2008 Chevrolet Impala

PURCHASED NEW 2008 IMPALA, HAD TO REPLACE TIRES AT 35,000. ALWAYS ROTATED AND BALANCED AND KEPT PROPER PRESSURES. NOW AT 56,000 AND AM BEING TOLD BY CHEVY 1800.00 TO REPAIR REAR ALIGNMENT. CAR IS DRIVEN 99% ON THE INTERSTATE. AGAIN NEED NEW TIRES WHAT'S UP??? CHEVY DENIES ANY PROBLEMS BUT THE WEB IS FULL OF ISSUES SURROUNDING THIS. IS THERE NO OTHER RECOURSE???? *TR

BRAKE AND BRAKE ROTOR WARPING EVERY COUPLE MONTHS. SEVERE SHAKING WHILE STOPPING. WAS TOLD BY DEALER TO DOWNSHIFT INSTEAD OF BREAKING ON HILLS. DID THAT BUT THE PROBLEMS CONTINUES. DEALER SAYS THE BRAKES ARE NOT COVERED BY WARRANTY AND NOT TO DRIVE IN THE MOUNTAINS BECAUSE THE BRAKES OVERHEAT. THE VEHICLE IS MAINLY DRIVEN ON FLAT ROADS TO MY WIFE'S WORK AND THEY STILL ONLY LAST A COUPLE MONTHS. SHAKES VIOLENTLY AFTER 1/4 MILE OF DOWN HILL TRAVEL FOUND FORUMS ONLINE OF MANY PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. HTTP://VLANE.COM/DISCUSS-TOPIC/1195/IMPALA-BRAKE-ISSUES BRAKES ARE UNDERSIZED FOR THE VEHICLE WHICH CAUSES THE OVER HEATING AND BRAKE FAILURE, SHAKING AND FADING. MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE. GM NEEDS TO RECALL AND UPGRADE BRAKE SYSTEM [XXX] PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH OVER A SMALL BUMP IN THE ROAD, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO DRIVE ONTO THE EMERGENCY LANE AND RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE WITHOUT THE FAILURE RECURRING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIANS COULD NOT DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE OCCURRED THREE TIMES INTERMITTENTLY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND RESEARCHED THE FAILURE. A DISTRICT MANAGER RETURNED THE CONTACTS CALL AND STATED THAT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED OR DIAGNOSED; YET, THEY DID NOT PROVIDE ASSISTANCE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 38,048.

DRIVING THE IMPALA SS ON WINTER ROADS IN INDIANA HAS BECOME A CHALLENGE WITH THIS CAR. ANY ICE OR SNOW ON THE ROAD WILL ONLY ALLOW YOU TO DRIVE 45 MPH AT THE MAX AND THEN THE REAR OF THE CAR STARTS TO SWERVE BACK AND FORTH AS IF THE TIRES ARE FIGHTING ONE AND ANOTHER FOR CONTROL. CONTACTED THE LOCAL CHEVY DEALER AND WAS TOLD BY THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT THAT IT IS A TIRE PROBLEM WITH THE GOOD YEAR EAGLE RS-A P235/50 R 18 AND THEY HAVE HAD A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ON NO TRACTION WITH THESE TIRES. SERVICE REP STATED THE TIRES NEEDED TO BE TAKEN OFF AND NEW TIRES PUT ON. NOT COVERED BY THE WARRANTY. CALLED GOOD YEAR CUSTOMER SERVICE TOLD THEM THE PROBLEM AND THEY SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT FOR ME. TOOK IT TO THE AUTHORIZED GOOD YEAR DEALER AND THEY CALLED BACK AND SAID THE TIRES HAVE HALF THEIR TREAD LEFT AND NO PROBLEMS WITH THE TIRES. HE STATED THAT THE TIRE IS TO WIDE FOR DRIVING IN THE WINTER TIME AND BASICALLY FLOATS ON THE ICE AND SNOW AND WOULD SUGGEST ONLY DIVING THE CAR IN THE SUMMER MONTHS. SO HERE IS THE DILEMMA, THE MANUFACTURE KNOWS THAT THEY HAVE HAD A LOT OF COMPLAINTS WITH THE TIRES (WHICH ARE THE ORIGINAL TIRES THAT ARE SOLD WITH THE CAR. THE TIRE MANUFACTURE STATES THE TIRE IS TO WIDE FOR DRIVING ON SNOW OR ICE AND I NEED TO PARK IT INTO SUMMER GETS HERE AND IF SO IF I DRIVE THE CAR IN THE WINTER, I HAVE BEEN WARNED THAT IT IS TOO DANGEROUS TO DRIVE.

