NHTSA Complaint #10429992 — 2008 CHEVROLET IMPALA

ON 10/5/11 I TRIED MY 08 IMPALA FOR FIRST TIME IN RAIN SINCE I PURCHASED IT USED 4 MONTHS EARLIER, THE CAR IS A POLICE VERSION WITH THE 3.9 FLEX FUEL ENGINE. WAS EXCITED TO TRY OUT NEW TIRES IN RAIN . , I WENT THRU A FEW PUDDLES IT SEEMED OK,IT WASN'T EVEN RAINING HARD, WHEN A CAR STOPPED IN FRONT OF ME, I ALSO STOPPED WHEN I TRIED TO TURN LEFT TO GO AROUND THE CAR THE STEERING WHEEL JUST FROZE,I HAD ONLY DRIVEN ABOUT 1 MILE .AFTER FEW SECONDS IT WAS OK, ABOUT 1 MINUTE LATER IT DID IT AGAIN. I JUST DROVE IT BACK HOME DISAPPOINTED KNOWING I WONT BE ABLE TO DRIVE IT DURING RAINING PERIODS . FOUND OUT THRU INTERNET THAT MANY CUSTOMERS HAVING SAME PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR . GM NEEDS TO RECALL THIS CAR BEFORE SOMEONE GETS REALLY HURT DRIVING THIS DANGEROUS VEHICLE ! HOPEFULLY NOT TO LATE!!!!!! WAS LUCKY THIS PROBLEM WAS DISCOVERED WHILE CAR WAS STOPPED AND NOT ON HIGHWAY.. CHECKED FLUID, BELTS, ALL GOOD . . FROM LOS ANGELES *TR