2000 CHEVROLET IMPALA Complaints

THE INTAKE MANIFOLD IS LEAKING ANTIFREEZE INTO THE ENGINE. THE DEALER REPAIRED THE SEAL UNDER A SAFETY CAMPAIGN BUT THE MANIFOLD STILL LEAKS. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *PH

MUSTY SMELL COMING FROM AIR CONDITIONING. ALSO, THE STEERING WHEEL MAKES A WEIRD NOISE WHEN TURNING. THE TURN SIGNALS WILL GO BALLISTIC AT TIMES, FLICKERING FASTER AND FASTER. THE INSIDE LIGHTS ALSO FLICKER AT DIFFERENT INTENSITIES. *AK

2000 CHEVROLET IMPALA INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT FAILURE. DEFECTIVE STEERING PART THAT CHEVROLET REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND FIX. REPLACED PART IN 2001, REPLACED PART IN 2002, FILLED PART WITH GREASE IN 2003. THIS PART IS DEFECTIVE AND SHOULD BE REDESIGNED AND PROVIDED TO ALL CUSTOMERS THAT PURCHASED THESE VEHICLES AT NO COST TO THE CONSUMER. *LA

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - DASHBOARD LIGHTS AND OTHER INSTRUMENT LIGHTS DO NOT TURN ON OR WILL TURN ON ONLY AFTER SEVERAL MINUTES OF DRIVING. VERY INCONSISTENT. POSE DANGER ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING AT NIGHT. THE PROBLEM APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN FIXED ABOUT A YEAR AGO, BUT THE PROBLEM STARTED TO SURFACE AGAIN RECENTLY (FALL 2003). *LA

MY 2000 IMPALA HAS A CLUNKING NOISE WHEN MAKING LEFT HAND TURNS. DEALER PUT IN A NEW STEERING SHAFT BUT THE PROBLEM RETURNED AFTER ANOTHER 12,000 MILES ON THE CAR. IT IS AN INTERMITTENT CLUNKING AND SEEMS TO BE A PERMANENT UNREPAIRABLE DEFECT IN THE CAR. *LA

INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET LEAKING FROM DEX COOL. ALSO, INTAKE BOLTS WERE BACKING OUT.*AK

INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKETS WENT COSTING OVER $600 DOLLARS TO REPLACE AT LOCAL CHEVY DEALERSHIP, ASSUMED THIS WAS JUST A SLIGHT PROBLEM BUT I SEE IT HAPPENING TO A LOT OF IMPALAS... I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A RECALL BUT NOT ON THE 3.4'S SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS SINCE CHEVY KNOWS THERE IS A MAJOR PROBLEM HERE... *LA

ONGOING PROBLEM WITH VEHICLE STALLING WITHOUT WARNING. VEHICLE COULD BE DRIVEN 5 MPH OR 55 MPH THE PROBLEM WOULD STILL OCCUR. VEHICLE HAD BEEN INSPECTED BY THE DEALER ON THREE OCCASIONS, AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

CONSUMER STATED TOOK VEHICLE IN FOR AN OIL CHANGE, AND WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS OIL AROUND THE RADIATOR CAP. MECHANIC TOLD CONSUMER THAT MANIFOLD WAS LEAKING OIL, AND THAT THIS WAS AN INTERNAL OIL LEAK. ALSO, CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT THE SEALS HAD TO BE REPLACED. IN ADDITION, MECHANIC TOLD CONSUMER THAT GMC ISSUED RECALL REGARDING INTAKE MANIFOLD LEAK, BUT THAT THIS VEHICLE'S WAS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN. *AK.

BRAKE ROTORS ACCUMULATE RUST IF VEHICLE SITS FOR MORE THAN 2 WEEKS. WHEN THIS OCCURS AND THE BRAKE PEDAL IS DEPRESSED, IT FAILS TO STOP THE VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY. THIS RESULTS IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. THE RUST WEARS OFF WHEN BRAKE PEDAL IS CONTINUOUSLY APPLIED. THE CAUSE OF THE RUST IS UNDETERMINED.*AK