2009 Chevrolet Impala

TAKATA RECALL - I HAVE HAD MY VEHICLE SHUT OFF WHILE I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. THIS HAS OCCURRED AT LEAST 3 TIMES. GM IS AWARE AND HAS IGNORED MY REQUESTS FOR TWO YEARS. A FEW MONTHS AGO, GM ATTORNEY TOLD ME TO TAKE MY VEHICLE TO A GM DEALERSHIP AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND THE RECALL REPAIRS WOULD BE DONE AT NO COST TO ME. I MADE HIM AWARE THAT MY VEHICLE HAD ALREADY BEEN SITTING AT A GM DEALERSHIP FOR MONTHS WAITING FOR THE REPAIR AND THE DEALERSHIP REFUSED TO REPAIR IT AND WILL NOT PROVIDE A RENTAL VEHICLE. PRIOR TO THE RECALL, I HAD NUMEROUS STEERING ISSUES AND HAD TAKEN IT TO GM DEALERSHIPS JUST TO HAVE THEM RETURN IT WITH THE SAME PROBLEMS. WHEN THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF, I WAS IN A BAD CRASH AND THE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY, RESULTING IN ME GOING THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD.

EVEN WHEN CAR IS NOT RUNNING, LOUD CLICKING. CAN BE HEARD OUTSIDE OF CAR. PEOPLE ASK WHY IS YOUR CAR "TICKING" WHEN IN PARKING LOTS. TOUGH TO EXPLAIN AS OF LATE WITH FEARS OF ISIS TERROR THREATS. REPORTS SAY AC ACCUATOR, $400 TO REPLACE. GM NEEDS TO CORRECT THIS BEFORE IMPALAS ARE MISTAKENLY DEEMED THREATS WHEN SITTING IN PARKING LOTS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS UNLOCKED WITH THE KEY FOB, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL NOISE UNDER THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE DASHBOARD NEAR THE AIR BAG. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE ACTUATOR BLEND DOOR WAS FRACTURED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 124,000.

WAS DRIVING ALONG AT 55MPH AND THE SERVICE TRACTION SYSTEM LIGHT CAME ON FOLLOWED BY THE REDUCED ENGINE POWER LIGHT. THEN THE CAR JUST COMPLETLY DIED. I WAS ABLE TO GET TO RIGHT SHOULDER AND PARK IT. I HAVE DONE SOME RESEARCH AND SEEMS THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL OTHER FOLKS WITH THE SAME ISSUE. I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT THIS CAR WOULD JUST SHUT DOWN AND HAVE NO CONTROL. I HAD THE ENTIRE FAMILY IN THE CAR AND WAS THANKFUL THAT THIS DIDN'T CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. I AM LOOKING FOR ANSWERS AND PLAN ON TAKING IT TO THE CHEVY DEALERSHIP I PURCHASED THE CAR FROM TODAY OR TOMORROW.

I WAS DERIVING DOWN A STEEP GRADE ON THE GATLINBURG BYPASS TOWARD PIGEON FORGE, TN IN SECOND GEAR FOR ENGINE BREAKING. I FIRST NOTICED THE CAR GETTING WARMER AND I CHECKED THE DUAL CLIMATE CONTROL BY FEEL TO MAKE SURE MY RIDER HAD NOT INCREASED THE TEMPERATURE. THEN I NOTICED THE STEERING WAS HARDER ON SLIGHT CURVES; THEN I NOTICED THE TACHOMETER GOING TO ZERO AND SONE OTHER GAUGES DECREASING; THEN I HAD TO SLOW FOR A CHARPER CURVE WHERE I HAD NO POWER BRAKE ASSIST AND NO POWERING STEERING ASSIST. I MANAGED TO BRING THE VEHICLE TO A SAFE STOP WHERE I TRIED TO RESTART THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE RESTARTED AFTER A SHORT CRANKING BUT ACTED IF IT WAS STARVING FOR FUEL. ONCE RESTARTED THE VEHICLE RAN SATISFACTORY, IF I HAD BEEN A WEAK PERSON OR HAD PANICKED THIS INCIDENT WOULD PROBABLY HAVE RESULTED IN A CRASH. THE IGNITION SWITCH RECALL HAD RECENTLY BEEN ACCOMPLISHED. THE FUEL LEVEL WAS 1/2 TANK. AS AN ELECTRICAL ENGINEER THIS APPEARED TO BE AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM WHERE THE ENGINE POWER WAS CUT OFF SHUTTING DOWN THE FUEL PUMP, INSTRUMENT CLUSTER, IGNITION, AND ELECTRIC STEERING ASSIST.

I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY DURING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC GOING APPROXIMATELY 65 PER HOUR AND THE SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL CAME ON AND THEN SAID THAT ENGINE POWER WAS REDUCED. IT ALSO HAD THE ENGINE LIGHT COME ON AND STAYED ON ALL THE WAY HOME. I THEN GOT HOME SAFELY THAT TIME AND SHUT OFF THE CAR ABOUT 20 MINUTES LATER WENT OUT AND ALL LIGHTS HAD GONE OFF AND WAS BACK TO NORMAL. THIS HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST A DOZEN TIMES SINCE THEN. THEN ON 6/29/15 THIS HAPPENED AGAIN ON THE HIGHWAY DURING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. HOWEVER THIS TIME THE CAR SAID THROTTLE DISABLED AND THE CAR SHUT OFF COMPLETELY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY AND I HAD TO TRY AND GET TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITHOUT INCIDENT. AFTER ABOUT 10 OR 15 MINUTES THE CAR THEN STARTED BACK UP AND THE LIGHTS WENT OUT AND I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE AGAIN. THEN LATER IN THE DAY I RETURNED HOME AND TRIED TO LEAVE IN MY CAR AND IT WOULD NOT START AND HAD NO POWER WHAT SO EVER. THE KEY ALSO WOULD NOT COME OUT OF THE IGNITION AND I JUST HAD THAT RECALL DEALT WITH ON THE KEY. I COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED IN THIS LAST INCIDENT. THIS NEEDS TO BE RECALLED AND GM NEEDS TO PAY FOR WHAT I AM OUT OF POCKET BECAUSE I NOW HAD TO GET A RENTAL CAR TO WORK. I HAVE READ PAGES UPON PAGES OF COMPLAINTS JUST LIKE MINE, WHICH IS RIDICULOUS THAT THIS ISSUE HAS NOT BEEN FIXED. DOES IT TAKE SOMEONE GETTING INJURED OR KILLED FOR GM TO DO SOMETHING?

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHILE AT AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR REPAIR, THE MECHANIC DIAGNOSED THAT THE WIRING HARNESS FOR THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG FRACTURED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 53,977. MA 08/05/2015 UPDATED 9/29/2015*JS