2007 Chevrolet Impala

IN 2014 I BOUGHT THIS CHEVY IMPALA FROM A LOCAL DEALER. OVER TIME A STRONG ODOR SKUNK LIKE SMELL RADIATES FROM THE VEHICLES INTERIOR. AFTER TRYING DIFFERENT THINGS TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM IT STILL WOULDN'T GO AWAY. I RECENTLY DID SOME ONLINE INVESTIGATION AND FOUND OUT GM ISSUED A TSB #08-08-110-019 FOR THIS PROBLEM, BUT THEY WILL NOT FIX BECAUSE CAR IS OUT OF WARRANTY. THIS IS A REALLY STRONG ODOR AFRAID SOMEBODY IS GOING TO GET SICK. WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT THIS TO GET IT FIXED, I THINK GM SHOULD BE TOTALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS PROBLEM.

CURRENTLY CAR HAS 140,000 MILES. 1. CAR HESITATES AND STALLS INTO GEAR. IT ACCELERATES SLOWLY AND JERK AND JERKS AND JOLTS INTO TRAFFIC CONSTANTLY. STARTED AROUND AT 130,000 MILES. 2. EVERY TIME I TURN ON THE HEAT FROM THE AIR CONDITIONER AND VICE VERSA, IT MAKES A LOUD CLICKING AND CLACKING SOUND THAT LASTS FOR ABOUT A MINUTE AND IT IS LOUD ENOUGH TO BE HEARD OUTSIDE THE CAR. STARTED AROUND 10,000 MILES. 3. WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WHEN THE DASH STARTS CHIMING AND DISPLAYING THE OIL PRESSURE IS LOW AND TO STOP THE ENGINE. I STOPPED AND CHECKED THE OIL AND IT LOOKED FINE. THIS IS ONGOING AND IS FRUSTRATING. STARTED AROUND 125,000 MILES. 4. I AM BEGINNING TO NOTICE THAT ALL OF THE ABOVE DEFECTS OCCUR ONCE MY CAR REACHES A CERTAIN MILE.

IN DECEMBER MY CAR WHILE DRIVING, I EXPERIENCED REDUCED ENGINE POWER THE SPEED IMMEDIATELY DROPPED WITHOUT WARNING AND THE CAR CUT OFF. I WAS STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF HIGHWAY TRAFFIC PRAYING THAT WE WOULD NOT BE HIT WHEN EVERYONE IS DOING 70 MPH. WHEN THE REDUCED POWER LIGHT COMES ON THE ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON ALONG WITH THE TRACTION LIGHT. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP TO ONLY BE TOLD THAT THEY ARE NOT 100% SURE WHAT THE PROBLEM IS, BUT I CAN START BY REPLACING THE PCM MODULE AND THAT MAY OR MAY NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH A CHEVY DEALERSHIP NOT KNOWING WHAT IS WRONG WITH THEY CARS. ESPECIALLY A CAR THAT IS HAVING THIS PROBLEM WITH SO MANY OF ITS CAR ACROSS THE NATION. THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE. I HAVE BEEN INCONVENIENCE SINCE DECEMBER AS I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DRIVE MY CAR AFTER HAVING THIS ISSUE AND NOT FEELING CONFIDENT IN $1,000 REPAIR THAT THE DEALERSHIP THEMSELVES ARE NOT SURE IS GOING TO FIX THE ISSUE. I WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP TO GET TO THE ROOT OF THE PROBLEM IN HOPES OF GETTING A SOLUTION AND SOLID PLAN. I THINK THAT GM NEED TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THIS ISSUE AND FOUND A GOOD SOLID SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM AND NOT GUESSING FIXES TO MAKE MONEY. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE LIVES ARE BEING PUT IN DANGER. LIKE I FELT MINE WAS WHEN YOU ARE IN THE MIDDLE LINE ON A HIGHWAY, WHERE THE SPEED LIMIT IS 70 MPH AND YOUR CAR REDUCE POWER AND THEN SHUT DOWN.

MY SON WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND THE LIGHT "REDUCED POWER TO ENGINE" GOES ON AND THE CAR STALLS. AFTER HALF HOUR IT STARTED BUT DROVE SLOWLY SO HE WAS ABLE TO GET OF THE HIGHWAY AND WE HAD IT TOWED WHERE SOME WORK WAS DONE SUCH AS SOME SENSORS. IT WORKED FINE FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS AND LAST NIGHT IT DID THE SAME THING. HE IS IN COLLEGE SO HE TOOK IT TO LOCAL SHOP AND THEY CAN'T RECREATE IT AND DON'T KNOW WHAT IS WRONG. THEY WILL TRY SOME MORE SENSORS BUT THIS IS A HIT OR MISS WHICH IS COSTING REAL MONEY. NOW WE DON'T KNOW WHEN HE WILL BE STRANDED OR IF IT WILL EVER BE FIXED. NOT VERY REASSURING.

IN OCTOBER 2014 I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY GOING TO WORK AND THE CAR WENT FROM 65 TO 20, THEN IT STARTED SHAKING. I PULLED OVER AND THE CAR WAS FINE. I GOT BACK IN THE CAR AND IT DID THE SAME THING. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THEY WOULD SEE WHAT WAS WRONG WITH IT. I WAS ALREADY WORKING WITH GM ON THE SAME ISSUE AND NOTHING WAS DONE. I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO DAVE'S MUFFLERS IN FEBRUARY 2015 AND THEY FIXED THE THROTTLE BODY. 6 MONTHS LATER I AM HAVING THE SAME ISSUE. DAVE'S MUFFLERS SAID THEY ORDERED THE PART FROM THE DEALERSHIP AND I JUST GOT THE CAR FIXED IN FEBRUARY 2015. THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED A SERIOUS ACCIDENT AND MY FAMILY COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. THERE IS A SITE WITH NUMEROUS OF THE SAME COMPLAINTS WITH THIS VEHICLE AND A RECALL REALLY NEEDS TO BE ISSUED BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED.

THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON, THE SCOPE SAYS VAPOR LEAK, I WAS TOLD TO REPLACE THE GAS CAP, SO I DID AND HAD THE ENGINE LIGHT TURNED OFF. IT CAME BACK ON ABOUT 2 WEEKS LATER, SO I WENT AND BOUGHT ANOTHER GAS CAP AND STILL THE ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON. WITH THE ENGINE LIGHT ON MY START ENGINE BUTTON WONT TURN THE ENGINE ON FOR ME. IS THERE ANY RECALL FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS?

DRIVING HOME FROM WORK AND ALL OF A SUDDEN HE GOT THE REDUCED ENGINE POWER / SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL ALERT..I HAVE AN 07 CHEVY IMPALA THAT KEEPS GIVING ME A "REDUCED ENGINE POWER" MESSAGE, THEN CUTS YOUR POWER AND YOU CAN'T DRIVE MORE THAN ABOUT 30 MPH. THIS IS SO DANGEROUS TO HAVE UR POWER GO FROM 70 MPH TO 30 THIS CAR HAS BEEN DOING THIS SINCE I PURCHASED 2 YEARS AGO THIS MAY THIS HAS HAPPENED 5 TIMES AND 2 TIMES I WAS ON THE INTERSTATE SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET KILL I GOOGLES THIS ISSUE AND SEEN HUNDREDS WITH THE SAME ISSUE