2007 CHEVROLET IMPALA Complaints

MY CAR IS A 2007 CHEVROLET IMPALA,4DR, WHITE. I BOUGHT IT NEW FROM A DEALER IN PICKENS SC, WHO WENT OUT OF BUSINESS SOON AFTER I BOUGHT IT. I HAD NO TROUBLE WITH IT UNTIL THE INCIDENCE DESCRIBED HEREIN. ON JANUARY 10, 2010, I WAS GOING DOWN RUTHERFORD ROAD IN GREENVILLE SC TO THE LAUREL BAYE HEALTHCARE HOME IN GREENVILLE SC. I TURNED INTO THE ROAD TO LAUREL BAYE FROM RUTHERFORD ROAD. THIS IS A SHARP RIGHT TURN INTO A ROAD THAT GOES UPHILL. HALFWAY THROUGH THE TURN MY CAR'S STEERING WHEEL LOCKED COMPLETELY. I COULD NOT TURN MY WHEELS AT ALL. THE CAR WAS RUNNING FINE, AND ALL OTHER SYSTEMS IN THE CAR WORKED, BUT MY STEERING WHEEL COULD NOT BE MOVED. I PUT ON MY BRAKES, WHICH WORKED, AND DROVE TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE NARROW ROAD. I TURNED OFF THE MOTOR, AND WAITED A FEW SECONDS. THEN I TURNED MY CAR BACK ON. THE WHEELS WERE STILL LOCKED. AT THAT TIME ANOTHER CAR DROVE UP, AND THE DRIVER GOT OUT AND TRIED TO GET MY CAR WHEELS TO MOVE, WITH NO SUCCESS. IN TURN, A POLICEMAN, AND MY NEIGHBOR TRIED TO MAKE THE CAR WHEEL TURN, BUT NO SUCCESS. IN THE MEANTIME MY NEIGHBOR GOT THE CAR TO RELEASE THE WHEELS, AND I DROVE IT HOME, AND IT APPEARED TO BE OK AGAIN. THE NEXT DAY I TOOK THE CAR TO A CHEVROLET, BUICK, CADILLAC DEALER IN GREER SC. I REPORTED WHAT HAD HAPPENED, AND THEY SAID THEY WOULD EXAMINE THE CAR. THE SERVICE MAN SAID THEY COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR. THE NEXT DAY I CALLED AND THREATENED TO WRITE LETTERS OF COMPLAINT. SO THEY TOOK THE CAR AGAIN, AND KEPT IT FOR 11 DAYS TESTING IT, AND STILL REPORTED THEY COULD FIND NOTHING THAT HAD CAUSED THE WHEELS TO LOCK. IN THE MEANTIME I SEARCHED THE INTERNET AND FOUND MANY REPORTS OF GM CARS WITH THIS SAME PROBLEM. THERE HAVE BEEN CLASS ACTION SUITS, AND SUITS WHICH HAVE BEEN SETTLED BY GM. NOW I FEEL MY CAR IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE, AND I FEEL UNEASY DRIVING IT. I WOULD LIKE TO REPORT THIS INCIDENT AND HOPE THAT GM WILL BE FORCED INTO A RECALL OF ALL AFFECTED VEHICLES. *TR

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FATAL CRASH. IMPACT WAS MADE WITH A UTILITY POLE WITH THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE AND AN EARTH EMBANKMENT. THE VEHICLE THEN FLIPPED OVER END FOR END. THE AIRBAGS OF THE VEHICLE FAILED TO DEPLOY. CONTACT WAS MADE WITH GENERAL MOTORS WHO DECLINED TO EXAMINE THE VEHICLE. *TR

ALL FOUR WINDOWS ON MY 2007 CHEVY IMPALA, IS GETTING BADLY SCRATCHED DUE TO THE GUIDES IT ROLLS ON OR STRIPPING INSIDE WINDOW,, LOOKS LIKE A DEFECT,, I BOUGHT THIS CAR ON DECEMBER 13 OF 2009,, AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO KNOW OF ANY RECALLS ON THIS VEHICLE,, AS I AM THE SECOND OWNER. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS 2007 CHEVROLET IMPALA LS. SHE STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. HER INDEPENDENT MECHANIC REPLACED THE CAM SHAFT SENSOR WHICH CORRECTED THE FAILURE BRIEFLY, HOWEVER THE FAILURE PERSISTED. SHE WAS UNAWARE IF THERE WERE ANY RECALLS ON HER VEHICLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE UNDER 56,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET IMPALA LS. THE CONTACT WAS HIT IN THE REAR AND PUSHED INTO THE REAR OF ANOTHER VEHICLE. TWO OF THE DRIVERS SUSTAINED INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT IN MOTION WHEN THE CRASH OCCURRED. THE FRONT AND SIDE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 103,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVY IMPALA. HE STATED THAT WHEN SNOW AND ICE ARE ON THE ROAD THE REAR END OF THE VEHICLE WOULD SLIDE "VERY DANGEROUSLY". WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS OF LESS THAN 30 MPH, THE REAR END OF THE VEHICLE WOULD SWING OUTWARD WHENEVER HE WOULD DRIVE OVER A SHEET OF ICE, SNOW OR DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER CONDITIONS. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE TIRES NEEDED TO BE ALIGNED AND ROTATED. NO REPAIRS WERE MADE TO DATE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE UNDER 104,000.

