2004 Chevrolet Impala

I HAVE A 2004 CHEVY IMPALA THAT HAS HAD PROBLEMS WITH WARPED ROTORS, WHICH I HAD REPLACED. THEN A WHEEL BEARING WENT BAD. TOOK VEHICLE TO CHEVY DEALER. THEY DIAGNOSED IT AS LEFT FRONT HUB BEARING BEING BAD. I HAD LEFT FRONT HUB BEARING REPLACED AND PROBLEM WASN'T FIXED. TURNED OUT IT WAS RIGHT FRONT HUB BEARING THAT WAS BAD, SO BOTH ENDED UP REPLACED. A FEW WEEKS LATER "SERVICE TRACTION SYSTEM" LIGHT STARTED COMING ON EVERY DAY AND SHUTS OFF THE ABS AND TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEMS. OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE AND WEATHER CONDITIONS DON'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE. ALSO HAVING PROBLEMS WITH HEADLIGHTS GOING FROM HIGH BEAMS TO DIM. SOMETIMES IT TAKES TWO OR THREE ATTEMPTS BEFORE IT WILL GO FROM HIGH BEAMS TO DIM. I'VE NEVER HAD THESE KINDS OF PROBLEMS WITH CHEVROLET'S BEFORE. I'VE HAD CHEVROLET'S WITH 150,000 MILES ON THEM AND HAVE NEVER HAD TO REPLACE ROTORS, WHEEL BEARINGS, OR HAD ABS PROBLEMS BEFORE, JUST NORMAL MAINTENANCE. *TR

LAST YEAR AROUND THIS SAME TIME I WAS DRIVING TO WORK AROUND 4:30 AM ON I 85 NB IN ATLANTA, GA. GOING TO WORK WHEN MY CAR SUDDENLY WENT TOTALLY DARK. I DIDN'T REALIZE IT UNTIL I GOT TO A STRETCH OF HIGHWAY THAT HAD NO LIGHTS. IT WAS VERY SCARY CAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW IF ANY OF THE OTHER CARS COULD SEE ME. I GOT OFF THE HWY AT THE 1ST EXIT AND WAITED UNTIL DAYLIGHT TO GO CONTINUE TO WORK. I WENT TO THE 1ST MECHANIC THAT OPENED AND THE LIGHTS WERE WORKING AGAIN SO THE MECHANIC COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG. 1 YEAR LATER ON 2/12/08, MY 7YEAR OLD SON AND I WENT TO THE DRUG STORE TO GET HIS MEDICATION AND AS WE WERE DRIVING UP SR 139, I NOTICED THAT I COULDN'T SEE THE ROAD!!! AGAIN, I'M ON A STRETCH OF ROAD WITH NO STREET LIGHTS AND THIS TIME I HAVE INTERIOR LIGHTS, BLINKERS AND PARKERS, BUT I HAVE NO HEADLIGHTS. I IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVER AND CUT THE CAR OFF HOPING TO RESET THE COMPUTER OR WHATEVER WAS CAUSING THE PROBLEM AND WHEN I RESTARTED THE CAR THE HEADLIGHTS STILL DIDN'T COME ON. I WAITED APPROX 45 MINUTES AND STILL IN THE DARK. I WAS SOOO AFRAID BECAUSE I HAD MY SON WITH ME AND I HAD ABOUT 2.5 MILES TO GO BEFORE GETTING HOME. I TOOK MY CHANCES AND DROVE HOME TRYING TO BE AS CAREFUL AS POSSIBLE AS ONCOMING CARS FLASHED THEIR LIGHTS AT ME AND HONKED. MY SON WAS SCARED AND KEPT ASKING IF OTHER CARS WERE GOING TO HIT US OR IF THEY COULD SEE US. I TRIED TO STAY CALM FOR HIM, BUT TRUTHFULLY, I WAS SCARED STUPID. I'VE BEEN READING UP ON SIMILAR SITUATIONS LIKE THIS AND GM HAS GOT TO STEP UP AND FIX THIS PROBLEM. WHY SHOULD IT TAKE FOR SOMEONE TO LOOSE THEIR LIFE FOR GM TO TAKE NOTICE??? I'VE OWNED A 99 GRAND AM, 00 OLDSMOBILE ALERO & NOW THE THE 04 IMPALA. I THOUGHT THAT I HAD MOVED UP AND BOUGHT A REALLY GOOD CAR THAT I LOVED NOT A DEATH MACHINE. MY NEXT CAR MIGHT HAVE TO BE A NISSAN OR A TOYOTA. MY GRANDMA & MOM ONLY BUY TOYOTAS AND HAVE NEVER HAD THESE TYPES OF PROBLEMS. BUT I'M TRYING TO KEEP MY FELLOW AMERICANS EMPLOYED EVEN THOUGH I'VE LOST MY JOB. *TR

