2004 CHEVROLET IMPALA Complaints

AUTOMOBILE QUIT RUNNING WHILE ON HIGHWAY AND FAILED TO RESTART. THIS SITUATION, I FEEL, PUT MINE AND MY WIFE'S LIVES IN DANGER. RESEARCH HAS REVEALED THIS SITUATION IS COMMON IN THIS TYPE OF VEHICLE. PASSIVE SECURITY SYSTEM OVERRIDES OPERATORS ATTEMPTS TO START CAR. CALLS TO GM AND GM REPRESENTATIVES PRODUCED NEGATIVE REACTION TO CONSUMER COMPLAINTS. *TR

2004 IMPALA POLICE PACKAGE. INSTRUMENT PANEL FAILURE. AFTER 15-20 MINUTES DRIVING, THE SPEEDOMETER DROP BACK TO ABOUT 15 AT HIGHWAY SPEED. WITH SEVERAL STOP IT STAY BELOW 0 AND NEVER MOVE AGAIN. GM SHOULD REPLACE ALL DEFECTED INSTRUMENT PANEL FOR IMPALA LIKE THEY DO TO OTHER MODELS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. *TR

THE TURN SIGNALS AND HAZARD LIGHTS NO LONGER BLINK WHEN TURNED ON. THE BULBS LIGHT UP BUT DO NOT BLINK ON AND OFF. *TR

2004 CHEVROLET IMPALA'S TRANSMISSION STARTS SLIPPING. IT MOVES VERY SLOWLY IN THE MORNINGS. IT MOVES VERY SLOWLY FROM 1ST TO 2ND GEAR. IT WILL NOT PULL HILLS AT A SLOW SPEED BUT ON THE INTERSTATE AT 50-55MPH IT WILL ONLY SLOW DOWN JUST A LITTLE. IT BASICALLY WILL NOT GO OVER 65 MILES PER HOUR. I HAVE TO STAY IN THE SLOW LANE. PLUS, THE DIGITAL INSTRUMENT PANEL DOES NOT WORK SO I CAN ONLY ASSUME I AM GOING 50-55 MILES PER HOUR BY JUDGING THE SPEED PATTERN OF THE OTHER MOTORISTS. THIS MEANS NO TEMPERATURE GAUGE, NO SPEEDOMETER, AND NO FUEL GAUGE. I CHECK FLUID LEVELS EVERY WEEK. I FILL UP MY TANK EVERY SATURDAY AND WEDNESDAY. I AM STUCK AND SICK OF THIS BECAUSE I CAN NOT AFFORD TO GET TWO THINGS FIXED THAT SHOULD ONLY STOP WORKING ON OLD CARS. THIS CAR IS 4 YEARS OLD. *TR

I HAVE A 2004 CHEVY IMPALA THAT HAS HAD PROBLEMS WITH WARPED ROTORS, WHICH I HAD REPLACED. THEN A WHEEL BEARING WENT BAD. TOOK VEHICLE TO CHEVY DEALER. THEY DIAGNOSED IT AS LEFT FRONT HUB BEARING BEING BAD. I HAD LEFT FRONT HUB BEARING REPLACED AND PROBLEM WASN'T FIXED. TURNED OUT IT WAS RIGHT FRONT HUB BEARING THAT WAS BAD, SO BOTH ENDED UP REPLACED. A FEW WEEKS LATER "SERVICE TRACTION SYSTEM" LIGHT STARTED COMING ON EVERY DAY AND SHUTS OFF THE ABS AND TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEMS. OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE AND WEATHER CONDITIONS DON'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE. ALSO HAVING PROBLEMS WITH HEADLIGHTS GOING FROM HIGH BEAMS TO DIM. SOMETIMES IT TAKES TWO OR THREE ATTEMPTS BEFORE IT WILL GO FROM HIGH BEAMS TO DIM. I'VE NEVER HAD THESE KINDS OF PROBLEMS WITH CHEVROLET'S BEFORE. I'VE HAD CHEVROLET'S WITH 150,000 MILES ON THEM AND HAVE NEVER HAD TO REPLACE ROTORS, WHEEL BEARINGS, OR HAD ABS PROBLEMS BEFORE, JUST NORMAL MAINTENANCE. *TR

OUR SPEEDOMETER QUIT WORKING PROPERLY APPROX 4/1/07. CONTACTED GM TO SEE IF THERE WAS A RECALL, THERE WAS NOT. SPEEDOMETER IS JUST STUCK AND POINTS TO THE GEAR INDICATOR IN THE DASH. UPON RESEARCH, MANY GM '04 HAVE THIS DEFECT. MY HUSBAND MANAGES A RETAIL FOOD COMPANY AND HIS FLEET IS SUPPLIED WITH GMC TOPKICKS. THE '04 TRUCKS HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. THE COMPANY HAD TO SOAK THE COST OF REPLACING ALL THE "CLUSTERS" DUE TO NO RECALL. I THINK A DEFECT WHICH AFFECTS THE SAFETY OF A DOT CERTIFIED DRIVER SHOULD BE RECALLED. *TR

