LIGHT WOULD COME ON AGAIN. DEALERSHIP OUT OF BUSINESS THAT DID TWO ORIGINAL REPAIRS FOR 1200.00 - TODAY, SECURITY LIGHT WAS FLASHING AND CAR WOULD NOT START. LOOKING ONLINE, THIS IS A VERY COMMON ISSUE WITH IMPALAS FROM 2000 - 2005 - WHY IS THERE NO RECALL? *TR

2002 IMPALA TURN SIGNALS WORK AT TIMES AND THEN DON'T WORK. I FOUND THAT PRESSING THE HAZARD SWITCH SEVERAL TIMES DID WORK BUT ONLY FOR A SHORT WHILE UNTIL IT HAPPENED AGAIN. *TR

INITIALLY STARTED WITH THE ENGINE NOT TURNING OVER. FULL BATTERY POWER, PUT CAR IN N TO START, NOTHING. PUT CAR IN EMERGENCY PARK TO START AND IT DID. THIS HAPPENED REPEATEDLY, WITH NO WARNING. NOW THE CAR STARTS EVERY TIME. THE PROBLEM NOW IS INTERIOR/EXTERIOR LIGHTS FLASH LIKE STROBE LIGHTS EVERY TIME I START MY CAR TILL THE TIME I TURN IT OFF, SO I CAN'T DRIVE AT NIGHT. THE "SECURITY" LIGHT PASS LOCK ISSUE INTERFERES WITH THE A/C COMPRESSOR AND WILL BLOW HOT AIR. A CONSTANT CLICKING FROM THE RELAYS IN THE PASSENGER SIDE FUSE BOX. WHY IS IT MANY GM DEALERSHIPS ACROSS THE COUNTRY CANNOT DIAGNOSE THIS WHEN CONSUMERS HAVE BROUGHT IN THE VEHICLE FOR ASSESSMENT. CHECK OUT THE WEBSITE OF CARCOMPLAINTS.COM FOR MORE OF THE SAME ISSUE. FELLOW IMPALA OWNERS; LETS FILE CLASS ACTION LAW SUIT AGAIN GM TO GET THIS RESOLVED. BUT SADLY IT WILL TAKE ONE DEATH OR MORE FOR ANY ACTION FROM GM. "THE AMERICAN WAY IS LETS DO SOMETHING AFTER THE FACT AND NOT BE PROACTIVE TO PREVENT". *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET IMPALA LS. WHILE WAITING IN A LINE, THE CONTACT TURNED OFF THE VEHICLE AND IT WOULD NOT RESTART. THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED TO A MECHANIC AND THEY FOUND NO FAILURES. THE CONTACT BELIEVES THAT THE FAILURE WAS DUE TO THE PASS LOCK. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 50,000.

AT RANDOM TIMES, THE CAR WILL NOT START WHEN THE IGNITION IS TURNED. THERE IS NO RESPONSE FROM MOTOR AT ALL. THE SECURITY LIGHT WILL FLASH ON THE INFORMATION CENTER DISPLAY WHEN THIS HAPPENS. AFTER WAITING 10-20 MINUTES THE CAR WILL START. THE FIRST INCIDENT OCCURRED ABOUT 1 YEAR AGO AND HAS BEEN OCCURRING AT RANDOM TIMES EVER SINCE. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A GM DEALER SERVICE DEPARTMENT AFTER THE FIRST TIME IT OCCURRED AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. SINCE THEN I HAVE NOTICED THAT THE FAN FOR THE HVAC SYSTEM WILL NOT WORK AT TIMES AND THE SECURITY LIGHT AND OTHER LIGHTS WILL APPEAR ON THE INFORMATION CENTER DISPLAY AT RANDOM TIMES. *TR

I OWN A 2002 CHEVY IMPALA. ON 5/20/05 THE SECURITY LIGHT STARTED COMING ON AND WOULD REMAIN ON. THE SECURITY LIGHT CONTINUED TO COME ON AND NOW THE CAR WOULD NOT START. IT WOULD TAKE 10-30MINUTES BEFORE I COULD START THE CAR. I TOOK THE CAR TO A DEALERSHIP AND THEY REPLACED THE IGNITION CYLINDER. ON 6/15/05 THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM STARTED UP AGAIN. THIS TIME THE DEALERSHIP INSTALLED A NEW STARTER. ON 7/16/05 SAME PROBLEM AROSE AGAIN WITH SECURITY LIGHT. A DIAGNOSTIC WAS DONE AND CODES CAME UP FROM A NOTICE FROM GM (8/04). THE CODE #'S WERE B2958 AND B2960. THE CODE SAID TO REPAIR POOR TERMINAL CONNECTIONS AT BODY CONTROL MODULE. THE SECURITY LIGHT CONTINUES TO COME ON AND CAR DOES NOT START. THIS CONTINUES ON/OFF FROM 9/11/05-11/28/05. ON 11/28/05 THE IGNITION LOCK/SENSOR IS REPLACED AND THE PCM IS REPROGRAMMED. AND I AM GIVEN A NEW KEY. LOOKS LIKE AT THE MOMENT THE PROBLEM IS SOLVED. WELL TODAY 7/17/08 I NOTICE THAT THE SECURITY LIGHT IS BACK ON AND I BEGIN TO CRINGE BECAUSE OF WHAT I WENT THROUGH IN 05'. I GET ONLINE TO SEE IF ANYONE ELSE IS EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM AND I WAS SHOCKED TO SEE THE # OF COMPLAINTS FROM DISGRUNTLED CUSTOMERS ABOUT THIS SECURITY LIGHT. THIS IS AN OUTRAGE! GM BY NOW IS WELL AWARE OF THE PROBLEM WITH THIS SECURITY LIGHT GOING ON. IT WOULD SEEM TO ME THAT THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN A RECALL NOTICE GOING OUT TO CHEVY IMPALA OWNERS. I HAVE CONTACTED GM. MY COMPLAINT IS ON FILE. I HAVE 2 FILE #'S. ONE FOR IN 2005--# [XXX] AND A NEW ONE JUST STARTED TODAY (7/17/08)--#-[XXX]. PLEASE GOOGLE CHEVY IMPALA AND SECURITY LIGHT PROBLEM AND SEE THE LIST OF COMPLAINTS THAT COME UP. THIS IS AN ABSOLUTE DISGRACE! I FEEL THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE LOOKED INTO ASAP. THANK YOU, [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR