2004 CHEVROLET IMPALA Complaints

PROBLEM SWITCHING FROM HIGH BEAM TO LOW BEAM ETC AND SUDDEN HEADLIGHT FAILURE AT NIGHT WHILE DRIVING DOWN ROAD. BELIEVE PROBLEM IS MULTI FUNCTION SWITCH WHICH HAS BEEN REPORTED BY NUMEROUS PEOPLE FOR THIS VEHICLE TYPE. STARTED OUT AS INFREQUENT BUT GETTING PROGRESSIVELY WORSE. *TR

SEVERAL OCCASIONS NOW THE SPEEDOMETER HAS GONE HAYWIRE AND IS SHOWING THAT I AM TRAVELING EXCESSIVELY FASTER THAN I AM GOING - APPROXIMATELY 30 - 40+ MPH. I THOUGHT THAT I WAS SPEEDING AND SO I LIGHTLY PUT ON MY BRAKES TO SLOW DOWN DURING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC AND HAD TIRES SQUEALING ALL AROUND ME - THE SPEED OF TRAFFIC IS 70+ MPH IN THAT SECTION OF FREEWAY. IT WAS FORTUNATE THAT IT DID NOT CAUSE A SEVERAL CAR PILEUP. *TR

I WAS DRIVING AND NOTICED THAT MY SPEEDOMETER WAS SITTING ON ZERO. MONTHS LATER I NOTICED THAT MY GAS GAUGE STARTED GOING HAYWIRE. ONE MINUTE IT WAS FULL THE NEXT IT WAS 1/2 FULL AND I HAD ONLY GONE 20 MILES DOWN THE ROAD. THEN MY DAD USED MY CAR ONE DAY AND TOLD ME THAT THE OIL PRESSURE GAUGE WAS WRONG AS WELL. I HAVE NOT HAD THE MONEY TO FIX THIS PROBLEM AND THE ONLY WAY I KNOW I NEED GAS IS WHEN THE LOW FUEL MESSAGE COMES UP IN THE MESSAGE CENTER. I HAVE RECEIVED ABOUT 4 SPEEDING TICKETS JUST IN THE LAST YEAR AND WOULD HAVE RECEIVED MORE IF I HAD NOT KNOWN THE OFFICER OR TOLD THEM THE PROBLEM AND BEGGED THAT THEY LET ME OFF WITH A WARNING. *TR

CAR WAS TAKEN IN FOR BRAKES. ROTORS WARPED @ 21,500 MILES. 12,000 MILES LATER, WARPED AGAIN. WAS TOLD THIS WAS COMMON AND THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO FOR ME. REPAIR COST OUT OF POCKET. CAR WAS TAKEN IN FOR AN OVERHEATING PROBLEM. WAS TOLD IT WAS TOTALLY NATURAL FOR MY CAR TO GET THAT HOT. UNBELIEVABLE!! NOW I HAVE AN INTAKE OR A HEAD GASKET THAT IS BAD. AGAIN, NOTHING THEY CAN DO. AGAIN, COST OUT OF MY POCKET. THIS WILL BE THE LAST CHEVY I SERVICE. MY CAR ONLY HAS 34,000 MILES IT. THE SERVICE CENTER TOLD US, "CARS ARE MADE DIFFERENT THESE DAYS. STUFF HAPPENS." IF THEY CAN'T STAND BEHIND THEIR CARS I WON'T BUY ANOTHER. 34,000 MILES AND MY CAR IS JUNK. I THINK A RECALL SHOULD BE ISSUED REGARDING THESE PROBLEMS. BAD BRAKES AND BAD GASKETS. *TR

WHEN INSTRUMENT PANEL STOPS WORKING THE TRACTION CONTROL IS ALSO STOPS WORKING SO DOES THE SPEEDOMETER AND THE ANTI- LOCK BRAKES MAKING IT UNABLE TO STOP PROPERLY. I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY A GM MECHANIC THAT GM KNOWS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM BY\UT THEY INTEND TO DO NOTHING ABOUT IT. *TR

