2008 Chevrolet Impala

2008 CHEVROLET IMPALA. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED IN SEPT 2007, AND IN SEPT 2009, THE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS COVERED UNDER 100% WARRANTY AND SHE WAS GIVEN A RENTAL CAR. THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED A FOR A SECOND TIME, AND LASTED UNTIL MARCH 2014. THE CONSUMER STATED THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED FOR A 3RD TIME AND IT HASN'T EVEN BEEN 7 YEARS. THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WOULD HESITATE FROM A STOP. THE DEALER ALSO STATED THE VEHICLE NEEDED ENGINE MOUNT AND STABILIZER LINKS. *JB

THE SPINDLE RODS GETTING REL HOT AND SOME AND EAT UP MY 4 TIRE / GOT THE CAR NEW AT THE CENTRAL CHEVROLET DID NOT FIX THE SPINDLE RODS NOW I AM GETTING A ELECTRIC SOME WHERE? SOME ONE FORM GM TOLD ME HE DID NOT SAY NOTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR HE COME FORM THE LITTLE ROCK OFFICE ALL CHEVROLET IMPALA NEED TO BE RECALL I HAVE TO BY 4 SET OF TIRE ALL THE TIME I AM ASKING GM TO GET ME A NEW CAR SOME ONE FORM GM TOLD ME NOTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR WAS A LITTLE OIL FIRE ON THE SPINDLE RODS I HAVE NOT FIX. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT AND THE DEALER STATED THAT THE LOWER CONTROL ARM FAILURE CAUSED THE SUB FRAME TO CRACK. THE CONTACT SPOKE WITH THE MANUFACTURER IN REGARDS TO NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 12V377 (SUSPENSION), BUT WAS TOLD THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 79,000. *TR

INSIDE TREAD OF EACH BACK TIRE WEARS OUT PREMATURELY BECAUSE OF AN ADJUSTMENT THAT CANT BE MADE TO THE REAR WHEELS, ALL POLICE VEHICLES HAVE BEEN REPAIRED FOR THIS DEFECT AS A SPINDLE ROD WITH AN ADJUSTER WAS PUT IN TO CORRECT IT, I OWN A 2007 AND 2008 AND BOTH CARS R DOING THIS WHY SHOULD THE CONSUMER BE STUCK FOR A PART THAT SHOULD BE PUT IN AT MANUFACTURE TIME. HOW CAN U EXPECT GM LOYALTY WHEN U TREAT US THAT WAY. *TR

MY WIFE AND I PURCHASED THE CHEVY IMPALA TO BE OUR FIRST VEHICLE TOGETHER AFTER GETTING MARRIED. BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE BRAND NEW ONLY 102 MILES ON IT BEFORE WE DROVE IT OFF THE LOT. LITTLE DID WE KNOW IT WAS GOING TO BE 4 YEARS OF NIGHTMARES AND HEADACHES. AT THE TIME READ MANY REVIEW ABOUT THE IMPALA, NOTHING TOO MAJOR WAS FOUND. AFTER THE FIRST WEEK, THE POWER STEERING SEEMED TO BE FAILING, ESPECIALLY DURING RAIN. TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALER AND THEY COULD NOT REPLICATE THE INCIDENT. THEY TOLD US THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG AND TO BRING IT BACK IF THE PROBLEM CONTINUED. IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG AND WE WERE BACK AT THE DEALER WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. DEALER SAID THEY CHECKED THE BELTS AND THE FLUID ALL WORKING PROPERLY. AFTER A FEW OTHER TIMES OF THE POWER STEERING FAILING TOOK THE VEHICLE TO ANOTHER DEALER AND THEY TOO COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE PS. SO, AFTER SEVERAL TRIPS BACK TO DEALER WE DECIDED TO JUST DEAL WITH IT. WHICH BRINGS ME TO MY NEXT COMPLAINT ABOUT THE 2008 IMPALA, AT JUST OVER 10,000 NOTED ABNORMAL WEAR ON TIRES, AND WIRES PEEKING THROUGH ON THE INSIDE. TOOK IT IN TO DEALER AND THEY ACCUSED US OF ABUSIVE DRIVING BEHAVIOR AND NEGLECT, WHICH WAS A NEW ON TO ME. ANYWAY, THEY REFUSED TO REPLACE THE TIRES SITTING THE WARRANTY ONLY COVERS DEFECTS AND NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS. SO, BY THIS TIME WE ARE STARTING TO REGRET THE PURCHASE OF THIS VEHICLE. WE HAD TO REPLACE ALL 4 TIRES @ 98.00 EACH. ABOUT YEAR LATER AT 28,000 MILES BEGAN TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM ONCE AGAIN. AFTER MANY HOURS OF DEBATES AND PHONE CALLS THEY AGREE TO "CHECK OUT OUR PROBLEM" WITH NO COST TO US. LOW AND BEHOLD WOULDN'T YOU KNOW IT, THEY FOUND NOTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE AND ADVISED US TO PURCHASE BETTER BRAND TIRES. THE LAST TIME I LOOKED MICHELIN WAS A TOP BRAND TIRE. ON TOP OF EVERYTHING ELSE, MAIN SEAL IN MOTOR BEGAN TO LEAK. THIS WAS THE LAST STRAW! *TR

NEEDED 4 NEW TIRES & CAM BOLTS ON 3 WHEELS DUE TO EXCESSIVE WEAR (DOWN TO THREAD) AFTER ONLY 22,348 MILES. I WAS (AT FIRST) TOLD IT WAS BECAUSE MOST OF MY DRIVING WAS AROUND TOWN & THAT I MADE A LOT OF TURNS! TIRES HAD BEEN ROTATED REGULARLY SINCE 2008...DLR. NEVER MENTIONED KNOWN PROBLEM W/CAMBER. (MECHANIC SAID HE SEES ALL THE TIME FOR THIS MAKE/MODEL.) SAW THAT THIS MODEL WAS RECALLED FOR POLICE DEPT. PURCHASERS BUT NOT FOR THE REST OF US. MY LAST CHEVY! *TR

REAR TIRES HAD EXCESSIVE WEAR ON THE INSIDE OF THE TIRE TO THE POINT THAT THE THREAD AND WIRES WERE SHOWING. REPLACED ALL FOUR TIRES AND WHEEL ALIGNMENT. IN JULY 2012 HAD TIRES AND SHOCKS REPLACED FOR THE SAME ISSUE. BIG KNOTS WERE ALSO ON THE TIRES AND CAR SHOOK WHEN GOING AT A LOW SPEED. WAS TOLD THAT REAR SUSPENSION WAS MISALIGNED AND THAT REAR SHOCKS WOULD FIX THE PROBLEM. MARCH 2013 TIRES FOUR TIRES REPLACED AND WHEEL ALIGNMENT AGAIN. WAS TOLD THAT CAMBER BOLTS WERE NEEDED TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. CONTACTED GM IN JULY 2012 ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND REP STATES THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL FOR THIS VEHICLE ONLY THE POLICE MODELS. THIS IS UNFAIR FOR CONSUMERS TO HAVE TO KEEP BUYING TIRES. VEHICLE CURRENTLY HAS 88560 MILES. *TR