The transmission go out at any time while you're driving it'll just stopped in the middle of traffic which can cause an accident the company chevrolet new that they put bad transmission in those cars and lights blink on and off. Electrical issue the speedometer and the gas meter in moves by itself when the car is off and when you are driving the car it'll move by itself displaying accurate information and that's very dangerous I was on the highway in the transmission just went out in cars almost ran into me I like to buy that day because of the transmission everybody I know with this car has the same issue something really needs to be done about it before someone dies
2010 Chevrolet Impala electrical complaints
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Tl* the contact owns a 2010 chevrolet impala. The contact stated that while operating the vehicle the 'service air bags' warning light illuminated. The contact stated researched failure on-line and found the federal safety agency campaign number: 16v507000 (air bags, electrical system), however was unaware if recall was serviced on the vehicle. The cause of the failure was not determined. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and advised the contact that the vehicle was previously serviced under the federal safety agency recall campaign number: 16v507000 (electrical system). The contact also indicated that the rear defroster had failed and burnt the electrical wires. The cause of the failure was not determined. The local dealer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 58,500.
Tl* the contact called on behalf of her mother who owns a 2010 chevrolet impala. The contact stated that her mom was unable to remove the key from the ignition after parking the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to an unknown dealer to be diagnosed. The contact was informed that the shift interlock switch needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was informed of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 150,000.
The ABS light on traction control does not work key comes out of the ingiton causeing the car to stall front passenger air bag is turned off
My car has worked fine scince I bought it with no check engine codes.I pulled into parking space and put car in park,all of a sudden it stalled out and will not crank anymore but has power.key will not come out of ignition and battery will not shut off.the ignition switch is a very common problem with impalas and is very dangerous.it locks people out of there cars,gets stuck in gears,wont let key release,wont start,sets off anti theft signal which cuts power to door locks,trunk,starter,fuelpump,and more.I have read hundreds of forums of this problem with chevy impala that has been going on for years without the problem being fixed.elderly women breaking down on highway or car just shutting off and not restarting.it is soooooo common with chevy that they can diagnose the problem just over the phone.this is very unacceptable and has to be dealt with.please recall this problem.
Vehicle will not start. All electrical things work, the lights, dashboard, etc.. But there is no power to starter. This vehicle has 150000 miles on it and has had 6 new batteries installed. The no start issue was believed to be occurring after car was brought through car wash during very cold temps outside, but this is not the issue now. Now it starts sometimes and will not start at other times.
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 chevrolet impala. When the vehicle was shut off, the motor continued to run. Classic chevrolet (440‑255‑5511, located at 6877 center st, mentor, oh 44060) diagnosed that one of four actuators needed to be replaced. The dealer did not specify when the other three actuators would potentially fail. The vehicle was repaired by the dealer. The manufacturer stated that the warranty expired and provided a case number. The manufacturer refused to honor the extended warranty. The approximate failure mileage was 54,000.
The rear window defogger quit working. My shop found that the defogger had lost its ground function in the fuse block in the engine compartment. The fuse block had to be replaced in its entirety costing over 200 dollars. I do not know exactly when the defogger failed.
Service air bag light intermittently illuminates and resolves itself. Complete failure of instrument cluster and HVAC suddenly with engine running. This appears to be consistent with gm recall #36110. Contacted gm for further action and was told this vehicle not included with recall despite same issue as described for recall. The airbag light happens with adult front passenger, not while seat is empty, and while vehicle is in motion.
I have a 2010 chevy impala and it has the airbag issue which it has a recall but when I call chevy they say michael vehicles not affected even though it's has the same exact is shoes with the passenger seat in the wires as the recall. When I call chevy it only shows one recall for the ignition switch and they want to charge me to fix the airbag issue but there's a recall for servings 2009 and 2010 chevy impala
As I was driving home the car went into shutdown mode. The car would not accelerate and the dashboard cluster read, traction control system failure, and a few other things that I did not get to read because I was watching the road. Then the temperature gauge went to the max, and the car was not overheating at all. I shut the car off checked all fluids started the car back up and tried to get going and the car would not accelerate. After a few minutes I managed to get the car back home and a few months later it happens again. I went to edmunds forum and there are dozens of the same complaints for the same thing.
