2000 Chevrolet Impala

2000 CHEVY IMPALA LS,(THIS PROBLEM STARTED WHEN MY CAR WAS AT 40,000 MILES) THE TRACTION CONTROL WILL COME ON FOR NO REASON. THIS CAUSES AUTOMATIC BREAKING FOR WHICH YOU CAN NOT MOVE THE CAR YOU CAN BE BACKING UP, TURNING, OR GOING FORWARD. THE CAR WILL LAG AND THEN SHUDDER FIGHTING THE BRAKES THAT HAVE BEEN APPLIED BY THE CAR WHILE I AM ON THE GAS. I HAVE FOR MY SELF TURNED THE TRACTION CONTROL OFF. HOWEVER I HAVE RESEARCHED ON LINE AND FOUND THAT THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WITH THIS VERY SAME PROBLEM. THEY HAVE BEEN TO THE DEALERSHIPS FOR TROUBLE SHOOTING AND REPLACED MANY POSSIBLE PARTS IT COULD BE AND THE PROBLEM WILL RESURFACE AGAIN. I WAS CONTENT WITH TURNING THE TRACTION CONTROL OFF ALTHOUGH WITH FURTHER RESEARCH I HAVE FOUND THE TRACTION CONTROL WILL RE-ENGAGE, SINCE THIS BUTTON NEEDS TO BE PRESSED EVERY TIME YOU TURN ON THE CAR. IT WILL RE-ENGAGE ITSELF AND YOU CAN NOT TURN IT OFF. THE BUTTON BECOMES USELESS. THIS IS WHY I AM TURNING TO THE NHTSA FOR HELP. I SEE THIS BEING A HUGE SAFETY RISK THAT I AM DRIVING AND THE ABS WILL ENGAGE ITSELF BECAUSE THE TRACTION CONTROL HAS COME ON. I HAVE BEEN LUCKY THIS HAS ONLY HAPPENED AT LOW SPEEDS MY FEAR IS THAT I WILL HAVE MY DAUGHTER IN THE CAR WITH ME AND THIS HAPPENS AT HIGHWAY SPEED. I AM SURE YOU CAN SEE THE DANGER IN THIS HAPPENING AT ANY SPEED LET ALONE IF IT SHOULD HAPPEN AT A FASTER SPEED OF RATE. THANK-YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER I LOOK FORWARD TO A RECALL AND A REAL SOLUTION TO THIS PROBLEM. *TR

I HAVE THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM AS THIS ONE BELOW. HOW DO I GET IT RESOLVED BEFORE I GET KILLED? CONSUMER COMPLAINT: ODI CASE NUMBER: 10321063 COMPONENT: EXTERIOR LIGHTING DETAILS: TURN SIGNALS INOP (INTERMITTENT/ FREQUENT) - WIGGLING HAZARD SWITCH MAKES THEM FUNCTION FOR AWHILE. FOUND DEFECTIVE OEM SWITCH. OCCURRENCES: 1 INJURIES: 0 FAIL DATE: 12/01/2009 DEATHS: 0 DATE ADDED TO DATABASE: 3/19/2010 [FILE] YOUR OWN COMPLAINT ON THIS MODEL CAR. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNED A 2000 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH AND OBSERVED SMOKE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER. THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE HAD NOT BEEN DETERMINED. THERE WAS A RECALL DEFECT WHICH THE MANUFACTURER FAILED TO HONOR. THE NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE UNAVAILABLE.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE TRAVELED FOR FIVE MINUTES IN THE VEHICLE AND UPON RETURNING TO HER RESIDENCE, SHE OBSERVED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. WITHIN A FEW MINUTES, THE VEHICLE WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES. A FIRE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT CONFIRMED THAT THERE WERE NO PRIOR WARNINGS THAT INDICATED A POTENTIAL FIRE. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO LOCATE THREE RECALLS FOR HER YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL THAT COULD POTENTIALLY CAUSE A FIRE (NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBERS 04V090000, 01V136000 AND 04V090000). THE MANUFACTURER TOOK POSSESSION OF THE VEHICLE APRIL 2009 AND HAS YET TO COMMUNICATE THE OUTCOME TO THE CONTACT. THE MANUFACTURER WOULD NOT CONFIRM IF ANY OF THE RECALLS APPLIED SPECIFICALLY TO VIN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 124,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 124,000.

