2004 CHEVROLET IMPALA Complaints

MY TURN SIGNALS INTERMITTENTLY DON'T FUNCTION FOR A PERIOD OF TIME, AND THEN SUDDENLY START WORKING AGAIN. RESTARTING THE CAR FIXES THE PROBLEM SOMETIMES, BUT ISN'T VERY HELPFUL WHEN YOU'RE ON THE HIGHWAY TRAVELING SOMEWHERE. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION, ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT ON BUSY STREETS WHEN YOU CAN'T SIGNAL TO TURN OR MERGE. ALSO, THIS HAS HAPPENED ONLY ONCE, BUT MY CAR WOULD NOT START AS OTHERS HAVE STATED' THE INTERIOR LIGHTS TURNED ON BUT THE CAR WOULD NOT TURN OVER. AFTER TWENTY MINUTES THE CAR STARTED FINE. THIS HASN'T HAPPENED SINCE, BUT IF IT DID IT WOULD BE A MAJOR INCONVENIENCE.. *TR

AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY IN A HEAD ON COLLISION RESULTING IN INJURIES TO MY CHEST AREA. *TR

SPEEDOMETER WAS SITTING ON ZERO, AFTER STOPPING IT STARTED MOVING, BUT WAS JERKY. THE SPEED SENSOR HAS BEEN REPLACED. THIS DID NOT FIXED THE PROBLEM. THE TACHOMETER IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY EITHER SO UNABLE TO TELL WHAT MY SPEED IS IN THE CAR. *TR

SPEEDOMETER STOPPED WORKING. FAILURE BEGAN WITH SPORADIC INACCURATE READINGS, FROM ZERO TO 120 MPH READINGS, REGARDLESS OF ACTUAL SPEED. AFTER SEVERAL MONTHS, IT STOPPED WORKING ALTOGETHER. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVY IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE SHUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE FAILURE HAS OCCURRED FOR THREE YEARS. THE DEALER INSTALLED A PATH LOCK SYSTEM AND STATED THAT THE CPU MAY HAVE BEEN STOLEN. THREE DAYS AFTER THE PATH LOCK SYSTEM WAS INSTALLED THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THE FAILURE AGAIN AND STATED THAT A BCM MAY NEED TO BE INSTALLED. THE CONTACT WOULD LIKE FOR THE MANUFACTURER TO ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE REPAIRS. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 77,000 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 23,000.

I HAVE HAD A NUMBER OF PROBLEMS WITH MY 2004 CHEVY IMPALA, IT STARTED WITH MY TEMPERATURE GAUGE NOT READING CORRECTLY, BLINKERS WORKING WHEN THEY WANTED TOO AND THEN THE SPEEDOMETER ONE DAY JUST STOPPED AT 5 MPH. THE FINAL STRAW WAS THAT MY SECURITY LIGHT CAME ON AND AFTER I SHUT MY VEHICLE OFF AND TRY TO RESTART IT, IT WOULD NOT START. I WOULD HAVE TO WAIT FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES TO START MY VEHICLE. THIS HAS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES AND I FINALLY HAD TO SPEND OVER $1200.00 DOLLARS TO GET MY VEHICLE FIXED. NOT HAPPY WITH CHEVY. *TR

INSTRUMENT PANEL MALFUNCTION HAS BEEN A PROBLEM WITH MY 2004 CHEVY IMPALA FOR 3 YRS NOW. LIKE EVERYONE ELSE, CAN'T AFFORD TO GET IT FIXED. IN WINTER, THE SPEEDOMETER RARELY WORKS AT ALL AND THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE JUST GOES WHEREVER IT WANTS. HOWEVER, I HAVE NOT HAD ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE GAS GAUGE, BUT NOT SAYING THAT I WON'T. I REALLY DO BELIEVE THAT A RECALL SHOULD BE MADE FOR THIS PROBLEM. *TR

2004 IMPALA, SPEEDOMETER PROBLEM WORKS WHEN IT WANTS TO,AT TIMES REGISTERS 0 AND AT OTHER TIMES THE NEEDLE BURIES ITSELF, WOULD BE ABLE TO CLICK BACK TO 0 BY TURNING THE IGNITION ON AND OFF UNTIL IT WENT BACK TO 0 BUT WORKED ERRATICALLY,FINALLY STOPPED WORKING ALTOGETHER, TEMP GAUGE SAME WAY. ONLY WAY TO FIX PROBLEM WAS TO HAVE EACH AND EVERY GAUGE REBUILT AND NOT REPLACED WITH GM PART AS THE PART THEY REPLACE IT WITH IS THE SAME '!@#$% ORIGINALLY INSTALLED, RESEARCHED THIS ON LINE AND FOUND 1000'S OF OTHERS WITH SAME PROBLEM, THIS SHOULD BE RECALLED, AS WHEN THE TEMP GAUGE BURIES ITSELF YOU DON'T KNOW FOR SURE WHAT IS GOING ON, IF ITS FOR REAL OR ???? *TR

MY SPEEDOMETER STOPPED WORKING ABOUT A YEAR AGO. ONE DAY I WAS DRIVING AT IT JUST STOPPED WORKING. AFTER I TURNED MY CAR OFF AND THEN BACK ON A LITTLE LATER IT STARTED TO WORK AGAIN. THEN IT WOULD RANDOMLY STOP WORKING AND THEN WORK FINE AGAIN LATER. IT WOULD EITHER STOP WORKING ALL TOGETHER OR READ THE NUMBERS WRONG BY SAYING I WAS DOING 45 MPH WHEN I WASN'T EVEN MOVING. I DIDN'T HAVE THE MONEY TO SPEND ON GETTING IT FIXED SO I BORROWED MY BOYFRIENDS GPS SO I COULD READ MY SPEED. SINCE THEN I NOTICED A PATTERN OF THE PROBLEMS, EVERY TIME I WAS GETTING CLOSE TO THE TIME TO CHANGE MY OIL IT WOULD START ACTING UP AGAIN. NOW THE PROBLEM HAS GOTTEN WORSE AND ALL MY GAUGES ARE ACTING THE SAME WAY. MY FUEL GAUGE, TEMPERATURE GAUGE, AND SPEEDOMETER ALL PICK AND CHOOSE WHEN THEY WANT TO WORK AND WHEN THEY DON'T AND THEY FREQUENTLY DON'T WORK NOW. I DECIDED TO SEE IF THERE WAS A RECALL AND NOTICED THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM IN THIS TYPE OF CAR. FROM HOW COMMON THIS PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN A RECALL ON THIS A LONG TIME AGO. *TR

2004 CHEVROLET IMPALA LS SPEEDOMETER SUDDENLY STARTED TO MALFUNCTION. SOMETIMES READS 0 WHEN CAR IS IN MOTION. OFTEN READS -0 AT STOP, JITTERY MOVEMENT WHEN THE INDICATOR MOVES AT ALL, SOMETIMES STOPS @ 20 OR 30 MPH AND WILL NOT SHOW HIGHER NUMBER EVEN WHILE CONTINUING TO ACCELERATE. ACTUAL SPEED CAN NOT BE DETERMINED WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE. GM HAS ISSUED A RECALL FOR THE TAHOE FOR THE SAME PROBLEM BUT REFUSES TO RECALL THE DEFECT IN THE IMPALAS . CLEARLY A MANUFACTURING DEFECT AND NOT DO TO AGE OR MILEAGE. *TR