2001 Chevrolet Impala complaints

MY 2001 IMPALA BEGAN HAVING LOSS OF POWER/SLIPPING DURING ACCELERATION AT LOW SPEEDS AROUND 30,000 MILES, DEALER LOOKED AT CAR AND COULD NOT DUPLICAT 2 TIMES. CAR SCONTIUED TO HAVE THE PROBLEM AND DEALER FELT THAT THE VALVE BODY SHOULD BE REPLACED AND TOE SET. AT 37,400 MILES I WAS DRIVING ALONG AND SUDDENLY LOSS OPERATION OF VEHICLE WHIL GOING THROUGH INTERSECTION, COASTED INTO GAS STATION TRIED ALL GEARS OF CAR AND WAS UNABLE TO MOVE CAR FORWARD OR REVERSE. HAD CAR TOWED TO DEALERSHIP. TRANSMISSION REPAIR OF PLANETARIES AND BANDS WAS PERFORMED THAT WAS AUGUST 25, 2003. ON SEPTEMBER 10 CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND I HAD IT DIAGNOSED AT INDEPENDENT MECHANIC SHOP AND WAS TOLD THAT 2 TRANSMISSION CODES WERE COMING UP THEY WERE 742 AND 748. GM EXTENDED WARRANTY WOULD NOT ALLOW REPAIR TO BE DONE BY ANY ONE ELSE BUT CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP, I TOOK THE VEHICLE INTO DEALERSHIP ON OCTOBER 6 AND WAS TOLD ON THE 9TH THAT THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. I WILL BE PICKING UP MY CAR TOMORROW AND WAITING FOR THE NEXT TIME THAT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON TO TAKE IT BACK TO THE DEALER.

AT 47000 MILES AND ONLY 9000 OF THESE MILES WERE PUT ON BY ME. I JUST BOUGHT IT 5 MONTHS AGO. THE LOWER INTAKE GASKET HAD TO BE REPLACED. COSTING ME 813.37 THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM IN THE 3800 ENGINES. MINE IS THE 3400 AND I'M TOLD BY THE REPAIR PERSON THAT IT IS COMMON IN THESE TO. WHY WON'T GM HELP ME PAY THIS REPAIR WORK. *JB

THE TURN SIGNAL AND HAZARD LIGHTS DID NOT WORK AT TIMES. *AK THE HAZARD FLASHER SWITCH WAS REPLACED. *JB

THE STEERING IN MY CAR IS HARD TO STEER AND I DONT LIKE IT IT SEEMS TO STICK IVE DROVE CHEVYS ALL MY LIFE AND I DO NOT LIKE THIS CAR AND THE STEERING IS THE MAJOR CAUSE

EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HAZARD FLASHING WARNING LIGHTS:SWITCH TURN SIGNAL DON'T RESPOND IN THE BOTH CARS THE BOTH ARE MADE ON THE SOME YEAR 2001 CHEVY MALIBU LS AND IMPALA

VEHICLE VIBRATED AND SHOOK AT HIGH SPEED (ABOVE 50MPH) WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED. SCRAPING NOISES WERE ALSO HEARD. DEALER WOULD ONLY LOOK AT BRAKES IF DIAGNOSTIC FEE WAS PAID. RESULT WAS THAT ROTORS WERE WARPED ON THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE AND PITTED AND SCORED ON THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. VEHICLE HAS 18K FOR MILEAGE. BRAKE PADS ON BOTH FRONT AND REAR HAD 75% WEAR REMAINING. FRONT ROTORS WERE TURNED AND PADS REPLACED. REAR ROTORS AND PADS WERE REPLACED.OEM DESIGN OF REAR PADS HAS A VERTICAL GROOVE IN THE MIDDLE WHICH COLLECTS DUST, DIRT AND DEBRI CONTRIBUTING TO THE WEAR ISSUE. REPLACEMENT PADS DO NOT.*AK

WHEN THE DRIVER'S FOOT WAS REMOVED FROM THE BRAKE PEDAL THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED. THE DRIVER HAD TO PRESS THE BRAKE TO DECELERATE. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED BUT THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN RESOLVED. *AK

