2004 CHEVROLET IMPALA Complaints

2004 IMPALA, SPEEDOMETER STOPS WORKING WHILE DRIVING. MILEAGE CONTINUES TO WORK AND ALL OTHER INSTRUMENTS CONTINUE BUT SPEEDOMETER FALLS BELOW 0 WHILE DRIVING. *TR

1. CAR WILL NOT START 2. UNPREDICTABLE, CAR WILL NOT START UN LESS YOU LEAVE THE KEY IN THE ON POSITION FOR 10 MIS. 3. DON'T KNOW HOW TO FIX. 100'S OF COMPLAINTS ONLINE ABOUT THE PASSLOCK SYSTEM CAUSING THE ISSUE. *TR

MY 2004 CHEVY IMPALA SPEEDOMETER HAS STOPPED WORKING. THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE DOES NOT WORK AT ALL AND THE FUEL GAUGE WORKS SOME TIME. THIS CAR IS IN OTHERWISE EXCELLENT CONDITION. KNOWING YOUR SPEED IS CERTAINLY A SAFETY ISSUE. THE DEALER SAYS GETTING IT FIXED IS NOT A PROBLEM JUST GIVE THEM HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS. *TR

2004 CHEVORLET IMPALA TEMP GAUGE CEASED TO WORK AND STUCK IN IT'S HIGHEST POSITION. TACH GAUGE QUIT ALSO. REPLACED INSTRUMENT CLUSTER WITH REBUILT UNIT. *TR

I HAVE A 2004 CHEVROLET IMPALA LS WITH AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION 3.2 V6. THE SPEEDOMETER WILL STAY ON 70MPH AT REST OR MORE THEN GO OVER A 120MPH WHEN TRAVELING. ONCE IN AWHILE IT MAY RESUME BACK TO NORMAL. IT IS A HUGE PROBLEM IN NOT LETTING YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT RATE OF SPEED YOU ARE TRAVELING. *TR

NOW AT 117,000 KMS. OR PAST MY FIVE YEAR WARRANTY. SINCE 88,000KMS. HAVE COMPLAINED SEVERAL TIMES ABOUT TEMP GAUGE VERY OUT OF WHACK ON HIGHWAY TRIPS, LEAD ME TO BELIEVE SEVERELY OVERHEATED, BUT NO MESSAGE FROM CAR, JUST GAUGE GOING ALMOST 90 DEGREES PAST "DANGER POINT " OF GAUGE. IN LAST TWO YEARS TEMP GAUGE REPLACED THREE TIMES. OBVIOUSLY NOT THE PROBLEM. RETURNS TO NORMAL FUNCTION IN CITY OR SHORT HAUL DRIVING. STOP FREQUENTLY, AND UNDER HOOD CHECK SHOWS NO SIGNS OF OVERHEATING. CONCLUSION- ELECTRICAL, SENSOR, PROBLEM AND DEALER KEEPS COMING UP WITH COSTLY NEW EQUIPMENT FIXES WHICH DO NOT WORK. NOW THEY WANT TO BLAME A WATER PUMP LEAK AND GASKETS, ALTHOUGH RESERVOIR CAREFULLY WATCHED BY ME. NO LEAKS THERE. HAVE NEVER HAD TO ADD FLUID, ALTHOUGH I KEEP IT ALWAYS IN CAR-THAT IS THE DEXCOOL-WATER MIX. NEVER DOWN LOWER THAN RECOMMENDED, AND THE DEALER WANTS TO GIVE ME A NEW WATER PUMP AND TAKE 1000-1200 OUT OF MY POCKET. THEY HAVE NEVER MENTIONED THE TEMP SENSOR, OR ANY OTHER FIX. TRAVEL ON MOUNTAIN HIGHWAYS 3 TIMES PER YEAR, GAUGE NOW GONE WAY OVER THE TOP 6-8 TIMES. ALWAYS STOP. NO SIGN EVER OF HOSE, RADIATOR, WATER, LOWERED RESERVOIR, OR COMPUTER MESSAGES AS PER MANUAL. HAVE READ OF NUMEROUS SIMILAR PROBLEMS OF THIS MAKE AND MODEL, THE 04 CHEVY IMPALA LS, ALWAYS GAUGES. IN MY CASE I WILL NOT APPROVE ANOTHER TEMP GAUGE "FIX" AND NOW SPEEDOMETER IS ACTING UP AS WELL, JUST LIKE OTHER DRIVERS REPORTED. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHENEVER THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED THEY MADE A LOUD NOISE AND THE VEHICLE WAS SHAKING. HE PREVIOUSLY HAD THE ENTIRE BRAKING SYSTEM REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE HE WAS INFORMED THAT THE ROTORS WERE DELAMINATING AND THE CALIPERS WERE STUCK. HE WAS ALSO INFORMED THAT THE BRAKING SYSTEM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND THE FAILURE OCCURRED BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DRIVEN OFTEN ENOUGH. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 38,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 42,000.

INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FAILURE ON 2004 IMPALA LS 6CYL 3800 TACH QUIT WORKING, TEMP GAUGE QUIT WORKING, FUEL GAUGE QUIT WORKING OR WORKING SPORADICALLY. *TR

2004 CHEVY IMPALA WILL NOT START. RADIO AND WINDOWS WILL FUNCTION,BUT CAR WILL NOT START....THIS WILL LAST ABOUT 10 TO 15 MINUTES. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED. THIS OCCURS ABOUT EVERY 2 WEEKS. *TR

MY CAR WOULD RANDOMLY TURN OFF WHILE DRIVING ON THE STREETS AND ON THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY GOING 55 MILES PER HOUR, OR WHILE STOPPED AT A LIGHT . THE CAR WOULD STALL UP TO 3-4 TIMES PER DAY MOST OF THE TIME AND AS TIME WENT ON IT GOT WORSE. I REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP, FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR, THE BATTERY, THE FUEL FILTER, THE IGNITION SWITCH, AND THE CAR STILL TURNS OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE. THE LAST TIME IT HAPPENED WAS WHEN MY WIFE WAS DRIVING TO WORK THE CAR STALLED A FEW YARDS AWAY FROM A RAILROAD CROSSING (SINCE SHE QUIT DRIVING ON EXPRESSWAY), LUCKILY IT DIDN'T HAPPEN ON TRACKS, NO TRAIN WAS COMING AT THAT TIME. SHE HAD TO WAIT APPROX. 25 MINS FOR IT TO START AFTER TRYING A FEW TIMES. THE NEXT DAY THE SAME THING HAPPENS BUT THIS TIME IT DIDN'T TURN ON, SO SHE CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SENT A TOW TRUCK. THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER, WHEN HE ARRIVED APPROX. AN HOUR LATER, TRIED TO START IT BUT IT DIDN'T START EITHER. SO, WHEN ARRIVED AT THE DEALERSHIP THEY TRIED STARTING IT AND BY THEN IT STARTED. THE SHOP MANAGER, WHOM I HAD RELATED THIS INCIDENT TO WAS AWARE OF THE SITUATION, SO HE THEN ASSIGNED A MECH TO STAND BY THE ANALYZER MONITOR WHILE THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING. THEY KEPT THE ENGINE RUNNING UNTIL IT FINALLY DIED ON THEM AGAIN, WHILE THE MECH WAS STILL THERE, I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG (DIDN'T ASK). AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME THE ANALYZER INDICATED THAT THE CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR WAS THE CAUSE OF THE STALL. NEEDLESS TO SAY IT WAS REPLACED AND IS NOW A MONTH LATER AND IT'S RUNNING JUST FINE. NOT A HINT OF STALLING NOR ANYTHING ELSE. MY CONCERN IS THAT ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN ON A HIGHWAY FROM A CAR THAT TURNS OFF RANDOMLY DUE TO THE CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR. *TR