2004 CHEVROLET IMPALA Complaints

SOMETIME AROUND 2007 THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER STARTED TO MESS UP. IT WOULD SAY THAT I WAS GOING 100 MPH WHEN I WAS PARKED IN MY DRIVE WAY. MY TACHOMETER WOULD SAY THAT THE ENGINE WAS DOING 5000 TO 6000 RPM WHEN PARKED IN MY DRIVE WAY. I DID A LITTLE RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET AND DISCOVERED I AM NO THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS PROBLEM. I CALLED CHEVY AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THERE WERE NO RECALL ON MY VEHICLE. THE PROBLEMS STILL EXISTS TODAY. *TR

HELLO, I HAVE A 2004 CHEVY. IMPALA. A LARGE NUMBER OF THE SPEEDOMETERS ON THESE CARS ARE DEFECTIVE, AS IS MINE. THE SPEEDOMETER GOES BERSERK AND YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOUR SPEED IS. FOR EXAMPLE. YOU MAY BE TAKING A 35 MPH CURVE AT 50 WHEN THE SPEEDOMETER SAYS 35 OR OTHER. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN. GM HAS HAD HUNDREDS IF NOT THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS (JUST ONE EXAMPLE: HTTP://WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM/CHEVROLET/IMPALA/2004/ACCESSORIES-INTERIOR/SPEEDOMETER_GONE_HAYWIRE.SHTML) ON THIS AND CHOSE NOT TO OWN UP TO IT. THE PROBLEM IS NOT ONLY WITH MY MODEL/YEAR, THE PROBLEM IS WITH THE SPEEDOMETERS WHICH HAVE BEEN USED IN MANY MODELS OVER SEVERAL YEARS. THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL ON THIS BEFORE PEOPLE ARE KILLED. *TR

HEADLLGHTS GO OFF WHILE DRIVIING. AS OF NOW THEY STILL COME BACK ON WHEN SWITCHING THE LOW BEAM TO HIGH BEAM SWITCH. VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM. CANNOT DRIVE CAR WHEN DARK. WILL COST ABOUT $600 TO REPAIR.*CW

MY 2004 CHEVROLET IMPALA IS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE ENTIRE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. THERE ARE THOUSANDS OR THE SAME COMPLAINTS ABOUT IMPALA MODELS FROM 2003-2006, AS WELL AS OTHER CHEVY MODELS. THE GAS GAUGE HAS GONE COMPLETELY OUT, AND THE VOLT GAUGE HAS NOW STOPPED WORKING, AND THE SPEEDOMETER RANDOMLY GOES HAYWIRE AND MOVES ERRATICALLY, READING INCORRECTLY. THE MOST COMMON REPORT IS THAT GM HAS INSTALLED A DEFECTIVE STEPPER MOTOR IN THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER OF THESE MODELS. AND THE DEALERS ESTIMATE A REPAIR COST OF $600 TO REPLACE THE CLUSTER COMPLETELY. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SAFETY ISSUE. GM NEED TO STEP UP AND RECALL THIS OBVIOUSLY DEFECTIVE PART.*CW

I BOUGHT A USED 2004 CHEVROLET IMPALA AND OCTOBER 19, 2007 AND A FEW MONTHS AFTER I HAD THE VEHICLE THE SPEEDOMETER STOPPED WORKING. MY SPEED ODOMETER SAID I WAS DOING FORTY WHEN I GOT PULLED OVER FOR DOING 55MPH, AND AS I PULLED OFF AND LOOKED AT THE SPEEDOMETER IT WAS STUCK AT 40MPH. ALSO THE LIGHTS GO OUT AT ANY GIVEN TIME ON THEIR OWN. I WAS DRIVING HOME ONE NIGHT AND MY HEAD LIGHTS SHUT OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF A CURVE AND I HIT THE BRAKES AND SLID OFF THE ROAD. THIS IS A REAL SAFETY HAZARD. AFTER I FOOLED AROUND WITH THE HIGHBEAM SWITCH FOR A WHILE THE LIGHTS STARTED WORKING AGAIN. *TW

