2001 CHEVROLET IMPALA Complaints

DT: 2001 CHEVROLET IMPALA. AT 6,500 MILES THE CONSUMER NOTICED THE BRAKES GRINDING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN INTO THE DEALERSHIP ON JULY 7, 2003, AND SHE WAS TOLD IT WAS A NORMAL METALLIC PAD NOISE, AND THERE WAS NO CORRECTION NECESSARY. THERE HAVE BEEN NO CORRECTIONS TO THIS VEHICLE AT ALL. THE CONSUMER'S SON RECENTLY DROVE THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THE PROBLEM HIMSELF. ALSO, WHILE DRIVING THE STEERING WHEEL WOBBLED. THE CONSUMER CONTACTED CHEVROLET, AND THEY RECOMMEND THE VEHICLE BE TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP.*AK

DT: THE CALLER SAID THAT WHILE ACCELERATING TO GET BACK ON THE HIGHWAY LOST FORWARD MOTION. HE SAID THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. HE WAS ABLE TO GET THE VEHICLE PUSHED OFF THE ROAD. VEHICLE WAS TOWED. DEALER HAS NOT DONE ANYTHING YET. MANUFACTURER SAID THEY WERE CONTACTING THE DEALER AND WILL GET BACK TO THE CALLER. THEY WERE HOLDING OFF UNTIL AN INSPECTOR LOOKED AT THE VEHICLE. INSPECTOR WAS NOT A GMC EMPLOYEE.*AK

2001 CHEVROLET IMPALA HAD A CLOGGED CATALYTIC CONVERTER.***NO ANSWER REQUIRED***. *MR THE VEHICLE LOST PRESSURE WHILE DRIVING UP A HILL, THE BATTERY HAD GONE DEAD WITHOUT WARNING, REAR DEFROSTER SHORTED OUT AND ALMOST INJURED THE CONSUMERS DAUGHTER, THE DOORS SEIZED, THE DRIVER WINDOW SEIZED CONSTANTLY, AND THE FAN BLOWER ONLY WORKED ON 5. *SC

THE AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON. VEHICLE WOULD NOT PASS STATE INSPECTION. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, DEALER SCANNED FOR CODES-- FOUND 3 CODES CURRENT, B0026-FRONTAL DEPLOYMENT LOOP STAGE 1, B0043 L/F FRONTAL DEPLOYMENT LOOP STAGE 2 VOLTAGE OUT OT RANGE, B0044 L/F FRONTAL DEPLOYMENT LOOP STAGE OPEN DEALER DID SIR DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM CHECK FOUND SIR COIL MODULE HAD OPEN CIRCUIT. THEY REPLACED SIR COIL MODULE. VEHICLE HAS NEVER BEEN INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. AIR BAG HAS NEVER BEEN DEPLOYED. OLD PART IS UNAVAILABLE (DEALER KEPT IT).*JB

I HAVE A 2001 CHEVY IMPALA IT HAS A COMPLETELY CLOGGED CATALYTIC CONVERTER ACCORDING TO MY MECHANIC. I CONTACTED COUNTRY CHEVY IN WARWICK NY THEY CANT HELP ME W/O CHARGING ME BECAUSE THE WARRANTY EXPIRED 1800 MILES AGO. I UNDERSTAND FROM THERE SERV DEPT AS WELL AS NUMEROUS MECHANICS THIS IS A BIG PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE HAS NO WARNING LIGHT FOR THIS OR I MAY HAVE KNOW PRIOR TO WARRANTY EXPIRING. NOW I HAVE A CAR I PAID CASH FOR THAT I CANT DRIVE. I WAS WONDERING IF THERE HAVE BEEN ANY PRIOR COMPLAINTS. I AM CONTACTING GM TO SEE IF THEY CAN ASSIST ME FURTHER. *JB

ABS AND TRACT CONTROL LIGHT COME ON INTERMITTENLY. DEALER CANT SOLVE ISSUE, WAS TOLD BY MANUFACTURER TO PUT SOME " SPECIAL TAPE" ON WIRING HARNESS. ALSO AT FIRST ACCELERATION TRACTION CONTROL KICKS IN. HAD RF HUB BEARING AND STEERING SHAFT REPLACED. NO RESOLUTION

TURNING SIGNAL FAILURE. PROBLEM IS FIXED TEMPORARLY WHEN I TAP ON THE HAZARD WARNING SWITCH. I CALLED UP MANUFACTURER TOLD ME THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE HAZARD WARNING SWITCH BUT, THEY WON'T FIX THE PROBLEM UNLESS I PAY FOR IT. THIS PROBLEM HAS ALMOST CAUSED A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT.

2001 IMPALA FRONT AND REAR BRAKES COMPLETELY REPLACED.***NO ANSWER REQUIRED***. *MR THE CONSUMER STATED THE PADS WERE FALLING OFF IN HIS HANDS. THE ROTORS HAD SOME SCRATCHES ON THEM, BUT THEY COULD NOT BE MACHINED DOWN. THE CONSUMER ALSO HAD A 2001 CHEVROLET S-10 THAT HAD THE SAME BRAKE PROBLEM. *JB

MY 2001 CHEVROLET IMPALA MAKES A VERY LOUD BANGING NOISE WHEN ROTATING THE STEERING WHEEL WHILE STOPPED OR AT VERY LOW SPEED, SUCH AS WHEN PULLING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE.I HAD THE VEHICLE INSPECTED BY THE CHEVROLET DEALER WHERE THE CAR WAS PURCHASED NEW, THE INSPECTION REVEALED FAULTY SUB FRAME WELDING. THE MECHANIC ALSO SAID THIS WAS VERY COMMON WITH THE RECENT IMPALA'S AND AFTER MANY SUB FRAMES WERE REPLACED DUE TO MISSING VERTICLE WELDS AND FAULTY SUB FRAME WELDS, THE MANUFACTURER{ GENERAL MOTORS} BEGAN USING A LESS EXPENSIVE SUPER GLUE TYPE LOCKING MATERIAL KIT OVER THE FAULTY WELDS, WITH AT LEAST THE LAST 5 REPAIRS AT THIS SHOP COMPLETED AS SUCH. I HAVE SEEN MANY REPORTS OF POLICE VEHICLES {IMPALA'S} INVOLVED IN ACCIDENTS AFTER CONTROL LOSS, WHICH MAY BE RELATED TO THE MISSING AND FAULTY WELDS. THE LOUD BANGING NOISE IS METAL TO METAL CAUSED BY FLEXING OF THE ALUMINUM SUB FRAME AT THE MISSING/ FAULTY WELDS.

DT: THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING WHEN SHE HEARD A CLANKING NOISE AND COULD FEEL IT IN THE STEERING WHEEL. THIS HAPPENED MOST OF THE TIME, BUT NOT ALL THE TIME. SOME DAYS THE NOISE WOULD NOT BE APPARENT. LAST WEEK BEFORE IT WAS WORKED ON, THE CONSUMER COULD FEEL THE VIBRATION IN THE BRAKE PEDAL. CONSUMER SAID THAT SOUND DID NOT SEEM TO FOLLOW ANY APPARENT CYCLE OR SEEM TO BECOME MORE DEFINED AT ANY CERTAIN TIME. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIRS, AND WAS APPARENTLY FIXED. CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT THE PROBLEM WAS THE STEERING INTERMEDIATE SHAFT. THE CONSUMER SAID THAT THIS PROBLEM HAD BEEN OCCURRING FOR THE LAST YEAR. *AK *SC *JB