2009 Chevrolet Impala

I HAVE OWNED MY IMPALA SINCE MARCH 2010 AND WHILE IT IS AN ATTRACTIVE CAR, I HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT ISSUES. FIRST MONTH A SENSOR GOES OUT IN THE ACCELERATION, $230 TO REPLACE, IN THE LAST 2 YEARS WE HAVE HAD AN ANNOYING TICKING NOISE WHEN YOU TURN THE CAR ON SOMETHING HAVING TO DO WITH THE AC/HEATER. SEEMS LIKE EVERYONE SAYS THAT IT IS COMMON IN IMPALAS BUT YET I HAVE NOT SEEN A RECALL. I DON'T HAVE THE $450 TO FIX AND IT IS RATHER EMBARRASSING WHEN YOU CAR POOL AS IT IS VERY LOUD AND LAST APPROXIMATELY 30SECONDS TO 45 SECONDS. I HAVE ALSO HAD LEAKS EVERY TIME IT RAINS OR WE GO TO THE CAR WASH. WATER SEEMS TO BE COMING IN FROM THE FRAME BY THE WINDSHIELD ON BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER ROOF AREA. IT RUNS DOWN AND COMES OUT BY THE BRAKE ON DRIVER SIDE AND FUSE BOX ON PASSENGER SIDE. I THOUGHT THIS WATER WAS AFFECTING MY POWER LOCKS AS IT SEEMS LIKE WE HAVE HAD ISSUE WITH OUR DOOR LOCKS NOT OPENING. THEY TAKE TURNS, NOT UNLOCKING BUT AFTER READING COMMENTS ON THIS WEB PAGE SEEMS LIKE OTHERS ARE ALSO HAVING THIS SAME ISSUE WITH LOCKS, YET NO RECALL. I HAVE TAKEN IT DOWN TO BE LOOKED AT BUT THEY SAY THEY DON'T SEE ANY ISSUES THEY CAN PIN POINT. DON'T HAVE ANY MORE MONEY TO PUT INTO THIS VEHICLE. I LIKE MY CAR BUT IT HAS ISSUES. I WILL DO MY HOME WORK BEFORE I PURCHASE MY NEXT CAR. *TR

I'M TRIED OF MY DOORS NOT LOCKING WITH KEY FOB AND BOTH REAR DOORS AND SOMETIMES PASSENGER SIDE WOULD NOT LOCK. THIS PROBLEM HAVE BEEN OCCURRING SINCE APRIL 2013 AND TODAY MAY 2014 IT'S STILL HAPPENING.I ATTEMPTED TO LOCK FROM INSIDE VEHICLE AND WOULD STILL NOT LOCK OR UNLOCK. I HAVE TO MANEUVER WALK AROUND THE CAR AND LOCK THE DOORS INDIVIDUAL. EACH TIME I TAKE THE CAR TO THE DEALER THEY ARE TELLING ME THAT THIS IS NOT COVERED PART. WHEN I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE THEY CLAIMED THEY CONDUCTED A FULL VEHICLE CHECK. I THINK THEY LIED AND THEY CAR WAS NEVER CHECKED. WHY DO US AS CUSTOMER BUY WARRANTS AND THE WARRANT DON?T COVER ELECTRICAL POWER. IS THIS A ELECTRICAL PROBLEM? WHAT CAN BE DONE TO PREVENT THIS PROBLEM? *TR

IN APRIL 2013, THE TRACTION CONTROL AND ABS WARNING LIGHT BEGAN COMING ON, IN MY 2009 IMPALA, WHEN MAKING A LEFT TURN. THE LIGHTS BEGAN TO COME ON MORE FREQUENTLY AND WOULD STAY ON FOR LONGER TIMES. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER BUT THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM SINCE I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE.THE LIGHTS WOULD STAY ON FOR A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME. THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN FIXING BY THE DEALER. BUT THEY KEEP CHARGING ME $100 PER VISIT. *TR

THERE IS A CLICKING SOUND COMING FROM THE A/C OR DASH AREA OF THE VEHICLE. IT CLICKS FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES AND THEN GOES AWAY. IF YOU TRY CHANGE THE TEMPERATURE, IT STARTS AGAIN. I HEARD MANY OTHER IMPALAS HAVE THIS SAME ISSUE. I HOPE CHEVY FIXES THIS, IT COULD CAUSE THE DRIVER TO BE DISTRACTED WHILE DRIVING AND CRASH. LUCKILY THIS HASN'T TO ME. *TR

CAR TURNED OFF BY ITS SELF WHILE DRIVING. LUCKILY HAD ENOUGH MOMENTUM TO PARK IT. WHEN I STOPPED I PLACED THE VEHICLE IN PARK AND THE KEY WAS STUCK IN THE IGNITION AND THE SHIFTER WOULD NOT MOVE. I CONTACT MY CHEVY DEALERSHIP AND ASKED IF THIS WAS A SAFETY RECALL. IT WAS NOT. I DON'T KNOW WHY THIS IS NOT A RECALL. HAVING YOUR CAR STOP WHILE DRIVING IS INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS. CONSIDERING THAT MY POWERSTEERING AND BRAKES WENT OUT ON ME. I CAME OUT OF THIS WITHOUT INJURY BUT I WHAT IF SOMEONE WAS GOING AROUND A CURVE OR DRIVING IN DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. I REALLY HOPE CHEVY TAKES RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS AND RECALL OR IN MY CASE REIMBURSE OWNERS. *TR

MY KEY KEEP GETTING STUCK IN THE IGNITION. AFTER A COUPLE OF TRIES OF WIGGLING IT OUT, IT CAME OUT. BUT WHEN I'D GONE HOME FOR THEN END OF THE DAY MY KEY WOULDN'T COME OUT AT ALL ! I HAD TO LEAVE MY KEY PARTIALLY STARTED BECAUSE THE KEY WOULDN'T COME OUT. SO MY BAD DIES, ALARM NOT WORKING AND NOT TO MENTION I WAS 4MTHS PREGNANT AND I KEPT DRIVING AROUND AS I SPOKE WITH A GM REP AND ONSTAR REP HOPING EVENTUALLY THE KEY WILL COME OUT BUT IT DIDN'T. *TR

I WAS DRIVING MY 2009 CHEVY IMPALA TRAVELING AT ABOUT 45-50 MPH WHEN THE "REDUCE ENGINE POWER" MESSAGE CAME UP FOLLOWED BY "CHECK TRACTION CONTROL". THE CAR THEN BECAME SLUGGISH AND SLOWED DOWN TO ABOUT 15-20 MPH. IT THEN SHUT OFF WITHOUT WARNING AND IT SEEMS AS THOUGH THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT. I HAD MY DAUGHTER IN THE CAR WITH ME AND THANK GOD TRAFFIC WAS LIGHT BECAUSE WITH THAT HAPPENING IT WAS AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN. I AM CONCERNED BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE THIS HAS BEEN A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS CAR FOR A FEW YEARS AND THERE HAS NOT BEEN A RECALL YET. IS GM WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO DIE. NO ONE SEEMS TO BE ABLE TO PINPOINT WHAT THE PROBLEM IS AND I DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR THAT SOMEONE HAS TO PAY MONEY TO FIX WHAT MAY BE A PROBLEM. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE BECAUSE THIS IS NOT SAFE AT ALL. I SEE A LOT OF IMPALAS IN MY TOWN AND IT'S SCARY TO THINK THAT AT ANY TIME THIS CAN HAPPEN TO ANY ONE OF THOSE CARS, MINE INCLUDED, AND SERIOUSLY HURT OR KILL SOMEONE. GM NEEDS TO STEP UP AND DO THE RESPONSIBLE THING FOR THE PEOPLE WHO INVESTED THEIR MONEY IN THE GM BRAND.

NEWLY PURCHASED CAR AND CHILD LOCKED HIMSELF IN CAR AND WHEN I TRIED TO UNLOCK CAR WITH KEY FOB DOORS WOULDN'T UNLOCK DUE TO AN ISSUE THAT A LOT OF THESE CARS ARE HAVING WITH THE ACTUATOR. I DID A LOT OF RESEARCH AND FOUND THAT THERE ARE TONS OF THESE CARS HAVING THE SAME ISSUE. I WAS ABLE TO QUICKLY GET THE DOOR UNLOCKED WITH THE KEY BUT THEN HAD TO CLIMB OVER THE SEAT TO GET THE BACK DOOR UNLOCKED... GOD FORBID I HAD TO RELY ON MY KEY FOB TO SAVE MY LIFE SOMEDAY! *JS

I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 70MPH, MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. ABOUT 5 SECONDS LATER, MY SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL CAME ON. AS I KEPT DRIVING, I LOST POWER TO MY ENGINE. FINALLY, MY ENGINE WAS DISABLED AND I COULDN'T DRIVE ANYMORE. LUCKILY, I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER. AFTER 5 MINUTES, I WAS ABLE TO START UP MY CAR. I REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY, BUT MY CAR STILL KEEPS DOING THIS. THIS IS VERY UNSAFE. GM NEEDS TO RECALL ITS CARS. *TR