2004 CHEVROLET IMPALA Complaints

THE SPEEDOMETER INSTRUMENT CLUSTER IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. MY SPEEDOMETER DOES NOT WORK MOST OF THE TIME IN COLD WEATHER, AND ALWAYS MOVES ERRATICALLY, PROVIDING INACCURATE MEASUREMENTS OF SPEED. MY TACHOMETER DOES NOT WORK AT ALL AFTER SEVERAL MONTHS OF ERRATIC MOVEMENTS AND INACCURATE READINGS. *TR

THE CAR WONT START BUT ALL THE LIGHTS AND IT ACTS LIKE IT STARTED BUT THE MOTOR WONT TURN AND NO1 NOS HOW TO FIT IT DOES THIS EVER DAY I TRY TO START IT AND IT WONT DO ANYTHING UNTIL I WAIT 10TO 20 MIN AND THEN IT STARTS LIKE NOTHING HAPPEN IF I KNOW HOW TO FIT IT I WONT BUT NO1 CAN TELL ME WHAT'S THE CALLS OF IT CAN YOU JUST TELL ME WHAT I NEED TO DO TO GET IT FIXED?

SPEED-O-METER NEEDLE PEGS OUT AND WANDERS INADVERTENTLY. JUST HAPPENED ONE DAY. IT IS A CONTINUAL OCCURRENCE. SOME DAYS IT SEEMS TO WORK KIND OF, AND AT OTHER TIMES IT MOVES VERY ABRUPTLY ON THE DIAL AND NEVER SMOOTH LIKE IT SHOULD. IT HAS BEEN THE CAUSE OF BEING PULLED OVER ON 3 OCCASIONS IN THE LAST MONTH DUE TO LACK OF KNOWLEDGE OF MY VEHICLES' SPEED. THERE IS NO WAY TO DETERMINE THE VEHICLES' SPEED WITHOUT IT (AND WITHOUT A GPS DEVICE OR SOMETHING SIMILAR). *TR

THE SPEEDOMETER ON MY 2004 CHEVY IMPALA WENT CRAZY, STOPPED WORKING. THROUGH MUCH RESEARCH, THERE ARE HUNDREDS, MAYBE THOUSANDS OF THIS CAR WITH THIS PROBLEM. GM SAYS THERE IS NO RECALL AS OF NOW AND THE PROBLEM IS $400 TO $600 TO FIX. I HAVE BEEN TOLD IT IS THE GAUGE CLUSTER. IT IS A 4YR OLD CAR WITH 68K MILES ON IT, I FEEL THAT GM SHOULD TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS PROBLEM. THERE IS A RECALL FOR THE CHEVY TRUCKS AND TAHOE'S FOR THAT YEAR, BUT NOT THE IMPALA'S... THEY USE THE SAME PART NUMBER IN THE GAUGE CLUSTER, SO WHY SHOULDN'T THE IMPALA HAVE A RECALL ON THEM? THIS IS A COSTLY REPAIR AND A VERY DANGEROUS PART TO HAVE GO OUT. I'VE READ THAT PEOPLE CANNOT AFFORD TO REPAIR THEIR CARS, SO THEY ARE DRIVING THEM WITH NO SPEEDOMETER. I AM DOING THIS ALSO, HAVING TO SAVE UP TO HAVE IT REPAIRED. SO NOW WE ARE GUESSING OUR SPEED, HOPING NOT TO GET SPEEDING TICKETS. PLEASE HELP US GET GM TO HELP OUT. *TR

MY 2004 CHEVROLET IMPALA IS HAVING MAJOR ISSUES WITH THE WHOLE INTERIOR GAUGE PANEL. I HAVE READ THOUSANDS OF THE SAME COMPLAINTS ABOUT IMPALA MODELS 2003-2006, AND OTHER CHEVY MODELS. THE GAS GAUGE HAS WENT COMPLETELY OUT AND THE MPH GAUGE RANDOMLY GOES HAYWIRE READING THE INCORRECT SPEED, OR NO SPEED AT ALL. THE MOST COMMON RESPONSE IS THAT GM HAS A DEFECTIVE STEPPER MOTOR IN THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. THIS PROBLEM RANGES IN MODEL AND MILEAGE AND COSTS UP TO $600 TO FIX. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SAFETY ISSUE, NOT TO MENTION A HUGE PAIN. GM REALLY NEEDS TO STEP IT UP AND RECALL THIS OBVIOUSLY DEFECTIVE PIECE. I HAVE YET TO REPAIR IT AS I FEEL ITS NOT MY FAULT AND THEY NEED TO FIX THIS DEFECTIVE SAFETY ISSUE. I KNOW I'M NOT ALONE IN THIS COMPLAINT. *TR

