2011 Chevrolet Impala: ball joint or control arm failure

Filed Apr 19, 2023 · Steering, Suspension · GA

Grinding from turning. Numerous Radiators, Transmission problems over and over. Jerking not pulling. Stalling in the road.Control Arm needed again. Brakes and Rotors grinding.

Filed Apr 19, 2021 · 72,400 miles · FL

The welds to the bracket that holds the control arm broke, if it broke while on highway that would have been deadly.....

Filed Nov 6, 2020 · Body, Steering · NC · crash

On my front lower control arms the bracket that attaches to the frame and the control arm itself has snapped completely off on my front passenger side and you can tell that the weld that was previously holding it onto the frame itself was a weak point in the whole cross member front k frame and I found it very dangerous I have no clue on how to fix this and was wondering if you guys had a recall on it and are willing to fix it this is a big problem and very dangerous I know that I cannot have it rewelded on I do not know what to do and almost killed me as I was driving.

Filed Feb 10, 2018 · Steering · 37,000 miles · NV

Had the vehicle aligned about one year ago due to it pulling to the right. The steering was still sloppy and continued to drift to the right. Well come to find out that the tie rod on drivers side was frozen and could not be adjusted. So a year later I decided to have the tie rod replaced so it would drive straight and true. After further inspection it was brought to my attention that the steering knuckle had a crack almost completely through. I have never hit anything in that vehicle to cause a crack in the steering knuckle. The vehicle currently has 37000 miles on it. I know the police edition has a recall for the same problem. Chevrolet should have recalled all impalas from 2011 to at least inspect the vehicles for this issue. It is extremely dangerous and should be investigated to find out how many 2011 impalas had this same defect.

Filed May 14, 2015 · Body, Suspension · 78,441 miles · IL

I have a 2011 chevy impala and during an inspection found out that the clunk I started hearing 2 weeks ago was due to a front aluminum sub-frame control arm mount that broke. The car had a safety recall on it (recall 12v377) for front control arms, which were replaced, but the new control arms are defective also, causing them to become misaligned inside the sub-frame control arm mounts, which subsequently rubbed and wore the aluminum sub-frame control arm mounts to the point where it broke. I do have pictures of this. The front bushing is a vertical bushing design from gm that has been noted for a very high and repeated failure rate, not just on the w-body cars but also on many delta platform cars such as chevy cobalt and hhr, pontiac g5, saturn ion. I contacted chevy and they refuse to listen to it, even tho this car only has 78k miles on it, and is only 4 years 1 month old, they declined warranty. It is very dangerous as the entire wheel control arm mounts broke away from the rest of the frame. And it is due to the second set of defective controls arms in just 78k miles. Any impala owner should go check this immediately as it can be a deadly defect that gm is declining to know about. It also affects other gm 2006 and newer w-body cars: pontiac grand prix, buick lacrosse, chevy impala and monte carlo. The issue is, this type of bushing used by gm for many years on many models is known to have very high failure, and with steel control arm mounts, it didn't damage the mounts/sub-frame unless left for a very long time, but now with the aluminum sub-frame, when the bushing goes bad, the outer steel part of the bushing wears away into the soft aluminum control arm mount on the sub-frame very quickly, and may go unnoticed by the driver until it breaks, which can cause loss of control of the vehicle, which may lead to a crash, causing bodily harm or even a fatality.

Filed Jan 28, 2015 · Electrical, Suspension · KY

2011 chevrolet impala. Consumer writes in regards to gm recall 14299 and 12104. *ld the consumer learned of the ignition switch and lower control arm recall. However, the dealer stated they would only address the ignition switch recall, because they had not been notified of any other recalls or problems with the suspension. The consumer stated from time to time, when she turned the steering wheel to the left or right, there was a noise similar to the tire rubbing the fender.