Q-What component or system failed or malfunctioned, and is it available for inspection upon request? A-Suspension and steering effective. Any time I drive and make turns it makes like a clunking noise. You can actually feel it in the floor board. It's worse when you are driving down a not so smooth road. You can look at it as soon as possible. Q-How was your safety or the safety of others put at risk? A-Control arm might SNAP causing you to lose control of my vehicle and crash into other drivers. Q-Has the problem been reproduced or confirmed by a dealer or independent service center? A-Firestone has inspected my car. Q-Has the vehicle or component been inspected by the manufacturer, police, insurance representatives or others? A-No my vehicle has not. Q-Were there any warning lamps, messages or other symptoms of the problem prior to the failure, and when did they first appear? A-No warning signs of any kind. This started within the last month or two.
Chevrolet Impala harsh shifting problems
140 of the 10,418 owner complaints about the Chevrolet Impala describe harsh or hard shifting, most of them for the 2000 model year.
- owner complaints
- 140
- worst model year
- 2000
- typical repair cost reported
- $1,000
- typical mileage
- 49,000
By model year
Often reported together
Steering noise 26Ball joint 13Grinding brakes 11Slipping 7Jerking 7Transmission failure 5Power steering loss 5Stalling 4
Trouble codes mentioned
P1811 1
What owners say
Transmission has hard shifting after engine warms up, only has 44,000 miles on it. Stop and go traffic seems to start the problem faster than highway driving.
Transmission slipping, rough shift and bucking back and forth. Happens intermittently at low speeds and in stop and go traffic as well as highway speeds and when passing.
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
Clunking , grinding noise service stabilitrak, service ABS lights come on lose power when reversing or making a left turn. After much research there seems to be a problem with the wiring harness going to the sensors in the wheels. Many people are having this very same problem across many years of this vehicle. People are spending money unnecessarily on parts such as wheel hubs and bearings without fixing said problem. Many people are also reporting cars turning off as a result of this.
Supposedly the cooling system was fixed in 2003 but it still tells me that my coolant is low and it leaks. I am the second owner of this car and have only had it since september of 2019. Also the transmission has a delayed shift from 1st to second.
Was driving my impala 2010 and stopped at a double sided road in aldie va to take a left and the vehicle moved a about two feet while taking left and then it stuck there , the RPM's kept going up but the car wouldn't move, there was a vehicle coming from opposite side and while I paniced the vehicle made a jerking hard shift and started to drive again. Its 59000 miles on the vehicle and its transmission has worn out already !! Because its older than 5 years the company wont give the warranty
The cruise control button sticks, when being pushed it clicks hard to get to work. The most important started a couple of weeks ago with the steering wheel on moving and pushing the gas makes a clunky and grinding sound and feel, the vehicle does not go anywhere then, the stability light comes on. The car starts moving, and the wheel frees up and the light goes out. This is every time I'm turning left after from a stopped position.
Hot and cold the transaxle is slipping and then grabbing on acceration with hard shifting.
Tl* the contact owns a 2000 chevrolet impala. When the vehicle was started, a clunking sound was heard. The contact looked under the vehicle and noticed that a fire had erupted near the exhaust manifold. The fire extinguished on its own. Also, the vehicle intermittently misfired and performed sluggishly. The vehicle was towed to schukei chevrolet inc (721 s monroe ave, mason city, ia 50401, 641‑494‑5589) for diagnostic testing. The vehicle was not included in the federal safety agency action numbers: ea02030 (fuel system, gasoline) and pe00005 (engine and engine cooling). The vehicle was not included in the federal safety agency campaign numbers: 15v701000 (engine and engine cooling) and 09v116000 (engine and engine cooling). The failure caused the contact to have to rent a vehicle for two weeks. When the contact took the vehicle back to the dealer, he was provided a loaner vehicle. The manufacturer was notified and provided a case number. The approximate failure mileage was 78,500.
Related recalls
Power train: automatic transmission
- What is wrong
- General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain model year 2014 Buick Regal, LaCrosse, Verano, and Enclave, and Chevrolet Impala, Malibu, Cruze, and Traverse, and GMC Acadia vehicles equipped with automatic transmissions. In the affected vehicles, the transmission shift cable adjuster may disengage from the transmission shift lever. As such, these vehicles do not conform to Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 102, "Transmission Shift Lever Sequence, Starter Interlock, and Transmission Braking Effect." They also fail to conform to FMVSS number 114, "Theft Protection and Rollaway Prevention."
- Risk
- If a vehicle's shift cable disengages from the transmission shift lever, a driver may be unable to shift gear positions and the indicated shift position may not represent the gear position the vehicle is in. Should a disengagement occur while the vehicle is being driven, when the driver goes to stop and park the vehicle, the driver may be able to shift the lever to the "PARK" position, but the vehicle transmission may not be in the "PARK" gear position. If the vehicle is not in the "PARK" position there is a risk the vehicle will roll away as the driver and other occupants exit the vehicle or anytime thereafter. A vehicle rollaway increases the risk of injury to exiting occupants and bystanders.
- Remedy
- General Motors will notify owners, and dealers will inspect and replace any affected transmission shift cable adjusters, free of charge. The recall began on April 10, 2014. Chevrolet owners may contact General Motors at 1‑800‑222‑1020, Buick owners at 1‑800‑521‑7300, and GMC owners at 1‑800‑462‑8782. General Motors' number associated with this recall is 14048.
Recall number 14V092000 · Recall details
Questions about the Chevrolet Impala harsh shifting
Which Chevrolet Impala years have harsh or hard shifting problems?
The model years with the most reports are 2000 (28 complaints), 2002 (17 complaints) and 2001 (15 complaints).
How much does it cost to fix harsh or hard shifting on the Chevrolet Impala?
Owners who mentioned a price put the repair at about $1,000 (median of 15 complaints that include a dollar amount). Costs vary with mileage, warranty and where the work is done.
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