2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA Complaints

2005 IMPALA 3.4L 55K MILES AT 41K MY SPEEDOMETER, AND TEMP GAUGES NO LONGER WORK ... IT IS DUE TO BAD STEPPER MOTORS. AND GM WANTS OVER 400 DOLLARS TO FIX A PROBLEM THEY KNOW IS WAYYYYYYYYYY TOO COMMON AND I AS WELL AS MANY PEOPLE CANT AFFORD TO FIX THEIR PROBLEM. THIS IS VERY UNSAFE NOT KNOWING IF YOUR CAR IS OVERHEATING COULD RESULT IN FIRE AND DEATH AND SPEEDOMETER NOT WORKING COULD ALSO LEAD TO BAD THINGS! *TR

THE SPEEDOMETER READING ON OUR 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA IS INACCURATE/MALFUNCTIONING. SITTING STILL AT THE STOP LIGHT IT READS 100 MPH AND OTHER TIMES 30 MPH PULLING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY IT READS 70 MPH AND AT OTHER TIMES IT POINTS STRAIGHT DOWN AT THE NEUTRAL INDICATOR WITH NO READING AT ALL. OUR VEHICLE HAS 76200 MILES ON IT AND HE CONTACTED THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP WHICH IN TURN TOLD US THAT GM WOULD PAY FOR THE PROBLEM ON VEHICLES WITH LESS THAN 80000 BECAUSE IT WAS SO COMMON BUT GENERAL MOTORS HEADQUARTERS SAID SINCE THEY WERE FILLING BANKRUPTCY THEY WOULD NOT PAY FOR IT AND WE WERE ON OUR OWN. THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP SAID THEY COULD FIX THE PROBLEM FOR 500.00 TO 700.00 DOLLARS WHICH IS UNACCEPTABLE. GM WANTS A GOVERNMENT BAILOUT AT THEIR CUSTOMER'S EXPENSE AND THEIR EQUIPMENT MALFUNCTION. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE! *TR

GAS GAUGE READS EMPTY WHEN CAR WAS JUST FUELED. SPEEDOMETER AT TIMES READS 0 WHEN I'M DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY. AT TIMES THE SPEEDOMETER WILL READ 65 YET I'M ZOOMING PAST CARS SO WHO KNOWS WHAT SPEED I AM GOING. *TR

I HAVE A 2005 CHEVY IMPALA.. FOR PAST TWO WEEKS MY SPEEDOMETER HAS BEEN READING INCORRECTLY. I WAS ON THE INTERSTATE DOING 70 MPH BUT IT FELT MORE LIKE 50. THE PROBLEM STOPPED FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS BUT YESTERDAY.. IT TOOK ANOTHER TURN. I WAS DOING 35MPH BUT THE READING SHOWED 0MPH. IT IS NOW POINTING IN THE UP AND DOWN POSITION AND WILL NOT MOVE. I HAVE CHECKED OTHER FORUMS AND FOUND THAT THERE ARE MANY MANY OTHER IMPALA OWNERS EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM. THIS SEEMS TO ME TO BE A FACTORY DEFAULT. THERE IS A MAJOR POSSIBILITY FOR SERIOUS ACCIDENTS OCCURRING DUE TO THIS PROBLEM . *TR

I OWN A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA WITH APPROX. 86,000 MILES ON IT. MY SPEEDOMETER IS GOING HAYWIRE(NOT CONSISTENT AT ALL) AND I AM UNABLE TO CORRECTLY TELL MY SPEED. I KNOW THERE ARE QUITE A BIT OF OTHER GM VEHICLES WITH THE SAME ISSUE BECAUSE THERE IS A BLOG ON THE INTERNET ABOUT THEM. I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THIS DUE TO THE FACT THAT I HAVE A 3 YEAR OLD SON AND MY WIFE WITH ME A LOT. GM SAID THEY WILL NOT PAY FOR THIS PROBLEM TO BE FIXED AND A LOT OF PEOPLE CAN NOT AFFORD IT($500-$800). I JUST HOPE GM WILL TAKE RESPONSIBILITY AND FIX THIS ISSUE AT FREE OF CHARGE TO THE CONSUMER BEFORE SOMEONE GETS INJURED OR EVEN KILLED. *TR

THE SPEEDOMETER IS AT 35 MPH WHEN THE CAR IS AT A STANDSTILL. THE INDICATED SPEED IS INCORRECT WHEN THE CAR IS MOVING, SHOWING A FASTER SPEED THAN THE CAR IS MOVING. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. SPORADICALLY, THE SPEEDOMETER ON THE INSTRUMENT CONTROL PANEL BECOMES INOPERATIVE AND DISPLAYS INACCURATE READINGS. AS A CONSEQUENCE, THE CONTACT CANNOT ACCURATELY MEASURE THE SPEED SHE IS DRIVING. THERE IS ALSO A STRONG FUEL ODOR EMANATING FROM THE VEHICLE. SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A REPAIR SHOP, BUT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED OR REMEDIED. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN PROPERLY REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 116,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH AT NIGHT ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS, THE HEADLIGHTS UNEXPECTEDLY LOST POWER. THE FAILURE OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE HEADLIGHTS ACTIVATED AUTOMATICALLY WHEN THE ENGINE WAS STARTED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WILL BE TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR REPAIR. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED OF THE SAFETY RISK INVOLVED. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 55,000.

TEMPERATURE GAGE IS WORKING ONLY PART TIME, WILL INCREASE ABRUPTLY AND THEN DEGREE JUST AS FAST. LAST WEEK THE SPEEDOMETER CONTINUED TO INCREASE PAST THE NUMBERS THEN DECREASED SLOWLY THROUGHOUT THE DAY. I FILLED UP WITH GAS AND THE SPEEDOMETER STARTED WORKING AGAIN BUT THE TEMPERATURE GAGE FLOATED BACK AND FORTH. THIS WEEK THE SPEEDOMETER IS ON 90 WHEN THE CAR IS OFF. FILLED UP WITH GAS AGAIN HOPING IT WOULD CORRECT THE SPEEDOMETER AGAIN. INSTEAD THE SPEEDOMETER DROPPED TO THE N POSITION AT THE BOTTOM AND WILL MOVE TO 120 OCCASIONALLY. TOOK THE CAR TO REPAIR SHOP, HAD THE SENSOR CHECKED. SENSOR IS FINE. WAS TOLD MANY HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM AND IS A DEFECT WITH THE CLUSTER THAT GM WILL NOT RECOGNIZE. THIS PROBLEM NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. THIS IS A REAL SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

THE SPEEDOMETER GETS STUCK YOU WILL BE ON THE HIGHWAY DOING 65 AND WHEN YOU GET OFF TO STOP IT WILL SAY THAT YOU ARE GOING 65 WHILE YOU ARE SITTING STILL OR IT WILL NOT MOVE AT ALL IT WILL SAY 0 WHILE DRIVING THIS IS A INSTRUMENT CLUSTER ISSUE AND WILL BE AROUND $500.00 TO FIX BUT I DO NOT HAVE THE MONEY FOR THIS BEFORE THIS STARTED THE GAS GAGE AND TEMP GAGE STARTED TO MESS UP AND BOUNCE AROUND. *TR