2004 CHEVROLET IMPALA - THE HEADLIGHTS WILL GO OUT WITHOUT ANY WARNING WHILE YOU ARE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS! I AM STILL IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET THIS PROBLEM CORRECTED. I HAVE ALREADY HAD THE LIGHT SENSOR REPLACED AND THE BCM REPLACED. NEITHER OF THESE CORRECTED THE PROBLEM. AFTER MANY DAYS AND HOURS OF RESEARCH, I THINK IT MAY BE RELATED TO THE MULTI-FUNCTION SWITCH ON THE STEERING COLUMN. THIS MUST BECOME A RECALL AS THIS ENDANGERS MANY LIVES! *TR

2004 CHEVROLET IMPALA. HEADLIGHTS SUDDENLY STOPPED WORKING COMPLETELY WHILE BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY ONTO MY ROAD. WHILE I WAS ABLE TO PULL BACK INTO MY DRIVEWAY QUICKLY, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN ANOTHER STORY A MINUTE LATER WHEN I WOULD HAVE BEEN AT A BUSY INTERSECTION. BECAUSE THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT OR INJURIES, DOES NOT MAKE THIS ANY LESS OF A SERIOUS SAFETY RELATED FAILURE OF THIS VEHICLE. IF THE POLICE CAN TICKET YOU FOR NOT FIXING ONE HEADLIGHT WHEN IT FAILS, WHY WOULD THIS NOT BE A MORE SERIOUS SAFETY PROBLEM? I HAD THE VEHICLE IN TO THE GM DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY DETERMINED THAT THE MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH (ON THE STEERING COLUMN) HAD FAILED. IT WAS REPLACED AND IT COST ME $786.00 CANADIAN. MY WIFE TOLD ME THAT THE LIGHTS HAD GONE OUT A FEW WEEKS PRIOR TO THIS WHILE DRIVING HOME ONE NIGHT. THEY SUDDENLY WENT OUT FOR A FEW SECONDS AND THEN CAME BACK ON BY THEMSELVES. I AM ASSUMING THIS WAS CAUSED BY THE SAME MALFUNCTION.*CN

2004 CHEVY IMPALA--BOTH TURN SIGNALS AND HAZARD LIGHTS STOP FLASHING. TRIED TO REPLACE FUSES, BUT ALL STILL GOOD. COULD NOT LOCATE A TURN SIGNAL RELAY IN THE FUSE BOX. SPOKE TO A MECHANIC WHO SAID IT DIDN'T MAKE SINCE THAT THERE WAS NO RELAY IN THE FUSE PANEL. LOOKED UP THE TURN SIGNAL SWITCH PART AND IT WAS ON BACK ORDER. THE PART ALONE WAS OVER $300.00. MECHANIC ALSO STATED IT DID NOT MAKE SINCE THAT IT WOULD BE THE TURN SIGNAL SWITCH WHEN ALL OTHER COMPONENTS ON THE TURN SIGNAL ARM (WINDSHIELD WIPERS, CRUISE CONTROL, ETC.) STILL WORKED. UNABLE TO GO TO THE DEALERSHIP SINCE IT WAS A SUNDAY. LOOKED UP OTHER SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ON TOPIX.COM AND FOUND SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. WAS ADVISED TO TURN ON AND OFF THE HAZARD SEVERAL TIMES. IN DOING SO (ABOUT 100 TIMES) THE SIGNALS STARTED WORKING. THEREFORE, IT DOESN'T SEEM AS IF THIS IS A TURN SIGNAL SWITCH ISSUE, BUT A HAZARD SWITCH ISSUE. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION IF DRIVING AND YOUR TURN SIGNALS STOP WORKING WHICH COULD CAUSE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. *TR

WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES FOR THE FIRST TIME AFTER START UP AT LOW SPEEDS (LESS THAN 20MPH) THE ANTILOCK BRAKES KICK IN WHEN NOT NEEDED. FOR ABOUT 2-3 SECONDS, THERE IS EXTREMELY REDUCED BRAKING ABILITY. AFTER THIS INITIAL TIME PERIOD, THE WHOLE ANTILOCK BRAKING SYSTEM SHUTS DOWN AND ALSO TURNS OFF THE TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM. ONCE THE SHUTDOWN HAS TAKEN PLACE, THE CAR'S BRAKING SYSTEM FUNCTIONS AS IF THERE WAS NO ANTILOCK BRAKES ON THE VEHICLE. TOOK CAR TO DEALERSHIP WHICH INDICATED THAT THE WHEEL SENSOR WAS BAD AND COULD BE REPLACED FOR $600.00. ALSO WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE, NOTICED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER WAS STUCK AT 65MPH, REGARDLESS OF SPEED. WHEN TURNED OFF, THE VEHICLE STILL READ 65MPH. WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE PROPER SPEED. NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE RESET THE SPEED 5MPH LOWER EACH TIME THE IGNITION SWITCH WAS MOVED FROM OFF TO ON. MULTIPLE CYCLES OF TURNING THE IGNITION SWITCH ON AND OFF FINALLY RESET THE SPEEDOMETER TO 0MPH. DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS ONLY A TEMPORARY FIX FOR A PROBLEM THAT WILL PROBABLY GET WORSE. ALTHOUGH NOT A SERIOUS ISSUE, THE TACHOMETER DOES THE SAME THING. *TR