2004 Chevrolet Impala complaints

WHILE TRAVELING IN 2004 CHEVROLET IMPALA, SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE WILL FREEZE AND NOT MOVE OR MOVE TO VARIOUS SPEEDS WHILE THE CAR IS TRAVELING AT A STEADY SPEED. THIS FAILURE IS OCCURRING ALMOST DAILY, AND STARTED AS A ONCE IN ABOUT A MONTH EPISODE. VEHICLE WILL NEED $900 WORTH OF REPAIRS TO FIX SPEEDOMETER. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THE SPEEDOMETER FAILED. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THAT THEY WERE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND OFFERED TO COVER PARTIAL COSTS OF THE REPAIR. THE DEALER REPLACED THE INSTRUMENT PANEL CLUSTER WITH A USED INSTRUMENT PANEL CLUSTER. THE FAILURE DID NOT RECUR. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 40,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 63,000.

THE SPEEDOMETER ON MY 2004 CHEVY IMPALA DOES NOT ACCURATELY TELL WHAT SPEED I AM TRAVELING. IT RANDOMLY STICKS AT A SPEED, SETS THE BASELINE AT A RANDOM SPEED AND READS IN THE 100 MPH RANGE WHEN I AM AT A STOP SIGN OR GOING THROUGH RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS. I HAVE NOT FIXED THIS PROBLEM AS THE DEALERSHIP QUOTED A $400 REPAIR AND I CANNOT AFFORD A COSTLY FIX TO A PROBLEM THAT IS NOT MY FAULT. THIS OCCURS ALMOST DAILY AND AT RANDOM TIMES, SOMETIMES DURING SHORT TRIPS, OTHER TIMES DURING LONG TRIPS, BOTH IN THE MORNING AND NIGHT, DOES NOT MATTER HOW FAST I AM TRAVELING OR THE TEMPERATURE OUTSIDE. I LIVE IN NEW ENGLAND AND THIS HAS HAPPENED IN EVERY SEASON. *TR

I HAVE READ ON SEVERAL WEB SITES THAT THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WERE HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE PASSLOCK SYSTEM ON THEIR GM VEHICLES AND I AM ONE OF THOSE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE. I AM HAVING TROUBLE WITH USING MY OWN KEY TO START MY OWN CAR, BUT IT WILL NOT START FOR 10-15 MINUTES. *TR

PASSLOCK SYSTEM DOES NOT ALLOW MY CAR TO START,I HAVE BEEN ONLINE AND SEEN HUNDREDS IF NOT A THOUSAND OR SO COMPLAINT'S WITH THE SAME PROBLEM.THIS CAR IS USELESS IF I CANNOT DEPEND ON IT TO START WHEN I NEED IT TO,ESPECIALLY IN A EMERGENCY SITUATION SINCE I LIVE IN A RURAL AREA OF UPSTATE NEW YORK THAT HAS NO CELL PHONE SERVICE IF GM KNOWS THERE ARE SO MANY COMPLAINT'S ABOUT A SPECIFIC SYSTEM THEY PLACE IN ONE OF THERE VEHICLES,AND ALL ARE IDENTICAL . THEN MAN -UP INSTITUTE A RECALL ON THE PASSLOCK SYSTEM AND RESTORE THE CONFIDENCE IN MANY OF THERE CUSTOMER'S. I HAVE A 2004 CHEVY IMPALA 3.4 LTR. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THE KEY WOULD NOT TURN IN THE IGNITION. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WAS NOTIFIED AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THIS WAS A KNOWN FAILURE WITH THIS VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT EXAMINED FOR THE CAUSE OF FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 75,000. SM.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5MPH THE BRAKES WOULD START MAKING A GRINDING SOUND AND THE VEHICLE WOULD PULSATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THEY TURNED THE REAR ROTORS AND STATED THAT THEY COULD ONLY BE TURNED ONE TIME. THE FAILURE SEEMED TO BE RESOLVED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THIS TIME THE DEALER STATED THAT THE BRAKES WERE "FROZEN" BECAUSE THE OWNER DIDN'T DRIVE THE VEHICLE OFTEN ENOUGH. THE FRONT ROTORS WERE TURNED AND THEN THE FAILURE HAPPENED AGAIN. THE DEALER STATED, THIS TIME, THAT THE ENTIRE BRAKING SYSTEM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE ROTORS, CALIPERS AND PADS WERE REPLACED IN THE FRONT AND REAR. THE FAILURE HAS RETURNED. THE CONTACT HAS CONTACTED GENERAL MOTORS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 17,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS APPROXIMATELY 42,000. UPDATED 10/27/10. *LJ

