2014 CHEVROLET IMPALA Complaints

RANDOM ENGINE AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEM SHUTDOWN AT LOW (IDLE) SPEED OR WHEN STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT. VEHICLE GOES COMPLETELY DEAD AND POWER STEERING LOCKS UP. ALL INSTRUMENT PANEL DISPLAY IS DEAD. GENERALLY VEHICLE RESTARTS AUTOMATICALLY IN 5-10 SECONDS. A FEW TIME I HAD TO RESTART IT. THIS WAS VERY RANDOM BUT ON SAT 2-18-2017 IT HAPPENED 6 TIMES WITHIN 10 MINUTES WHILE IN HEAVY TRAFFIC AND STOPPED AT TRAFFIC LIGHTS.

I LEASED THE CAR BRAND NEW IN OCTOBER 2014 AND MY PASSENGER HEADLIGHT BURNED OUT. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE IT REPLACED AND FOUND OUT THAT IT WILL COST $350 TO REPLACE THE BULB (THE WARRANTY WAS FOR 3 YEARS OR 36K MILES, I HAVE 41K MILES ON IT). HOWEVER, THE LIGHT BULBS SHOULD LAST LONGER THAN 2 YEARS ON A BRAND NEW CAR. I CALLED GM AND THEY SAID THEY COULD DO NOTHING.

THE POWER FOR THE WINDOWS ON THE DRIVER SIDE STOP WORKING (STATIONARY & MOTION) THE RIGHT SIDE FRONT HEAD LIGHT, PARKING LIGHT & BRAKE LIGHT STOPPED WORKING (STATIONARY & MOTION) DEALERSHIP (BEN MYNATT CHEVROLET CADILLAC, 281 CONCORD PARKWAY S, CONCOD, NC 28027) STATES THAT THE ELECTRICAL MODULE UNDER THE DASH NEEDS REPLACED, THE VEHICLE IS ONLY 2 YEARS OLD, 65,000 MILES

WHILE TRAVELING 70MPH, ALL ELECTRICAL CONTROLS INSIDE THE VEHICLE TURNED OFF, INCLUDING THE HEADLIGHTS. THEY IMMEDIATELY CAME BACK ON, BUT DID NOT REGISTER THAT THE VEHICLE WAS IN GEAR (THE SPEEDOMETER WAS REGISTERING 0 BUT THE CAR WAS STILL TRAVELING). THE NEXT MORNING THE CAR WOULD NOT TURN ON IMMEDIATELY (IT TOOK SEVERAL TRIES) AND THEN WHEN WE REACHED THE MECHANIC, IT WOULD NOT TURN OFF. WE HAVE BEEN HAVING ISSUES WITH THE ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS FOR SOME TIME. THE MIRROR SENSOR (WITH BLIND SPOT INDICATOR) WENT OUT SOON AFTER PURCHASE. THE FRONT CAMERA WILL SPORADICALLY STOP WORKING WITH AN ERROR LIGHT. TRACTION CONTROL WILL TURN OFF, WITH AN ERROR MESSAGE. THIS CAR HAS SOME SERIOUS ELECTRICAL ISSUES. *TR

HID HEADLIGHTS ARE VERY POOR, RETURNED TO DEALER NUMEROUS TIMES, WAS TOLD THEY ARE WORKING AS INTENDED. WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT CHANGING FROM LOW TO HIGH BEAM CAN'T TELL ANY DIFFERENCE! *TR

THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH DOWN THE HIGHWAY. I CALLED A CHEVY DEALERSHIP AFTER DOING RESEARCH AND I FOUND OUT THERE WAS A RECALL ON MY CAR FOR THE POWER STEERING. THE CHEVY DEALER TOLD ME THAT THE RECALL HAD ALREADY BEEN FIXED. I FEEL THERE IS A FAULTY PART PLACED ON MY CAR DURING THE "FIXING OF THE RECALL" MAKING THE POWER STEERING GO OUT AGAIN. THE POWER STEERING SHOULD HAVE LASTED LONGER THAN TWO YEARS. *TR

