NHTSA Complaint #10455831 — 2006 CHEVROLET IMPALA

I PURCHASED A 2006 IMPALA SS, JUST RECENTLY AFTER REACHING 60,000 MILES MY TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING IN 4TH GEAR AND OVERDRIVE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. A SHORT 300 MILES LATER THE TRANSMISSION FAILED COMPLETELY WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM WORK ON THE INTERSTATE. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO A LOCAL TRANSMISSION SHOP WHERE I WAS TOLD IT EITHER NEEDED TO BE REBUILT OR REPLACED. I HAD IT REBUILT FOR $2442 ALL OUT OF MY OWN POCKET BECAUSE MY POWERTRAIN WARRANTY HAD ALREADY EXPIRED. NOW A MERE 3 MONTHS LATER AND NOW CURRENTLY AT 69,200 MILES THE NEW TRANSMISSION IS SHOWING THE SAME EXACT SYMPTOMS IT HAD WHEN IT FAILED THE FIRST TIME. AGAIN WITH NO WARRANTY AND REPAIR COSTS OVER 2000 DOLLARS I WILL SOON BE FORCED TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION AGAIN. NOT TO MENTION RENTAL CAR COSTS AND THE INCONVENIENCE OF HAVING THIS HAPPEN TWICE WITHIN A YEAR AND 10,000 MILES APART. OTHER RECENT ISSUES INCLUDE A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON FOR A CYLINDER 6 MISFIRE DUE TO AN OIL FOULED SPARK PLUG AND BURNING OR USING A FULL QUART OF OIL EVERY 1000 MILES I'M SURE MAJOR ENGINE REPAIRS ARE SOON TO COME. IT ALMOST MAKES ME SICK TO MY STOMACH KNOWING I STILL HAVE 4 MORE YEARS TO PAY ON THIS VEHICLE AND ALL OF THESE PROBLEMS UNDER 70,000 MILES MAJORITY OF WHICH ARE HIGHWAY DRIVEN. NEEDLESS TO SAY THIS WILL BE THE LAST GM VEHICLE I EVER OWN. *JS