THE SECURITY LIGHT STARTED COMING ON, AND EVENTUALLY THE CAR BEGAN NOT STARTING. IT STARTED HAPPENING EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, AND NOW HAPPENS A FEW TIMES A WEEK. THE LIGHTS, RADIO, AND ACCESSORIES WORK, BUT THE CAR WILL NOT START. I HAVE TO WAIT 10 MINUTES TO TRY AGAIN. THIS BEGAN ABOUT A MONTH AFTER MY WARRANTY EXPIRED. I TOOK IT TO A SHOP, WHERE THEY "LOCATED HIGH RESISTANCE IN IGN CYLINDER CONNECTOR TO BODY CONTROL MODULE REMOVED AND CLEANED CONNECTORS AND REPROGRAMMED AS NEEDED". NEXT DAY, SECURITY LIGHT WENT ON, MORNING AFTER THAT, CAR WOULD NOT START! WAS TOLD AT THE SHOP "IF SECURITY LIGHT COMES BACK ON, WILL NEED TO REPLACE TUMBLER AND NEW KEY AND REPROGRAM $690+ TAX". I HAVE A 2-YEAR OLD DAUGHTER THAT I CARE FOR ALL DAY, AND I WORK NIGHTS- LEAVING WORK AT 1:30 A.M. I CANNOT HAVE THIS HAPPENING. THIS SEEMS TO BE A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM AMONG GM CARS FROM 2000-2009, AND I CANNOT FIND A TRUE REMEDY FOR IT. *TR

APPROX. 2007 - SPEEDOMETER BEGAN FLUCTUATING INTERMITTENTLY EVERY FEW WEEKS. IT CORRECTED FOR A FEW WEEKS, THEN THE PROBLEM WOULD RETURN. THE FREQUENCY OF THE PROBLEM BECAME WORSE IN 2008. IN 2009 IT WOULD FLUCTUATE WILDLY, THEN "PEG" TO THE MAXIMUM FOR EXTENDED PERIODS(SEVERAL WEEKS). FINALLY, IT "PEGGED" TO THE MAXIMUM AND HAS NOT RETURNED. INQUIRIES RESULT IN ESTIMATES EXCEEDING $500.00 TO REPAIR. *TR

04 IMPALA LS SPEEDOMETER STOPPED WORKING AROUND 30000 MILES ALL GAUGES FAIL TO WORK NEVER KNOW HOW FAST I AM GOING COULD BE A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SPEEDOMETER GETS STUCK AT VARIOUS PLACES DOES NOT MOVE WHILE DRIVING. AS WELL AS THE TEMP GAUGE HAVE NOT GOTTEN IT FIXED AS OF YET. WHY IS THERE NOT A RECALL? *TR

2004 CHEVY IMPALA. I GO OUT TO START THE CAR AND IT WILL NOT START. I WAIT 15-20 MINUTES AND IT STARTS. THE TRANSMISSION ALSO SHIFTS HARD. THE SPEEDOMETER SAYS I AM GOING 10 WHEN I AM GOING FASTER THAN THAT OR IT MAY SAY 100 WHEN IT IS PARKED. PLEASE, RECALL THIS. *TR

2004 IMPALA, SPEEDOMETER STOPS WORKING WHILE DRIVING. MILEAGE CONTINUES TO WORK AND ALL OTHER INSTRUMENTS CONTINUE BUT SPEEDOMETER FALLS BELOW 0 WHILE DRIVING. *TR

1. CAR WILL NOT START 2. UNPREDICTABLE, CAR WILL NOT START UN LESS YOU LEAVE THE KEY IN THE ON POSITION FOR 10 MIS. 3. DON'T KNOW HOW TO FIX. 100'S OF COMPLAINTS ONLINE ABOUT THE PASSLOCK SYSTEM CAUSING THE ISSUE. *TR

2004 CHEVORLET IMPALA TEMP GAUGE CEASED TO WORK AND STUCK IN IT'S HIGHEST POSITION. TACH GAUGE QUIT ALSO. REPLACED INSTRUMENT CLUSTER WITH REBUILT UNIT. *TR

MY 2004 CHEVY IMPALA SPEEDOMETER HAS STOPPED WORKING. THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE DOES NOT WORK AT ALL AND THE FUEL GAUGE WORKS SOME TIME. THIS CAR IS IN OTHERWISE EXCELLENT CONDITION. KNOWING YOUR SPEED IS CERTAINLY A SAFETY ISSUE. THE DEALER SAYS GETTING IT FIXED IS NOT A PROBLEM JUST GIVE THEM HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS. *TR

I HAVE A 2004 CHEVROLET IMPALA LS WITH AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION 3.2 V6. THE SPEEDOMETER WILL STAY ON 70MPH AT REST OR MORE THEN GO OVER A 120MPH WHEN TRAVELING. ONCE IN AWHILE IT MAY RESUME BACK TO NORMAL. IT IS A HUGE PROBLEM IN NOT LETTING YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT RATE OF SPEED YOU ARE TRAVELING. *TR

