2001 Chevrolet Impala: adaptive cruise control problems

Filed Jun 22, 2015 · Electrical, Fuel system · 28,000 miles · MD

As any serious car owner, I tried to address the cheaper items such as battery replacement and spark plugs, all have been replaced twice. Slowly all the electrical applications in my car began to stop working from the blinkers, radio, hazards, cruise control, car windows, and finally the car stopped starting. I was too broke to address it then, so every early morning my car would require a nice jump start to begin the day. This impala would not start so often that I purchased a portable battery to jump it everywhere, even as simple as the gas station. At first I thought the parasitic drain (drain on the car battery) was coming from the dash cluster/instrument panel which was in line with the complaints I have discovered on google that the bcm was causing non-starter issues for other impalas. However, once the instrument panel was replaced my radio was still not working and eventually the car became a non-starter again; therefore, I suspected the root of the issue still hand not been discovered. I explained this to mr. Mcghee, the owner of mcghees auto shop, he did a thorough job of combing all the intricate wires to determine finally an intermittent draw occurring from the amplifier in the trunk of the car. The solution to the problem, fixing the amplifier, cost a grand total of 220$ to have the actual part fixed; I did not want to risk placing a non-stock amplifier, my specific amplifier is no longer available, in the car. However, I like other consumers continually paid to replace parts that failed as it was not obvious there was an underlying malfunctioning in a particular application that made the essential product useless.

Filed Nov 22, 2014 · Electrical · 205,000 miles · FL

Turned on vehicle and A/C blower, and cruise control not working.

Filed Feb 17, 2012 · Electrical, Engine · MS

Bought this car used and it was running fine for about a year till it got to the point that the car would not crank and security lock would pop up frequently now it almost takes an hour to crank it even if u hit the starter the stater moves but want crank the car I have spent over 4 grand on it trying to fix it but nothing works even checked fuses wires and computer box nothing looks bad cruise control stopped working awhile back too.

Filed Apr 30, 2009 · Acceleration, Brakes · 53,542 miles · OH

My daughter was in the fast lane on i71 heading from columbus, ohio to cleveland, ohio. She set the cruise control at 75 MPH and went to brake because traffic was slowing down. When she hit the brake they did nothing! She immediately panicked and moved over 4 lanes of traffic to the berm nearly causing an accident. She quickly threw the car in neutral and it stopped. I called a chevrolet dealer after she called me frightened to drive the car. They asked if the car mats possibly blocked the brake and my daughter said no, she reached down and pulled it out and the car would still not slow down. She even stated both feet were pushing down on the break pedal and nothing was slowing down the car. I just had a front hub replaced at auto plus (where I take my cars for service) in orient, ohio. My daughter and her friend could have been killed because of the cruise control.

Filed Jun 30, 2007 · Engine · TX

Engine coolant light would not go out after I had radiator flushed. Took the car back to the mechanic and was informed that there was some brown, muddy looking, oily substance leaking into the radiator at which time he informed me of the problem that gm cars were having with the manifold gaskets. This is an outrage and there needs to be a recall on this problem before a death does occur due to this negligence on gm's part. I'm sure that all the owner of these cars feel the same way and that the manufacturer should be liable and ordered to pay to have these cars repaired, since it is such a widespread problem, which they apparently knew would happen after the car had been driven to a certain mileage. I also had a problem about 3 years ago when the car would not stop when I was driving it. The cruise control module got stuck and the car continued to accelerate unless the brakes were applied. And even then the engine continued to rev very high! I was in fear of my life.... And luckily I made it to the dealer without having an accident. These impalas are death traps and I think that there have been deaths that have not been explained due to the same problem that I had with the acceleration module. Unfortunately... Dead people can't tell what happened to their cars before they lost control of them.

Filed Jul 31, 2006 · Airbags · OK · crash · 2 injuries

(1) I was driving on 2 lane undivided state highway on a clear day with the cruise control and fell asleep while driving. My wife and I were the only occupants. I woke on the side of the highway going about 65 MPH. I started braking (ABS brakes) I think we slowed to about 50 MPH before hitting the blunt end of a guard rail. The car impacted about 6 inches right(drivers side) of center on the front. Seat belts were in use. The car had spun 170 degrees clockwise and come to a complete stop and then I looked at my wife for an instant when her airbag went off closely followed by my air bag. (2) the failure of the airbags resulted in seat belt related strains and soft tissue injuries for my wife. I received a bruise on the chest. (3) so far nothing has been done. The insurance company sold the car to a used auto parts yard. I was able to track it down and I bought the computer module that was under the passenger side seat. I witnessed the removal. I was unsuccessful at contacting chevrolet.

Filed May 21, 2003 · Airbags, Suspension · 49,000 miles · NY

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.

Filed Jun 10, 2002 · Engine · PA

While driving at 55mph vehicle will automatically shutoff. Also, cruise control and other electrical parts will shutoff. Contacted dealer who could not remedy problem. *ak dealer replaced alternator, bad fuel pump wire and fuel pump, however problem still exists. Vehicle is still at dealership.