TRANSMISSION "SLIPS" THEN ENGAGES HARD. HAS PROGRESSIVELY GOTTEN WORSE. HAD TRANSMISSION SERVICE JUST ABOUT A YEAR AGO, FLUID HAS BEEN CLEAN AND FULL. I WAS MAKING A RIGHT HAND TURN AND STARTED TO GO BUT THE CAR WOULD BARELY PICK UP SPEED, THE ENGINE REVVED THEN AFTER ABOUT 3 SECONDS IT JERKED HARD AND RESUMED ACCELERATION. MY LOCAL DEALER AND GM THEMSELVES FLAT-OUT LIES ABOUT THE ISSUES WITH THIS CAR (HAS HAD ALL THE COMMON THINGS, TIRE WEAR, BAD ROTORS, MOTOR MOUNTS, WINDOW SCREECHING, STEERING NOISES, REMOTE ENTRY, YOU KNOW, TYPICAL IMPALA) SO UNLIKELY IT WILL GO TO DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. THEY WILL LIKELY SAY IT'S DUE TO POSITION OF THE MOON AND DIRECTION OF THE WIND. JUST HOPE THIS DOES NOT CAUSE ACCIDENT BEFORE I CAN DITCH THIS CAR OR NHTSA GETS ON GM'S CASE FOR THESE DEFECT RIDDEN CARS! *TR

ON DECEMBER 24, 2009, AFTER PARKING MY 30 MONTH OLD 2007 CHEVROLET IMPALA LTZ ON LEVEL GROUND AT 6:30AM IN THE MORNING AND MINUS 13 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT, I ATTENDED MY MORNING WORKOUT FOR 1 HOUR. ON RETURN AND AFTER SUCCESSFULLY STARTING THE CAR I FOUND THE STICK SHIFT ACCESS BUTTON COULD NOT BE PUSHED, DESPITE FOLLOWING THE RECOMMENDED PROCEDURES, AND THE CAR WAS STUCK IN PARK. IT WAS TOWED TO THE LOCAL GM DEALER FOR $100. AFTER SIX DAYS AND $150 IN EXPENSES FOR ANOTHER CAR THE GM DEALER REPORTED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS A "BROKEN GROUND WIRE" IN THE "SHIFT LOCK SOLENOID CONNECTOR" [INSIDE THE CENTRE CONSOLE WHERE THE SHIFT LEVER IS LOCATED]. THE COST OF REPAIR WAS $137. MY INTERNET RESEARCH SHOWS THIS PROBLEM OCCURS OFTEN IN CHEVROLET IMPALAS, WHICH SUGGESTS THAT THE PROBLEM IS IN THE DESIGN AND MANUFACTURE OF THE VEHICLE. THIS PROBLEM COULD BE LIFE THREATENING IF THE PROBLEM OCCURS IN A REMOTE AREA AT THIS TEMPERATURE. I THOUGHT THIS WAS A POWER TRAIN PROBLEM SINCE THE PART ALLOWS THE TRANSMISSION TO ENGAGE, AND THEREFORE SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. GM CLAIMS IT IS NOT PART OF THE POWER TRAIN. MY COMPLAINT IS THAT THE PROBLEM COULD BE LIFE THREATENING, IS A DEFECT IN DESIGN AND MANUFACTURE, AND THAT THE PROBLEM IS A POWER TRAIN PROBLEM AND THEREFORE SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHEN DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH AND TURNING THE STEERING COLUMN HE HEARDS A LOUD NOISE. ALSO THE COMPUTER WAS NOT READING THE TIRE PRESSURE OF THE TIRE ON THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 27,000.

EXCESSIVE TIRE WARE ON REAR TIRES---NOTICED THERE WAS A PROBLEM AT 22,000 MILE'S AT 27,000 MILES CAR WOULD NOT HOLD THE ROAD .IN THE DEAD OF SUMMER CAR DROVE LIKE YOU WERE ON A LAKE OF ICE( 2007 CHEVY SS IMPALA)TALKED TO DEALERS THEY SAID NOT A REPORTED PROBLEM FOUND OUT LATER THAT WAS '!@#$%. ITS A SUSP PROBLEM .SO MUCH SO THERE IS AN AFTER MARKET KIT TO CORRECT PROBLEM HAD TO TAKE CAR TO TIRE DEALER WHERE THEY CORRECTED PROBLEM. REPORTED PROBLEM TO G.M. AND GOT MORE '!@#$%. *TR