2001 CHEVROLET IMPALA INVOLVED IN FRONTAL COLLISION WITH OTHER VEHICLE. 11,000 PLUS DAMAGE TO ENTIRE FRONT END. VEHICLE TOTAL LOSS, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, GM EXPERT SAYS COLLISION WAS NOT SEVERE ENOUGH. *AK

ANY TIME THE VEHICLE IS TURNED ON MESSAGE CENTER LIGHT INDICATES THAT THE COOLANT LEVEL IS LOW. CONSUMER CHECKED THE COOLANT LEVELS SEVERAL TIMES TO FIND THEM UP TO PAR. VEHICLE HAD BEEN TAKEN TO SEVERAL MECHANICS WHO COULD NOT DETERMINE WHY THE MESSAGE CENTER LIGHT WOULD NOT GO OFF. MANUFACTURER AND THE DEALER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK

WE HEARD A LOW RUMBLING NOISE WHILE ACCELERATING FROM A STOP, WE BARELY MADE IT THROUGH THE NEXT MAJOR INTERSECTION AS THE CAR WAS HARDLY MOVING FORWARD ANY MORE AND COASTED TO A BOULEVARD OFF OF A MAJOR ROAD. THE CAR JUMPED FORWARD IN PARK WHEN WE RESTARTED IT AND THEN IT WOULD NOT RESPOND WHETHER WE TRIED TO PUT THE CAR IN DRIVE OR REVERSE. THIS IS A 2001 VEHICLE NOW IN NEED OF A REFABBED TRANSMISSION FOR A WHOPPING $2700! THE DEALER NEVER OPENED THE TRANSMISSION TO FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT WENT WRONG (THEY GUESS IT'S THE GEAR SET) AND THEY REFUSE TO LET US GET A 3RD PARTY TO EXAMINE IT. THEY WILL CHARGE US A $700 NON-REFUNDABLE CORE FEE EVEN IF WE RETURN THE CORE TO THEM IN A TIMELY MANNER. ALSO, THE TIME TABLE FOR THEM TO RETURN THE PART TO GM JUST WENT TO 24 HOURS. ORIGINALLY THEY SAID IT USUALLY TAKES AROUND A WEEK FOR THEM TO SEND THE PART BACK!*AK

WHILE DRIVING, THE HEADLIGHTS STARTED TO FLICKER. *AK. THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN TO THE REPAIR SHOP ON THREE OCCASIONS. ALSO THE DASH LIGHTS FLICKERED. THERE WAS A NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT SUSPENSION AREA, HOWEVER THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *JB

CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD LOST POWER, ALL OF THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS WERE GONE. ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS FAILED ON THE DASHBOARD, BUT NO WHERE ELSE. HE WAS STILL ABLE TO ROLL THE ELECTRICAL WINDOWS UP AND DOWN, AND RADIO STILL CAME ON. ALSO, AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON, INDICATING THERE WAS A PROBLEM. SOMETIMES WHEN THIS HAPPENED AIR CONDITIONER DID NOT WORK. THIS HAPPENED 3 TIMES IN THE LAST 2 MONTHS. CONSUMER HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER/MECHANIC, AND WAS TOLD TO DISCONNECT THE BATTERY.THIS HAPPENED TO RESET THE COMPUTER. BUT WHEN THIS HAPPENED A SECOND TIME , HE TOOK VEHICLE BACK TO DEALER/MECHANIC. THEY PUT VEHICLE ON THE COMPUTER, AND COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT, BUT YET THEY CHANGED THE IGNITION SWITCH, WHICH THEY SAID COULD BE BAD.*AK

TRANSMISSION FAILURE IN 2001 CHEVY IMPALA. ONLY 59K MILES, TRANSMISSION NEEDS REBUILD. TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLITEN 00-07-30-002B JULY 2002 LISTS PROBLEMS THAT MY CAR DEVELOPED.*AK

THE CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND WITH NO WARNING, THE BRAKE ROTORS WOE OUT AND CAUSED EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *AK THERE WAS A PULSATION WHEN THE BAKES WERE APPLIED. *SCC *JB

