CarComplaints.com Notes: Top complaints for the 2006 Chevy Impala include how the transmission slips, clunks and fails. Or how the power steering knocks and squeals. In other words, this car is a noisy bucket of eventual failure points.
We have been dealing with this power steering problem for months. At first we thought it was just a loss of fluid. That helped for a couple weeks, then figured out that was not the problem. We decided to replace the power steering pump. That only worked for about a month. We can barely steer the car. I see this is an ongoing problem with the '06 Impala. I do not understand why there is no recall on this. As I research further on the internet it seems that it must be the pinion/rack that needs to be replaced, but that could end up being very costly. My son purchased this car in Sept. '16 and is financing it. He is a college student making a monthly payment on a $5,000 car. He can not afford an expensive repair. Frankly neither can we being we are paying for college. This is ridiculous. You do not even have a car a year and you already have to sink money into it.
Again, the car runs great, God knows where the oil goes in this car, BUT had the car for a couple of short months and the power steering went out completely. Turns out the power steering shaft SNAPPED. How does that happen? I have never had that happen ever. I read some forums and sounds like this has happened on a number of 2006 Impalas. Sounds like an endemic issue, why no recall??
Driver must use very strong force to get steering to work especially when vehicle has just been started. Backing out of parking stalls often takes 2-3 attempts before steering is able to be manipulated enough in order to turn into the driving lanes.
The power steering system is not working normally. It is very hard to turn the wheel. My mechanic replaced the power steering pump with little sucess, Any other ideas for a permanent fix????
At about 25,000 miles I experienced a sudden power steering loss in my vehicle. Luckily this car was under warranty so I did not have to pay out of pocket for this.
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We have been dealing with this power steering problem for months. At first we thought it was just a loss of fluid. That helped for a couple weeks, then figured out that was not the problem. We decided to replace the power steering pump. That only worked for about a month. We can barely steer the car. I see this is an ongoing problem with the '06 Impala. I do not understand why there is no recall on this. As I research further on the internet it seems that it must be the pinion/rack that needs to be replaced, but that could end up being very costly. My son purchased this car in Sept. '16 and is financing it. He is a college student making a monthly payment on a $5,000 car. He can not afford an expensive repair. Frankly neither can we being we are paying for college. This is ridiculous. You do not even have a car a year and you already have to sink money into it.
- Tracy H., Ravenna, US