2009 Chevrolet Impala: jerking or lurching

Filed Mar 11, 2021 · Electrical, Fuel system · 180,000 miles · PA

Gas pedal has lag to it. Almost every time you go to take off sometime it doesn't respond till your quarter way into pushing petal must push petal farther in before it will accelerate causing it to jerk hard. My friend has same car and problem also servos in dash for heater keep clicking and malfunctioning after multiple replacements, my other friends 2010 impala does this as well.

Filed Jun 12, 2020 · Brakes, Driver assistance · 150,000 miles · OK

Power reduces in heavy traffic. If I slow because of traffic it jerks like brakes are still engaged. Acts like transmission going out. This can cause someone to get run into from behind. There was a recall earlier this year. The mileage was not enough to cover my vechile. There should be no mileage limit.

Filed Dec 29, 2018 · Driver assistance, Electrical · 85,000 miles · NJ

Abs and traction control lights intermittently come on causing car to jerk with acceleration, or occasionally, to slip during braking. Wheel hub assemblies have been replaced multiple times and the same faulty issue keeps reoccurring. Low quality wiring and position and tautness going into the harness are a recipe for disaster. Sensors can be set off with as little effort as gently rocking the car, definitely going off if there are any bumps or potholes in the road. Also had other annoying although less dangerous issues: door lock actuators and heating/AC actuator, causing door locks to not respond and causing a horrible clicking noise in the car, respectively. I have walked away from the car thinking I had locked it only to find one or more of the doors did not lock. Actually had items taken from the car. The clicking noise from under the dash was sporadic, usually upon starting the car, but occasionally while driving with no notice. This ear splitting, headache inducing noise would for the most part stop after several minutes of driving, but would sometimes continue after the car was shut off and would drain the battery. The electrical system throughout the car is horrible.

Filed Jul 26, 2018 · Acceleration, Driver assistance · SC

"takata recall " everytime I drive my vehicle 5 seconds the car jerks makes loud sound, starts beeping, messages appear flashing back and forth engine power reduced, service traction control, car slows down, car jerks and chugs, makes loud sound, beeping noise from message board, throttle something appears, steering wheel locks, car stops, can't steer car out of road, won't crank, my car sits in the road.

Filed Jul 24, 2018 · Engine, Fuel system · 89,000 miles · TN

Bad solenoid in transmission causes car to jerk upon acceleration. Transmission slips. Usually happens taking off from a stop with a slow acceleration. Feels like being rear ended and can cause sluggish acceleration. Problem needs to be addressed with a recall as many other impala drivers have experienced this same issue. Issue has happened at least 9 times within a 6 week period.

Filed Feb 9, 2018 · Airbags, Driver assistance · 89,000 miles · CA

For the last year or so I have dealt with several issues that started happening all of a sudden and all at once. For starters, my air bag indicator come on and off when I drive at any speed. An independent mechanic could not diagnose it and the dealership attempted to diagnose it and all he said was I needed to replace my air bags which would have cost roughly $3400.00. In addition to that, my ABS indicator began going on and off and has caused my car to feel as if it was on a hydroplane mode. When it turns on it occasionally makes my car jerk on the road. I went to an auto supply store for diagnosis and was told there was no reading so nothing was wrong, dealership said the same. The light shut off and it was like deja vu all over again. Also, I have had to replace the door actuators at least one to two times a year because they continue to break. Finally, my new batteries the last few of years have been completely drained for no apparent reason and I had to replace it several times due to damaged batteries even though I replace it with brand new car batteries.

Filed May 8, 2017 · Acceleration, Driver assistance · 130,000 miles · OH

After starting my car and pressing on the accelerator car starts to jerk lights flicker and the message service traction control. The car will sometimes lose power. And does this while driving and will not accererate. I have changed the accerator petal positioning sensor as well as the battery. I do not feel safe driving this care whatsoever. And I've seen that many other impalas have had this issues. This has happened many times. I should not have to pay for repairs when this is clearly a manufacturer issue.

Filed Jan 8, 2017 · Engine, Transmission · 121 miles · OH · crash

For the last two days, I have driven my vehicle. Every time I would drive over 40 MPH, the engine would lock up. The vehicle would jerk and shake back and forth. The car would do this every time I went over 40 MPH, no matter if I was driving on a highway or road or coming to a stop at a red traffic light. Whenever this happened, the check engine light and the traction control light would stay on. This problem started weeks after I had an auto accident.

Filed Jan 8, 2017 · Driver assistance, Engine · 121,225 miles · OH · crash

For the last two days, I have driven my vehicle. Every time I would drive over 40 MPH, the engine would lock up. The vehicle would jerk back and forth. The car would do this every time I would try and drive over 40 MPH, no matter the roadway or stop at an intersection. Whenever this happened, the check engine light would stay on. A month before this problem started, my father had been driving the car and had an auto accident.

Filed Sep 8, 2016 · Driver assistance · 26,000 miles · NY

I got an alert that I should "service traction control" and that "engine power is reduced". The car began jerking. It has happened several times now and has actually caused the car to shut off when I was traveling at high speed (65mph).

Filed May 5, 2016 · Airbags, Driver assistance · IA

While driving home from work my car started jerking the ESC came on engine light traction control system pulled over almost got hit by two other cars . Also the airbag lights been on the sensors have all been replaced and new front airbags.

Filed Dec 29, 2015 · Acceleration · 213,666 miles · AL

I have gotten serveral error with check service traction control since I purchase the use chevelot impala ls 2009 back in 2012. It already had 88,000 miles on it and about a year after I had the car I started to get this message. The second it occured I was on freeway and the error came on and after I got off on the exit my car shut down for about 5 minutes before I was able to start it back up. Now I have this error this time and every now and again it feel like the car wants to jerk every now and again and if I press the gas pedal down to quickly the light error flash with the car sign swirling message on the dashboard.