THE SPEEDOMETER ON MY 2004 CHEVROLET IMPALA GOES CRAZY. AFTER IT HAS BEEN RUN FOR MORE THAN AN HOUR IT WILL STICK ON YOUR HIGHEST SPEED, NOT DROP BACK TO ZERO AND SHOW A SPEED FROM 10 TO 100 MILE MORE THAN THE ACTUAL SPEED. VERY UNSAFE, WHEN YOU DO NOT KNOW HOW FAST YOU ARE GOING. *TR

SPEEDOMETER HAS BEEN STICKING AND WILL GET STUCK OR STOPS WORKING. WILL READ 140 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE IS ACTUALLY GOING ABOUT 60. ALSO WHEN PARKED IT WILL READ OUT 70 40 100 ETC ETC. EVEN WHEN THE VEHICLE IS OFF. DROPS TO 0 MPH AND JUMPS FROM 0 MPH TO 20 MPH IN MOTION OR SITTING IN TRAFFIC. *TR

INSTRUMENT CLUSTER QUIT WORKING. IT STARTED WITH MY FUEL GAUGE. MY FUEL GAUGE READER NOW SITS UNDER FUEL GAUGE. MY SPEEDOMETER QUIT WORKING ABOUT 6 MONTHS AFTER MY FUEL GAUGE. MY SPEEDOMETER NOW SAYS I AM GOING 120 MPH. MY THERMOSTAT GAUGE ACTS LIKE IT'S GOING TO WORK BUT THEN IT DOESN'T. *TR

SPEEDOMETER IS BROKEN AND THE SAFETY I PUT MYSELF IN EVERYDAY BECAUSE CHEVY CANT REPLACE THE SPEEDOMETER THAT SHOULD WORK FOR A LIFETIME. CHEVY CARES MORE ABOUT THERE PROFIT THEN THE SAFETY OF THEIR CUSTOMERS THEN THEY WONDER WHY TOYOTA IS THE #1 SELLER OF CARS BECAUSE THEY TAKE CARE OF THEIR PROBLEMS I WILL NEVER BUY A AMERICAN CAR. *TR

WE HAVE A 2004 CHEVROLET IMPALA, WHICH IS A PIECE OF CRAP. WE PURCHASED THIS CAR USED, IT HAD 26,000 MILES ON IT. I FILED A COMPLAINT W/ CHEVY ON PHONE NUMBER 866-790-5700. OUR CASE # IS 71-578092134. THEY WERE NO HELP, SINCE OUR WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED. OUR TRACTION SYSTEM & CHECK ENGINE LIGHT KEPT COMING ON. THE TRACTION SYSTEM SHUT OFF & WOULD NOT TURN BACK ON. IT ALSO KNOCKED OFF THE ABS SYSTEM. NOT SAFE. WE TOOK IT TO A LOCAL MECHANIC, THE REPAIRS WERE A NEW THERMOSTAT & THERMOSTAT SENSOR, & DRIVERS SIDE REAR HUB BEARING. THE COST WAS $500.00, THE DEALERSHIP WANTED @1100.00!!!!!!! FOR THE SAME REPAIRS. THE REPAIR SHOP STATED TO ME THAT THEY HAVE APPROXIMATELY 5-10 IMPALAS A WEEK IN THEIR SHOP FOR THE SAME REPAIR!!! IT APPEARS GM SCREWED UP. WE ARE NOT THE ONLY ONES WHO HAVE THIS PROBLEM. WE ALSO OWN A 1995 GMC 1500 SIERRA, HAVE NOT HAD TO FIX ANYTHING AS MAJOR AS THE IMPALA. GM'S WARRANTY IS THE WORST IN THE BUSINESS. GM WAS NO HELP AT ALL. *TR