2004 Chevrolet Impala: hesitation when accelerating

Filed Feb 25, 2015 · Electrical, Transmission · CA

2004 chevrolet impala. Customer received repairs due to recall and is requesting repairs. *ta the consumer stated the transmission had to be replaced, because the vehicle would to hesitate and then jerk. Pieces of metal were discovered in the transmission pan indicating an internal fault. Also, the ignition and cylinder were replaced.

Filed Sep 22, 2014 · Electrical · 35,429 miles · WI

Tl* the contact owns a 2004 chevrolet impala. The contact stated the key was hard to turn in the ignition and the engine would hesitate before starting. The contact mentioned that there were times the vehicle would not start. The contact received a notification for recall the federal safety agency campaign number: 14v400000 (electrical system). The vehicle was taken to a dealer. The technician diagnosed that the failure was normal. The vehicle had not been repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the issue. The failure mileage was unknown. Updated 10/30/14*lj the consumer stated a recall was performed where a metal piece was added to the key for the sliding of the key switch. The ignition remained hard to turn. The manufacturer was notified and advised that the consumer pay for the vehicle to be diagnosed. Updated 04/27/2015

Filed Jan 21, 2014 · Electrical, Engine · 200,000 miles · WA

Engine hesitates,stalls, and shifts hard. Had to replace ignition switch and lock cylinder, heat sensor, fuel cap, reprogram antitheft, water pump, always getting bubbles in tires, gauges dnt work, puddle on pass side, heater core, 2 sets of warped rotors, traction control(ABS) keeps going off, found wires under hood chaffed( by rubbing on belt I believe)which caused no start. New problems are lights on dash and head lights will turn off at night while driving, I have a coolant leak which I think its due to blown gasket, and tonight I am driving in fog and my front window fogs up in 2 seconds. I wiped w hand and realized I was heading towards a person walkn. Way to dangerous!!!!! I have had car for only 2 yrs. I am divorced w 3 kids and 1 special needs child w lots of appts. I need a reliable car, cant afford new car or a shop to fix car. I have had to become a mechanic cause of this car and I have no time for that, thank god for internet, I wnt take kids in car after dark, it unreliable and thats sad. Please look into issues.

Filed Apr 12, 2012 · Transmission · 113,000 miles · TX

There is a little vibration. When I accelerate and begin to pick up speed it hesitates. When going from 1st into 2nd gear the car shifts hard and even into third gear. I took the car to get a transmission service thinking it would help, but it didn't. Its still doing the same thing. I have been asking around to see what the problem could be and everyone is saying that its hard to diagnose the problem because it could be s numerous amount of things wrong. Most of the mechanics I spoke to they told me that it would be somewhere around $1800 to get another transmission and that might not even fix the problem. I have noticed that I'm not the only person with this car that's having this issue. I would hate to be somewhere and the car just quit on me in the middle of nowhere. This car has been very reliable to me up until this year. I would love to keep the car but I don't want to continue wasting money getting parts fixed on it and its not going to solve the problem.

Filed Mar 12, 2007 · Electrical · 43,100 miles · GA

Speedometer acts like it freezes while driving. While driving recently the speedometer was stuck on 65 MPH. After coming to a stop and starting again, speedometer started from this point and went to 120. I parked the car overnight and the speed was 65 MPH. I turned the key on and off and it went down by 10 MPH. I did this a few more times and it finally went back to 0. It registered correct after I drove it but it still acts like it is sticking or hesitating. My friend also has an impala and she stated that her speedometer on her car does not work sometimes either.