ON FEB.10TH OR 11TH.MY NEIGHBOR WAS ATTEMPTING TO JUMP START MY CAR BECAUSE THE BATTERY HAD FAILED DUE TO A 3 DAY SNOW STORM. AFTER TURNED THE IGNITION THE SECOND TIME, THERE WAS A LOUD BOOM. WHEN WE CHECKED THE ENGINE, WE NOTED THE MANIFOLD COVER HAD CRACKED INTO SEVERAL PIECES. ALSO THE WIRES WERE ON FIRE. MY NEIGHBOR QUICKLY EXTINGUISHED THE FLAMES. LATER, I WENT TO MY DEALER(FRANK Z CHEVROLET IN DAYTON, OH. ABOUT THE PROBLEM. I WAS TOLD BY THE ASSISTANT SERVICE MANAGER THAT THE REPAIRS COULD COST FROM $1,800-$2,000 MAINLY DUE TO THE FIRE DAMAGE. SINCE I HAVE BEEN UNEMPLOYED FOR 18 MONTHS, I HAVE NOT HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR AN ESTIMATE OF ACTUAL DAMAGE.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS 2000 CHEVY IMPALA LS. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH HER STEERING WHEEL LOCKED. THE CONTACT HAD TO PULL THE STEERING WHEEL REALLY HARD AND IN ORDER TO GAIN CONTROL OF IT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT DEALER. THE DEALER THEN INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE NEEDED A POWER STEERING PUMP AND THAT THERE WAS AN INTERNAL LEAK IN THE POWER STEERING HOSE. THE CONTACT HAD TO RENT A VEHICLE FOR FOUR DAYS WHILE THE DEALER FIXED THE PROBLEM. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WASN'T ANY NOISE WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED. THE CONTACT DID REPORT THIS TO THE MANUFACTURER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 67,255 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 67,355. UPDATED 03/30/10. *LJ

MY 2000 CHEVROLET IMPALA IS CAUSING A GREAT DEAL OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIPS AND IS LEAVING ME STRANDED IN AWKWARD SITUATIONS. AT UNPREDICTABLE TIMES IT WILL NOT START. I TURN THE KEY AND NOTHING. I TOOK IT TO A GM DEALER AND THEY PUT A NEW IGNITION SWITCH ON THE CAR AND IT WAS FINE FOR 6 MONTHS. COST $500. I OFTEN COULD WAIT 10 TO 15 MINUTES AND IT WOULD START. BUT IT BEGAN HAPPENING MORE AND MORE. I TOOK IT IN TO A MECHANIC, HE RAN THE CODES AND DETERMINED IT WAS THE IGNITION SWITCH. COST $450 AND WITHIN A MONTH IT BEGAN DOING THE SAME THING. I GOT STRANDED AND HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO A GM DEALER AND THEY PUT A NEW BATTERY ON IT AND REMOVED ALL THE AFTER MARKET UNLOCKING MECHANISMS AND CHARGED $550. THREE DAYS LATER WE HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. IT SEEMS TO BE CONNECTED TO THE PASS LOCK SYSTEM. THERE HAS TO BE A DEFECT OF SOME SORT GOING ON IN THE WHOLE STARTING ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. *TR

AFTER PARKING THE CAR I WAS NOTIFIED BY A NEIGHBOR THAT MY VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE. THE FIRE DEPT. WAS CALL AND EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE.THE ARSON SQUAD WAS CALLED AND DETERMINED THE VEHICLES FIRE WAS DUE TO A MECHANICAL PROBLEM. AFTER I RESEARCHED THE VEHICLES SAFETY RECALLS AND FOUND OUT THERE HAD BEEN A RECALL FOR THIS VEHICLE AND I WAS UNAWARE OF IT. I PURCHASED IT USED. I DID NOT RECEIVE ANY NOTICE ON THE RECALL. I FOUND THERE WERE MANY OTHER FIRES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALLY BURNED UP VEHICLE WAS NON REPAIRABLE AND TOWED TO THE JUNK YARD AFTER ARSON INVESTIGATION WAS COMPLETE. *TR