2004 CHEVROLET IMPALA Complaints

SPEEDOMETER FAILURE. READS 0 MPH MOST TIMES. SOMETIMES READS 5 TO 10 MPH WHEN GOING 40 - 70 MPH. *TR

THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER(SPEEDOMETER, TACH) OF MY 2004 IMPALA IS MALFUNCTIONING. THERE HAVE BEEN MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT IT ON THE INTERNET FROM OTHER CONSUMERS AND THEY ALL HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THERE IS NO RECALL AND YOU HAVE TO GET IT FIXED YOURSELF FOR 500-800.00 AND ITS NOT JUST HAPPENING TO A FEW PEOPLE BUT A LOT. SOMETIMES IT WILL READ THAT I'M DOING 50 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY AND I AM EASILY PASSING EVERYONE UP SO IT IS A SAFETY PROBLEM. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ACTIVATED, THE SPEEDOMETER DIAL DROPPED TO 0 MPH. THE SPEEDOMETER THEN BEGAN DISPLAYING INACCURATE SPEEDS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALER. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 52,203 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000.

NO PRIOR EVENT. TURN SIGNAL FLASHER CEASED TO FUNCTION FULL TIME. IT HAS BEEN INTERMITTENT FOR SEVERAL DAYS. HAZARD LIGHTS NOR TURN SIGNALS BLINK. BULBS COME ON AND STAY ON. NO FLASHER. *TR

TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING ON 04/16/08. I THEN TOOK THE VEHICLE TO HENDERSON CHEVROLET ON 04/17/08 FOR A TRANSMISSION FLUSH. ON 04/18/08 THE TRANSMISSION PROGRESSIVELY GOT WORSE AND IS UNDRIVEABLE. I AM CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF HAVING REPAIRS MADE. *TR

2004 IMPALA LS SPEEDOMETER FAILURE AT 51,000 MILES. IT STUCK AT 50 MPH AND THEN INCREASED TO OVER 120 AT ABOUT 30 MPH. THIS SEEMS TO BE AN INHERENT WIDESPREAD PROBLEM FOR THIS AND OTHER YEAR MODEL IMPALA'S AS WELL AS OTHER CHEVROLET'S AS PER THE WEB SITE ( HTTP://WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM/CHEVROLET/IMPALA/2004/ACCESSORIES-INTERIOR/SPEEDOMETER_GONE_HAYWIRE.SHTML ). THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION AND CHEVROLET WILL APPARENTLY NOT PUT A RECALL ON IT. SOMEONE SUGGESTED TO LET THIS SITE KNOW ABOUT THIS AND APPARENTLY HAS ALREADY DONE SO THEMSELVES, SO I HOPE MY STATEMENT IS OF SOME HELP FOR ALL THESE PEOPLE'S PROBLEMS, INCLUDING MINE. PLEASE PUT THE PRESSURE ON GM TO CORRECT THEIR MISTAKE. I WOULDN'T HAVE A CLUE ABOUT HOW MANY FAILURES OR NUMBER OF INJURIES, DEATHS OR POSSIBLE SPEEDING TICKETS FOR ALL THE PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THIS. THANKS *TR

2004 CHEVROLET IMPALA. INSTRUMENT CLUSTER GAUGE FAILURE. ALL GAUGES HAVE STOPPED FUNCTIONING CORRECTLY. THEY EITHER REGISTER INCORRECT INFORMATION, (SPEED, FUEL, ENGINE TEMPERATURE) OR DO NOT WORK AT ALL. HTTP://WWW.MYCARSTATS.COM/SAFETYSTATION.ASP LISTS OVER 100 ACCOUNTS OF THIS HAPPENING WITH THIS MODEL CAR. *TR

THREE TIME IN THE LAST 30 DAYS MY 2004 IMPALA FAILED TO START BECAUSE OF SECURITY SYSTEM PROBLEM,I HAVE BEEN ADVISED BY MECHANIC ,THIS IS A VERY COSTLY REPAIR.. IT IS SAID TO BE ONE OF THE MODULES IN THE SYSTEM, I SEE MANY OTHER PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AND G M DOES NOTHING. WHEN WILL SOMEONE PRESSURE THEM INTO RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM. *TR

SPEEDOMETER FAILED AFTER APPROX. 60,000 MILES ON MY 2004 CHEVROLET IMPALA LS. IT IS INACCURATE AND INCONSISTENT, OFTEN READING 30-60 MPH WHEN I AM STOPPED AT A LIGHT AND OFTEN READING OVER 90 MPH WHEN DRIVING BELOW 40 MPH. AT TIMES, THE NEEDLE JUMPS ERRATICALLY AND GETS STUCK OUTSIDE THE NORMAL RANGE, SUCH AS POINTING TO A GEAR INDICATOR ON THE DISPLAY RATHER THAN TO A SPEED ON THE DIAL. *TR

ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS, THE SPEEDOMETER ON MY 2004 CHEVROLET IMPALA LS HAS GOTTEN STUCK. I WOULD SAY THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED CLOSE TO A DOZEN TIMES NOW SINCE I BOUGHT THIS CAR IN NOVEMBER OF 2007. I HAVE READ NUMEROUS STATEMENTS FROM ONLINE FORUMS ABOUT PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS, AND I HAVE TALKED TO THREE DIFFERENT DEALERSHIPS THAT HAVE REPORTED THIS AS BEING A COMMON PROBLEM. I AM WONDERING WHY THIS HAS NOT BEEN A CAUSE FOR A RECALL, AS A SPEEDOMETER SEEMS LIKE A PRETTY IMPORTANT PIECE OF VEHICLE EQUIPMENT. ITS ESPECIALLY FRUSTRATING SINCE IT WILL COST ME $400 TO HAVE IT REPAIRED. I WAS ALSO TOLD BY THE DEALERSHIPS THAT ONCE THE SPEEDOMETER GOES, EVENTUALLY THE REST OF THE CLUSTER WILL START TO FAIL. I AM STATING IN THE INCIDENT DATE PORTION THE LAST DATE THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME. *TR