I was driving home from work and I was doing 55 MPH,and the car started to hesitate,and the dashboard info read stabilitrac, engine safty mod, and reduced power. Then the car started to slow down,and when I tried to give it some gas the engine started to knock,and the temperature gauge went all the way up to the top. I pulled over and shut the car off,and opened the hood, and it wasn't even over heating. After letting it sit for a few minutes I started it up and went about five hundred feet and it did it again.
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 chevrolet impala. The contact stated that the vehicle experienced a complete loss of power while driving 65 MPH. The failure occurred twice without warning. Bob howard chevrolet (13130 broadway ext, oklahoma city, ok) was unable to duplicate the failure. The manufacturer was notified and did not assist since there were no recalls attributed to the VIN. The failure mileage was approximately 138,000.
My service airbag sensor light had been on since I purchased my car a year ago, I am going to sell it but I didn't want to sell it with something that has to do with safety being questionable. I drove it to auto nation yesterday june 11th to see if it was a recall. They said there hasn't been one. I drove it home and started searching online for possible problems with it and there were so many posts about this issue. I searched under the passenger seat because that's what I read to do and low and behold all types of wires under it are completely severed and torn up. I was going to fix this myself but I really don't want to be held liable in case of accident or injury. This must be fixed and it's my belief that it's caused by the vehicle design. Please hold chevrolet responsible for this repair as it is very dangerous for both the passenger and possibly everyone else in the vehicle. Thank you very much for looking into this. I also believe that when a person calls a dealer telling then exactly what they found d (I called lenlyle on colfax and sable in aurora, co. And explained to then my findings and they told me that I would have to pay for this repair. They should direct a person to you guys when something that has to do with safety is found to be defective. This should be a requirement that they contact you dot as well as offer a repair imediately and consider themselves lucky that someone wasn't killed because a person came to them with the problem instead of trying to do the repair themselves.
My wiring on my passenger seat sensor is faulty! It sometimes detects randomly that someones there, when nobody is there and thus turns the airbags on and off constantly. I have to keep the passenger side seat belt buckled, otherwise it will mess up my sensors. I've had my airbags shut off and a notification appear before so it's quite scary and definitely a safety hazard. I know this is a known recall, but I believe since I have a "police package" a recall for my car was never initiated, even though it has the problem.
I was sitting in the parking lot with my engine running for about 10 mind. All a sudden 'reduced engine power' came across my dash and my service engine light came on. I turned my car off. About an hour later I turned it back on and the message was gone. Then as I was driving down the road my service air bag light came on. It only comes on when the passenger seat beat is clicked on. And my driver side back door auto lock stopped working.
A recent problem with the rear window defogger has unfolded a problem with a wiring harness that powers the window. Gm never installed a fuse on the rear window defogger causing the wire to heat up and burn away the slot it sits in on the wire harness. Inspecting my wire harness, the heat from the wire has melted almost entirely through the connector which is very dangerous and likely to cause a fire on the passenger side of the car underneath the carpet and fuse panel.
#1 every time I move the drivers seat my airbag light comes on saying that the airbag is disabled. #2 the car's traction will act like I'm on ice (even on a hot 90 degree july day). The traction light comes on and the engine will gear down, to the degree of loss of engine power, power steering, and power braking. This has happened several times while driving long distances on the highways I found recalls pending for these problems and my VIN # is not on the list. Well I'm telling you now this is very dangerous and very scary. Someone is going to get injured or killed!! Official the federal safety agency page concerning recall #16v507000 official the federal safety agency page concerning recall #14v355000
"service airbag" light comes on without pushing a code for error.
