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.
A 2009 Chevy Impala police package cruiser car came into our shop this morning. The complaint was of chirping tires sound around turns.upon inspection we found that the right lower control arm has broken away from the bushing area. Causing the alignment to be off and the control arm to be unstable. This condition could have lead to a accident if gone undetected or resulted in loss of control during a high speed pursuit. This is the second vehicle to have this condition. We have grounded our fleet of cruisers so they can be brought in and inspected one at a time.we have found one additional car that the arm is cracked but not yet broken through. All of the defects have been on the right side upto now.
The contact owns a 2009 Chevrolet Impala. The contact stated that the vehicle was being inspected by a local mechanic, when she was informed that the front suspension failed. The dealer and manufacturer were not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 16,000 and the current mileage was 20,000. Updated 10/03/2011
- Mount Clemens, MI, USA
Search CarComplaints.com for these popular complaint phrases...
A D V E R T I S E M E N T S
- Allentown, PA, USA