NOW AT 117,000 KMS. OR PAST MY FIVE YEAR WARRANTY. SINCE 88,000KMS. HAVE COMPLAINED SEVERAL TIMES ABOUT TEMP GAUGE VERY OUT OF WHACK ON HIGHWAY TRIPS, LEAD ME TO BELIEVE SEVERELY OVERHEATED, BUT NO MESSAGE FROM CAR, JUST GAUGE GOING ALMOST 90 DEGREES PAST "DANGER POINT " OF GAUGE. IN LAST TWO YEARS TEMP GAUGE REPLACED THREE TIMES. OBVIOUSLY NOT THE PROBLEM. RETURNS TO NORMAL FUNCTION IN CITY OR SHORT HAUL DRIVING. STOP FREQUENTLY, AND UNDER HOOD CHECK SHOWS NO SIGNS OF OVERHEATING. CONCLUSION- ELECTRICAL, SENSOR, PROBLEM AND DEALER KEEPS COMING UP WITH COSTLY NEW EQUIPMENT FIXES WHICH DO NOT WORK. NOW THEY WANT TO BLAME A WATER PUMP LEAK AND GASKETS, ALTHOUGH RESERVOIR CAREFULLY WATCHED BY ME. NO LEAKS THERE. HAVE NEVER HAD TO ADD FLUID, ALTHOUGH I KEEP IT ALWAYS IN CAR-THAT IS THE DEXCOOL-WATER MIX. NEVER DOWN LOWER THAN RECOMMENDED, AND THE DEALER WANTS TO GIVE ME A NEW WATER PUMP AND TAKE 1000-1200 OUT OF MY POCKET. THEY HAVE NEVER MENTIONED THE TEMP SENSOR, OR ANY OTHER FIX. TRAVEL ON MOUNTAIN HIGHWAYS 3 TIMES PER YEAR, GAUGE NOW GONE WAY OVER THE TOP 6-8 TIMES. ALWAYS STOP. NO SIGN EVER OF HOSE, RADIATOR, WATER, LOWERED RESERVOIR, OR COMPUTER MESSAGES AS PER MANUAL. HAVE READ OF NUMEROUS SIMILAR PROBLEMS OF THIS MAKE AND MODEL, THE 04 CHEVY IMPALA LS, ALWAYS GAUGES. IN MY CASE I WILL NOT APPROVE ANOTHER TEMP GAUGE "FIX" AND NOW SPEEDOMETER IS ACTING UP AS WELL, JUST LIKE OTHER DRIVERS REPORTED. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHENEVER THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED THEY MADE A LOUD NOISE AND THE VEHICLE WAS SHAKING. HE PREVIOUSLY HAD THE ENTIRE BRAKING SYSTEM REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE HE WAS INFORMED THAT THE ROTORS WERE DELAMINATING AND THE CALIPERS WERE STUCK. HE WAS ALSO INFORMED THAT THE BRAKING SYSTEM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND THE FAILURE OCCURRED BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DRIVEN OFTEN ENOUGH. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 38,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 42,000.

2004 CHEVY IMPALA WILL NOT START. RADIO AND WINDOWS WILL FUNCTION,BUT CAR WILL NOT START....THIS WILL LAST ABOUT 10 TO 15 MINUTES. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED. THIS OCCURS ABOUT EVERY 2 WEEKS. *TR

INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FAILURE ON 2004 IMPALA LS 6CYL 3800 TACH QUIT WORKING, TEMP GAUGE QUIT WORKING, FUEL GAUGE QUIT WORKING OR WORKING SPORADICALLY. *TR

MY CAR WOULD RANDOMLY TURN OFF WHILE DRIVING ON THE STREETS AND ON THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY GOING 55 MILES PER HOUR, OR WHILE STOPPED AT A LIGHT . THE CAR WOULD STALL UP TO 3-4 TIMES PER DAY MOST OF THE TIME AND AS TIME WENT ON IT GOT WORSE. I REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP, FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR, THE BATTERY, THE FUEL FILTER, THE IGNITION SWITCH, AND THE CAR STILL TURNS OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE. THE LAST TIME IT HAPPENED WAS WHEN MY WIFE WAS DRIVING TO WORK THE CAR STALLED A FEW YARDS AWAY FROM A RAILROAD CROSSING (SINCE SHE QUIT DRIVING ON EXPRESSWAY), LUCKILY IT DIDN'T HAPPEN ON TRACKS, NO TRAIN WAS COMING AT THAT TIME. SHE HAD TO WAIT APPROX. 25 MINS FOR IT TO START AFTER TRYING A FEW TIMES. THE NEXT DAY THE SAME THING HAPPENS BUT THIS TIME IT DIDN'T TURN ON, SO SHE CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SENT A TOW TRUCK. THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER, WHEN HE ARRIVED APPROX. AN HOUR LATER, TRIED TO START IT BUT IT DIDN'T START EITHER. SO, WHEN ARRIVED AT THE DEALERSHIP THEY TRIED STARTING IT AND BY THEN IT STARTED. THE SHOP MANAGER, WHOM I HAD RELATED THIS INCIDENT TO WAS AWARE OF THE SITUATION, SO HE THEN ASSIGNED A MECH TO STAND BY THE ANALYZER MONITOR WHILE THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING. THEY KEPT THE ENGINE RUNNING UNTIL IT FINALLY DIED ON THEM AGAIN, WHILE THE MECH WAS STILL THERE, I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG (DIDN'T ASK). AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME THE ANALYZER INDICATED THAT THE CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR WAS THE CAUSE OF THE STALL. NEEDLESS TO SAY IT WAS REPLACED AND IS NOW A MONTH LATER AND IT'S

