2011 Chevrolet Impala

THE SERVICE STABILITRAK, TRACTION CONTROL, AND REDUCED ENGINE POWER WARNINGS CAME ON AND THE CAR STARTED TO LOSE POWER GOING AROUND A CURVE. I TEMPORARILY LOST THE ABILITY TO ACCELERATE NEARLY CAUSING ME TO GET REAR ENDED BY A VEHICLE BEHIND ME. SINCE THE INCIDENT OCCURRED THE CAR HAS BEEN VERY SLUGGISH AND UNSAFE TO OPERATE. I AM PLANNING TO GET THIS SERVICED ASAP. AFTER READING MANY FORUM POSTS ONLINE REGARDING THIS SAFETY ISSUE, I BELIEVE A RECALL SHOULD BE ISSUED. I WAS SHOCKED TO SEE HOW RAMPANT OF A PROBLEM THIS AND THAT IT IS USUALLY CAUSED BY A FAULTY THROTTLE BODY THAT ISN'T COVERED IN THE 100K MILE POWERTRAIN WARRANTY. MYSELF AND MANY OTHERS FROM WHAT I HAVE READ BELIEVE THIS TO BE A VERY DANGEROUS MALFUNCTION. IF THIS WERE TO HAPPEN AT HIGH SPEEDS ON THE HIGHWAY SOMEONE COULD VERY EASILY BE KILLED IF THEIR CAR LOSES POWER DUE TO THIS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE MADE A LOUD NOISE FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN SLIPPING. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE VEHICLE ALSO STALLED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

THE CAR STARTED JERKING WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY MESSAGE PANEL SAID THAT THE STABILITRAC NEEDED SERVICE AND THAT ENGINE POWER WAS REDUCED AND THE TRACTION CONTROL NEEDED SERVICE. I HAD JUST BOUGHT THE CAR I TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP THEY SAID IT WAS SOMETHING SIMPLE AND FIXED IT. THE NEXT DAY IT HAPPENED AGAIN ONLY WORSE AND THE CAR WOULD NOT GO OVER 40 MPH. THE CAR IS JERKING AND I AM AFRAID TO EVEN DRIVE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP. THERE ARE MANY COMPLAINTS JUST LIKE THIS. THERE REALLY NEEDS GO BE SOMETHING DONE TO HELP WITH THIS PROBLEM. *JS

FIRST INCIDENT WAS ON (05-29-2014CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, SERVICE TRACTION SYSTEM, AND REDUCED POWER LIGHTS CAME ON. CAR TOOK OFF WITH A JERK. HAD CAR SCANNED FOR CODES. CAME BACK AS THE THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR. HAD THAT CHANGED TODAY(06-06-2014) AND CODE CLEARED OUT. WAS DOING GREAT UNILL THIS EVENING WHILE I WAS DRIVING HOME TONIGHT ,(06-06-2014),ON HIGHWAY DOING 56 M.P.H. AND CAR SHUT OFF. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM, AND REDUCED ENGINE POWER. I QUICKLY VEERED OFF INTO MEDIAN AND TURNED FLASHERS ON. THERE WERE SEVERAL CARS BEHIND ME. CAR WOULD NOT START RIGHT AWAY. AFTER SEVERAL MINUTES IT STARTED WITH ONLY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON. MY CHILDREN AND I COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED HAD I NOT BEEN ABLE TO REACT AS QUICKLY AS I DID. OBVIOUSLY I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE EXPERIENCING THIS SAME ISSUES BASED ON THE INVESTIGATIONS ON HERE. I HAVE ALSO RESEARCHED ON MANY GM FORUM POSTS WITH MANY REPORTING THE SAME ISSUES. GM BASICALLY APOLOGIZES IN THE FORUMS AND TELLS THEM TO TAKE IT UP WITH THE DEALERSHIP. *TR

I WAS STOPPED AT A LIGHT AND THE FRONT END HESITATED THEN TOOK OFF NORMALLY. I GOT ON A HIGHWAY, DROVE 30 MILES AND AS I WAS DECELERATING MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND A MESSAGE TO SERVICE MY TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT APPEARED. I LOOKED UP THIS PROBLEM ON THE INTERNET AND SEE THAT IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM ACROSS MANY MODELS AND NUMEROUS MODEL YEARS. IT WAS SUGGESTED TO LOG THE COMPLAINT . *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENGINE WARNING LIGHT INTERMITTENTLY ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING HOWEVER, THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 54,000.