I have a 2010 chevy impala lt with 90k+ miles on it. I originally bought the car in 2011 used with 40k+ miles on it, so the car is no longer covered through warranty. Engine power reduced, service stabilitrac, etc. I'm a full time college student, and a full time uber driver. Last night I was with a passenger on [xxx] towards o'hare airport. My car reduced speed and suddenly dropped speed from 70mph down to 50mph. As I turned on the emergency light and start steering to the right to get onto the shoulder I was in the third lane to the right (the expressway is 4 lanes) as I was turning to the right to get onto the shoulder and to get to safety my steering locks, and there was a reckless driver going 100mph trying to cut off traffic. The lanes to the left were blocked so he had to cut me off by overtaking me by going onto the shoulder. He damaged his right rearview mirror and probably scrapped the right side of his car pulling off that reckless stunt. Had I delayed the breaking for a second I wouldn't be alive making this post today. Luckily I turned the car off, waited for a few minutes, turned the car back on and took the nearby [xxx], and waited with my passenger at the nearby target parking lot for the next uber driver to pick up my passenger and get her safely to the airport. Had I not acted quickly, my uber passenger would have missed her flight. Parts of this document have been redacted to protect personally identifiable information pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6)
My impala heating and air condition unit does not work properly and makes clicking noise when I do the following: get in the car, start the car, touch the heating and AC knobs. I was advised by the mechanic that they can't tell me what it would cost but this is a defect in the impala. Said that the clicking is because it's trying to catch back to what ever is displaced and keeps trying. I've time this clicking and it goes on for a whole minute. I have a dual system and it appears the passenger said heats when it wants to,..this had been going on in my car for the last 8 months and I would like to know why the company have not taken responsibility for this defect. I would like for the company to take responsibility and recall and help the owners of the awful sound and embarrassing when others get in your car and hear the madness that you have to try and explain. I don't think this help people wanting to buy the car. Thanks
I have 2010 impala it keeps giving me the dashboard message eng power reduced service stupbilty traction control off when it dose this the car will only go 40 MPH witch is dangerous on freeway going 75 MPH with other traffic
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 chevrolet impala. The contact stated that shift lever would become stuck in the park position and the key could not be removed from the ignition switch when the failure occurred. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who indicated that the failure was caused by the shift lever wires being too thin. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was unavailable.
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 chevrolet impala. The contact stated that the key would not eject from the ignition switch. The failure occurred twice. An independent mechanic diagnosed that the shifter wire needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired the first time, but the failure recurred. The manufacturer was notified of the failures. The approximate failure mileage was 139,000.
Tl* takata recall. The contact owns a 2010 chevrolet impala. The contact received notification of the federal safety agency campaign number: 16v507000 (air bags, electrical system). The part to do the repair was not available. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. Vin tool confirms parts not available.
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 chevrolet impala. The contact stated that the service engine warning light illuminated when the contact made a left or right turn. In addition, the contact stated that a loud squeaking sound emitted from the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where a computerized engine analysis and emissions check were performed. In addition, a vapor canister, a vent solenoid, and a fuel tank vent valve were replaced. The contact also received notification of the federal safety agency campaign number: 16v507000 (air bags, electrical system) and was to check with the manufacturer to determine when the dealer may be able to schedule a repair. The failure mileage was not available. Parts distribution disconnect.
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 chevrolet impala. The contact stated that the service air bag warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer on four separate occasions where it was diagnosed that the passenger side seat belt tensioner, and the driver and passenger side seat wiring needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired three times, but the failure recurred. The manufacturer was notified of the failures. It was unknown if the VIN was included in the federal safety agency campaign number: 16v507000 (air bags, electrical system). The failure mileage was 93,000.
Engine power reduced...car shuts off in the middle of traffic.
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 chevrolet impala. While driving at 60 MPH, the vehicle stalled without warning. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where the failure was unable to be determined. In addition, while driving at any speed, the traction control warning light flickered and the vehicle failed to start. The failure recurred numerous times. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where the traction control light and the ignition key were replaced. The manufacturer was notified of the failures. The approximate failure mileage was 128,083.
My ignition key locks at times. I am sure to park straight without turned wheels or cramped. I finally can start the car by twisting the steering wheel and it then locks and finally the key connects. I was told that may be a tumbler problem? Just a worry as I am 82 and always on my mind when I travel. One time it did just die as I was driving. Happen to be in city where I was able to coast into parking lot. It started up and did fine then. That was scarey!
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