NHTSA Complaint #10360674 — 2003 CHEVROLET IMPALA

CHEVROLET IMPALA 2003 AFTER RUNNING OVER A POTHOLE FEB. 2009, A CLICKING SOUND WAS IMMEDIATELY OBSERVED WITH EACH REVOLUTION OF THE WHEEL. TOOK IT TO A PEP BOYS FOR INSPECTION. THEY SAID THEY DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING WRONG AFTER VISUAL AND DRIVE INSPECTION. STILL CONTINUED TO HEAR CLICKING SOUND. ON OCT. 6, WHILE BACKING OUT OF PARKING SPACE AND TURNING WHEEL TO LEFT, A LOUD SCRAPING SOUND WAS MADE. STOPPED CAR, GOT OUT TO INSPECT WHETHER OR NOT ANYTHING WAS ON GROUND, ETC. NOTHING WAS THERE. SOUND CONTINUED UNTIL CHANGING GEAR TO DRIVE. OCT. 12, 2010 TURNED WHEEL TOWARDS LEFT WHILE IN DRIVE AND A VERY LOUD CLICKING- THEN BUMPING NOISE WAS MADE. IT SOUNDED LIKE THE WHEEL WAS GOING TO BREAK OR SOMETHING IF I CONTINUED TURNING. I WAS SIX BLOCKS FROM HOME, SO DROVE SLOWLY AND VERY SLOWLY FOR THE NEXT 2 LEFT TURNS IN WHICH ON THE 2ND LEFT TURN THE BUMPING SOUND HAPPENED AGAIN. IT HAS FRIGHTENED ME SO THAT I AM PETRIFIED TO DRIVE MY CAR. PLAN TO TAKE TO A MECHANIC BUT WITH ASSISTANCE. *TR