2014 CHEVROLET IMPALA Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHEN THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS ACTIVATED, THE VEHICLE CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP AND THE BRAKE LIGHTS FAILED TO ILLUMINATE. THE FAILURE OCCURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS SLOWING DOWN THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30.

THIS VEHICLE HAS A PUSH BUTTON ENGINE SHUT OFF BUTTON. I WENT TO A SHOPPING MALL AND FORGOT TO SHUT OFF THE ENGINE. WHEN I RETURNED APPROX. 1 HOUR LATER, THE ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING. I AM CONCERNED SHOULD THIS HAPPEN WHEN I PARK THE AUTO IN MY CLOSED GARAGE WHICH IS LOCATED DIRECTLY BELOW A BEDROOM. THE ENGINE WILL BE RUNNING ALL NIGHT AND THE BEDROOM WILL BE FILLED WITH CARBON MONOXIDE RESULTING IN DEATH TO THE OCCUPANTS. THE VEHICLE NEEDS A TIME DELAY SHUT OFF SHOULD THE DRIVER FORGET TO SHUT OFF THE ENGINE. THE TIME DELAY COULD BE SET BY THE MANUFACTURER AND SHOULD BE APPROXIMATELY 15 TO 20 MINUTES OTHERWISE THE ENGINE WILL RUN FOREVER. *TR

I'VE OWNED MY VEHICLE FOR OVER A YEAR AND ON 3 OCCASIONS THE EMERGENCY PARKING BRAKE WOULD BE APPLIED ON ITS OWN AFTER I WOULD TURN OFF THE VEHICLE. *TR

THE PARKING BRAKE WILL NOT DISENGAGE THE REAR BRAKES AFTER PRESSING THE ELECTRONIC PARKING BRAKE BUTTON. THE RED PARKING BRAKE LIGHT ON THE DASH GOES OUT BUT THE REAR BRAKES ARE STILL ENGAGED. THE DRIVER WILL BE UNAWARE THAT THE PROBLEM EXISTS UNTIL SMOKE BEGINS ROLLING OUT OF THE REAR WHEELS. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD THAT SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED BY NHTSA DUE TO THE NUMBER OF SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ALREADY REPORTED. *TR

THIS WAS A RENTAL CAR THAT I PICKED UP ON SUNDAY, JUNE 22ND FROM NATIONAL CAR RENTAL AT THE REAGAN NATIONAL AIRPORT. I WAS DRIVING AROUND 35 MPH ON A TWO LANE ROAD NEAR STAFFORD, VA. AT 4:20 PM ON THE 25TH WHEN THE ENTIRE CAR SHUT OFF. I SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL TO TRY AND START IT, BUT NO LUCK. I APPLIED HEAVY PRESSURE ON THE NOW NON POWERED BRAKES AND CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. I SHIFTED INTO PARK AND STARTED THE CAR. NO FURTHER INCIDENT AND TURNED THE CAR IN ON THE 26TH AND INFORMED THEM OF THE INCIDENT. THEY MARKED THE CAR SO IT WOULD NOT BE PUT BACK INTO THE FLEET UNTIL REPAIRED. *TR

AS A RENTAL VEHICLE TO USE WHILE WARRANTY REPAIRS WHERE BEING PERFORMED ON MY TRAVERSE; I HAD BEEN RENTED A 2014 IMPALA. TO MY SURPRISE THE FOLLOWING MORNING I CAME TO A STOP AND THE ENGINE QUITE, THERE WAS A CLEAR LANE WITHIN SITE THAT I FIGURED I COULD PUSH THE DEAD VEHICLE TO. I OPENED THE DOOR, WHILE KEEPING MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE AND POSITIONED MYSELF IN THE DOOR FRAME TO PUSH. THEN I REMOVED MY FOOT OFF THE BRAKE TO REACH IN AND PLACE IT INTO NEUTRAL AND START PUSHING. TO MY SURPRISE THE VEHICLE STARTED BY ITS SELF AND ACCELERATED AWAY FROM ME, THE DOOR FRAME ALMOST KNOCKING ME DOWN, YET LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO CATCH THE CAR AND GET BACK TO THE BRAKE BEFORE THE CAR CRASHED. I CAME TO FIND OUT THAT THIS WAS AN ECONOMIC FEATURE ON THAT VEHICLE. I FEEL GREAT CONCERN THAT THIS CAR STARTED WHEN MY SEAT BELT HAD BEEN REMOVED AND DOOR OPENED, WOULD THEY HAVE AT LEAST CONSIDERED SOME SORT OF PRECAUTION FROM THIS OCCURRING. PLEASE TAKE THIS SERIOUS, I KNOW THAT I WAS NOT ADVISED OF THIS FEATURE, AND HAD I NOT CAUGHT THE CAR OR GOTTEN KNOCKED DOWN AND RUN OVER, THE OUTCOME WOULD HAVE BEEN MUCH MORE SERIOUS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT AND OPERATING THE HEAD LIGHTS, BOTH THE LOW BEAM AND HIGH BEAM LIGHTS WOULD NOT ILLUMINATE FAR ENOUGH IN FRONT OF THE VEHICLE TO SEE ON COMING VEHICLES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER BUT NO DEFECT WAS DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE HEAD LIGHTS WERE OPERATING AS NORMAL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 9,000. PAM

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2014 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HEADLIGHTS DID NOT PROVIDE SUFFICIENT VISIBILITY WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT. WHEN THE CONTACT USED THE HIGH BEAMS, THE LIGHT WAS POINTING UPWARD INSTEAD OF EYE LEVEL. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE HIGH BEAMS REMAINED POINTED TO THE LEFT OR RIGHT WHICH DISPLAYED VERY POOR LIGHTING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE LIGHTS WERE COMPLIANT WITH FEDERAL REGULATIONS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 13,000. THE CONSUMER STATED THERE WAS NO LIGHTING ON THE SIDES OF THE VEHICLE. SO, WHEN MAKING A RIGHT TURN ONTO A STREET IT BECAME A GUESSING GAME AS TO WHERE THE CURB WAS. UPDATED 08/14/14 UPDATED 08/29/14*LJ UPDATED 09/17/2014 *JS UPDATED 11/20/14*CN THE CONSUMER HAS SINCE TRADED THE VEHICLE. UPDATED 01/17/15*JB UPDATED 8/30/2017*CN

ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS, I HAVE STARTED MY NEW 2014 CHEVROLET IMPALA AND THE PARKING BRAKE WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE ON. THESE HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY RANDOM OCCURRENCES. *TR

TL * THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT RECENTLY PURCHASED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT THE HORN FAILED TO SOUND. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WAS IN THE WAY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNAVAILABLE.