2005 Chevrolet Impala

JUST BOUGHT A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA, HAVING BAD PROBLEMS WITH REAR BRAKES, DRAGGING REALLY BAD. SOMETIMES JUST 1 IS DRAGGING, NO ONE SEEMS TO KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM IS. EVERY SERVICE I TALK TO GIVES ME A 1500-3000 DOLLAR ESTIMATE TO REPLACE EVERYTHING , I'VE TALKED TO GENERAL MOTORS SEVERAL TIMES THEY SEEM TO BE IN DENIAL ABOUT THE PROBLEMS GOING ON WITH THE VEHICLE.I THINK THEY SHOULD FIX IT SENSE EVERY WERE I LOOK EVERYBODY IS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS WITH SAME MAKE AND MODEL. THIS IS A LINK TO A WEBSITE WERE EVERYBODY IS DISCUSSING THERE PROBLEMS WITH THE SAME MODEL HTTP://WWW.TOPIX.COM/FORUM/AUTOS/CHEVROLET-IMPALA/TG9QFKQO9EOREU1R6. MY MAIN FEAR IS THE SMELL COMING FROM THE BRAKE PADS I'M AFRAID ITS GOING TO CATCH FIRE. IF YOU CAN HELP ME OUT PLEASE CONTACT ME.THANK YOU *TR

I WAS ON MY WAY TO WORK AT AT 6:30 AM ON 9-24-13 WHEN MY HEADLIGHTS WENT OFF. IT WAS PITCH DARK AND I WAS TOTALLY WITHOUT HEADLIGHTS. I WAS ABLE TO TURN ON THE FOG LIGHTS THIS CAR HAS, BUT IT WAS STILL HARD TO SEE. I HAVE NOTICED THE LIGHTS SEEMED DIMMER THAN WHAT I CONSIDER NORMAL. I MADE AN APPOINTMENT WITH A LOCAL MECHANIC. HE CANNOT FIND THE REASON FOR THE DIM LIGHTS OR THE LIGHTS GOING OFF BY THEMSELVES. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND I AM SURPRISED A RECALL HAS NOT BEEN ISSUED TO ADDRESS THIS VERY SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. WHEN I CONDUCTED A GOOGLE SEARCH I NOTICED THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH A NUMBER OF GM VEHICLES. IT IS A WONDER I DID NOT CRASH MY VEHICLE AS I NEVER EXPECTED MY LIGHT TO GO OUT AS I TRAVELED DOWN A HIGHWAY. *JS

CAR HAS JUST ROLLED OVER TO A LITTLE OVER 165,,000 MILES AND WHEN WE BOUGHT IT AT THE TIME WE DIDN'T THINK ANYTHING OF IT AND THEN TURNS OUT A YEAR AFTER WE BOUGHT THE CAR IT STARTED SMELLING LIKE GAS BIG TIME BUT WE DIDN'T KNOW WHERE IT WAS COMING FROM THEN WHEN I WENT TO PUT THE CAR IN PARK THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON SO IM LIKE THINKING NOW WHAT AND SO WE TAKE IT TO A GARAGE AND THEY SAY OH YOUR ENTIRE EXHAUST SYSTEM IS RUSTED OUT AND THAT THERE'S A DOLLAR SIZE HOLE NEAR THE FRONT OF THE EXHAUST BUT WE DIDN'T GET IT FIXED BECUZ WE COULDN'T AT THE TIME SO THEY JUST TOLD ME TO DRIVE IT AS IS AND I HAVE BEEN BUT I'VE BEEN NOTICING THAT IT SOUNDS LOUDER AND LOUDER ALMOST LIKE HOW A CAR DOES NOT HAVE AN EXHAUST SYSTEM AND I REALLY DON'T FEEL SAFE BECUZ ITS LOUD AND IT SMELLS LIKE GAS ON THE INSIDE AND IM AFRAID OF IT CATCHING ON FIRE ONE OF THESE DAYS AND AS FOR THE RESISTOR BLOWER MODULE FOR THE A/C AND HEATER WE ALREADY HAD TO REPLACE THAT THREE TIMES BECUZ IT KEPT GOING OUT AND I REALLY DON'T WANT TO HAVE THE CAR CATCH ON FIRE BECUZ THE BLOWER MOTOR RESISTOR MODULE ISN'T WORKING PROPERLY AND I DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY TO KEEP FIXING THINGS ON MY CAR. *TR

