2004 CHEVROLET IMPALA Complaints

SPEEDOMETER STOPPED FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. ERRATIC READINGS RANGING FROM -50 TO 140MPH. DOESN'T MATTER IF THE CAR IS IDLING OR CRUISING DOWN THE HIGHWAY - THE SPEEDOMETER IS ALWAYS DANCING TO IT'S OWN TUNE! SUSPECTING THE OIL PRESSURE GAUGE WILL BE NEXT, AS IT VARIES GREATLY WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE. I SUSPECT THIS IS NOT NORMAL OR ACCURATE. I ENCOURAGE ALL OTHERS WITH THIS PROBLEM TO REPORT IT HERE. THESE ARE THE FOLKS WHO CAN HELP US GET A MANUFACTURER'S RECALL, AND HAVE THE DEFECT FIXED FROM GM'S POCKET - NOT YOUR OWN. *TR

AFTER PURCHASING VEHICLE TOOK IT BACK TO HAVE STEERING CHECKED BECAUSE IT DID NOT FEEL OR SOUND RIGHT WHEN DOING A BRAKING AND TURNING STEERING WHEEL COMBINATION. MENTIONED THE NHTSA RECALL OF 2004 IMPALA. WAS TOLD DID NOT INVOLVE SS. ON THIS OCCASION WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE, UNABLE TO STEER PROPERLY, COULD NOT CONTROL VEHICLE. IT SPIRALED AND HIT A BUS STOP/POLE. *TR

MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH ON STEERING COLUM FAILED , AS A RESULT I HAVE NO HIGHBEAMS , IF I ATTEMPT TO PUT THEM ON ALL LIGHTS GO OUT , THIS IS A VERY EXPENSIVE PROBLEM THAT I THINK GENERAL MOTORS SHOULD COME GOOD FOR. *TR

THE SPEEDOMETER ON MY CAR IS GIVING FALSE SPEED INFORMATION, BY AS MUCH AS 100 MPH. THIS IS A VERY UNSAFE CONDITION. I AM AWARE OF MANY OTHER GM VEHICLES WITH THIS SAME DEFECT. *TR

ON DECEMBER 24, 2007 I WAS DRIVING MY 2004 IMPALA ALONG A HIGHWAY WHEN I NOTICED THE SPEEDOMETER CLIMBING HIGHER THAN THE SPEED I WAS ACTUALLY GOING, THIS CONTINUED UNTIL THE SPEEDOMETER WAS READING IN EXCESS OF 200 KMH. WHEN I REACHED MY DESTINATION ABOUT 15 MINUTES LATER I TURNED OFF THE CAR HOPING THE SPEEDOMETER WOULD RESET TO ZERO WHICH IT DIDN'T. I WAS UNABLE TO RESET IT UNTIL THE NEXT MORNING WHEN I TURNED THE IGNITION TO ON AND OFF ABOUT 15 TIMES BEFORE THE NEEDLE RETURNED TO ZERO. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIME NOW AND IT LOOK LIKE I WILL HAVE TO EVENTUALLY TAKE IT TO A DEALER TO HAVE REPAIRED. THERE IS APPROXIMATELY 123,000 KILOMETERS ON THE CAR. *TR

STARTED BY TEMP GAUGE NOT RETURNING TO COLD, THEN SPEEDO STUCK AND WOULDN'T CLIMB OR WOULD BE NUMBER OF MPH ABOVE ACTUAL SPEED. *TR

SPEEDOMETER NOT WORKING CORRECTLY. IT SHOWS SPEED OF 90 AT ABOUT 45. READS 60 AT A STOP. MANY COMPLAINTS FOUND ON INTERNET. SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

SPEEDOMETER WENT CRAZY & THEN WENT TO "0"! THE CAR ONLY HAD 20,000 MILES ON IT. DOES NOT WORK AT ALL. *TR

SPEEDOMETER AND TEMP GAUGE STICKING AND WILL NOT RESET - READING EXCESSIVE SPEED OR TEMPS. *TR

MY 2004 IMPALA'S TEMPERATURE GAUGE BEGAN TO READ FALSE TEMPERATURES AROUND 58,000 MILES. TO THIS DAY, IT IS STUCK AND WILL NOT MOVE. SOON AFTER THIS PROBLEM, MY SPEEDOMETER FROZE ON 50 MPH. I WAS ABLE TO GET IT TO GO BACK TO ZERO THE FOLLOWING DAY BE TURNING THE KEY A NUMBER OF TIMES TO THE ACC. POSITION. NOW, EVERY TIME I START THE CAR, THE SPEEDOMETER EITHER FREEZES OR IT WILL THINK ANOTHER NUMBER IS THE ZERO POSITION. FOR EXAMPLE, IF I AM GOING 60 MPH, IT WILL READ 100 IF IT HAPPENED TO STOP AT 40 MPH, MAKING IT THE ZERO POSITION. THIS PROBLEM IS VERY DANGEROUS BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW HOW FAST I AM GOING! NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO FIX THE PROBLEM YET. I WILL BE CONTACTING THE DEALER TOMORROW, BUT IF I AM NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY, THERE IS NOW WAY I AM GOING TO PAY $500 FOR THIS. *TR