2007 Chevrolet Impala

EXCESSIVE TIRE WARE ON REAR TIRES---NOTICED THERE WAS A PROBLEM AT 22,000 MILE'S AT 27,000 MILES CAR WOULD NOT HOLD THE ROAD .IN THE DEAD OF SUMMER CAR DROVE LIKE YOU WERE ON A LAKE OF ICE( 2007 CHEVY SS IMPALA)TALKED TO DEALERS THEY SAID NOT A REPORTED PROBLEM FOUND OUT LATER THAT WAS '!@#$%. ITS A SUSP PROBLEM .SO MUCH SO THERE IS AN AFTER MARKET KIT TO CORRECT PROBLEM HAD TO TAKE CAR TO TIRE DEALER WHERE THEY CORRECTED PROBLEM. REPORTED PROBLEM TO G.M. AND GOT MORE '!@#$%. *TR

I PURCHASED EAGLE F1 (235/50ZR18) TIRES FROM THE CORPORATE GOODYEAR STORE IN RICHMOND, VIRGINIA ON APRIL 3, 2008. IN LESS THAN ONE YEAR, FOUR TIRES WERE REPLACED DUE TO CUPPING. I RESEARCHED THE INTERNET AND DISCOVERED OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT EAGLE F1 CUPPING ISSUES. NOW, TWO ADDITIONAL EAGLE F1 TIRES HAVE CUPPED. I HAVE PAID A PRORATED COST FOR FOUR ADDITIONAL TIRES, NOW TWO ADDITIONAL TIRES HAVE CUPPED. I DISCOVERED CUSTOMERS WHO PURCHASED GOODYEAR EAGLE F1 TIRES FROM TIRE RACK RECEIVED FOUR NEW TIRES AT NO COST PLUS A $100 PER TIRE PAYMENT TO OFFSET TIRE MOUNTING, FREIGHT AND BALANCING. TO DATE, I HAVE SPENT $1,995.99 FOR EIGHT EAGLE F1 TIRES WITH CUPPING ISSUES. GOODYEAR OFFERED TO REPLACE THE FOUR EAGLE F1S CURRENTLY ON MY CAR WITH FOUR NON EAGLE F1 TIRES FOR $722.00. GOODYEAR DENIES A TIRE RECALL. THE MANAGER INDICATED THE EAGLE F1S AS ONE OF GOODYEARS BEST TIRES, HOWEVER, THEY ARE NO LONGER ON DISPLAY IN HIS STORE. GOODYEAR HAS YET TO OFFER ADEQUATE COMPENSATION BASED ON THAT RECEIVED BY CUSTOMERS OF TIRE RACK, WHICH IS NOT A GOODYEAR CORPORATE STORE. *TR

I AM NOW BUYING THE 3RD SET OF REAR TIRES IN LESS THAN A YEAR. THE INSIDE TREAD WEARS DOWN TO THE WIRES EVERY 13-16,000 MILES. THE VIN ON MY CAR FALLS WITHIN THE VIN'S LISTED ON GM TSB 8032, HOWEVER THIS CAR IS NOT A POLICE CAR. GM STATES THAT I MUST BE HITTING A POTHOLE CAUSING ALIGNMENT PROBLEMS. I MUST BE HITTING THE SAME POTHOLE AT THE SAME MILEAGE ALL 3 TIMES AND IT ONLY AFFECTS THE REAR TIRES. THERE IS EXTENSIVE ANECDOTAL REFERENCES TO THIS PROBLEM ON NUMEROUS CAR COMPLAINT WEBSITES, INCLUDING NHTSA. SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET SERIOUSLY HURT IF GM IS ALLOWED TO IGNORE THIS PROBLEM. GM'S ONLY SOLUTION IS TO SELL ME ALIGNMENTS AND TIRES SINCE IT IS "MY FAULT" AND EVEN THOUGH THE PROBLEM IS IDENTICAL TO THE ISSUE NOTED BY GM IN TSB 8032, IT CAN'T POSSIBLY BE RELATED SINCE THE OTHER IDENTICAL PROBLEM ONLY HAPPENS ON POLICE AND GOVERNMENT CARS TO WHICH GM SELLS A LOT OF CARS. THE EVERYDAY INDIVIDUAL DOES NOT HAVE THE COMPLAINING POWER OF A LARGE BULK PURCHASER. *TR