CONSUMER STATES WHILE TRAVELING AT LOW SPEED OR STOPPING VEHICLE WOULD STALL.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH THE DRIVER DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND NOTICED THAT BRAKE POWER WAS LOST AFTER THE VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP AND THAT IT WAS VIBRATING. IT WAS LATER DETERMINED THAT THE AIR INTAKE HAD WORN THROUGH THE COMPUTER SENSOR ON THE HARNESS AND CAUSED A LOSS OF VACUUM TO THE POWER BRAKES, AND LOSS ALL POWER TO ASSIST. *AK *CB *NLM

THE BRAKE ROTORS WERE WARPED WHICH CAUSED VIBRATION WHILE BRAKING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE ROTORS WERE WARPED BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WASN'T USED ENOUGH. THE DEALER REFACED BOTH BRAKE ROTORS. *AK *CB *NLM

TRANSMISSION DIED TODAY. COASTED INTO A PARKING SPOT. 6-30-03 CAR WAS IN FOR THIRD 'LOW COOLANT' LIGHT. A COSTLY CORRECTION WAS MADE BY THE DEALER. PREVIOUSLY IN 4-03 AND 8-02, INSTALLED NEW SENSOR BOTH TIMES.

THERE WAS A CLUNKING NOISE FELT IN THE STEERING COLUMN, THE DEALER STATED THE STEERING SHAFT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK *TS *JB

FRONT COLLISION WITH A TREE. EXTENSIVE DAMAGE. DRIVERS FRONT FENDER DENTED. BUMPER PARTIALLY TORN OFF AND HEADLIGHTS FELL OUT. NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED TRANSMISSION JERKED. DEALER INSPECTED AND STATED THE WAS THE CODE-PO742. CONSUMER STATED THIS VEHICLE WAS NO LONGER ON WARRANTY.*AK

LOOSE INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT TRANSMITS DISTURBING NOISES AND VIBRATIONS TO THE DRIVER VIA THE STEERING WHEEL . DEALER WILL NOT REPAIR. *NLM

WHY TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING VEHICLE JUST SHUT DOWN , POWER STEERING AND BRAKES ALSO FAILED. *AK

UPPER INTAKE PLUENTUM WAS LEAKING COOLANT AT 30,000 MILES. *JB

CHRONIC COOLANT LEAK ON 2001 IMPALA LS. DEALER REPLACED MANIFOLD UNDER WARRANTY. ALSO IN FIRST 2 YEARS, WHEEL BEARING, INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT REQUIRED REPLACEMENT, AS WELL AS ROOF MOLDING. *JB

2001 CHEV IMPALA POL;ICE INT. 9C1 OFFICER SWERVED AT INTERSECTION TO AVOID VEHICLE. STRUCK UTILITY POLE FRONT BUMPER TO THE RIGHT OF CENTER. OVER $3000 DAMAGE. AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. 20-30MPH *AK

BRAKE ROTOR - REPEATED WARPAGE - 4 OCCURRENCES AND67,000 MILES.*AK

AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. I WAS STRUCK IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE AND WAS RAN INTO A TREE HEAD ON. IT IS NOW 5-28-2003 AND MY CAR IS STILL IN THE SHOP BEING REPAIRED.

WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED, THERE WAS NOISE. THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THE NOISE WAS DUE TO RUST BUILD UP ON THE ROTORS. *JB

AIR BAG LIGHT AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON. KNOCKING SOUND WHEN TURNING EITHER WAY IN FRONT END AND ODD TAPPING SOUND IN REAR OF VEHICLE WHEN 1ST OPERATING CAR. RESULTING IN NO AIRBAGS OPERATIONAL & POSSIBILITY OF THEM DEPLOYING IN ERROR CAUSING POSSIBLE INJURY. NO CRUISE CONTROL, PCM PROBLEM. *JB

COMPLAINT LETTER FROM IL STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL OFFC REQUESTING ASSISTANCE IN GETTING REFUND FOR REPLACING A DEFECTIVE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET. ALSO, ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON AND WENT OFF *AK *CB *JB

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED WHEN I WAS ACCELERATING ONTO HIGHWAY FROM LIGHT. TRANSMISSION DID NOT RESPOND TO GAS PEDAL APPLICATION. ONE OTHER VEHICLES ALMOST COLLIDED WITH MY VEHICLE FROM BEHIND. *NLM

