2004 Chevrolet Impala

THE SPEEDOMETER STARTED GETTING STUCK ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO. FOR ABOUT EIGHT MONTHS I HAVE NOTICED THAT WHEN I TURN THE STEERING WHEEL I HEAR A NOISE IN THE FRONT OF THE CAR, LIKE A KNOCK OR SOMETHING. ALSO WITHIN THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS I HAVE ALSO SMELLED GAS WHEN I FIRST START THE CAR , MY HUSBAND COULD NOT SEE ANY LEAKAGE OR ANYTHING UNTIL LAST WEEK. IT WAS LEAKING FROM THE FUEL REGULATOR VALVE. NOW THE TRANSMISSION IS STARTING TO SHIFT HARD SOMETIMES. I HAVEN'T HAD THE MONEY TO GET IT ALL CHECKED OUT BY THE MANUFACTURER BUT I WAS WONDERING IF THERE HAVE BEEN ANY COMPLAINTS ON ANY OF THESE THINGS. ALSO I CAN HEAR A WHISTLING SOUND WHEN I PRESS THE ACCELERATOR. AND MY HUSBAND JUST INFORMED ME THAT HE BOUGHT A REGULATOR VALVE FOR IT AND SOME O RINGS BECAUSE SOMETHING IS LEAKING ANTIFREEZE SLIGHTLY. CAN YOU HELP PLEASE!!!!!!!! *TR

2004 CHEVROLET IMPALA'S TRANSMISSION STARTS SLIPPING. IT MOVES VERY SLOWLY IN THE MORNINGS. IT MOVES VERY SLOWLY FROM 1ST TO 2ND GEAR. IT WILL NOT PULL HILLS AT A SLOW SPEED BUT ON THE INTERSTATE AT 50-55MPH IT WILL ONLY SLOW DOWN JUST A LITTLE. IT BASICALLY WILL NOT GO OVER 65 MILES PER HOUR. I HAVE TO STAY IN THE SLOW LANE. PLUS, THE DIGITAL INSTRUMENT PANEL DOES NOT WORK SO I CAN ONLY ASSUME I AM GOING 50-55 MILES PER HOUR BY JUDGING THE SPEED PATTERN OF THE OTHER MOTORISTS. THIS MEANS NO TEMPERATURE GAUGE, NO SPEEDOMETER, AND NO FUEL GAUGE. I CHECK FLUID LEVELS EVERY WEEK. I FILL UP MY TANK EVERY SATURDAY AND WEDNESDAY. I AM STUCK AND SICK OF THIS BECAUSE I CAN NOT AFFORD TO GET TWO THINGS FIXED THAT SHOULD ONLY STOP WORKING ON OLD CARS. THIS CAR IS 4 YEARS OLD. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHILE DRIVING 90 MPH, THE SPEEDOMETER GAUGE BECAME STUCK AND REMAINED AT 90 MPH, EVEN WHILE DRIVING AT LOWER SPEEDS. THE SPEEDOMETER REMAINS AT 90 MPH EVEN WHILE THE VEHICLE IS PARKED. IN ADDITION, THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE INDICATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OVERHEATING WHEN IT ACTUALLY WAS NOT. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 49,500 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 49,487. UPDATED 10/16/08. *LJ THE TRANSMISSION WOULD SLIP WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOPPED POSITION. UPDATED 10/17/08.*JB

I SERIOUSLY THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE HAVING THESE PROBLEMS. I BOUGHT A 2004 CHEVROLET IMPALA IN AUG 07. THE PROBLEMS STARTED ONLY A MONTH AFTER I BOUGHT THE CAR. FIRST THE TEMP GAUGE WOULD REGISTER ALL THE WAY UP TO 260. AFTER CHECKING TO MAKE SURE THE CAR WAS NOT RUNNING HOT, I STARTED CALLING DEALERS TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. I WAS INFORMED BY A SEVERAL DEALERSHIPS THEY HAVE SEEN SEVERAL PROBLEMS WITH THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND THEY CONTINUED TELLING HOW MUCH IT WOULD COST TO REPLACE IT. WELL ONLY A COUPLE WEEKS LATER THE SPEEDOMETER STARTED THE SAME THING. IT WOULD STICK AND NOT REGISTER RIGHT. THE PROBLEM IS STILL CONTINUING CAUSE I CAN'T AFFORD TO FIX IT. I CONTINUED MY REGULAR MAINTENANCE ON THE CAR AND DURING AND OIL CHANGE I WAS INFORMED THE TRANSMISSION FLUID NEEDED TO CHANGED, SO I MADE THE APPOINTMENT TO HAVE IT CHANGED ON SATURDAY. ONLY A COUPLE OF HOURS AFTER HAVING IT CHANGED WE WENT TO BACK UP AND THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED. THIS HAD NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE SO WE THOUGHT IT JUST MIGHT BE LOW ON FLUID. AFTER CHECKING THE FLUID LEVEL WAS FINE BUT THE PROBLEMS CONTINUED. NOW IT SLIPS WHEN I PUT IT IN DRIVE TO TAKE OFF AND YOU CAN HEAR THE TRANSMISSION WHINING WHILE BEING DRIVEN. AS OF NOW IT STILL SLIPS, SOMETIMES, ANDS WHINES, AND OF COURSE THE INSTRUMENT PANEL IS STILL MESSED UP BECAUSE I CANNOT AFFORD TO HAVE IT FIXED. I HAVE SPOKEN TO SEVERAL PEOPLE THAT OWN IMPALAS AND I HAVE COME TO FIND OUT THEY ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS I AM HAVING. YOU WOULD THINK BY NOW THAT GM WOULD REALIZE THERE IS A PROBLEM AND THEY ARE NOT JUST ISOLATED INCIDENTS. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHEN BACKING UP, PLACING THE VEHICLE IN GEAR, OR DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE VEHICLE MAKES A CLICKING OR THUMPING SOUND. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND WAS DIAGNOSED WITH INTERIOR TRANSMISSION FAILURE. THE COST OF THE REPAIR WAS $2,700. THE PURCHASE DATE WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 51,875 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000.

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

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

WE BOUGHT AN IMPALA CHEVROLET 2004 NEW IN 2004. THERE WERE A FEW PROBLEMS WITH IT. INSTRUMENT PANEL CLUSTER -AND SPEEDOMETER GAUGE DID NOT WORK AND NOISES CAME FROM THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. STEERING GEAR POPPED/CLANKING NOISE HEARD AND SENSED FROM FRONT END. ALSO, SEEMED LIKE SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH THE TRANSMISSION BECAUSE IT DID NOT CHANGE GEARS CORRECTLY, AND IT KIND OF BUMPED WHEN ACCELERATING, APPEARED AS IF ENGINE DID NOT WANT TO ACCELERATE. THERE WAS A DELAYED START, MAY BE NECESSARY TO HOLD KEY IN START SEVERAL SECONDS UNTIL STARTING OR TURNING BACK AND TRYING AGAIN. SOMETIMES KEY LOCKED IN AND WON'T TURN. TOOK TO DEALER, BUT IT DID NOT DO IT FOR THEM. *AK ON THE STEERING GEAR THE STEERING INTERMEDIATE SHAFT WAS REPLACED ON 11/19/05. AGAIN THE NOISE WAS BACK AND ON 07/17/07 THE STEERING INTERMEDIATE SHAFT WAS LUBRICATED. ON OTHER ISSUES REPAIRS ARE TO COSTLY. DO NOT FEEL SECURE ON VEHICLE THESE PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN GOING ON FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS.