2008 Chevrolet Impala

THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN RECALLED DUE TO AIR BAGS, AND IN A YEAR NO ONE HAS BEEN ABLE TO GET THE REPAIRS DONE TO THE VEHICLE. BUT FURTHERMORE THE CAR HAS SEVERAL OTHER MECHANICAL ISSUES THAT I AM SHOWING AS A TREND WITH IMPALAS BEING THAT MY SISTER AND COUSIN HAVE ONE ALSO IN DIFFERENT YEARS, THE CAR MAKES A TICKING NOISE WHEN THE AIR OR HEAT IS TURNED ON THE PASSENGER SIDE DELIVERS OPPOSITE TEMP AS THE DRIVER SO IF AIR IS ON THE PASSENGER WILL DELIVER HEAT AND VICE VERSA. IF THE CAR GOES OVER A SPEED BUMP THE ENGINE REDUCES POWER AND SERVICE STABILITRAK APPEARS ACROSS THE LIGHTING AS WELL AS THE CAR DROPPING OUT OF GEAR IF I GO OVER ANY BUMP. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS ESPECIALLY BEING THAT MY CHILDREN AND I WERE IN THIS CAR AND IT DECIDED TO DO THIS ON THE INTERSTATE AT NIGHT IN 70 MPH TRAFFIC. AFTER DOING RESEARCH ON THE VEHICLE I AM SHOWING THAT I AM NOT THE ONLY PERSON WITH ALL OF THESE PROBLEMS LISTED, AND IT BOTHERS ME THAT NONE OF THESE ISSUES HAVE BEEN RECALLED JUST AS THE AIR BAGS WERE EVEN THOUGH I THINK THE RECALL, IS JUST TO SAVE FACE BECAUSE NO ONE IS ACTUALLY DOING THE WORK TO GET THEM FIXED. AT FIRST I THOUGHT THESE THINGS WERE JUST MECHANICAL PROBLEMS WITH AGE OF CAR BUT AFTER RESEARCH THESE ARE ISSUES THAT ARE IN CARS MADE IN THIS TIME FRAME AND WARRANTS A RECALL FOR THE SAFETY OF CONSUMERS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HEATING SYSTEM FAILED TO EMIT HOT AIR. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THEY WERE CONCERNED DUE TO THE FAILURE OCCURRING DURING COLD WEATHER CONDITIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 88,000. UPDATED 04/08/16*LJ UPDATED 04/12/16.*JB

ISSUE OCCURRED TWICE SO FAR. SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL ERROR MESSAGE APPEARED FOLLOWED BY REDUCED ENGINE POWER. 1ST TIME THIS OCCURRED THE CAR CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP AND WOULD NOT RUN. WAS ON A SMALL SIDE STREET AND ONLY DOING ABOUT 15 MPH. I LET THE CAR SIT AFTER CALLING FOR A RIDE. CAR RESTARTED AND DROVE TO DEALER 2 MILES AWAY. 2ND TIME SAME SET OF ERROR MESSAGES, CAR WAS DOING 70 ON THE HIGHWAY AT THE TIME AND DROPPED TO BELOW 50 MPH. DROVE TO DEALER. BOTH TIMES, REPAIR WAS IDENTIFIED AS BEING A DEFECTIVE ACCLERATOR PEDAL POSITION SENSOR. 2ND TIME VEHICLE HAD 92149 MILES ON IT. DO NOT HAVE THE RECORD FOR THE MILEAGE FOR THE 1ST TIME BUT IT WAS ABOUT 1 YEAR PRIOR WITH ESTIMATED MILEAGE OF 77000.

DOOR LOCKS WILL NOT LOCK OR UNLOCK. DOOR LOCKS HAVE QUIT WORKING ONE BY ONE. FRONT DRIVER DOOR ONLY DOOR WITH KEY LOCKABLE UNLOCKABLE FEATURE. THEREFORE, DOORS CAN ONLY BE UNLOCKED BY UNLOCKING DRIVER DOOR AND CRAWLING INTO CAR AND MANUALLY UNLOCKING ALL OTHER DOORS. I HAVE OWNED NO OTHER CAR THAT HAD THIS FEATURE WHERE OUT IN LESS THAN SEVEN YEARS. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD NOT BEING ABLE TO UNLOCK/LOCK DOORS. THE LOCKS DON'T WORK WHETHER CAR STATIONARY OR IN MOTION.

REDUCED ENGINE POWER MESSAGE, FAULTY BACK DOOR LOCKS, HEATING ACTUATOR REPAIRS. THIS IS A REVISED COMPLAINT TO ONE I ALSO MADE FOR JUST THE REDUCED ENGINE POWER MESSAGE. AFTER READING NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ON HERE I HAVE FOUND THAT MY CAR HAS SEVERAL OF THE ISSUES NOT JUST REDUCED ENGINE POWER. I AM MOST CONCERNED WITH THE CAR CUTTING OUT WHILE DRIVING DUE TO THE REDUCED ENGINE POWER HOWEVER WE ALSO HAVE LOCKS THAT DON'T OPEN/LOCK WITH REMOTE WHICH HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR THE LAST 3 YEARS AND SINCE LAST WINTER HEATER ONLY BLOWS COLD AIR UNTIL YOU ACCELERATE THE CAR. THIS MONTH WE HAD CAR REPAIRED FOR A KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM UNDER GLOVE BOX WHILE CAR WAS RUNNING OR SHUT OFF. MECHANIC DIAGNOSED AS A NEW ACTUATOR AND DID REPAIR. THIS HOWEVER DID NOT REPAIR THE BLOWING OF COLD AIR AND ALSO THIS IS WHEN THE REDUCED ENGINE POWER WARNING STARTED. I AM A FORMER GMAC EMPLOYEE AND HAVE HAD GM VEHICLES FOR THE LAST 15 YEARS. I AM SO DISAPPOINTED THAT THERE ARE SO MANY PROBLEMS WITH THIS MAKE/MODEL AND THAT GM HAS NOT ISSUED A RECALL ON THESE.