2008 Chevrolet Impala

I AM GETTING MY FOURTH SET OF TIRES ON MY 2008 IMPALA, WITH 70,000 MILES I HAVE BEEN TOLD EVERYTHING FROM NOT ROTATING MY TIRE WHICH I DO EVERY 6,000 MILES TO ALIGNMENT WHICH HAS BEEN DONE THREE TIMES, , I ALSO HAVE NO POWER STEERING RANDOMLY AT LOW SPEEDS, ALSO REAR DOOR LOCKS DON'T WORK ANY MORE, ALSO WHEN I STEP ON THE GAS THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT COMES ON AND I CAN'T GO FORWARD AND THEN IT ALL OF A SUDDEN WILL MOVE, THAT'S ON DRY PAVEMENT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED AND COULD NOT BE UNLOCKED. THE CONTACT EXPERIENCED THE FAILURE THREE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE BU THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 52,000 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 45,000.

ON 10/5/11 I TRIED MY 08 IMPALA FOR FIRST TIME IN RAIN SINCE I PURCHASED IT USED 4 MONTHS EARLIER, THE CAR IS A POLICE VERSION WITH THE 3.9 FLEX FUEL ENGINE. WAS EXCITED TO TRY OUT NEW TIRES IN RAIN . , I WENT THRU A FEW PUDDLES IT SEEMED OK,IT WASN'T EVEN RAINING HARD, WHEN A CAR STOPPED IN FRONT OF ME, I ALSO STOPPED WHEN I TRIED TO TURN LEFT TO GO AROUND THE CAR THE STEERING WHEEL JUST FROZE,I HAD ONLY DRIVEN ABOUT 1 MILE .AFTER FEW SECONDS IT WAS OK, ABOUT 1 MINUTE LATER IT DID IT AGAIN. I JUST DROVE IT BACK HOME DISAPPOINTED KNOWING I WONT BE ABLE TO DRIVE IT DURING RAINING PERIODS . FOUND OUT THRU INTERNET THAT MANY CUSTOMERS HAVING SAME PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR . GM NEEDS TO RECALL THIS CAR BEFORE SOMEONE GETS REALLY HURT DRIVING THIS DANGEROUS VEHICLE ! HOPEFULLY NOT TO LATE!!!!!! WAS LUCKY THIS PROBLEM WAS DISCOVERED WHILE CAR WAS STOPPED AND NOT ON HIGHWAY.. CHECKED FLUID, BELTS, ALL GOOD . . FROM LOS ANGELES *TR

THE FIRST INCIDENT OCCURRED DURING HEAVY RAINFALL. MY SON WAS TURNING RIGHT ONTO A HIGHWAY, AFTER STOPPING AT A STOP SIGN. ONCE HE BEGAN HIS TURN ONTO THE HIGHWAY, THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP FOR A FEW SECONDS. HE THEN TURNED DOWN A RESIDENTIAL STREET AND DROVE AROUND A FEW BLOCKS, LOSING STEERING AGAIN FOR A FEW SECONDS WHILE TURNING A CORNER. HE PROCEEDED TO DRIVE BACK ONTO THE HIGHWAY AND DROVE 70 MILES TO HIS DESTINATION, RAIN CONTINUING, WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. ON THIS SAME DAY, I DROVE HOME 70 MILES FROM THIS DESTINATION, THE RAIN CONTINUED AND I HAD DRIVEN ABOUT 30 MILES WHEN THE STEERING LOCKED FOR A FEW SECONDS AFTER I CROSSED A RAILROAD TRACK AND TURNED ONTO A RESIDENTIAL STREET. SINCE THEN, WE HAVE HAD AT LEAST ONE IF NOT MORE INCIDENTS OF THE STEERING LOCKING UP EACH TIME IT RAINS. THE STEERING EITHER LOCKS WHILE MAKING A TURN, OR AFTER THE TURN IS COMPLETED, OR AS WE ARE TURNING INTO A PARKING SPOT. TODAY, 9/14/2011, IT WAS RAINING AND MY STEERING LOCKED UP WHILE TURNING FROM A STOP SIGN, THEN AGAIN WHILE TURNING INTO A PARKING SPACE, AND AGAIN AS I WAS PULLING INTO MY DRIVEWAY. ON THIS DATE, HOWEVER, I NOTICED THAT THE LOW BATTERY INDICATOR CAME ON WHEN THE STEERING LOCKED. WHEN THE STEERING FIRST STARTED LOCKING UP, WE REPORTED IT TO THE DEALERSHIP, BUT THEY SAID THEY FOUND NOTHING WRONG WITH OUR VEHICLE. WE HAVE NOTIFIED THE CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP WHERE OUR IMPALA WAS PURCHASED, AND GM. IT IS OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE IS NO RECALL FOR STEERING PROBLEMS ON THE 2008 IMPALA. THEREFORE, WE HAVE NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN GETTING THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS PROBLEM RESOLVED. *TR *KB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH IN SNOWY WEATHER, THE VEHICLE SWERVED FROM UNCONTROLLABLY FROM SIDE TO SIDE. THE CONTACT GAINED CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE BY DRIVING AT A SLOWER SPEED. THE FAILURE ALSO RECURRED WHEN DRIVING DURING RAINY WEATHER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTICS WHERE THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE SPINDLE ROD WAS DEFECTIVE AND CAUSED THE MISALIGNMENT OF THE TIRES. THE MECHANIC ADVISED THAT THE SPINDLE ROD WOULD WEAR OUT UNEVENLY AND RAPIDLY. THE MECHANIC INSTALLED CAMBER BOLTS TO THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL YET THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT FURTHER REPAIRED.THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,0000. UPDATED 08/22/11*LJ UPDATED 3/06/2012 *LN

I WAS DRIVING MY 2008 CHEVROLET IMPALA AND WAS BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE, SO MY TIRES WERE TURNED AT AN ANGLE. WHEN BACKING UP, I LOST ALL POWER STEERING MAKING IT VERY HARD TO TURN THE WHEEL. ONCE I BACKED OUT AND PUT THE CAR IN DRIVE THE STEERING BEGAN TO WORK AGAIN. I CHECKED POWER STEERING FLUID BUT IT WAS NOT LOW. THIS PROBLEM HAPPENS FAIRLY REGULARLY. *TR