FIRST BOUGHT THE CAR IN 2011 WITH 160,000 MILES ON IT AND FOUR MONTHS LATER MY ENTIRE STEERING GOES OUT SO I HAD NO POWER STEERING THE PEOPLE I BOUGHT THE CAR FROM DIDN'T BOTHER TO TELL ME ABOUT IT AND THE CAR WASN'T UNDER WARRANTY SO WHEN WE TOLD THEM ABOUT IT THEY DIDN'T WANT TO FIX IT. THEN EXACTLY A YEAR LATER THE SAME PROBLEM HAPPENS I DON'T HAVE ANY POWER STEERING SO WE GOT THE POWER STEERING FIXED TWICE NOW SO IM THINKING OK SOMETHING IS GOING ON HERE THEN THIS YEAR ABOUT THE EXACT SAME TIME AS THE PREVIOUS TWO TIMES MY POWER STEERING GOES OUT AGAIN FOR THE THIRD TIME SO WE GOT THAT FIXED AGAIN AND I DON'T WANNA SINK ANYMORE MONEY INTO MY CAR. AS FOR MY TRACTION CONTROL AND ABS SYSTEM I HAVE NOTHING EVEN THOUGH WE TOOK IT TO A GARAGE TO HAVE IT FIXED AND THEY SAID THEY FIXED IT NOW THREE DAYS LATER THE ABS AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT ARE ON AGAIN SAYING I DON'T HAVE EITHER AND AS OF NOW I DON'T FEEL SAFE WITH MY CAR ANYMORE BECAUSE THE POWER STEERING HAS GONE OUT SO MANY TIMES AND SINCE I DON'T HAVE ABS OR TRACTION CONTROL ANYMORE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED AFTER ADDING GASOLINE TO THE VEHICLE, THE FUEL GAUGE DISPLAYED AN INACCURATE READING. THE SPEED ODOMETER REMAINED AT ZERO REGARDLESS UPON THE SPEED THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN. IN ADDITION, THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE WOULD FLUCTUATE. THE FAILURE RECURRED WHENEVER THE VEHICLE WAS IN OPERATION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 160,000.

IT STARTED WITH THE TACHOMETER NOT READING RIGHT, THEN IT STARTED WORKING, THEN STOPPED, NOW THE SPEEDOMETER AND TACHOMETER IS NOT WORKING RIGHT, IF I TURN OFF THE CAR OR BE AT A NON-MOVING STATE IT WILL READ ANYWHERE FROM 10-20MPH, IF I AM DRIVING IT WILL READ OR NOT AT ALL, NOTHING IS ACCURATE...GOOD GRIEF MY CAR HAS UNDER 41000 MILES ON IT. IT SEEMS LIKE TO ME AFTER LOOKING AT THE EXTENSIVE COMPLAINTS ON THIS PROBLEM WITH THE IMPALAS, CHEVROLET WOULD ISSUE A RECALL AND FIX THIS RIDICULOUS ISSUE. IT CERTAINLY MAKES ME NOT WANT TO BUY ANOTHER CHEVROLET AGAIN! I WOULD THINK THEY WOULD WANT TO HAVE MORE OF THEIR CARS ON THE ROAD THAN FOREIGN AND REALIZE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE MORE INFORMED AND DO RESEARCH BEFORE BUYING LARGE PURCHASES SUCH AS A CAR, AND WE BASE OUR DECISIONS ON WHAT WE HEAR AND READ ON COMPANIES CUSTOMER SATISFACTION, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY THE SAFETY ISSUES! *TR

AT 60000 VEHICLE HAD A TRANSMISSION SLIP. RE-MANUFACTURED TRANSMISSION INSTALLED UNDER EXTENDED CAR WARRANTY. AT 120000 VEHICLE HAD A TRANSMISSION SLIP. WORN INTERNAL TRANSMISSION GEARS REPLACED UNDER EXTENDED CAR WARRANTY. AT 160000 VEHICLE HAD A TRANSMISSION SLIP. RE-MANUFACTURED TRANSMISSION INSTALLED UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY. SO AS YOU CAN CLEARLY DO THE MATH THE FIRST TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 60,000, THE SECOND AT 120,000 AND THE THIRD AT 160,000. NOW AT 180,000 IN THE MONTH OF JUNE 2013 THE TRANS IS SLIPPING AGAIN BUT I HAVE YET TO HAVE THE FOURTH INCIDENT EVALUATED.