SPEEDOMETER ON 2004 CHEVY IMPALA WITH 41K MILES IS DEFECTIVE. STARTED SPORADICALLY, NOW IT IS ALL THE TIME. SPEEDOMETER MAY SAY I'M MOVING AT 50 MPH WHEN AT A STOP OR OVER 100MPH ON A CITY STREET. I HAVE NOT HAD THE DEFECT FIXED YET. *TR

THE SPEEDOMETER IN MY '04 CHEVY IMPALA SS IS VERY ERRATIC. IT DISPLAYS INCORRECT SPEED. I WAS TRAVELING @ 70MPH BUT THE SPEEDOMETER DISPLAYS @ 49 MPH. WHEN STOPPING IT WILL DROP BELOW THE ZERO MARK AT @ 15 MPH. THE NEEDLE TICKS AROUND ON THE FACE OF THE DIAL. THIS SEEMS DANGEROUS TO ME NOT KNOWING THE SPEED YOU ARE TRAVELING. FROM INTERNET RESEARCH I'VE SEEN THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM ON '04 GM CARS. THIS PROBLEM IS ERRATIC. IN MY OPINION THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THESE CARS. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHEN THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO START THE VEHICLE SHE NOTICED THAT OCCASIONALLY THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. THE CONTACT ALSO NOTICED THAT ALL OF THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS WOULD FLICKER ON AND OFF WHILE THE CONTACT WAS ATTEMPTING TO START THE VEHICLE. A LOCAL DEALER STATED THAT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE REPRODUCED. THERE WERE NO PRIOR WARNINGS. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 52998. UPDATED 12/7/09 *CN THE CONSUMER STATED THE SECURITY LIGHT WOULD COME ON. THE CONSUMER BELIEVED THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE PASS LOCK SYSTEM. UPDATED 12/08/09.*JB

VEHICLE SPEEDOMETER SUDDENLY QUITS FUNCTIONING. SPEEDOMETER SUDDENLY SHOWS HIGH SPEED (EXAMPLE 120 MPH) WHEN DRIVING HIGHWAY SPEEDS (VERIFIED AT 70 WITH GPS). SPEEDOMETER REMAINS STUCK IN THIS POSITION. I WAS ABLE TO CLEAR THE ERROR AFTER RETURNING HOME AND CYCLING THE IGNITION FROM OFF TO ON SEVERAL TIMES. THIS OCCURRED ON JULY 2009 ALSO UNDER THE SAME CIRCUMSTANCES. *TR

I JUST BOUGHT AN IMPALA 2004 THIS JANUARY. I AN ON A FIXED INCOME AND CANNOT AFFORD TO MAKE MANY EXPENSIVE REPAIRS. WHEN WE HAD A COLD SNAP, MY CAR WAS MAKING A WHIRRING NOISE AND I DISCOVERED THAT MY SPEEDOMETER WAS ON ZERO. WHEN THE CAR WARMED UP, THE SPEEDOMETER STARTED TO WORK AGAIN THIS HAPPENED ON THE REMAINING COLD DAYS AND THEN STOPPED. 6 MONTHS LATER, THE SPEEDOMETER IS EITHER ON ZERO OR JUST NOT WORKING PROPERLY. LUCKILY, I DON'T TRAVEL VERY FAR, BUT THIS IS VERY UNSAFE. I HAVE READ ON THE INTERNET THAT CHEVY RECALLED THE SPEEDOMETER FOR THE TAHOE, BUT NOT THE IMPALA. I AGAIN AM ON A FIXED INCOME AND CANNOT READILY GET THIS FIXED, BUT UNFORTUNATELY WILL HAVE TO SHELL OUT $500 FOR A PART THAT CHEVY PUT IN KNOWING IT'S DEFECTIVE. *TR