This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.
So how do you find out what problems are occurring? For this NHTSA complaint data, the only way is to read through the comments below. Any duplicates or errors? It's not us.
The contact owns a 2008 Chevrolet Impala. The contact stated that after the vehicle was turned on it would not shift out of the park position. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic who did not diagnose the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileages were approximately 50,000.
2008 Impala, each time I drive through water at slow speeds, the power steering locks up and the battery error signal illuminates. The car does not handle whatsoever and there have been near misses on three occasions. This has not proven to be an issue on the highway or on roads at higher speeds over 25 mph. I inquired at the dealership and they were not helpful as the warranty has run out on the vehicle.
2008 Chevrolet Impala gearshift could not be moved from "park". towed to don brown Chevrolet (after tow driver disconnected shift linkage). Diagnosed as "test and trace ground circuit to broken wire in center console". talked to service manager who reported that technician stated wires moved when the shifter was moved which likely caused wire to break separate. Potential for driver to be "stuck" in park in a risky / unsafe situation exists.
Yesterday, my Chevy 08 Impala would not shift out of park. I contacted aaa who was unable to help me. I had my car towed to a car mechanic. He told me that the problem was that the wiresunder the gear shift lever had come unattached. I was told that even though Chevy was aware of this problem there was not a recall and my manufacturer's warranty would not cover it because the bumper to bumper was over at 36, 000 miles. I had to pay $ 91 to have the wires reconnected back into the piece even though the problem is that the wires are to short to begin with and that is why they can become tangled and tear out of the connecting piece. I do not think that it is fair for the consumer to have to pay for this when it is clearly a manufacture defect..
GM advertises that mileage for average highway driving is 28 mpg. The car does not meet or even come close to this standard. I have tested mileage with 100% highway driving and the max mpg is 23. With some minimal off highway driving (to and from highway) the mpg averages 21 to 22. Off highway mpg averages 19. My investigations have found that GM has changed the final drive ratio. At 70 mph the engine RPM is 2,300. That is 300 RPM more that previous model years.
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- Detroit, MI, USA