WE PURCHASED OUR 2007 CHEVY IMPALA BRAND NEW JANUARY 07. SINCE THEN WITHIN A YEAR WE HAVE ALREADY REPLACED 2 TIRES THAT WERE BARE ON THE OUTSIDE PART OF THE TIRE. THE TIRE MONITOR SERVICE ALWAYS POPS ON THE DISPLAY SAYING TIRE PRESSURE OFF ALMOST DAILY. WE'VE TAKEN IT BACK TO OUR CHEVY DEALERSHIP ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS FOR THEM TO CHECK. THEY HAVE RE-SET THIS MONITORING THING SEVERAL TIMES, RE-ALIGNED THE CAR, REPLACED 2 TIRES (AT OUR EXPENSE). RIGHT AFTER THIS LAST TIME WE TOOK IT IN, THE NEXT DAY THE WARNING POPPED UP SAYING RIGHT REAR TIRE PRESSURE WAS AT 58!, I THOUGHT MY TIRE WAS GOING TO BLOW UP. PARKED IT TO GO INTO BUSINESS, WITHIN ABOUT 20 MIN CAME OUT AND STARTED AND TIRE WAS NORMAL? SEVERAL TIMES THE LIGHT FLASHES "TIRE MONITORING SYSTEM SERVICE SOON" IT RIDES VERY BUMPY EVEN AFTER REPLACING BAD TIRES AND RE-ALIGNING. WE HAVE TAKEN THIS CAR IN OVER AND OVER AND STILL NO RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM. I'M SORRY BUT THIS IS ONE OUT OF SEVERAL GM VEHICLES WE'VE HAD, AND GM IS TERRIBLE AT TAKING CARE OF THEIR CUSTOMERS WHEN IT COMES TO PROBLEMS. THIS CAR HAS 34,000 MILES ON IT, WARRANTY ENDING SOON, WE ARE NOW TRYING TO GET RID OF IT BECAUSE OF THE PROBLEMS ALREADY WITH THE TIRES, ETC. I DO NOT FEEL SAFE IN THIS CAR AND CONSTANTLY THE TIRE MONITOR FLASHES PRETTY MUCH EVERY DAY, THEN SHUT IT OFF, SOMETIMES IT GOES OFF, SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T. I DO NOT FEEL SAFE, NOR DO I FEEL THIS IS A RELIABLE VEHICLE ON A LONG ROAD TRIP. *TR

WHEN IT RAINS THE FRONT WHEEL WELLS ARE EXTREMELY LOUD. IT OCCURRED EVERYTIME IT RAINS ONCE THE TIRES WERE WORN DOWN. I WENT BACK TO THE PURCHASE PLACE AND HAD THEIR MECHANICS LOOK AT IT AND THEN I TOOK IT TO A DIFFERENT MECHANIC NEITHER OF WHICH FOUND ANYTHING. I HAD TO REPLACE THE FRONT TIRES AFTER 6 MONTHS OF OWNING THE VEHICLE AND THE REAR TIRES 3 MONTHS LATER. *TR

RIGHT AFTER I HIT 36,000 MILES ON MY CAR, I STARTED HEARING A CLUNK SOUND FROM THE STEERING WHEEL. I BROUGHT IT INTO THE DEALERSHIP, AND THE GENTLEMAN TOLD ME IT WAS PROBABLY THE STEERING SHAFT. I ASKED IF THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM, AND IF IT WAS COVERED UNDER MY EXTENDED WARRANTY. I WAS TOLD YES, IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM, AND NO, ITS ONLY COVERED UNDER THE 36000 MILE WARRANTY. NOT THE 50,000. I ASKED WHY THIS ISN'T COVERED SEEING AS ITS A PART THAT SHOULD NEVER GO ON YOUR CAR, ESPECIALLY AFTER ONLY 36000 MILES. HIS REPLY SHOCKED ME WHEN HE SAID THAT ALL THE ONES HE'S SEEN BREAK BEFORE THE 36,000! ADDED ONTO THIS, MY CAR REMOTE JUST STOPPED WORKING, AS WELL AS MY TIRE MONITOR SYSTEM IS UNABLE TO BE RESET! BASICALLY AFTER OWNING THIS CAR LESS THAN A YEAR, I'M STARTING TO FEEL THAT I HAVE JUST BOUGHT A NICE NEW LEMON! *TR