2004 CHEVROLET IMPALA POWER STEERING LOCKS MAKING DRIVER UNABLE TO TURN CAR DURING RAIN OR DRIVING THROUGH PUDDLES. STARTED OUT HAPPENING ONLY A SECOND OR TWO, BUT GOT PROGRESSIVELY WORSE. SEVERAL TIMES, ENGINE CUT OFF, OR I HAD TO CUT IT OFF TO BE ABLE TO RESTORE POWER STEERING. HAD IT "FIXED" BY DEALER WHO REPLACED CLUSTER. IT DID IT AGAIN THE VERY NEXT RAIN. NO ACCIDENT BUT A "NEAR MISS" BECAUSE I COULD NOT GET OUT OF THE WAY OF A CONSTRUCTION SITE DUMP TRUCK. I WAS TOLD I WAS DRIVING THROUGH PUDDLES TOO FAST. I LIVE IN FLORIDA, AND THERE IS A LOT OF RAIN AND POOR DRAINAGE. OTHER CARS GOING SPEED LIMIT WERE NOT HAVING THIS PROBLEM. IT IS VERY DANGEROUS, AS I DRIVE A CARPOOL OF FOUR CHILDREN TO SCHOOL. I AM SURE A MANUFACTURE PROBLEM, SINCE I SAW OTHER SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ON TWITTER *CN *TR

2004 IMPALA, 80,000 MILES. COLD WINTER DAY. CONSEQUENCES( HAVING TO PURCHASE NEW SPEEDOMETER ) NOTHING DONE TO CORRECT AS OF YET. SPEEDOMETER NOT WORKING PROPERLY, SAYS GOING 90 MPH WHEN GOING 60. WHEN VEHICLE SHUT OFF SAY 30MPH. INHERENT FLAW NOTED BY CHEVROLET VEHICLES (COMMON SYMPTOMS INCLUDE: SPEEDOMETER DISPLAYS INCORRECTLY SPEEDOMETER STOPS WORKING TACHOMETER NEEDLE STICKS, JUMPS, OR PEGS FUEL GAUGE FLUTTERS ENTIRE INSTRUMENT PANEL FAILS THE COMMON CAUSE FOR ALL THESE ISSUES IS A FAULTY STEPPER MOTOR. THE MOTOR WAS USED THROUGHOUT GM?S ENTIRE PRODUCTION LINE FROM 2003 TO 2007.) I THINK THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON ALL VEHICLES WITH WHICH PEOPLE HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH INCORRECT READING SPEEDOMETERS AS GM USED FAULTY PARTS IN MANUFACTURING. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH AT NIGHT ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS WITH THE HEADLIGHTS ACTIVATED. SUDDENLY, BOTH HEADLIGHTS FAILED TO OPERATE. THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITH EXTREME CAUTION. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS, THE HEADLIGHTS BEGAN TO FUNCTION. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO RESUME NORMAL OPERATION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC; HOWEVER, THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

2004 CHEVROLET IMPALA,SPEEDOMETER WORKS ONE DAY AND DOESN"T WORK THE NEXT DAY. WILL BE GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY SHOWS SPEED ONE MINUTE AND MAYBE NOTHING THE NEXT. REALLY HAVE NO IDEA HOW FAST I AM GOING. SEEMS VERY DANGEROUS. GM HAS TO KNOW THAT HAVE A SAFETY PROBLEM. *TR

SPEEDOMETER DOES NOT FUNCTION CORRECTLY. SPEEDOMETER REGISTERS ERRATIC SPEEDS, GOING TO SPEEDS OF 80, 90, 120+ FOR NO APPARENT REASON. EACH TIME THE AUTOMOBILE IS TURNED OFF AND TURNED ON AGAIN, IT USUALLY WILL GO DOWN BY ABOUT 10 MPH. AFTER SEVERAL DAYS, IT WILL RETURN TO NORMAL, BUT THIS PATTERN REPEATS AFTER A DAY OR SO OF REGISTERING CORRECT MPH. THIS STARTED ABOUT A MONTH AGO. WE HAVE CALLED CHEVROLET AND BEEN ADVISED TO HAVE THE CAR CHECKED AT A DEAL FOR DEFECTIVE EQUIPMENT, BUT HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIND A DEALER WHO WILL RESPOND TO OUR CALL. *TR