2004 CHEVROLET IMPALA Complaints

SPEEDOMETER STICKS OR SHOWS INACCURATE SPEED. DEALERSHIP SAYS INSTRUMENT CLUSTER NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. *TR

2004 CHEVROLET IMPALA SPEEDOMETER QUIT WORKING. IT STARTED REGISTERING A HIGHER SPEED THAN THE SPEED I WAS ACTUALLY DRIVING. IT SHOWED 90 MPH WHEN I WAS STOPPED. THE SPEEDOMETER THEN BEGAN TO CLIMB AS I DROVE A FEW CITY BLOCKS. IT FINALLY CAME TO A STOP AT THE NEUTRAL LETTER. I CALLED MY LOCAL DEALER AND HE SAID THEY HAVE BEEN SEEING THIS PROBLEM. HE SAID THAT THE CLUSTER WAS DEFECTIVE AND IT WOULD COST APPROX. $500 TO REPLACE IT. *TR

2004 CHEVY IMPALA MY WIFE AND KIDS ARE DRIVING TO FLORIDA AND THE SPEEDOMETER GOES OUT. NOW IF YOU ARE DRIVING FROM MICHIGAN TO FLORIDA AND HAVE NO IDEA AT MIDNIGHT HOW FAST YOU ARE GOING- THAT IS A HUGE SAFETY PROBLEM. FROM LOOKING ON THE WEB THIS SEEMS TO BE A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THESE VEHICLES. RECALL ON THIS WOULD BE GREAT! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS. THE SPEEDOMETER DISPLAYED AN INACCURATE READING. THE FAILURE OCCURRED AT ANY GIVEN SPEED RATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE FAILURE WAS CONTRIBUTED TO THE INSTRUMENT PANEL CLUSTER. THE VEHICLE WAS PREPARED FOR THE MALFUNCTION. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

SPEEDOMETER DOES NOT WORK! SHOWS THAT I AM GOING 130MPH, THEN 60 WHEN PARKED. DEALER SAY NO RECALL EVEN THOUGH MY HUSBANDS TRUCK HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AND THEY RECALLED THE PART IN THE SILVERADO. $500 TO FIX. THIS NEEDS TO BE RECALLED!!! I AM READING HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ON THE IMPALA FOR THE SAME THING. MY 21 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER IS DRIVING THIS CAR ON THE HIGHWAY EVERY DAY..VERY DANGEROUS!!! *TR

TRAVELING ON A DANGEROUS STRETCH OF HIGHWAY, MY SPEEDOMETER MALFUNCTIONED. IT REGISTERED ME AS GOING 90 MILES PER HOUR. AFTER SEVERAL CLOSE CALLS, AS CONDITIONS WERE ICY, I JUDGED A SAFE SPEED AND PULLED OVER AT THE NEXT SAFEST SPOT ON THE ROAD. MY SPEED GAUGE DID NOT RESET TO 0 MPH AS NORMAL, BUT STOPPED AT 50 MPH. NOW MY GAS GAUGE AND TEMP GAUGE MALFUNCTION AS WELL, LEAVING ME NO WAY OF KNOWING HOW MUCH FUEL IS IN MY VEHICLE. RESEARCHING THIS PROBLEM, I NOTICED MANY OTHER COMPLAINTS TO THIS ISSUE. CONTACTING THE MANUFACTURER, I WAS INFORMED MY WARRANTY IS EXPIRED AND THEY HAVE NO OBLIGATION TO FIX THE SAFETY PROBLEM. *TR

THE SPEEDOMETER HAS GONE HAYWIRE. SOMETIMES IT SAYS I AM DOING 0MPH AND AT OTHER TIMES IT SAYS I AM GOING 120 MPH. CAN NOT GET AN ACCURATE READ ON THE SPEEDOMETER. THE SAME CAN BE SAID FOR MY FUEL GAUGE AND COOLANT TEMPERATURE READINGS. THE PANELS ARE NOT WORKING PROPERLY. *TR

HAVE CHANGED ROTORS MULTIPLE TIMES, AFTER ABOUT A MONTH WHEN BRAKING AT HIGH SPEEDS 45MPH OR HIGHER, CAR SHAKES FROM PULSATING BRAKES. IN WET WEATHER MAKES THE CAR A LITTLE UNCONTROLLABLE DEALER SAYS OH ITS HOW IT IS, GM IS AWARE BUT THEY DON'T FEEL IT IS A REAL ISSUE. THIS AMONG THE INABILITY OF THE HEATING SYSTEM TO WORK FOR MORE THAN A YEAR BEFORE ITS COMPONENTS NEED TO BE REPLACED IS RIDICULOUS. I HAD BEEN A LOYAL GM CUSTOMER. SO SORRY WONT BE ANYMORE THIS IS INSANE TO PAY THIS MUCH FOR A VEHICLE AND IT HAVE THIS MANY ISSUES SINCE PURCHASE. *TR

I JUST HAD MY SECOND MULTI-FUNCTION SWITCH (HEADLIGHT DIMMER, TURN SIGNAL, CRUISE, WIPER/WASHER) FAIL ON THIS CAR FOR THE SAME REASON RESULTING IN COMPLETE LOSS OF HEADLIGHTS. THIS IS A VERY COMMON ISSUE AS SEEN BY NUMEROUS BULLETIN BOARD POSTINGS. I DISSECTED THE ORIGINAL SWITCH TO DETERMINE IF THIS COULD BE FIXED. IT BECAME QUITE OBVIOUS WHAT WAS HAPPENING. THE CONTACTS ON THE HI/LO BEAM PORTION OF THE SWITCH FOUL AND OVERHEAT. THIS SWITCH HAD MELTED PLASTIC FROM THE SWITCH HOUSING THAT HAD FLOWED OVER THE CONTACTS AND PREVENTED PROPER SWITCH OPERATION. THIS IS AN INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS SITUATION THAT MANIFESTS ITSELF WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING. THIS OVERHEATING IS OBVIOUSLY DUE TO POOR ENGINEERING THAT HAS RESULTED IN UNDERSIZED CONTACTS THAT FOUL DUE TO RELATIVELY HIGH LOAD CURRENTS IN THE HEADLIGHT CIRCUIT. *TR

SPEEDOMETER ON 2004 CHEVY IMPALA SUDDENLY CHANGED TO READ 50MPH WHEN NOT EVEN MOVING. THEN WHEN DRIVING IT READS MUCH HIGHER MPH THAN ACTUAL SPEED. WAS RESET BY TURNING IGNITION ON AND OFF SEVERAL TIMES. THIS HAS HAPPENED 2 TIMES SINCE THEN AND CAN BE RESET BUT NOT WHILE DRIVING. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY HAZARD BECAUSE YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW FAST YOU ARE ACTUALLY GOING WHEN IT HAPPENS TO MALFUNCTION. *TW