2004 CHEVROLET IMPALA Complaints

GAS LEAKING OUT THROTTLE BODY. CAR IS IDLING LOW. CUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING. INSTRUMENT PANEL CLUSTER WENT OUT AND THEN ALL OF THE BEFORE MENTIONED PROBLEMS STARTED HAPPENING. SKIPS AFTER BEING TUNED UP. *JB

WOW SAME PROBLEM AS EVERYONE ELSE. SPEED DOES NOT REGISTER PROPERLY SEEMS TO BE WHENEVER IT WANTS IT WILL SHOW SPEEDS HIGHER THEN WHAT THEY ARE. THIS IS A DANGER BECAUSE SPEEDS ARE GUESSED IN SCHOOL ZONES AND HIGHWAYS. AFTER A COUPLE DAYS SPEED WILL BEGIN TO WORK OK. NOW THE BLOWER MOTOR AND HEATER DO NOT WORK UNLESS YOU POUND BY THE ASHTRAY AREA AND HOPEFULLY THE AIR CONDITIONING WILL START BLOWING BUT THE HEAT WILL NOT COME ON WHEN SWITCHED TO HEAT. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE LIVING IN MONTANA WHEN IT GETS BELOW 32 AND COLDER IT WOULD BE NICE THIS WINTER TO THAW OUT THE WINDOWS SO I CAN SEE WHEN DRIVING AT UNKNOWN SPEEDS. SOMETIMES WHEN THE AIR IS BLOWING YOU CAN SMELL SOMETHING BURNING. WE ARE IN DROUGHT CONDITIONS IN MONTANA AND IF MY CAR WERE TO CATCH ON FIRE ON SIDE OF ROAD AND CONTINUE UP THE MOUNTAINS THIS COULD BE A DISASTER BE CREATING A WILDFIRE. I AM UNHAPPY WITH MY CAR WHICH HAS STARTED PROBLEMS AROUND THE 30,000 MILE MARK. ANOTHER PROBLEM IS THE HIGH BEAM SWITCH IS NEEDING TO BE CLICKED TWICE BEFORE DIMMING DOWN FROM HIGH BEAM. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE DUE TO BLINDING ONCOMING TRAFFIC. TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN LIKE SLIPPING INTO GEAR AS WELL. *TR

AT ABOUT 70,000 MILES MY IMPALA'S TEMPERATURE GAUGE STARTED ACTING FUNNY. ONCE IT STAYED ON COLD WHILE I DRIVE COMPLETELY ACROSS TOWN. THE NEXT DAY IT WENT ALL THE WAY TO HOT. I GOT OFF, CHECKED THE WATER AND OIL LEVELS. EVERYTHING WAS FINE. WITHIN A FEW DAYS I NOTICED THAT MY SPEEDOMETER SHOWED THAT I WAS GOING 50-60 MPH WHILE I WAS DRIVING IN A PARKING LOT. I STOPPED AND THE GAUGE STUCK AT 40 MPH. BOTH GAUGES HAVE CONTINUED TO GO HAYWIRE. MY TEMPERATURE GAUGE IS NOW STUCK WAY PAST THE HOT LEVEL AND HAS ALMOST MADE IT ALL THE WAY AROUND AGAIN. MY SPEEDOMETER IS STUCK ON 50 MPH FOR THE LAST 4 DAYS AND AT TIMES ALSO ALMOST GOES ALL THE WAY AROUND. I ATTEMPTED TO CHEVROLET AND THEY ARE BASICALLY DOING NOTHING ABOUT THIS EVEN THOUGH READING ON MULTIPLE WEBSITES ABOUT OTHER PEOPLES ISSUES, THIS IS THE MAIN PROBLEM WITH THE 2004 CHEVROLET IMPALA. *TR