REAR OF CAR CAUGHT FIRE. OCCURRED IN MY EMPLOYER'S PARKING LOT AT 2121 HUDSON AVENUE, KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN. THE THIRD BRAKE LIGHT AREA. VEHICLE PARKED & UNOCCUPIED. *NLM

WHILE DRIVING, THE TRANSMISSION STOPPED PULLING. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE, BUT THE ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING. THE MECHANIC STATED THE VEHICLE NEEDED A NEW WATER PUMP. *JB

MY VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP ON 10 APRIL,2003, THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER/ EXHAUST SYSTEM HAD TO BE REPLACED, MY CAR DOESN'T EVEN HAVE 47,000 MILES ON IT AND IT IS JUST BARELY 2 YEARS OLD???? THE ENGINE LOST ALL POWER, THE PARTS WERE REPLACED, THE TRANSMISSION WAS FLUSHED, BUT.... THE VEHICLE STILL DOESN'T HAVE THE POWER THAT IT SHOULD HAVE AND THE TRANSMISSION IS NOT SHIFTING LIKE IT SHOULD, NOW I WAS TOLD THAT WHEN THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER WENT THAT IT SENT PIECES THOUGH THE LINES IN THE CAR, I DID ASK THE DEALER IF THIS WOULD BE CAUSE A PROBLEM WITH THE ENGINE OR THE TRANSMISSION AND THE RESPONSE WAS (IT SHOULDN'T) NOW THIS DOES SOUND LIKE A PROBLEM TO ME.... I WOULD LIKE SOMEONE TO LOOK INTO THIS MATTER AND GIVE ME A REAL ANSWER ON THIS PROBLEM...THE PROBLEM THAT THIS VEHICLE HAD IS KIND OF UNHEARD OF IN THE EARLY STAGE OF MILEAGE AND AGE.. THE DEALERSHIP WAS EVEN CONFUSED ON THE PROBLEM, ALL COMPUTERS THAT THE CAR WAS PLACED ON BY DIFFERENT SHOPS SHOULD NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE CAR, UNTIL IT WAS PUT ON A FLAT BED AND TAKEN TO THE DEALER.... I WOULD APPRECIATE ANY HELP YOU CAN GIVE ME IN THIS MATTER.... *NLM

THE VEHICLE HEAD LIGHTS FLICKER INTERMITTENTLY WHICH CAUSED POOR VISIBILITY. *NLM *MR

STEERING SYSTEM IS DEFECTIVE...TOO HARD TO TURN. THIS HAS CAUSED THE FINGERS AND THUMBS TO BECOME DEFORMED (TWISTED AND BENT) FROM TURNING THE STIFF WHEEL. I ALSO HAVE A NECK PAIN WHICH LEADS TO A PAIN SHOOTING UP THE BACK SIDE OF MY NECK AND CAUSING A HEADACHE. THESE PROBLEMS STARTED AFTER I PURCHASED MY 2001 IMPALA. *NLM

TRANSMISSION WENT OUT, HAVE TO BE COMPLETELY REBUILT. METAL PIECES WERE FOUND IN FLUID. VEHICLE PREVIOUSLY IN FOR SERVICE DUE TO THE PRESSURE MODULATOR IN TRANSMISSION WENT OUT. FELT LIKE YOU WERE DRIVING AND SHIFTING WITHOUT A CLUTCH IF THE CAR WAS A STICK SHIFT. PRIOR TO THAT, THE COMPUTER MODULE WENT OUT, CAUSING THE BATTERY TO DRAIN OVER NIGHT AND HAVING TO JUMP START IT. BEFORE THAT, THE AUTOMATIC TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM WENT OUT. FOUND OUT IT WAS A FAULTY SENSOR IN THE BACK BRAKE AREA. BEFORE THAT, THE FRONT ROTORS WERE SEVERELY WRAPPED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. *JB

