2001 CHEVROLET IMPALA Complaints

WHILE PARKING AT VERY SLOW SPEED, VERY LOUD CRACKING NOISE FROM FRONT OF CAR WHILE SLIGHTLY TURNING STEERING WHEEL. HAPPENING OFTEN. HAVE HAD FRONT END INSPECTED TWICE, NO PROBLEM FOUND WITH WHEEL BEARINGS,OR TIE RODS. PREVIOUS OWNER HAS HAD STEERING RACK REPLACED, POSSIBLY DUE TO SAME COMMON PROBLEM- WHICH MAY BE POOR LUBRICATION OF STEERING SHAFT AS REPORTED IN WWW.IMPALAHQ.COM/TSB01-02-32-001A.HTML

CAR SECURITY LIGHT HAS COME ON AND THEN WOULD OCCASIONALLY BE UNABLE TO START THE CAR. TURNS OUT THE PASSLOCK ANTI THEFT SYSTEM IS NOT WORKING CORRECTLY AND WOULD COST $450 TO REPAIR. THERE SHOULD BE A WAY TO DISABLE OR BYPASS THE SYSTEM SINCE I COULD REALLY CARE LESS TO HAVE AN ANTI THEFT DEVICE FOR MY IGNITION. NOW I EITHER HAVE TO DISH OUT THE MONEY TO THE DEALERSHIP (OTHER MECHANICS SEEM UNABLE TO REPAIR THIS OF COURSE), OR TAKE THE RISK THAT THE CAR WILL NOT FAIL TO START SOMEWHERE WITH MY TWO LITTLE KIDS IN THE CAR.

TURN SIGNAL FAILURE. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR SEVERAL MONTHS ONCE IN A WHILE. LATELY IT IS HAPPENING MORE OFTEN. IF I TURN OFF CAR AND RESTART THE TURN SIGNALS WORK AGAIN FOR A WHILE. TONIGHT WHILE DRIVING ONE HOUR HOME, I HAD TO TURN MY CAR OFF AND RESTART IT 4 TIMES SO THE TURN SIGNALS WOULD WORK AGAIN. I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A DEFECT - MY CAR ONLY HAS 39,400 MILES ON IT.

2001 CHEVROLET IMPALA WAS INVOLVED IN A MINOR ACCIDENT AND AFTERWARDS THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NO LONGER FUNCTION.*MR THE TRANSMISSION HAD NO REVERSE AND HAD SHIFTING PROBLEMS. THE TECHNICIAN DETERMINED THAT THE THRUST BEARINGS BROKE AND DAMAGED THE SUN GEAR, INPUT CARRIER AND REACTION SUN GEAR. THE TECHNICIAN INDICATED THE THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS TRANSMISSION AND THAT IT'S FAILURE WAS NOT RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT. THE MANUFACTURER ISSUED SERVICE BULLETINS REFERENCING TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. *NM

PROBLEMS WITH THE WIRING SYSTEM ON THE 2001 CHEVROLET IMPALA AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS IMPOUNDED. *MR THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE, GAS MILEAGE AND THE TURN SIGNALS WERE INOPERATIVE AND THE RADIATOR HOSE HAD BURNED AGAINST THE BATTERY. THE CONSUMER FOUND THAT THE WIRING SYSTEM WAS CHANGED. THE CONSUMER ALSO FOUND MISSING COMPONENTS SUCH AS A FUSE AND A HUGE HOLLOW AREA DUE TO THE MISSING FANS. *SC *JB

2001 CHEVROLET IMPALA EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH ACCELERATOR PEDAL AS WELL AS THE VEHICLE VIBRATING WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED. *MR THIS WOULD BECOME MUCH WORSE AT HIGHER SPEEDS. THE ORIGINAL BRAKE LININGS HAD COME OFF OF THE SHOES. ALL OF THE ROTORS WERE REPLACED AT 2781K MILES. THE ROTORS HAD TO BE TURNED 3 TIMES TO GET THEM FLAT. *SC *JB

I HAVE JUST PURCHASED A 2001 IMPALA FROM DEALER LESS THAN A WEEK AGO (4/29/2005) AND I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER TODAY FOR SOME MAINTENANCE. THE DEALER TOLD ME THE INTAKE MANIFOLD IS LEAKING ANTIFREEZE INTO THE ENGINE AND IT IS QUITE SERIOUS. I HAVE CHECKED SOME ONLINE DISCUSSION GROUPS AND THERE SEEMS TO BE A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ON THIS ISSUE. IT SEEMS LIKE THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM ON THE IMPALAS. I THINK GM SHOULD ISSUE A RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE AND REIMBURSE MY COST OF REPAIR.

THE LOW COOLANT LIGHT STAYS ON INDICATING THAT THE ENGINE COULD OVER HEAT. CONSUMER CHECKED THE ENGINE AND FOUND THAT THERE WAS A FLUID LEAK OUT THE ENGINE. AS A RESULT THE CONSUMER HAS TO PUT IN COOLANT ABOUT ONCE A MONTH TO AVOID OVERHEATING.*AK DEALER PUT NEW GASKET IN AT INTAKE MANIFOLD AND REPAIRED RADIATOR. *BF *NM

COOLANT SYSYEM:TEMPERATURE GAUGE MOVES TO HOT FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES THEN BACK TO NORMAL. CLICKING SOUND IN STEERING WHEEL WHEN YOU YOU MAKE A TURN. LOUD POPPING OR CRACKING SOUND IN THE DASH AREA WITH VARIOUS TEMPERATURE CHANGES.*AK

MY 2001 CHEVROLET IMPALA IS JERKING WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES, FRONT END SOUNDS LIKE IT IS READY TO FALL APART,FRONT END WOBBLES WHEN DRIVING,KNOCKS WHEN PUT INTO DRIVE OR REVERSE,TRANSMISSION BOGS WHEN SHIFTING BROUGHT TO THE DEALERSHIP THEY DROVE IT AND DECIDED A NEW STEERING SHAFT WOULD SOLVE ALL MY PROBLEMS, AMD GM IS ALSO AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM AND USED TO REPACE SHAFT BUT THAT GOT TOO EXPENSIVE SO NOW THEY HAVE A KIT TO LUBRICATE THE BEARING. MY CAR IS UNDER WARRANTY, BUT THIS PROBLEM IS NOT INCLUDED . STEERING IS ESSENTIAL IN A VEHICLE. I FIND THIS PROBLEM A SAFETY ISSUE FOR MYSELF,PASSENGERS, AND OTHERS ON THE ROAD WITH ME. I AM FILING THIS COMPLAINT FOR DOCUMENTATION. IF EVER THERE IS AN ACCIDENT RELATED TO THE STEERING ISSUE OF MY CAR I WANT THE COURTS TO KNOW THAT ALL WERE AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM I WAS HAVING AND NOBODY WANTED TO FIX A DEFECT THAT THEY WERE AWARE OF. I WILL BE FIXING IT AT MY EXPENSE AND WHEN IT IS RECALLE I WOULD LIKE TO BE REIMBURSED.*AK