2011 Chevrolet Impala

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THE REAR SEAT HEAD RESTS WERE POSITIONED TOO HIGH, OBSTRUCTING HIS VISION. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THE HEAD RESTS WERE INSTALLED IN A MANNER IN WHICH THEY WERE NOT ADJUSTABLE AND COULD NOT BE REMOVED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THE EQUIPMENT COULD NOT BE ALTERED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 5 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 3,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THE REAR MIDDLE HEAD RESTRAINT WAS OBSTRUCTING HER VISION. AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WAS NOTIFIED AND THEY INFORMED THE VEHICLE WAS OPERATING AS DESIGNED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 2,900.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HEADREST IN THE MIDDLE REAR OF THE VEHICLE WAS OBSTRUCTING HIS VIEW. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO DRIVE IN REVERSE, THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE WOULD NOT CRASH INTO OBJECTS SINCE HE DID NOT HAVE A CLEAR VIEW. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OPERATING AS DESIGNED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND THE CONTACT WAS WAITING FOR A RESPONSE. THE CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 1,500 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 5.

I CANNOT SEE WHEN USING THE REAR VIEW MIRROR DUE TO THE REDUCED VISIBILITY CAUSED BY THE HEAD RESTS ON THE REAR SEATS. THE VIEW WHEN USING THE REAR VIEW MIRROR IS OBSTRUCTED SIGNIFICANTLY WITH ONLY 4 INCHES OF VISIBILITY BETWEEN THE CEILING OF THE THE CAR AND THE TOP OF THE HEAD RESTS. ALSO, THE SIDE MIRRORS ARE SMALL INCREASING THE POOR VISIBILITY IN THIS VEHICLE. THE HEAD REST PROBLEM WOULD HAVE BEEN NOTICED IF THE CAR SALESMAN HAD NOT SAT IN BACKSEAT IN THE MIDDLE. THE CAR DEALERSHIP SUGGESTED THAT THE CAR BE TAKEN TO A LOCAL SEAT COVER COMPANY TO HAVE THE HEADRESTS REBUILT. THIS IS A NEW CAR AND SHOULD NOT HAVE PROBLEMS SUCH AS THIS.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT ENTERED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT HE COULD NOT SEE WHEN USING THE REAR VIEW MIRROR DUE TO REDUCED VISIBILITY CAUSE BY THE HEAD RESTS ON THE REAR SEATS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VIEW WHEN USING THE REAR VIEW MIRROR WAS OBSTRUCTED BY APPROXIMATELY SEVENTY PERCENT. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE HEAD LIGHTS FROM VEHICLES IN THE REARVIEW MIRROR WOULD INTERMITTENTLY DISAPPEAR DUE TO THE REDUCED VISIBILITY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO HAVE THE FAILURE DIAGNOSED AND WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 68 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 118.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SEAT HEADRESTS WERE TOO HIGH AND OBSTRUCTING VISIBILITY THRU THE REAR VIEW MIRROR. IN ADDITION, HE STATED THAT THE SIDE VIEW MIRRORS WERE ABNORMALLY SMALL. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED BUT OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE, STATING THAT THEY COULD NOT ALTER THE DESIGN OF THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC COULD POSSIBLY LOWER THE SEAT OR CUT DOWN THE HEADREST. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 500.

2011 CHEVROLET IMPALA S.T. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO REAR SEAT HEAD RESTS BEING MUCH HIGHER THAN THE BOTTOM OF THE REAR CAR WINDOW AND BLOCKS OUT ABOUT 40% OR MORE OF VISION WHEN LOOKING OR USING THE REAR VIEW MIRROR FROM THE DRIVER'S SEAT *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED LOWERING OR ELIMINATING THE REAR SEAT HEAD REST WOULD SOLVE THE PROBLEM AND RESTORE SAFETY TO USING THE REAR VIEW MIRROR AND RESTORE 100% VISION TO THE REAR WINDOW. *JB