WHILE DRIVING POWER STEERING LIGHT CAME ON AND POWER STEERING COMPLETELY WENT OUT. *TR

ON 12/21/16 WHILE MERGING ONTO INTERSTATE 10 IN TUCSON, AZ, THE VEHICLE WAS GOING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH WHEN A "ENGINE POWER REDUCED" SIGN POPPED UP, THE VEHICLE SLOWED DOWN TO 30 MPH WITHOUT WARNING AND SHIFTING DOWN THROUGH ALL GEARS NEARLY RED LINING THE RPMS AND CAUSING AN REAR-END COLLISION. WAS ABLE TO MOVE THE VEHICLE OFF THE FREEWAY AND TOOK IT INTO LOCAL AUTO-ZONE FOR TESTING. THE TEST CAME BACK AS A "THROTTLE SENSOR MALFUNCTION". THE VEHICLE NOW DOESN'T FEEL SAFE TO DRIVE, AND WILL NOT ACCELERATE OVER 45 MPH WITHOUT SHAKING AND FEELING LIKE THE TRANSMISSION IS GOING TO GIVE OUT. CALLED THE LOCAL CHEVY DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THE COST WAS GOING TO VARY BETWEEN $400-1,000 WITH A $100 TEST FEE UP FRONT. I'VE ALSO READ NUMEROUS SIMILAR ISSUES ONLINE FROM PEOPLE DRIVING CHEVROLET IMPALA FROM 2006-2016. THE CAR FEEL VERY UNSAFE TO DRIVE AND I FEEL IT COULD BE A DEATH TRAP AS THERE IS NO CONTROL OVER WHEN THE VEHICLE WILL CHOOSE TO DECELERATE WITHOUT WARNING. THERE HAS BEEN NO MECHANICAL ISSUES BEFORE THIS INCIDENT, AND THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN THROUGH NUMEROUS MECHANICAL MAINTENANCE UP-KEEPS THAT WERE RECOMMENDED BY SERVICE MANAGERS. *TR

I HAVE A 2014 CHEVROLET IMPALA WITH 34,000 MILES. I WAS INFORMED MY AC COMPRESSOR HAS A LEAK AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. ALL VEHICLE MAINTENANCE HAS BEEN COMPLETED BY THE DEALER ROGER DEAN CHEVROLET. THEY GAVE ME A QUOTE OF $1,470 TO REPAIR MY CAR. IM VERY DISAPPOINTED THAT THIS COULD HAPPEN ON MY CAR SO SOON. I HAVE BOUGHT 6 VEHICLES FROM THIS MANUFACTURER AND FEEL THIS IS UNJUST. PLEASE HELP.

THE REARVIEW MIRROR ADHESIVE ON MY 2014 CHEVROLET IMPALA HAS FAILED, RESULTING IN A DANGLING REARVIEW MIRROR WHICH AFFECTS MY SAFETY IN HAVING VISIBILITY WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE. GENERAL MOTORS AND/OR CHEVROLET WAS NEGLECTFUL IN ENSURING THIS PIECE OF THE 2014 CHEVROLET IMPALA WAS ENGINEERED CORRECTLY SO THAT OPERATORS CAN HAVE REARVIEW MIRROR STABILITY FOR THE DURATION OF OWNERSHIP. UPON CONTACTING GENERAL MOTORS, THEIR ONLY SUGGESTION WAS FOR THE OWNER TO BEAR THE COST OF PURCHASING AN ENTIRELY NEW WINDSHIELD AND ADHESIVE. THIS IS A DEFECT OF THIS CAR AND SHOULD NOT BE LEFT TO THE OWNER'S RESPONSIBILITY. GENERAL MOTORS NEEDS TO CORRECT THIS ISSUE FOR THE SAFETY OF PEOPLE WHO PURCHASE THIS CAR! *TR