NHTSA Complaint #10512008 — 2008 CHEVROLET IMPALA

I WAS DRIVING MY SALES ROUTE AND OVER A FEW DAYS TIME, MY CAR WOULD HAVE THE ENGINE PICTURE LIT AND A MESSAGE OF REDUCED POWER WOULD APPEAR AND I COULD NOT DRIVE ANY FASTER THAN 50 AND MY FOOT WAS TO THE FLOORBOARD. THIS WAS VERY SCARY IN THAT IF YOU ARE ON THE HIGHWAY THE CARS BEHIND YOU DO NOT KNOW YOU ARE HAVING A PROBLEM BEFORE YOU ARE ABLE TO EXIT OFF. EVEN STARTING FROM A STOP LIGHT IS DANGEROUS BECAUSE YOU CAN'T GET YOUR SPEED UP VERY FAST. THERE WERE A FEW TIMES WHERE THE CAR LOST TOTAL POWER AND I HAD TO COAST OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. AFTER LETTING THE CAR SIT FOR A FEW MINUTES, IT STARTED AGAIN BUT STILL HAD THE ENGINE ICON LIT AND HE SAME MESSAGE APPEARED. I DID HAVE A PART REPLACED AT MY EXPENSE OF $200+ AND FOR A VERY SHORT TIME IT DID FIX THE PROBLEM BUT THEN VERY SHORTLY IT STARTED DOING IT AGAIN. I WAS LAID OFF MY JOB SO WAS NOT DOING THE ROUTE SALES ANY LONGER AND WAS USING THE CAR JUST FOR PERSONAL RUNNING SO DIDN'T PAY TO MUCH ATTENTION TO GETTING IT LOOKED AT AND MY WIFE HAD HER CAR TO USE FOR TRIPS. IT RECENTLY HAS BEEN TO WHERE THE LIGHT AND MESSAGE WILL NOT GO OFF AND IT IS CONSTANTLY IN THE REDUCED POWER MADE. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION AND DUE TO THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS THIS MUST BE TAKEN CARE OF. I DID TAKE IT TO THE CHEVY DEALERSHIP THIS WEEK TO SEE IF I HAD MISSED A RECALL. THE MECHANIC WAS WELL AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND SAID THERE WAS A RECALL FOR TRUCKS NOT CARS AND HE DID NOT UNDERSTAND THAT. NOR DO WE. NOW IF YOU KNOW THIS IS A POTENTIAL AND IS VERY COMMON ON THESE CARS AS WE ARE TOLD, THEN IT NEEDS FIXED NOW. FIXING THIS, SINCE YOU KNOW THE SEVERITY AND POSSIBLE PROBLEMS WOULD SURE BE BETTER THAN A LAWSUIT I WOULD THINK. I AWAIT YOUR TIMELY RESPONSE. I WILL KICK THIS UP HIGHER BUT WANTED TO START HERE. COMPENSATION IS DUE ON THIS MATTER. I HAVE MY RECEIPTS. *TR