2004 CHEVROLET IMPALA Complaints

WE HAD JUST BOUGHT A 04 CHEVY IMPALA LS IT HAS 54,000 ON IT. THE INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT IS BAD. WE ARE THINKING THAT IT A MANUFACTURE DEFECT NOT TO MENTION THAT THE SPEEDOMETER IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY EITHER. *TR

THE SPEEDOMETER HAS FAILED. AT FIRST THE FAILURE WAS INTERMITTENT, BUT NOW THE SPEEDOMETER IS PEGGED AT 120 MPHPLUS, EVEN WHEN STOPPED. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO DETERMINE HOW FAST I AM TRAVELING IN EVER CHANGING ROAD CONDITIONS. I CONSIDER THIS FAILURE TO BE A SAFETY ISSUE. I CALLED THE LOCAL GM DEALER AND THEY QUOTED A REPAIR COST OF $375.00 PLUS. I THEN FOUND OUT, THAT IN SEPTEMBER, THAT DELPHI HAD SETTLED A GM LAWSUIT.DELPHI HAD COMPENSATED GM WITH $47.5 MILLION AND 1.1 MILLION FREE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER MODULES TO REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE PRODUCTS THAT DELPHI HAD SUPPLIED TO GM. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE THAT SHOULD RESULT IN A RECALL OF GM VEHICLES. *TR

WHILE DRIVING WITH HI BEAMS ON THE HEADLIGHTS WILL REPEATEDLY SHUT COMPLETELY OFF. I HAVE TO MOVE THE HI/LOW BEAM LEVER AND THE LOW BEAMS WILL COME ON. THIS CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS SINCE I LIVE ON UN-LIT COUNTRY ROADS. THIS IN NOT AN OCCASIONAL PROBLEM, IT HAPPENS EVERY TIME THE LIGHTS ARE ON. *TR

WE WERE DRIVING AND THE SPEEDOMETER JUST WENT DOWN TO ZERO. IT WAS ERRATIC AND SOMETIMES WHEN WE WERE GOING VERY SLOW, THE SPEEDOMETER WOULD SAY 70. OTHER TIMES WHEN WE WERE GOING ABOUT 65 MPH, IT WOULD SAY 10. SOMETIMES WHEN WE TURNED THE CAR OFF, THE SPEEDOMETER STUCK AT 10 MPH. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 8 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE STEERING COLUMN. SHE ALSO NOTICED THAT THE ABS AND TRACTION WARNING LIGHTS WERE ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY REPLACED THE ABS AND STEERING COLUMN. TWO WEEKS LATER, WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE CONTACT FELT EXCESSIVE VIBRATION COMING FROM THE STEERING COLUMN. SHE FILED A COMPLAINT WITH THE MANUFACTURER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 29,901 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 32,000.

MY 2004 CHEVROLET IMPALA IS CURRENTLY HAVING ISSUES WITH THE SPEEDOMETER. THE SPEEDOMETER IS SHOWING EVERY SPEED OTHER THAN THE ACTUAL SPEED BEING DRIVEN. IT SOMETIMES SHOWS SPEEDS SLOWER BUT MORE OFTEN SHOWING SPEEDS IN EXCESS OF 120 MPH. THIS IS AN OBVIOUS ISSUE OF SAFETY. IT IS A WELL KNOWN FACT THAT SPEED KILLS, AND IF YOU DON'T KNOW HOW FAST YOU ARE GOING, YOU A TAKING A CHANCE THAT COULD PROVE FATAL. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY AT THE LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP. THEY ADVISE IT IS THE SPEEDOMETER CLUSTER. THIS WAS AN ISSUE THAT GM CORRECTED WITH THEIR 2004 CHEVROLET TRUCKS, YET REFUSE TO ACKNOWLEDGE EXISTS IN THE 2004 IMPALA'S. A QUICK SEARCH OF "CHEVROLET SPEEDOMETER MALFUNCTIONS" BRINGS UP INDEPENDENT WEBSITES WITH 2004 IMPALAS TOPPING THE LIST OF OTHERS WITH THIS SAME SAFETY ISSUE. THIS APPEARS TO BE A PROBLEM FOUND IN THIS VEHICLE WITH MILEAGE RANGING FROM 20,000 MILES TO 100,000 MILES. I WILL REQUEST THAT THE DEALERSHIP GIVE ME THE MALFUNCTIONING PART. *TR

SPEEDOMETER FAILING JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE'S SO I HAVE TO DRIVE WITHOUT KNOWING WHAT THE SPEED LIMIT IS. THIS CAR HAS ALWAYS BEEN MAINTAINED AND BABIED, AND NOW THERE IS A SAFETY ISSUE THAT APPARENTLY NO ONE CARES ABOUT. *TR

SECURITY LIGHT WENT ON LAST MONTH. IT WAS TAKEN IN IMMEDIATELY FOR REPAIR. I WAS TOLD IT WAS THE IGNITIION CYLINDER. THE CAR ALSO MAKES A VIBRATING NOISE ON ACCELERATOR. I WAS TOLD THIS WAS THE DRIVE SHAFT AND THE CATALITIC CONVERTER. ALL REPLACED. THE CAR STILL MADE NOISE WHEN LEFT SERVICE AT NORTHEAST AUTO CENTER IN PHILADELPHIA PA WHERE IT WAS PURCHASED. YESTERDAY THE LIGHT FOR SECURITY IS BACK ON. 2004 CHEVY IMPALA VERY DISAPPOINTED. CAR HAS 55,000 MILES. AT 36K THE RADIATOR AND WATER PUMP WENT DURING FUNERAL PROCESSION. *TR

ABOUT 6 MONTHS AGO MY TEMPERATURE GAUGE STARTED ACTING STRANGE. NEVER GOING BACK DOWN TO NORMAL. THEN ABOUT 1 WEEK AGO, MY SPEEDOMETER STARTED GETTING STUCK AND NEVER GOING BACK DOWN TO ZERO WHEN I STOPPED. IT IS VERY DANGEROUS WHEN YOU HAVE YOUR CHILDREN IN THE CAR AND DON'T KNOW HOW FAST YOU ARE GOING. WOULD LOOK REAL BAD WHEN THERE ARE SO MANY COMPLAINTS ALL OVER INTERNET ABOUT THIS EXACT PROBLEM FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING THIS SAME DEFAULT OF THE GAUGES NOT WORKING PROPERLY AND CHEVY DOES NOTHING ABOUT IT UNTIL SOMEONE GETS INJURED AND SUES. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT SMELLED GASOLINE IN THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE FUEL SYSTEM REGULATOR WAS LEAKING. SHE SMELLED GASOLINE FOR OVER A MONTH AND TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC. SHE THOUGHT THE FAILURE HAD BEEN REPAIRED; HOWEVER, THE ODOR REMAINED. THE CONTACT THEN TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A GENERAL MOTORS DEALER AND THEY MADE THE REPAIR. THERE IS A SAFETY RECALL ON THE VEHICLE, BUT THE RECALL NUMBER WAS UNKNOWN. THE POWERTRAIN WAS UNKNOWN AS WELL. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 60,899 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000. *UPDATED 12/12/07 *BF THE DEALER STATED REPAIRED TRUNK LIGHT. UPDATED 12/12/07 *TR