2005 Chevrolet Impala

WHEN I FIRST GOT THE CAR I NOTICED THAT WHILE DRIVING IT WOULD SOUND LIKE IT WANTED TO CUT OFF AND EVENTUALLY IT DID EVERY TIME I CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. EVENTUALLY IT WOULD NOT START AT ALL. HAD TO GET THE FUEL REGULATOR PUMP CHANGED TWICE. THEN MY CAR WAS CLAIMING TO BE OVERHEATING SO I CHANGED THE THERMOSTAT, TEMPERATURE SENSOR AND FAN RELAYS. BUT MY TEMPERATURE GAUGE IS READING OUT OF WHACK SAYING MY CAR IS OVERHEATING WHEN ITS NOT. A COUPLE MONTHS LATER MY SPEEDOMETER JUST STARTED ACTING UP AS WELL . IT KEEP MOVING UP ALL AROUND AND SOMETIMES MAY STAY ON ZERO. YESTERDAY IT MADE A COMPLETE 360 AND IS STUCK IT AT THE BOTTOM. A COWORKER WAS JUS TELLING ME ABOUT HER CHEVY TRUCK SPEEDOMETER PROBLEMS LAST WEEK AND LITERALLY WITHIN A WEEKS TIME THE EXACT THING HAPPENS TO ME WITH NO WARNING. THERE MUST NEED TO BE A RECALL IF I DON'T EVEN HAVE TO FINISH TYPING CHEVY IMPALA AND SPEEDOMETER PROBLEMS AUTOMATICALLY POPS UP!!!! *TR

FROM STOP I WOULD STEP ON THE GAS, AND THE CAR WOULD SLAM INTO GEAR. I HAVE HAD TO HAVE THE ELECTRICAL CLUSTER REPLACED $300, AND THE FUEL CONTROL REPLACED (CAR ALWAYS SMELT LIKE GAS) NOW THEY THINK THIS SLAM IS THE TCC VALVE IN THE TRANSMISSION WHICH IS ANYWHERE FROM $600-$900. ALSO THE STEERING KNUCKLE MAKES A LOUD NOISE ON SHARP TURNS. WHATS NEXT? ARE ANY OF THESE ISSUES RECALLS? *TR

I WAS DRIVING HOME ONE NIGHT AND MY CAR SAID I WAS DOING 120 MPH. WHEN I WAS AT A COMPLETE IT STILL READ 75 MPH. WE REPLACED THE SPEED SENSOR TWICE THINKING THIS MAY BE THE PROBLEM, BUT IT WAS NOT. I CAN GET IT BACK TO 0 BY TURNING THE CAR ON AND OFF UNTIL IT HITS 0. THIS KEPT DOING THIS SO I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE AND THEY STATED IT WAS A CLUSTER IN THE DASH GOING OUT. I HAVE TWO CHILDREN WHO ARE IN THIS CAR WITH ME ALOT AND DO ALOT OF NIGHT TIME DRIVING AND WHEN THIS GOES OUT IS NOT THE BEST FEELING OF SAFETY. I HAVE A 2005 CHEVY IMPALA. *TR

SPEEDOMETER GAUGE NOT SHOWING PROPER SPEED SHOWS DOING 100 WHEN PARKED, TOOK CAR TO DEALER AND WAS TOLD NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH IT. SPEEDOMETER COMPLETELY QUIT WORKING AND NOW THE FUEL GAUGE IS NOT WORKING. SPEEDOMETER QUIT WORKING 2 YEARS AGO. CRUISE CONTROL HAS WENT OUT SEVERAL TIMES AND NO LONGER WORKS TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING AROUND 80,000 MILES. TRACTION CONTROL AND ABS LIGHT IS CONSTANTLY ON AND STATING THAT IT NEEDS TO BE SERVICE WHEN TRACTION CONTROL WAS NEVER ENGAGED. *TR

MY WIFE AND TWO CHILDREN WERE RIDING IN OUR 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA AND IT SUDDENLY STARTED ACCELERATING UNCONTROLLABLY. MY WIFE CALLED 911 AND TOLD THEM THAT SHE COULDN'T GET THE CAR TO STOP AND THE BRAKES SEEMED TO BE LOCKED. THE CAR WENT UNCONTROLLABLY FOR ABOUT 3/4 MILE, AND REACHED SPEEDS OVER 90 MPH. SHE ENDED UP PUTTING THE CAR IN NEUTRAL TO GET IT TO SLOW DOWN EVEN THOUGH THE ENGINE WAS STILL ACCELERATING. WE HAD IT TOWED TO A CHEVY DEALER, BUT THEY DIDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT. IF MY WIFE WOULDN'T HAVE THOUGHT TO PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL, MY ENTIRE FAMILY VERY POSSIBLY COULD HAVE DIED. VERY SCARY INCIDENT!! *TR

OUR COMPLAINT IS ABOUT GM'S UNWILLINGNESS TO RECALL 2005 CHEVY IMPALA'S FOR THE SPEEDOMETER INSTRUMENT CLUSTER (STEPPER MOTOR) ISSUE. APPARENTLY, THEY'VE RECALLED THE TRUCKS BUT NOT THE CARS. THAT'S TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE. I HAVE TO PAY $500 TO GET THIS FIXED AND THEY ARE AWARE OF THE ISSUE BUT, NOW MY VEHICLE HAS OVER 70,000 MILES WHICH IS ALSO A PROBLEM-I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THIS WOULD MATTER - BROKEN IS BROKEN. ANYTHING YOU CAN DO TO HELP TO GET THIS RECALLED WITH NO MILEAGE RESTRICTIONS WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. *TR