2011 Chevrolet Impala

WHILE DRIVING, THE FOLLOWING LIGHTS CAME ON 3 MONTHS AFTER PURCHASE. SERVICE STABILITRAK, ENGINE POWER REDUCED, SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL. TURNED CAR OFF FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES, AND LIGHTS WENT OFF AND WERE ABLE TO DRIVE HOME. THAT MONDAY, TOOK CAR TO DEALER, AND WERE TOLD IT WAS A PART THAT HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE FUEL. OUT OF WARRANT, BUT THEY COVERED IT ANYWAY CONSIDERING I JUST PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. SAME LIGHTS CAME ON AGAIN ROUGHLY ABOUT 6 MONTHS LATER, NOTICEABLY WHEN IT'S WET OUT. LIGHTS WOULD EVENTUALLY GO OFF AFTER CAR SITS SO AFTER READING THREADS, I ASSUMED THIS WAS NORMAL WHEN IT WAS WET OUT. LATE 2013 LIGHTS CAME ON AGAIN, HAD WHEEL BEARING REPLACED AND LIGHTS WENT OFF FOR A WHILE. EARLY 2014 LIGHTS ARE ON AGAIN, AND I START NOTICING HARD SHIFTING IN TRANSMISSION, BUT IGNORED BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S NO WAY MY TRANS COULD BE BAD CONSIDERING THE CAR WAS ONLY 2 YEARS OLD AT THE TIME. THANKSGIVING 2014, I WAS PLANNING A SHOPPING TRIP TO INDIANAPOLIS, AND NO LIGHTS, BUT TRANSMISSION WENT OUT. CAR WOULD NOT MOVE WHATSOEVER, AND I HAD TO GET THE CAR TOWED. TOOK CAR TO SEVERAL DEALERS AND SOME SAID IT WAS THE TRANS AND SOME SAID IT WAS NOT. EITHER WAY, IT WAS GOING TO COST ME A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY I DID NOT HAVE CONSIDERING THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT 3000 MILES AFTER WARRANTY ENDED. HAD TRANSMISSION REPLACED, AND WALLLAH LIGHTS ARE BACK ON. ONE DEALER SAID I HAD ANOTHER BAD WHEEL BARING, BUT DID NOT PRODUCE ANY PAPER WORK WITH THE CODE. TOOK IT ELSEWHERE FOR A SECOND OPINION, AND FOUND OUT THAT THE DEALER FORGOT TO CONNECT THE LINE THAT'S CONNECTED TO THE WHEEL BARING. LIGHTS ARE NOW OFF AND I'M HAPPY. TODAY, THE DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS, NOW THAT I'M FLAT BROKE AND HAVE $30 TO MY NAME, LIGHTS ARE BACK ON AND I'M MENTALLY EXHAUSTED. CANNOT REPORT AS A LEMON BECAUSE I HAVE HAD THE VEHICLE LONGER THAN 1 YEAR, AND MY WARRANTY IS EXHAUSTED. *TR

UPON CRANKING THE CAR USING THE KEY, THE CAR STARTED TO MAKE A TICKING NOISE ON THE RIGHT SIDE APPEARING TO COME FROM THE ENGINE WHEN THE TEMPERATURE KNOB IS SET TO HEAT; HOWEVER, WHEN THE NOISE STOPS WHEN THE TEMPERATURE IS MOVED TO COLD AIR. THE CAR WAS SERVICE WHEN I PURCHASED IT IN JUNE 2014 BY WILLETT HONDA SOUTH. NOW, DECEMBER 2014, THE NOISE HAS STARTED AGAIN, AS WELL AS, THE TRANSMISSION HAS GONE IN THIS CAR!!! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V355000 (POWER TRAIN). HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCE A FAILURE.

AFTER STOPPING FOR FUEL APPROXIMATELY 900 MILES FROM HOME, AFTER FILLING THE VEHICLE, STARTED THE CAR AND AS WE PULLED OUT OF THE GAS STATION, THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED OUT OF GEAR AND INTO NEUTRAL WITHOUT ANY FORWARD OR REVERSE GEARING. UPON PLACING THE VEHICLE IN PARK, TURNING THE ENGINE OFF AND RESTARTING THE VEHICLE, IT MOVED FORWARD AND THE TRANSMISSION TOTALLY DISENGAGED AS BEFORE. ONSTAR VEHICLE DIAGNOSTICS REPORTED A NON CODED TOTAL FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CLOSEST GM DEALER AND WE WERE TOLD THAT IT MAYBE A WEEK BEFORE THEY CAN GIVE US ANY SPECIFICS TO ITS CAUSE, REPAIR OR WARRANTY COVERAGE. *TR

PULLED INTO 35 MILE PER HOUR TRAFFIC AND LOST ENGINE POWER. WARNING LIGHTS AND MESSAGE FOR STABILTRAC, SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL AND REDUCED ENGINE POWER CAME ON. EXPERIENCED REDUCED ENGINE POWER WITH TRAFFIC APPROACHING FROM BEHIND. THIS HAPPENED WITH 22,000 MILES IN 7/2013. THE ENGINE CONTROL MODULE AND STABILIZER SHAFT LINK WERE REPLACED. THIS HAPPENED AGAIN 2/2014 WITH 26,000 MILES. THE THROTTLE BODY COVER AND SENSOR KIT WERE REPLACED. JUST TODAY, 7/23/2014, IT HAPPENED AGAIN WITH 30,000 MILES. EACH TIME IT HAS HAPPENED PULLING INTO 35 MILE PER HOUR TRAFFIC AND EXPERIENCED REDUCED POWER. *TR

I WAS DRIVING DOWN I-74 OUTSIDE PEORIA IL AND THE STABILITRAC POWER REDUCED POPPED UP ON THE DASH AND 3 SECONDS LATER IT STATED THE ANTI-THEFT ENGAGED AND SHUT MY CAR OFF. I ALMOST GOT REAR ENDED BY MULTIPLE CARS ON THE INTERSTATE. I WAS IN THE LEFT LANE AND BARELY MADE IT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I EMAILED GM AND THEY HAVE NOT GOTTEN BACK TO ME YET. I EMAILED THEM THE SAME DAY IT HAPPENED. *TR