ON SEVERAL 2003-2006 GM VEHICLES, THE SPEEDOMETER STOPS WORKING (THE NEEDLE STOPS MOVING). THE FIX REQUIRES THAT THE ENTIRE GAUGE CLUSTER BE REPLACED FROM WITHIN THE DASH. THE SPEEDOMETER TYPICALLY FAILS SHORTLY AFTER THE VEHICLE'S 36K-MILE WARRANTY EXPIRES. CARCOMPLAINTS.COM HAS A FORUM THREAD WITH 125+ POSTS: HTTP://WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM/CHEVROLET/IMPALA/2004/ACCESSORIES-INTERIOR/SPEEDOMETER_GONE_HAYWIRE.SHTML THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER WEBSITES WITH FORUMS OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE SAME ISSUE... *TR

INSTRUMENT CLUSTER ON 2004 CHEVY IMPALA GIVES INCORRECT READINGS TO INCLUDE SPEED WHICH COULD RESULT IN DRIVING AT EXCESSIVE SPEEDS WITHOUT PROPER INDICATION AND RESULTING IN UNJUST SPEEDING FINES. *TR

THE SPEEDOMETER WILL ALL OF A SUDDEN STOP WORKING AND NOT GIVE AN ACCURATE READING, AND IT MAKES CLICKING NOISE WHEN IT HAPPENS. IT OCCURS AROUND ONCE OR TWICE A WEEK NORMALLY, WITH MINIMAL DRIVING. THE DASH HAS TO BE REPLACED TO CORRECT THE ISSUE, THERE ARE MANY OTHER PEOPLE WITH THIS PROBLEM AND IT SHOULD BE FIXED AT THE COMPANY'S EXPENSE. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE I COULD BE GOING THE WRONG SPEED AND NOT HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO REACT TO SOMETHING SUCH AS A DEER IF I AM GOING FASTER THAN IT SAYS I AM OR IF I HAVE TO GUESS MY SPEED. *TR

2004 CHEVY IMPALA, 35,000 MILES. WAS DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE AND NOTICED THAT TEMPERATURE GAUGE WAS READING IN THE RED, PULLED INTO A MCDONALD'S TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON (NORMALLY THE IMPALA HAS AN ALARM THAT GOES OFF WHEN OVERHEATING, THIS DID NOT HAPPEN) AS I DECELERATED, I NOTICED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER DID NOT MOVE, BUT RATHER STAYED AT 60MPH, AND THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE ALSO DID NOT MOVE. UPON TURNING THE CAR OFF, THE SPEEDOMETER MOVED BACK TO 0, THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE STAYED IN THE RED. TURNING THE CAR BACK ON DID NOT RESET THE TEMP GAUGE, BUT AS I ACCELERATED, THE SPEEDOMETER STAYED AT 0 FOR THE REST OF THE TRIP (I HAD TO USE GPS TO GET SPEED). THE SPEEDOMETER HAS NOT WORKED CORRECTLY SINCE. DOING SOME INSPECTION LATER, I FOUND THIS IS AN EXTREMELY COMMON PROBLEM IN IMPALAS OF MOST 2000-2010 IMPALAS. OUR LOCAL POLICE FORCE DRIVES IMPALAS, AND THE SPEEDOMETERS FAIL ON ROUGHLY 60% AT BETWEEN 30K AND 60K MILES. A QUICK SEARCH ONLINE ALSO REVEALED THAT IT IS A SEVERE PROBLEM, AND SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVE BEEN EITHER PULLED OVER, OR HAD BEEN GOING MUCH TO FAST BEFORE NOTICING. DEALERSHIP SAYS THE ONLY WAY TO FIX IT IS A COMPLETE REPLACEMENT OF INSTRUMENT CLUSTER($150 USED, $400 NEW), AND SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO HAVE GOTTEN THE REPLACEMENT SIMPLY HAVE THE PROBLEM AGAIN. AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS AN EXTREMELY SEVERE PROBLEM, AND WHILE THE EMPLOYEES AT THE DEALERSHIP SAY IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME (AT LEAST 3 IMPALAS WITH FAULTY SPEEDOMETERS PER WEEK), CHEVY AS A COMPANY DOES NOT SEEM TO NOTI