2008 CHEVROLET IMPALA IS VERY UNSTABLE ON SNOW OR ICE COVERED ROADS. THE REAR END TENDS TO SWERVE BACK AND FORTH WHEN IT ENCOUNTERS EVEN THE SLIGHTEST AMOUNT OF ICE OR SNOW. I HAVE OVER THIRTY YEARS DRIVING IN MICHIGAN WINTERS AND I HAVE NEVER HAD A CAR SO UNSTABLE IN THESE CONDITIONS. I HAVE A 2002 CHEVY VENTURE AND A 97 BONNEVILLE THAT I DROVE IN THE SAME CONDITIONS (SAME ROAD AND TIME FOR COMPARISON) AND THEY BOTH FELT SOLID EVEN AT HIGHER SPEEDS. I HAVE NOTICED SIMILAR COMPLAINTS IN INTERNET FORUMS. I HAD THE TIRES INSPECTED BY A TIRE DEALER AND HE SAID THAT THE TIRES ARE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT AND THAT THEY HAD ADEQUATE TREAD. THIS SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED. *TR

WITH JUST MINIMIALWEATHER CONDITIONS RAIN AND OR SNOW WAS TOTALLY UNSTABE AT ANY SPEED ABOVE 20 MPH I HAVE DRIVEN IN WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS THIS IS THE MOST DANGERIOUS AND UNSTABE VEHICLE I HAVE EVER DROVE , IT ACTED AS IF THERE WAS A BROKEN SUSPENSION PART IN THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE , WAS CHECKED BY A LOCAL SHOP AND NO PROBLEM WAS FOUND

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET IMPALA LTZ. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH WHEN THE BRAKES STARTED TO PULSATE AND SHAKE THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT COASTED THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY A DEALER WHO INFORMED HIM THAT WHEN THE ROTORS STARTED TO HEAT UP THEY MAY CAUSE THE BRAKES TO PULSATE, AND THAT IT WAS NORMAL. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AND THE ROTORS WERE ROTATED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 35,000.

I HAVE A 2008 CHEVY IMPALA, NICE CAR UNLESS IT SNOWS. IT IS UNDRIVABLE IN THE SNOW. ITS LIKE DRIVING ON ICE, I HAVE NEVER EVER HAD ANY CAR HANDLE LIKE THIS. IT IS THE MOST UNSAFE CAR I HAVE EVER DRIVEN. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE THE DEALER SAYS TO BRING IT IN NEXT TIME IT SNOWS, WELL I CAN'T, I WILL NOT DRIVE IT IN THE SNOW. I HAVE BEEN IN THE DITCH 3 TIMES THIS WINTER ( AND ITS ONLY THE FIRST OF JANUARY)AND EACH TIME I WAS ONLY GOING NO MORE THAN 30MPH AND SWAYING ALL OVER THE ROAD, ALL THE OTHER CARS WERE MOVING ALONG NORMALLY IT WASN'T BAD OUT, JUST A LITTLE SNOW. IT'S LIKE DRIVING ON ICE... *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT HAD PROBLEMS WITH TRACTION ON WET OR SLIPPERY ROADS; HOWEVER, THE TRACTION LIGHT DOES NOT ILLUMINATE. THE FAILURE ALSO OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING OVER A BUMP IN THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INSPECTED WHEN THE COMPLAINT WAS FILED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 39000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 45000.

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, THEN THE SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL DEVICES CAME ON AND IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARDS, THERE WAS A REDUCTION IN ENGINE POWER AND THE CAR SLOWED CONSIDERABLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALERSHIP AND WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A FAILED THROTTLE BODY. THE THROTTLE BODY WAS REPLACED AND THERE HAS BEEN NO PROBLEMS SINCE. THE FAILURE WAS AT 51757 MILES AND WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY RESULTING IN A $400 BILL THAT THE MANUFACTURER WOULD NOT COVER. *TR