2014 Chevrolet Impala: jerking or lurching

Filed Oct 24, 2025 · Acceleration, Electrical · IL

I previously owned a 2011 Buick Regal and now have a 2014 Chevy Impala. Both vehicles have had a Stabilitrack warning come up. Both vehicles experienced the same issue. The car seemed to jerk, lag in speed, cannot accelerate over 40mph. The Regal was diagnosed with an electrical/wiring issue. The Impala was diagnosed with a failed Transmission Control Module. We now have a 2016 Impala and the same issue and warning lights have appeared. That’s 3 vehicles we’ve owned from GMC with the exact same issue. This can’t be a coincidence and should be looked into. There are hundreds, if not thousands, of more consumers on forums experiencing the exact same issue. This should be recalled! Imagine the possibilities of danger this can cause when on the interstate and can’t accelerate over 40mph.

Filed Oct 12, 2023 · Steering · 212,000 miles · CA

The contact owns a 2014 Chevrolet Impala. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the power steering warning light illuminated. The contact stated that the vehicle jerked and the power steering was inoperable. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired by an independent mechanic or dealer. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 212,000.

Filed Jul 14, 2023 · Electrical, Steering · AR

Power steering stability trak doors locking making clicking sound all this shows up on dash and the car feels like it is accelerating and then jerks slows down and a big sound putting it into gear and a code that says U0101

Filed Jun 16, 2022 · Transmission · TX

I have taken it in on several occasions and been told there is no active code. My transmission control module constantly looses communication. Through my research I have found numerous accounts of this part failing and GM not repairing it, nor issuing a safety recall. I took the vehicle in and was told it was a common failure. The failure of this part has put myself and my children in danger, the computer failure causes the car to randomly shift gears while driving jerk violently and completely shut off at times. Currently it is stuck in 1 gear. I am a single parent, I am scared to travel with my children in the car, anywhere including school and medical appointments. This issue happens while driving the vehicle at all speeds including highway speeds. The last time I took it in the dealer stated, the vehicle was not safe to drive they notified my warranty company, which took 2 weeks to look at the vehicle at which time I was told that the fault code was not active but only in the history of the computer and they refused to repair it. Being that this is a known issue by GM I believe a safety recall should be issue before someone is hurt or killed, if they havent been already. The service advisor informed me that they were instructed to clear the codes from my OBD let the car sit and see if the issue returned. This issue has affected multiple GM vehicles yet they refuse to make the repair necessary to make the vehicle safe. questions; 1)TCM fails, yes it is available for inspection. 2) vehicle randomly shifts through gears including park, at all speeds. causing car to jerk violently, shut off or get stuck in 1 gear. It has shut off while traveling at 75 MPH on the high with my children in the car on multiple occasions. 3)yes at covert chevy in hutto, tx. even the service department was scared to drive it. 4) I dont know what the dealer inspected. 5)yes service stabilitrack and power steering and check engine light with code U0101

Filed Jan 7, 2022 · Steering · TX

While driving 45 mph, my car jerked and several lights came on in my dashboard including the light with the little wrench 🔧. In my dashboard, it displayed the message to check stabili track and steering power system and to drive with care. My car then started loosing power to accelerate. I had my vehicle towed to the dealership the next day and they stated that they cleared the codes but didn’t tell me what the codes were and they kept my vehicle for 5 days and said they couldn’t get the vehicle to act up. Now this issue has happened again and a message in my dashboard is saying to check the power steering and drive with care. I had no warning signs prior to this issue.