OPY OF TEXT SENT TO GM/CHEVROLET... MY SPEEDOMETER AND OTHER INSTRUMENT CLUSTER GAUGES OPERATE ERRATICALLY. SPEEDOMETER SPECIFICALLY IS TOTALLY ERRATIC, ALMOST NEVER CORRECT AND VARIES ANYWHERE FROM FULLY PEGGED AT ZERO TO FULLY PEGGED AT TOP END. YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT SPEED YOU ARE TRAVELING AT ANY TIME. YOU CANNOT GAUGE, BY SPEEDOMETER, THE SPEED LIMIT OR RECOMMENDED SPEEDS FOR CURVES, ETC. THIS IS A VERY UNSAFE CONDITION. FROM EXTENSIVE READING SO FAR, IT IS OBVIOUS THAT THIS IS A DEFECTIVE PART ON THIS VEHICLE AND DUE TO THE SAFETY AND LEGAL NATURE OF YOUR SPEED, THIS GAUGE SHOULD BE REPLACED VIA INDUSTRY-WIDE RECALL. I WELCOME YOUR RETURN CALL TO DISCUSS THIS DANGEROUS SITUATION. I AM A PILOT AND CANNOT HAVE MY CELL ON CONTINUOUSLY. PLEASE LEAVE A MESSAGE WITH CALL BACK NUMBER AND I WILL BE HAPPY TO DISCUSS. THIS GAUGE HAS BEEN FAULTY FOR THE PAST YEAR. I HAVE INSTALLED MY GPS TO MONITOR MY SPEED. THE GAUGE IS NOT SYMMETRIC IN ITS ERRORS. YOU WILL READ 100+ SOMETIMES GOING 70 OR YOU WILL READ 0 GOING SAME SPEED. IT CHANGES FROM TRIP TO TRIP AND SOMETIMES AFTER A STOP AT AN INTERSECTION, OR JUST DRIVING CONSTANT SPEED. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHILE DRIVING 90 MPH, THE SPEEDOMETER GAUGE BECAME STUCK AND REMAINED AT 90 MPH, EVEN WHILE DRIVING AT LOWER SPEEDS. THE SPEEDOMETER REMAINS AT 90 MPH EVEN WHILE THE VEHICLE IS PARKED. IN ADDITION, THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE INDICATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OVERHEATING WHEN IT ACTUALLY WAS NOT. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 49,500 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 49,487. UPDATED 10/16/08. *LJ THE TRANSMISSION WOULD SLIP WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOPPED POSITION. UPDATED 10/17/08.*JB

MY 2004 CHEVY IMPALA HAS A GAUGE PROBLEM. NONE OF THE DASHBOARD GAUGES WORK. I DON'T KNOW HOW FAST I AM GOING, HOW MUCH GAS I HAVE OR IF MY CAR IS OVER HEATING. ITS SCARY DRIVING THIS CAR! *TR

I SERIOUSLY THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE HAVING THESE PROBLEMS. I BOUGHT A 2004 CHEVROLET IMPALA IN AUG 07. THE PROBLEMS STARTED ONLY A MONTH AFTER I BOUGHT THE CAR. FIRST THE TEMP GAUGE WOULD REGISTER ALL THE WAY UP TO 260. AFTER CHECKING TO MAKE SURE THE CAR WAS NOT RUNNING HOT, I STARTED CALLING DEALERS TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. I WAS INFORMED BY A SEVERAL DEALERSHIPS THEY HAVE SEEN SEVERAL PROBLEMS WITH THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND THEY CONTINUED TELLING HOW MUCH IT WOULD COST TO REPLACE IT. WELL ONLY A COUPLE WEEKS LATER THE SPEEDOMETER STARTED THE SAME THING. IT WOULD STICK AND NOT REGISTER RIGHT. THE PROBLEM IS STILL CONTINUING CAUSE I CAN'T AFFORD TO FIX IT. I CONTINUED MY REGULAR MAINTENANCE ON THE CAR AND DURING AND OIL CHANGE I WAS INFORMED THE TRANSMISSION FLUID NEEDED TO CHANGED, SO I MADE THE APPOINTMENT TO HAVE IT CHANGED ON SATURDAY. ONLY A COUPLE OF HOURS AFTER HAVING IT CHANGED WE WENT TO BACK UP AND THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED. THIS HAD NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE SO WE THOUGHT IT JUST MIGHT BE LOW ON FLUID. AFTER CHECKING THE FLUID LEVEL WAS FINE BUT THE PROBLEMS CONTINUED. NOW IT SLIPS WHEN I PUT IT IN DRIVE TO TAKE OFF AND YOU CAN HEAR THE TRANSMISSION WHINING WHILE BEING DRIVEN. AS OF NOW IT STILL SLIPS, SOMETIMES, ANDS WHINES, AND OF COURSE THE INSTRUMENT PANEL IS STILL MESSED UP BECAUSE I CANNOT AFFORD TO HAVE IT FIXED. I HAVE SPOKEN TO SEVERAL PEOPLE THAT OWN IMPALAS AND I HAVE COME TO FIND OUT THEY ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS I AM HAVING. YOU WOULD THINK BY NOW THAT GM WOULD REALIZE THERE IS A PROBLEM AND THEY ARE NOT JUST ISOLATED INCIDENTS. *TR