2004 CHEVY IMPALA: THE SPEEDOMETER STEP SERVO MOTOR IS DEFECTIVE IN MY CAR. IT STARTED ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO GIVING FALSE READINGS. I FOUND OUT ONLINE THAT THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF THEM DOING THIS. THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE SAME STEP MOTORS USED ON OTHER CHEVY VEHICLES WERE ACTUALLY RECALLED. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. I'M HAVING TO USE MY GPS FOR A SPEEDOMETER NOW, AND IT CAN BE HARD TO READ AT TIMES. WHY HASN'T CHEVROLET EXTENDED THE RECALL TO THE IMPALA'S AS WELL.THEY MUST BE HOPING THE CAR OWNERS WILL TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEM IN THEIR VEHICLES FOR THEM? CAN YOU DO ANYTHING ABOUT THIS? THE DEALERSHIPS I'VE TALKED TO SAY THEY EXPECTED CHEVY TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT, BUT THEY STILL HAVE NOT PUT OUT THE RECALL ON THE IMPALA. IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS NOW. EVEN BEFORE THE 2004 MODEL.THERE ARE MANY OF THESE COMPLAINTS LISTED 'ON LINE'. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

I HAVE A 2004 IMPALA AND ABOUT ONCE A WEEK IT WON'T START FOR ABOUT 10-15 MINUTES. HAVE TO SIT THERE A JIGGLE THE KEY AROUND. TOOK IT IN AND THE CHEVY GARAGE COULD NOT FIGURE IT OUT AT ALL AND I WAS CHARGE FOR THIS ANSWER "I DON'T KNOW" SOMETHING IS SERIOUSLY WRONG WHEN YOU HAVE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE COMPLAINING OF THE VERY SAME THING IN THEIR IMPALA. I RECEIVED ALL KINDS OF POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS LIKE A NEW COMPUTER THAT COSTS OVER A $1000.00 GIVE ME A BREAK. *TR

1.) THIS CAR IS USED AND HAS A SALVAGE TITLE FOR VANDALISM, I HAVE HAD FOR FIVE MONTHS, I HAVE NOTICED THAT ALL GAUGES (SPEEDOMETER, TACH & GAS GUAGE) DO NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY AND SAFELY 2.) THE FAILURE OCCURS DAILY; STARTED OFF AND ON ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO 3.)I WENT TO WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM, THIS MODEL, MAKE, AND YEAR ALL HAVE FAULTY GAUGES. THIS SHOULD BE RECALLED BY GM!!!! THERE ARE 124 COMPLAINTS. I AM GOING TO A MECHANIC, BUT I KNOW I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO REPAIR IT IF THERE ARE SO MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE GAUGES GOING HAYWIRE ON CARS WITH LESS MILES THAN MINE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO START THE VEHICLE WHEN THE SECURITY WARNING INDICATOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE ENGINE WOULD NOT OPERATE WHILE THE SECURITY WARNING INDICATOR WAS ILLUMINATED; HOWEVER, THE ENGINE STARTED AFTER APPROXIMATELY TEN MINUTES. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE APPEARED TO BE MORE PRONOUNCED WHEN THE TEMPERATURE WAS 50 DEGREES. THE IDENTICAL FAILURE OCCURRED TWENTY TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN A DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS CONTRIBUTED TO THE VCM UNIT AND CONNECTORS, WHICH HAD BEEN REPLACED. THE FAILURE CONTINUED TO OCCUR. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 97,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 105,000.

DASH GAUGES NOT MOVING AT ALL, OR WHEN THEY DO WORK THEY ARE NOT EVEN CLOSE TO BEING CORRECT. MY SPEED WILL SHOW I'M GOING OVER 120 MPH (I KNOW I AM NOT GOING 60). TEMP SHOWS THE CAR IS RUNNING HOT WHEN IT NOT. RPM WILL STAY ON RED. SOME DAYS THE GAUGES WILL WORK FINE AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY WILL GO HAYWIRE. I AM TERRIFIED THAT MY GAS GAUGE IS GOING TO STOP WORKING OR SHOW I HAVE MORE GAS THAT I DO AND I END UP RUNNING OUT OF GAS. I AM A 24 YEAR OLD FEMALE AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT I DO IF I RAN OUT OF GAS SOMEWHERE ALL ALONE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO PUT FOR AS THE DATE. IT JUST STARTED HAPPENING AND I CONTINUE TO HAVE THE PROBLEM. I GOOGLED 2004 IMPALA GAUGES AND THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. SOME ONE IS GOING TO GET HURT BY NOT KNOWING HOW FAST THEY ARE GOING, SOMEONE COULD BE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THERE MOTOR AND WILL NOT ABLE TO TELL (RUNNING HOT, LOW OIL, ETC). *TR

