2014 CHEVROLET IMPALA Complaints

POWER STEERING VERY HARD TO TURN, SEEMS TO STICK WHEN TURNED ALL THE WAY LEFT OR RIGHT, MECHANIC SAID RACK (?) AND POWER STEERING PUMP NEED TO BE REPLACED. MAKES NOISES AND LEAKS POWER STEERING FLUID

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, A LOUD ROARING NOISE WAS HEARD, THE ENGINE VIBRATED, AND WHEN DEPRESSING THE ON-STAR BUTTON A CLANKING METAL NOISE WAS HEARD UNDER THE VEHICLE. THE ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO RINCON CHEVROLET INC. LOCATED AT 5480 GA HIGHWAY 21 S, RINCON, GA 31326 WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A CRANK VALVE FAILURE, WHICH WAS ALLOWING TO MUCH AIR INTO THE ENGINE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED DUE TO THE DEALER WAS WAITING THE CRANK VALVE PARTS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND REFERRED THE CONTACT TO NHTSA. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 77,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR BACK UP CAMERA FAILED. THE CONTACT STATED DUE TO THEIR HEIGHT THAT IT IS MORE DIFFICULT OUT THE REAR WINDOW. THE CONTACT STATED THAT PRIOR TO THE FAILURE, THE COLONIAL SOUTH CHEVROLET DEALER LOCATED AT 361 STATE RD, NORTH DARTHMOUTH, MA PERFORMED AN UNKNOWN REPAIR RELATED TO THE FAILURE HOWEVER THE FAILURE REOCCURED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE MILEGE WAS 37,000. *BF CONSUMER STATED THE ELECTRICAL FAILURE WAS FOUND TO BE RELATED TO MOLD FORMED NEAR THE AMP IN THE TRUNK WHICH WAS CAUSED BY A WATER LEAK IN REAR PASSENGER LIGHT. THIS LEAK WAS UNKNOWN AND MUST HAVE HAPPENED WHILE UNDER WARRANTY AND HAD TO BE A MANUFACTURER DEFECT. UPDATED 8/23/18*JB

MY IMPALA 2014 WAS MAKING A LOUD NOISE FROM, THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE AS IF IT WAS THE MUFFLER. THE NOISE COULD ONLY BE HEARD WHILE I WAS INSIDE THE VEHICLE. I HAD MY WIFE STAND OUTSIDE WHILE I DROVE THE VEHICLE DOWN OUR STREET AND THE LOUD NOISE COULD NOT BE HEARD OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. WE COULD HEAR THE NOISE ONCE THE VEHICLE REACHED 20 MPH. AFTER GETTING THE MUFFLER CHECKED WE FOUND OUT THE MUFFLER WAS IN GOOD CONDITION., BUT SHORTLY AFTER THE IMPALA STARTED MAKING THE LOUD NOISE WE MADE A LEFT TURN AT A SIGNAL LIGHT AND THE ABS, POWER STEERING, AND STABLITRAK SERVICE LIGHTS CAME ON THE DASHBOARD. THE POWER STEERING HAS GOTTEN INCREASINGLY WORSE SINCE THE SERVICE LIGHT CAME ON.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE ABS AND SERVICE POWER STEERING WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED, CAUSING THE STEERING WHEEL TO SEIZE. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER, SHUT OFF THE VEHICLE, RESTARTED THE VEHICLE, AND THE FAILURE WENT AWAY. TWO DAYS LATER, THE STEERING FAILED AND THE WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED AGAIN. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE LOCAL DEALER (WALKER CHEVROLET, CAROTHERS PKWY, FRANKLIN, TN, 37067) WHILE MANUALLY CONTROLLING THE STEERING WHEEL. THE VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE REAR PASSENGER WHEEL BEARING FAILED AND THAT THERE WAS NO CONNECTION TO THE POWER STEERING. THE REAR PASSENGER BEARING HUB AND ASSEMBLY WERE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND PROVIDED CASE NUMBER: [XXX]. THE DEALER REASSURED THE MANUFACTURER THAT THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED; HOWEVER, NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE WAS OFFERED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 70,017. *BF INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

WHEN IT RAINS HARD OR AFTER A CAR WASH WATER SEEMS TO ENTER SOMEWHERE NEAR THE DRIVER SIDE FRONT BY THE RADIATOR CAUSING STEAM ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE FRONT GRILL.. LOOKS LIKE CAR IS OVER HEATING BUT IS NOT... THIS ONLY HAPPENS WHEN THERE IS HEAVY RAIN OR AFTER A CARWASH OR ANY TYPE OF MOISTURE THAT GETS ONLY IN THAT AREA OF THE CAR... I HAVE SEEN THE SAME COMPLAINT ON CHEVY FORUMS...

WHEN DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS OR CORNERING AT STEEP ANGLES THE TRACTION CONTROL ACTIVATES AND WILL ALMOST STOP THE VEHICLE. PREVIOUSLY HAD ISSUE REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY AND THEY REPLACED A WIRING HARNESS. ISSUE OCCURRED AGAIN. A DEALER SERVICE TECH INFORMED ME THAT THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH WATER GETTING IN THE HARNESSES BUT THERE IS NO RECALL ONLY A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN. WHERE IT IS A KNOWN ISSUE THAT EFFECTS THE TRACTION CONTROL AND ABS I FEEL THIS BEING A KNOW ISSUE SHOULD BE ADDRESSED THOUGH A RECALL AS THE REPAIR IS EXPENSIVE AND A SAFETY CONCERN.

PARKING BRAKE WILL AUTOMATICLY PARTIALLY ENGAGE WITH NO INDICATION CAUSING PADS AND WHEEL CYLINDER TO HEAT UP CAUSING DAMAGE TO WHEEL CYLINDER, ROTOR DIS, BRAKE PADS

WHEN STOP TO PARK NOT IN MOTION PUT AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION IN PARK CAR WILL ROLL LIKE IT IS IN NEUTRAL HAVE USE PARKING BRAKE OR IT CAN ROLL INTO STREET OR OTHER VEHICLE, INTO TRAFFIC OR HIT PEOPLE

TAKATA RECALL" WHEN THE CAR STARTS UP AND IS PUT INTO DRIVE, THERE'S A HARD GRINDING NOICE AROUND FRONT WHEELS. ONCE WE TURN OFF THE TRACTION CONTROL IT STOPS AND DRIVES FINE. IF TRACTION CONTROL IS ON YOU CAN'T TURN THE CAR LEFT OR RIGHT WITHOUT GRINDING