2004 CHEVROLET IMPALA Complaints

REGULAR USE OF VEHICLE, SPEEDOMETER GETS STUCK IN PLACE AND DOESN'T READ SPEED AND TEMPERATURE GAUGE IS STUCK AS WELL IN THE SAME CLUSTER. DEALER INFORMED ME THAT THERE NO RECALL ON PART EVEN THOUGH I HAVE SPOKE WITH OTHERS WITH THE SAME VEHICLE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. MY CAR IS A 2004 IMPALA UNDER 70,000 MILES. I USE MY GPS TO TRACK MY SPEED, BECAUSE I FEEL IT'S NOT RIGHT FOR ME TO PAY UP TO $460.00 FOR A PART THAT I DID NOT BREAK OR DAMAGE BECAUSE OF NORMAL USE. *TR

DASHBOARD INDICATORS TURN ON AND OFF RANDOMLY. CAR WON'T START. SYMPTOMS ARE INTERMITANT. *TR

2004 CHEVY IMPALA: IN AUG 2007 HAD PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL HUBS REPLACED. THAT WA AT 54,000 MILES. NOW IT IS MARCH 2008 AND 25,000 MILES LATER THEY NEEDED REPLACED AGAIN. I HAVE HEARD THAT IF THEY FAIL ALL THE WAY THE WHEEL LOCKS. IS THIS NOT A SAFETY ISSUE?? THERE ARE OTHERS OUT THERE WHO HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AND THE GM DEALERS IGNORE IT. *TR

ENGINE TEMPERATURE GAUGE STOPPED WORKING, THEN SHORTLY AFTERWARDS THE SPEEDOMETER FAILED. DOES NOT READ THE CORRECT SPEED OR READS 0 MOST OF THE TIME. *TR

ALONG WITH SEVERAL HUNDRED OTHERS ON THIS SAME PAGE, THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER ON THE 2004 CHEVROLET IMPALA IS FAILING. TEMP GAUGE QUIT WORKING A FEW WEEKS AGO, NOW THE SPEEDOMETER HAS FAILED. CREATES AN UNSAFE CONDITION. CHEVROLET DENIES KNOWLEDGE OF DEFECT, BUT DEALER DOES ACKNOWLEDGE; HOWEVER, WILL COST $500-700 TO REPAIR. SINCE THIS IS A KNOW DEFECT, AND A SIGNIFICANT SAFETY ISSUE, WHY DOES NHTSA TAKE NO ACTION? *TR

I PURCHASE A 2004 CHEVY IMPALA IN JANUARY '06-MY GAS GAUGE WENT ALMOST A YEAR NOW. I HAVE PAID 700 TO REPLACE AND NOW IT DOESN'T WORK AT ALL. NOW THE SPEEDOMETER HAS GONE. I HAVE READ TONS OF CONSUMER REPORTS OF THINGS I CAN ANTICIPATE WILL GO SOON AND I AM DISGUSTED THAT GMC,CHEVY, ETC IS NOT DOING ANYTHING FOR ITS CUSTOMERS BUT RIP THEM OFF WITH REPAIR JOBS THAT DON'T FIX THE PROBLEM. *TR

2004 CHEVY IMPALA. SECURITY LIGHT GOES ON AND THEN CAR WON'T START. I HAVE TO WAIT ABOUT 20 MINS. TO START. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO TWO DIFFERENT DEALERS OVER THE PAST 3 YEARS AND SPENT PLENTY OF MONEY BUT STILL HAVING PROBLEMS. RESEARCH ONLINE HAS REVEALED THIS IS A LONG KNOWN PROBLEM. WHEN WILL CAR MANUFACTURERS BE FORCED TO 'FESS UP AND FIX THIS? NO WONDER THE BIG THREE ARE GOING UNDER. *TR

SPEEDOMETER STATS SLOWING DOWN WHEN DRIVING. EVENTUALLY READS ABOUT 20 MPH WHEN DOING REALLY 70 MPH. *TR

THE SPEEDOMETER STARTED READING INCORRECTLY. IT GOES UP, BUT DOES NOT GO BACK DOWN WHEN YOU SLOW DOWN. NOW THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE IS DOING THE SAME THING. I ALSO OWNED A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 4X4 THAT HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. THE CHEVROLET DEALER REPAIRED THE PROBLEM AT NO COST TO ME. HOWEVER, WHEN I CONTACTED CHEVROLET ABOUT THE 2004 IMPALA, I WAS TOLD THAT THEY KNEW ABOUT THE PROBLEM, BUT WERE NOT CORRECTING IT AT THAT TIME UNDER ANY RECALL. IF I WANTED THE PROBLEM FIXED, I WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR IT MYSELF. I FEEL THAT THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE THAT CHEVROLET SHOULD CORRECT AS THEY DID WITH THE 2004 SILVERADO. *TR

THE SPEEDOMETER ON MY 2004 CHEVROLET IMPALA STOPS WORKING RANDOMLY. IT SOMETIMES GOES UP WAY PAST 120 MPH. ODDLY, I'M ABLE TO RESET IT BY TURNING THE CAR OFF AND THE TURNING THE KEY TO THE A/C POSITION. THIS ONLY SETS THE SPEEDOMETER BACK A LITTLE WAY EACH TIME SO I HAVE TO TURN THE KEY BACK AND FORTH LIKE 20 TIMES TO GET THE SPEEDOMETER TO RESET BACK TO ZERO. IT'LL WORK FINE FOR A LITTLE WHILE AND THEN IT'LL GO CRAZY AGAIN. *TR