THE SECURITY LIGHTS IN MY VEHICLE COMES ON AND ENGINE WILL NOT CRANK FOR 10 - 20 MINUTES. *TR

MY 2004 IMPALA SS HAS HAD SEVERAL FAILURES OF THE INSTRUMENT PANEL CLUSTER. THE FIRST WAS INCORRECT SPEEDOMETER READINGS THAT LEAD TO TOTAL FAILURE OF THE SPEEDOMETER (STICKING AND/OR ERRATIC BEHAVIOR OF THE SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE). THE SECOND WAS IMPROPER FUEL LEVEL INDICATION (HIGH LEVEL SHOWN WITH LOW FUEL LIGHT COMING ON - ALMOST NO FUEL LEFT). THE LATEST IS INCORRECT OIL PRESSURE INDICATION. ALL OF THESE ARE KNOWN ISSUES WITH THE MODEL OF STEPPER MOTOR USED TO DRIVE THESE GAUGES IN MANY GM VEHICLES. MY TOTAL COST FOR REPAIR HAS BEEN IN EXCESS OF $300, NOT INCLUDING THE CURRENT OIL PRESSURE GAUGE REPAIR (STEPPER MOTORS FOR SPEEDO AND FUEL LEVEL GAUGE). I PLAN ON HAVING ALL STEPPER MOTORS REPLACED WITH THE LATEST GENERATION REPLACEMENT (SWITEC X25.168). THIS IS SOMETHING THAT GM NEEDS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR AND CORRECT AS IT IS A VERY WIDESPREAD ISSUE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER DISPLAYED 75 MPH. WHEN THE VEHICLE IS PARKED, THE SPEEDOMETER DISPLAYS THE LAST TRAVELED SPEED INSTEAD OF ZERO. IN ORDER TO RESET THE SPEEDOMETER, HE MUST TURN THE SWITCH ON AND OFF UNTIL IT READS ZERO. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE INSTRUMENTAL PANEL CLUSTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND WOULD COST $1,000. THE DEALER INFORMATION WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 80,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 65,000.

SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS BOUGHT IN 2004 IT HAS BEEN TOWED 3 TIMES TO THE DEALER BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO INTO REVERSE. SINCE A NEW TRANSMISSION WAS PUT IN THE VEHICLE STILL HAS THIS PROBLEM. THIS HAS HAPPENED OVER A DOZEN OF TIMES. UPDATED 09/25/07 *TR

WHILE DRIVING THE CAR FEELS AS IF THE TRANSMISSION IS FAILING, EVERY TURN YOU HEAR KNOCKING AND BUMPING, RECENTLY WAS TOLD THAT THE RACK AND PINION NEEDS TO REPLACED THE CAR HAS ONLY 60,000 MILES. I HAVE HAD IT FOR 2 YEARS AND I HAVE HAD SEVERAL PROPLEMS. MY AC WORKS HOWEVER ONLY THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE HEATING UNIT WORKS. THE KNOCK SOUD OCCURRED IMMEDIATELY AFTER PURCHASE THE DEALER SHIP SAD NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE CAR. I HAVE A FRIEND WITH THE SAME VEHICLE AND HAD THE SAME ISSUE WITH THE KNOCK AND BUMPING FORTUNAELY THERE CAR WAS TOTALLED AND THEY WERE NOT INJURIED AT LEAST THEY ARE NO LONGER RESONSIBLE FOR THIS LEMON. *TR

SMELL GAS WHEN NOT AROUND GAS STATION AND IGNITION PROBLEMS SOMETIMES I MUST START THE CAR TWICE.

SPEEDOMETER READS ERRATIC. INDICATOR BEGAN READING THE INCORRECT SPEED AT APPROXIMATELY 37,800 MILES. SPEEDOMETER CURRENTLY STUCK AT 35 MPH WITH VEHICLE AT A COMPLETE STOP. WHEN ACTUALLY TRAVELING AT 65 MPH, SPEEDOMETER READS 110 MPH. THIS WOULD BE A SERIOUS PROBLEM IF THE DRIVER THOUGHT THE 110 MPH WAS CORRECT AND QUICKLY APPLIED BRAKES TO SLOW THE VEHICLE. DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND VEHICLE CHECKED. SPEEDOMETER HAD RETURNED TO NORMAL OPERATION AND DEALER COULD NOT FIND ANY PROBLEM. SINCE THEN A WEEK HAS GONE BY AND PROBLEM HAS RETURNED. *JB