Filed Jul 13, 2020 · MO

2014 impala ltz hello all I am having a hard time finding any info2 to help my issue. The sunroof shade to my impala has came off on one side of the track. It is held on by glue and appears like nothing else. Dealerships are no help and only want to sell you more on top of your issue. I truely believe whole heartedly that this should not be happening to an impala with less than 58k on it. I hardly ever use the sun roof luckily or it would have happened sooner. I take the best care of this vehicle that I can. Please help myself and all the others dealing with this issue. Taking apart the whole interior of the vehicle and pay 2,000 to repair a paper shade and re glue it to the track doesnt seem fair. Im not sure how many of these we can send individually but purchased this vehicle dec of last year. It was bought new from the previous owner. When driving the vehicle I have always felt something wrong with the transmission also. I understand its a new design but the very hard shifts into drive and jerking into gear on the highway made me take it in. Again dealerships are no help. They will not take the time to help you and only push you to the side. The behicle was under warrenty when I went in last year. Im not sure about now. My vehicle litterally only has 574056 miles on it. I travel for work and it is kept in storage 90% of the time. Please help

Filed Mar 24, 2019 · Transmission · 46,000 miles · OH

During braking, the car will sometimes lurch forward due to the transmission downshifting hard. The feeling created is like being hit in the rest by another car at low speed. This could cause the vehicle to rear-end another vehicle or cause an accident at intersections containing crosswalks and pedestrians.

Filed Feb 17, 2019 · Brakes · 50,000 miles · WI

I was driving and I pressed on the brakes the cars starts jerking and it felt and sounded like it was dragging something or scrapping the ground. The ABS light comes on and the stability light pops on. I'm out in the middle of the road doing a left or a right turn when this occurs and the car basically stalls for a minute and won't move then all of a sudden jerks really hard and starts moving again. This occurs on the city street and the highway when exiting or changing lanes.

Filed Aug 21, 2018 · Driver assistance · 58,000 miles · IL

My car had warning lights for stabilitrak, parking brake, ABS that came on. The car jerks when you start it and shift gears. The car does not accelerate like normal and has stuggle reaching high speeds. While driving, some of the lights went offf and caused more jerking of the vehicle.

Filed May 12, 2018 · Driver assistance · SC

Takatarecall- crunk my car up to go to work and the service stabilitrak message was on. No indicate in gear shift. When I attempted to put car in gear it would jerk like the transmission was stuck. I attempted to drive to the dealership and the car would not pick up speed on the highway. I had to return back home and have the car towed.

Filed Jan 22, 2018 · Driver assistance · 53,000 miles · WA

Made rh turn and car stalled and jerked struggling to move. Car recovered but was having problems. Made lh turn and sevice warning "stabilitrack" came on with "loss of engine power" as well as the check engine light and traction control and stabilitrack lights came on. Barely able to get car moving. Was able to get car moving but had to drive with flashers on due to the jerkyness of the engine loosing power. Got car to home approx 1.5 miles. Noticed grinding noise coming from under car. And almost no power trying to get car in the drive way. Very dangerous situation. This happened when car was traveling at speeds of zero to 40 MPH.

Filed Aug 16, 2017 · Transmission · 45,000 miles · PA

June 2016 at 20k miles the car was erratically shifting at 30-35 MPH and had a bad smell from the vents. I brought it to bonner chevrolet who stated they were unable to replicate the issue and it may be due to running too high of an octane of fuel. The issue was not resolved. October 2016 I brought it back to the dealership for the same issue but I also noticed a slight ticking noise. A motor mount was changed but nothing was done about the shifting issue or bad smell. They stated because the car was not giving any codes, there was nothing else they could do about it. August 13 2017 at 25 or 30 MPH while accelerating the car violently jerked my son and I forward. It also did this while downshifting. It continued to do this for 5 minutes until it began to no longer shift gears. The check engine light came on. It got to 4500rpm when I pulled over and shut the car off. I turned it back on after a few minutes but the issue continued. After another 5 minutes I got home. Monday 8/14 after arguing with chevy about towing my car since they didnt want to pick it up until 8/17, they agreed to pick it up that day 8/14. They also stated I would get a rental as long as it was determined the issue was a failure on behalf of chevy and not myself. Tuesday 8/15 came with no update from the dealsership. Wednesday morning 8/16 I called for an update and was informed the car had "internal engine failure". The service rep paul at valley chevrolet refused to give me the code the car was giving for the internal engine failure. He refused to give me a rental because the car has over 36k miles. I informed him this is conflicting from what I was told on 8/14 by customer service. He said that if I did not want the car fixed, that he could leave my car outside. No call back yet from customer service as the rental and transmission replacement should be covered under the powertrain warantee.