I HAVE A 2004 CHEVY IMPALA THAT THE ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENT CLUSTER DOES NOT WORK ON. THE GAS GAUGE, TEMP GAUGE, AND SPEEDOMETER HAVE NOT WORKED CONSISTENTLY ON THIS CAR SINCE I PURCHASED THIS CAR BACK ON 09/2007. THE SPEEDOMETER WILL SHOW THAT I AM GOING 0 MILES AN HOUR WHEN I AM ACTUALLY MOVING, AND MY GAS GAUGE WILL BE POINTING STRAIGHT DOWN, SAME AS MY TEMP GAUGE. I HAVE TAKEN THE CAR BACK TO BILL SEIDLE CHEVROLET, THE DEALER THAT I PURCHASED IT FROM, AND THEY WILL NOT ADDRESS THE ISSUE. I HAVE ALSO CONTACTED CHEVORLET ABOUT THIS SITUATION AND WAS TOLD THAT IT IS NOT IMPORTANT ENOUGH AND LIFE THREATENING ENOUGH TO HAVE THIS ADDRESSED. EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE BLOGS OUT THERE WITH HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WITH THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM THAT I AM EXPERIENCING. I FEEL THAT THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS NOT JUST TO MY 2004 CHEVY IMPALA BUT TO VIRTUALLY EVERY GM OWNER SINCE THRU 2005, THAT THERE IS A SERIOUS KNOWN SAFETY ISSUE RESULTING FROM THE FAILURE OF THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER UNABLE TO DETERMINE SPEED OF VEHICLE, WHEN OR IF A VEHICLE IS OVERHEATING, UNABLE TO DETERMINE HOW MUCH OR IF ANY GAS REMAINS IN THE VEHICLE, THESE ARE SERIOUS ISSUES WHEN DRIVING A 2004 CHEVY IMPALA. A DRIVER HAS NO WAY OF KNOWING CRITICAL INFORMATION NEEDED WHEN DRIVING A VEHICLE. THE GAS GAUGE, TEMP GAUGE, SPEEDOMETER DO NOT WORK. CHEVY IS AWARE OF THE ISSUE AND HAS CONSISTENTLY REFUSED TO MAKE REPAIRS OF THE FAULTY INSTRUMENT PANEL. I IMPLORE YOU TO PLEASE DEMAND THE CHEVY RECALL ON THIS ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENT CLUS

2004 CHEVROLET IMPALA, INSTRUMENT CLUSTER GAUGE MALFUNCTION, BEGINNING WITH TEMPERATURE GAUGE SHOWING INCORRECT TEMPERATURE (COLD START - TEMP READOUT 160 F), SUBSEQUENTLY SHOWING TRACTION SYSTEM FAILURE INDICATOR, FINALLY PROGRESSED TO SPEEDOMETER FAILURE AT HIGHWAY SPEED APPROXIMATELY ONE WEEK LATER - SPEEDOMETER BEGAN SHOWING RANDOM SPEEDS AT APPROXIMATELY-STEADY CRUISE, READING 42 MPH AT ABOUT 70 MPH. INTERNET RESEARCH DEMONSTRATES MULTIPLE SUCH INSTANCES. CHEVROLET HAS ADDRESSED IDENTICAL PROBLEM IN SILVERADO AND AVALANCHE MODELS, BUT REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT A PROBLEM EXISTS IN THE IMPALA. *TR

HEAD LIGHTS WENT OUT COMPLETELY ON CAR. THE ONLY WAY TO HAVE HEAD LIGHT IS TO PULL THE BRIGHT LIGHT SWITCH BACK AND HOLD IT. SO ONE HAND FOR BRIGHT LIGHT AND ONE FOR STEERING. SO WITH ON COMING TRAFFIC ITS EITHER THE BRIGHT LIGHTS OR NO LIGHTS. HAPPENED ON A VERY DARK NIGHT ON A COUNTRY ROAD. COULD HAVE BEEN A VERY BAD ACCIDENT. LUCKY THAT MY 3 SMALL CHILDREN WHERE NOT WITH ME

2004 IMPALA ODOMETER MALFUNCTION IN WINTER COLD WHETHER CONDITION MOST OF THE TIME.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHILE DRIVING 2 MPH IN THE RAIN, THE SPEEDOMETER STOPPED WORKING. THE FAILURE HAD OCCURRED SINCE 2008 UNTIL THE SPEEDOMETER WAS REPLACED AT A LOCAL REPAIR FACILITY. THE CONTACT SENT THE MANUFACTURER THREE LETTERS REGARDING THE FAILURE BUT THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THEY WOULD NOT REPAIR THE VEHICLE FREE OF CHARGE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 35,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 75,000. UPDATED 06/17/10. *LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE NEEDLE WOULD NOT RETURN TO ZERO WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED. UPDATED 07/26/10*JB

STEERING RACK,FIXED ON 8/27/09 ON 3/29/10 CANNOT STEER TO LEFT, LIMITED ON RIGHT TWICE TURNING TO LEFT CAR COULD NOT ALMOST HAD ACCIDENT WITH ON COMING CARS AND PARKED CARS CAR TOWED TO MY MECHANIC,SAYS WORK WAS DONE ON THIS, TO TAKE BACK TO THEM. HAD TO TOW TO DEALERS. WAS THE STEERING RACK ONCE MORE.

