2000 CHEVROLET IMPALA Complaints

THERE ARE 2 PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR I BOUGHT: 1. WE HAVE EXPERIENCED A PROBLEM WITH THE PAINT ON THE BUMPERS--IT PEELS OFF. 2. THE STEERING SHAFT ON THIS CAR WAS POPPING AND THE STEERING WHEEL HAD PLAY AT ABOUT 30,000 MILES AND THEY REPLACED THE SHAFT AND TOLD ME THERE SHOULDN'T BE ANOTHER PROBLEM. NOW THE CAR HAS ABOUT 90,000 MILES AND WHEN IT HAD 70,000 IT STARTED THE SAME STEERING PROBLEMS IT HAD BEFORE. DOES IT TAKE INJURIES OR FAILED STEERING TO GET SOMEONE TO LOOK AT THIS AS A PROBLEM WITH THIS MAKE AND MODEL???? I GAVE UP ARGUING ABOUT #1 EVEN THOUGH THE PAINT ISN'T THE WAY IT SHOULD BE. NUMBER 2 IS A PROBLEM THAT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT, WHEN THE DEALER HAD TO PAY BEFORE I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY NOW!!! *CB

WHY, AFTER GIVING THIS CAR ALL THE LOVING CARE NECESSARY,EVERY 3000 MI. CHECK UPS, AND TAKING IT IN LAST WEEK FOR SERVICE, THE SERVICE WRITER SUGGESTED THE TRANSMISSION SHOULD BE FLUSHED OUT. SO I SAID OK,AND HE SAID IT WAS OK, NOW WHY TWO DAYS LATER THE TRANNY GOES OUT TO THE TUNE OF $3,000. NOW I HAVE BEEN A CHEVY OWNER FOR OVER 50 YEARS AND OWNED A FLEET OF VANS FOR MY BUSINESS, IN ALL THAT TIME I NEVER LOST A TRANSMISSION THIS IS VERY COSTLY AND TO SAY THE LEAST I AM UNHAPPY. THIS CHEVY IS ABOUT TO TURN INTO A FORD. THANK YOU, PLEASE RESPOND.

A/C EMITS FOUL ODORS (MOLD/MILDEW). BRAKES PULSATE, WARNING & ABS LIGHTS COME ON. CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS COME ON, STALLED ONCE, UNCONTROLLED ACCELERATION FROM START UP TWICE. STEERING: INTERMEDIATE SHAFT REPLACED AT 42,618 MILES; RACK & PINION LEAKING AT 65,307 POPPING & MUFFLED EXPLOSION SOUND IN COLD WEATHER START UPS, PAINT PEELED OFF FRONT & BUMPER OF CAR. WEATHER STRIPPING ADHESIVE LIQUIFIES ON DOOR POSTS IN HOT WEATHER. AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT COMES ON

THE DRIVER SIDE FRONT AND REAR WINDOW MOTORS STOPPED WORKING AND AS A RESULT THE WINDOWS WOULD NOT GO UP. THE MECHANIC REPLACED THE MOTOR. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *NM

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE STREET AND MY ENGINE FELL OUT OF MY 2000 CHEVY IMPALA. MY ENGINE CRADLE MOUNTS WERE NOT IN GOOD ENOUGH DUE TO GM NEGLIGENCE. THEY WONT BACK IT UP EVEN THOUGH THEIR PAMPHLETS SAY DIFFERENT. SAFETY ISSUE AND THEY DON'T CARE. A LOT OF OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME THING. THIS VEHICLE SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECALLED ALONG TIME AGO. *LA

HAD TO REPLACE THERMOST AND GASKET, MELTED PVC, 6 SPARK PLUGS UPPER INTAKE MANIFOLD ASSEMBLY AND GASKETS AND SERP BELT BECAUSE OF A BROKEN PLASTIC PIECE WHERE ERG VALVE SETS IN MANIFOLD ASSEMBLY, ENGINE COOLENT LEAKING INTO CYLINDERS CREATING HYDRO LOCK. *AK

THERE IS A CLUNKING SOUND IN THE STEERING SYSTEM WHEN TURNING. I CAN FEEL SOME VIBRATION IN THE STEERING WHEEL.*AK

WHEN YOU PUT THE KEY IN THE IGINTION THE KEY WILL NOT TURN. TRIED SPARE KEY AND TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL BACK AND FORTH AND THE KEY STILL WILL NOT TURN.*AK IN THE PAST WE HAVE HAD THE "FIDDLE" WITH THE KEY IN THE IGINTION TO GET IT TO TURN. NOW IT DOES NOT TURN AT ALL EVEN WHEN YOU "FIDDLE" WITH THE KEY.

2000 CHEVROLET IMPALA HAS A LEAKING OR SEEPING POWER STEERING RACK AT UNDER 48,000 MILES. FAILURE IS VERY PREMATURE AND COSTLY, AND HAS BEEN DOCUMENTED ON OTHER CHEVROLET IMPALAS. CHEVY REFUSES TO COVER ANY PORTION OF THE COSTLY (OVER $1,000) REPAIR. *AK

LEAKING INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET ON A 2000 CHEVY IMPALA WITH THE 3.4 LTR ENGINE COSTING SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS IN REPAIRS AND POSSIBLE ENGINE DAMAGE. *LA