THE BUMPER SHATTERED, WHEN CONSUMER BACKED THE VEHICLE INTO A SNOW EMBANKMENT.*JB

VEHICLE IS 2001 CHEVROLET IMPALA. AT 11,500 MILES, ENGINE BEGAN TO LOSE COOLANT. (NO VISIBLE LEAKS). DEALER SERVICE MANAGER INDICATED "THIS IS A BIG PROBLEM" AND THAT PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLDS ON GM V6 ENGINES ARE WARPING CAUSING COOLANT LOSS. DEALER "FIX" WAS TO INSTALL "GM PELLETS" TO SEAL COOLING SYSTEM. IF ENGINE STILL LOSES COOLANT, INTAKE MANIFOLD WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED (APPROX COST=$800). ACCORDING TO VARIOUS INTERNTET CHAT GROUPS, THIS PROBLEM EXISTS AMONG A WIDE RANGE OF GM MODELS WITH 3.4 AND 3.8 LITER ENGINES, YET THERE IS NO RECALL OR ANY WRITTEN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FROM GM THAT THIS PROBLEM EXISTS. THERE IS ALSO NO INDICATION THAT REPLACEMENT OF THE INTAKE MANIFOLD WILL CURE THE PROBLEM, AS THE REPLACEMENT PART IS IDENTICAL TO THE ORIGINAL.

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE DEALERSHIP INDICATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION HAD DISINTEGRATED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE DETAILS. PH

WARPED/CRACKED INTAKE MANIFOLD

YOU CAN HEAR AND FEEL THE GASOLINE SLOSHING AROUND IN THE TANK. WHEN TAKING OFF, IT FEELS LIKE SOMETHING SHIFTING OR ROLLING AROUND IN THE TRUNK. WHEN COMING TO STOP, IT FEELS LIKE BEING BUMPED IN THE REAR BY ANOTHER VEHICLE.

ENGINE COOLANT LEAK RESULTING FROM UPPER PLENUM ( MANIFOLD) BEING WARPED WITH ONLY 26300 MILES ON VEHICLE. 2001 CHEVROLET IMPALA LS V6 3800 SERIES II ENGINE.

2001 CHEVROLET IMPALA 3800 ENGINE. THERMOPLASTIC UPPER INTAKE MANIFOLD WARPED AND LEAKED COOLANT WITH 18,000 MILES ON THE CAR. REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY BY GM. THIS IS A $700 REPAIR. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE CAR IS OUT OF WARRANTY. GM CONTINUES TO ENGINEER COST AND RELIABILITY OUT OF THE 3800 ENGINE.

CHEVROLET IMPALA LS WITH 3.8L ENGINE. THE UPPER MANIFOLD WARPS AND ALLOWS COOLANT TO LEAK. THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM. MY CAR IS IN THE SHOP WITH NO PARTS AVAILABLE IN HOUSTON. THERE WERE 15 ON BACKORDER. GM NEEDS TO REPLACE THIS PLASTIC PART THAT WARPS AT 17-24,000 MILES.

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STEERING SHAFT MAKES NOISE WHEN TURNING VEHICLE. DEALER NOTIFIED. TS. *AK

CUSTOMER STATES DASH LIGHTS AND HEADLIGHTS ARE DIM, ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING AT NIGHT. DEALER TEST DROVE AND FOUND THAT THE LIGHTS FLICKER, HOWEVER DEALER STATED THIS WAS NORMAL DUE TO THE DROP IN THE VOLTAGE REGULATOR, AND SHOULD NOT CAUSE LIGHTS OR ELECTRICAL SYSTEM TO FAIL. *TT *NLM

WHEN STOPPED ON A MODERATE INCLINE, THE DRIVER REMOVED HIS FOOT FROM THE BRAKE AND THE CAR IMMEDIATELY BEGAN TO ROLL DOWN THE GRADE. *TS *NLM

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE PASSENGER SIDE HEADLAMP BLEW, THE ROOF MOLDING WAS LIFTING ON BOTH SIDES, THE DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW LEAKS AIR AND THE WINDOW HITS HARD IN THE TOP OF THE DOOR JAM, WHEN GOING OVER BUMPS THE VEHICLE SHAKES AND THERE IS A CLUNKING NOISE UNDER THE VEHICLE, THE DEALER REPLACED THE STEERING SHAFT AND THE TIE ROD ENDS YET THE PROBLEM STILL EXIST. NLM