MY 2004 CHEVY IMPALA SPEEDOMETER WENT HAYWIRE

WAS DRIVING ALONG AND ALL OF A SUDDEN MY SPEEDOMETER STARTED "FLOATING". IT WOULD BE ALL OVER THE PLACE, SOME TIMES IT WOULD GO ALL THE WAY AROUND TO 120 AND OTHER TIMES IT WOULD BE RIGHT ON.

I WAS DRIVING MY CAR DOWN THE ROAD AND ALL OF THE SUDDEN MY SPEEDOMETER AND WATER GAUGE STOPPED WORKING. IT SAID I WAS GOING 120 MPH BUT I WAS ONLY GOING ABOUT 30 MPH. THE NEXT DAY I WENT OUT TO THE CAR AND STARTED IT WHILE IT WAS PARKED AND IT WAS STUCK ON 30 MPH AND THE TEMP GAUGE SHOWED THE NEEDLE IN THE RED, BUT IT WAS NOT STARTED FOR MORE THAN A MINUTE. I HAVE READ MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS AND THIS SEEMS TO BE A FAMILIAR COMPLAINT. *TR

2004 CHEVROLET IMPALA SPEEDOMETER QUICK WORKING, NO IDEA HOW FAST CAR IS GOING. THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE ALSO QUIT, CAR COULD OVERHEAT WITHOUT KNOWING. *TR

MY SHOE GOT JAMMED BETWEEN THE BRAKE AND FLOOR. MY CONCERN WAS I HAD A FRONT IMPACT AND I BELIEVE SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH AIR BAG. *TR

2004 CHEVY IMPALA; SPEEDOMETER MISREADING, AND GAS GAUGE MALFUNCTION. MORE PREVALENT IN COLDER CONDITIONS. IT HAPPENS CONSTANTLY BUT OCCASIONALLY WORKS FINE. BEGAN MALFUNCTION IN SUMMER 2009. CONSEQUENCES- SPEEDING TICKETS. NOTHING DONE YET BECAUSE GM STATES THERE HAS BEEN AN INVESTIGATION AND THAT THE IMPALA DOES NOT FALL UNDER THE PARAMETERS OF THE PROBLEM SO THEY WILL NOT HELP. DEALER WANTS EXCESSIVE MONIES TO DO REPAIR IN COMPARISON TO INDEPENDENTS. THIS IS 1 OF 3 CHEVY VEHICLES IN MY FLEET AND ALL 3 ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM. THE OTHER 2 ARE SILVERADOS. ALL BEGAN EXPERIENCING THE PROBLEM AT ABOUT 135,000 MILES. ALL ARE 2004 MODELS. HAVE FIXED 1 OF THE SILVERADOS IN ORDER TO DEAL WITH SPEEDING TICKET. THE OTHER SILVERADO SEEMS TO HAVE BEGUN FUNCTIONING CORRECTLY AFTER PARKING FOR SEVERAL DAYS IN WARM ENVIRONMENT. GM & THE DEALER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE IS BEYOND THE MILEAGE AGREEMENT AND THE IMPALA DOES NOT QUALIFY FOR ANY HELP. ITS SEEMS VERY COINCIDENTAL THAT 3 CHEVY VEHICLES OF THE SAME YEAR MAKE AND SIMILAR MILEAGE WOULD ALL EXPERIENCE THE SAME PROBLEM AROUND THE SAME TIME FRAME. *TR

THE HEADLIGHTS ON MY 2004 CHEVY IMPALA RANDOMLY GO OUT AT NIGHT WITHOUT ANY WARNING. THIS SEEMS TO BE CAUSED BY A DEFECTIVE DIMMER SWITCH. THE ONLY WAY TO GET THE LIGHTS BACK ON IS BY ACTIVATING/FLICKING THE DIMMER SWITCH SO AS TO SWITCH BETWEEN HIGH/LOW BEAMS. NO SIGNIFICANT EVENTS LED UP TO THIS PROBLEM. IT APPEARED RANDOMLY AND WITHOUT ANY WARNING. THIS PROBLEM OCCURRED ROUGHLY ONCE EVERY TWO WEEKS THROUGHOUT SEVERAL MONTHS UNTIL THE DIMMER SWITCH HAD COMPLETELY FAILED. APPROXIMATELY HALFWAY THROUGH THE TIME PERIOD FROM ONSET OF THE PROBLEM UNTIL FAILURE OF THE SWITCH, THE SWITCH ITSELF BEGAN TO FEEL ODD. IT WOULD ALLOW THE HEADLIGHTS TO CHANGE BEAM WITHOUT ACTUALLY CLICKING INTO POSITION. DURING THE LATTER HALF OF THE FAILURE PERIOD, THE LIGHT FAILURE SEEMED CONSISTENT WITH THE IMPROPER OPERATION OF THE SWITCH. THE SWITCH NOW IS COMPLETELY FAILED WITH MY LIGHTS STUCK ON LOW BEAM. I CAN PULL BACK ON THE SWITCH TO ACTIVATE THE HIGH BEAMS, BUT THEY DO NOT REMAIN ON WHEN I RELEASE THE SWITCH. THE LIGHTS GO BACK TO LOW BEAM. I AM CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF CHANGING THE SWITCH WHICH IS PROVING VERY COSTLY. *TR

