2011 Chevrolet Impala

BACK DRIVER PASSENGER DOOR IS STUCK. WILL NOT OPEN AT ALL, LOCKS DON'T UNLOCK MOST OF THE TIME AND DON'T LOCK AT ALL. ALWAYS HAVE TO LOCK MANUALLY. NEW STARTER REPLACED BUT STILL SEEMS TO NOT WANT TO START. KNOCKING NOISE IN DASH. FRONT PASSENGER HEATED SEAT DOESN'T WORK, WHEN THE HEAT BUTTON IS PUSHED THE LIGHT BLINKS AND TURNS BACK OFF. VENTS DON'T WORK WELL. AND VEHICLE IS STATIONARY, IN MOTION... ALSO WHEN VEHICLE SPEEDS UP THE MUSIC GETS LOUDER ..

ON MY FRONT LOWER CONTROL ARMS THE BRACKET THAT ATTACHES TO THE FRAME AND THE CONTROL ARM ITSELF HAS SNAPPED COMPLETELY OFF ON MY FRONT PASSENGER SIDE AND YOU CAN TELL THAT THE WELD THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY HOLDING IT ONTO THE FRAME ITSELF WAS A WEAK POINT IN THE WHOLE CROSS MEMBER FRONT K FRAME AND I FOUND IT VERY DANGEROUS I HAVE NO CLUE ON HOW TO FIX THIS AND WAS WONDERING IF YOU GUYS HAD A RECALL ON IT AND ARE WILLING TO FIX IT THIS IS A BIG PROBLEM AND VERY DANGEROUS I KNOW THAT I CANNOT HAVE IT REWELDED ON I DO NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO AND ALMOST KILLED ME AS I WAS DRIVING.

I HAVE A 2011 CHEVY IMPALA AND DURING AN INSPECTION FOUND OUT THAT THE CLUNK I STARTED HEARING 2 WEEKS AGO WAS DUE TO A FRONT ALUMINUM SUB-FRAME CONTROL ARM MOUNT THAT BROKE. THE CAR HAD A SAFETY RECALL ON IT (RECALL 12V377) FOR FRONT CONTROL ARMS, WHICH WERE REPLACED, BUT THE NEW CONTROL ARMS ARE DEFECTIVE ALSO, CAUSING THEM TO BECOME MISALIGNED INSIDE THE SUB-FRAME CONTROL ARM MOUNTS, WHICH SUBSEQUENTLY RUBBED AND WORE THE ALUMINUM SUB-FRAME CONTROL ARM MOUNTS TO THE POINT WHERE IT BROKE. I DO HAVE PICTURES OF THIS. THE FRONT BUSHING IS A VERTICAL BUSHING DESIGN FROM GM THAT HAS BEEN NOTED FOR A VERY HIGH AND REPEATED FAILURE RATE, NOT JUST ON THE W-BODY CARS BUT ALSO ON MANY DELTA PLATFORM CARS SUCH AS CHEVY COBALT AND HHR, PONTIAC G5, SATURN ION. I CONTACTED CHEVY AND THEY REFUSE TO LISTEN TO IT, EVEN THO THIS CAR ONLY HAS 78K MILES ON IT, AND IS ONLY 4 YEARS 1 MONTH OLD, THEY DECLINED WARRANTY. IT IS VERY DANGEROUS AS THE ENTIRE WHEEL CONTROL ARM MOUNTS BROKE AWAY FROM THE REST OF THE FRAME. AND IT IS DUE TO THE SECOND SET OF DEFECTIVE CONTROLS ARMS IN JUST 78K MILES. ANY IMPALA OWNER SHOULD GO CHECK THIS IMMEDIATELY AS IT CAN BE A DEADLY DEFECT THAT GM IS DECLINING TO KNOW ABOUT. IT ALSO AFFECTS OTHER GM 2006 AND NEWER W-BODY CARS: PONTIAC GRAND PRIX, BUICK LACROSSE, CHEVY IMPALA AND MONTE CARLO. THE ISSUE IS, THIS TYPE OF BUSHING USED BY GM FOR MANY YEARS ON MANY MODELS IS KNOWN TO HAVE VERY HIGH FAILURE, AND WITH STEEL CONTROL ARM MOUNTS, IT DIDN'T DAMAGE THE MOUNTS/SUB-FRAME UNLESS LEFT FOR A VERY LONG TIME, BUT NOW WITH THE ALUMINUM SUB-FRAME, WHEN THE BUSHING GOES BAD, THE OUTER STEEL PART OF THE BUSHING WEARS AWAY INTO THE SOFT ALUMINUM CONTROL ARM MOUNT ON THE SUB-FRAME VERY QUICKLY, AND MAY GO UNNOTICED BY THE DRIVER UNTIL IT BREAKS, WHICH CAN CAUSE LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, WHICH MAY LEAD TO A CRASH, CAUSING BODILY HARM OR EVEN A FATALITY.

5 DAYS AFTER PURCHASING THE IMPALA I SLICED MY LEG QUITE SEVERELY (2"X3" AND 1/2" DEEP) SIMPLY BY CLOSING THE DOOR. THE BOTTOM CORNER OF BOTH THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER DOOR COME TO A VERY SHARP POINT. BECAUSE OF MY AGE AND SIZE I NEED STAND FAIRLY CLOSE TO THE DOOR TO CLOSE IT. THIS VEHICLE IS VERY DANGEROUS, ESPECIALLY FOR CHILDREN AND ELDERLY, ACTUALLY ANYONE WHO MAY BE A LITTLE WEAKER THAN AVERAGE. I TRIED TO RETURN OR EXCHANGE VEHICLE BUT DEALERSHIP WANTED ME TO TAKE A $4315 LOSS. I WOULD STAY AWAY FROM THIS VEHICLE AND DEALERSHIP