2004 CHEVROLET IMPALA SPEEDOMETER STOPPED WORKING PROPERLY. IT STICKS(DOES NOT RETURN TO 0 MPH WHEN STOPPED) AT THE CURRENT SPEED ON DECELERATION AND INCREASES READINGS FROM THE DECELERATION POINT. SO, CAR APPEARS TO GOING AT 60 MPH EVEN THOUGH IT IS MOVING SLOWLY IN TRAFFIC. CANNOT DETERMINE PROPER SPEED TO ADJUST SPEED TO SPEED LIMITS. MY CAR REGISTERED 120 MPH IN A SCHOOL ZONE, EVEN THOUGH I WAS TRYING TO MAINTAIN PROPER SPEED. THIS DEFECT MAKES THE DRIVER UNABLE TO DETERMINE ACTUAL SPEED VEHICLE IS MOVING AT. *TR

TOTAL HEADLIGHT FAILURE WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH ON U.S. HIGHWAY 287 NORTH OF FT COLLINS, CO. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WHEN CHANGING FROM LOW TO HIGH BEAMS ON THE HEADLIGHTS. THIS HAS HAPPENED MANY TIMES SINCE THE FIRST TIME LAST FALL BUT WE NOW HAVE THE FOG LAMPS ON SO WHEN THEY FAIL WE AT LEAST HAVE SOME LIGHT THOUGH IT IS MINIMAL. WE THEN HAVE TO FLIP THE HI-LO SWITCH SEVERAL TIMES TO GET THE LOW BEAMS BACK ON. THERE HAS BEEN OCCASION THAT AFTER WE GET THE HIGH BEAMS TO WORK AFTER A FEW MINUTES THEY WILL JUST GO OUT COMPLETELY. I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS PROBLEM ONLINE AND HAVE FOUND THERE ARE PROBABLY HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE HAD SIMILAR PROBLEMS WITH THE MULTISWITCH GM USED ON 2000-2005 VEHICLES. THE COST TO REPLACE THIS SWITCH IS OUTRAGEOUS $300.00- $600.00 SO I'M SURE THERE ARE A LOT OF VEHICLES ON THE ROAD THAT POSE A HAZARD DUE TO THIS FAULTY SWITCH. MY GIRLFRIEND WHO OWNS THIS CAR LIVES ON A NARROW WINDING MOUNTAIN ROAD AND HAS HAD THESE HEADLIGHT FAILURES IN THE MIDDLE OF CURVES AND IT IS VERY SCARY FOR HER AND PASSENGERS. IF YOU COULD INVESTIGATE THIS SITUATION I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE IT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH ALL OF THE LIGHTS ON THE INSTRUMENTAL PANEL, HEADLIGHTS AND REAR LIGHTS SHUT OFF. HE THEN PULLED OVER TO CHECK AND REPLACE THE FUSES. THE FUSES BLEW OUT AGAIN IMMEDIATELY AFTER HE DROVE A FEW MILES. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG. A DIFFERENT DEALER STATED THAT SOMEONE TAMPERED WITH THE LIGHT SWITCH AND IT WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 80000.

THE SPEEDOMETER ON MY CAR HAS DECIDED TO READ WHATEVER IT WANTS AND IT WILL STOP AT WHATEVER SPEED. NOW THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE HAS STARTED DOING THE SAME THING. THIS STARTED HAPPENING AROUND 65K MILES. HAVE FOUND THAT THIS CAR HAS THE SAME STEPPERS IN THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER THAT WAS ON A RECALL FOR ANOTHER VEHICLE. HAVE ALSO FOUND MANY OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT SPEEDOMETER GOING HAYWIRE. THIS IS A SEVERE SAFETY ISSUE DUE TO NOT KNOWING HOW FAST OR SLOW YOU ARE GOING IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA OR ON THE HIGHWAY. *TR

CHEVROLET 2004 IMPALA SPEEDOMETER QUIT WORKING AND MANUFACTURER DOES NOT FIX ALTHOUGH I AM CERTAIN IT IS A MANUFACTURING ISSUE. SPEED CAN NOT BE MONITORED SO IS A SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE DRIVER STATED THAT HIS SPEEDOMETER MALFUNCTIONED WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH IT INDICATED THAT HE WAS DRIVING 5 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED 3 MONTHS AGO AND THE FAILURE HAS OCCURRED 3 TIMES. HE HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER AND TAKEN THE VEHICLE IN TO BE REPAIRED; HOWEVER, THE DEALER STATED THAT HE COULDN'T OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE SINCE IT WAS WORKING WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 67,000.

2004 CHEVY IMPALA SS CLUSTER MALFUNCTION. SPEEDOMETER NOT WORKING, UNABLE TO KNOW HOW FAST I AM GOING. NO RECALL AS OF YET. SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH CHEVY VEHICLES. *TR