NHTSA Complaint #10592482 — 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA

FOUND OUT MY HORN STOPPED WORKING WHILE DRIVING. NEARLY GOT IN SEVERAL ACCIDENTS BECAUSE I COULDN'T SOUND MY HORN AS WARNING. FOUND OUT FROM SHINEE LA FLEUR AT THE DEALERSHIP THAT CHEVY PUT IN A UPDATE TO COVER THE HORN FROM WATER DAMAGE. THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN A RECALL NOT AN UPDATE. THE HORN SHORTED OUT BECAUSE WATER GOT TO THE ELECTRIC PART OF THE HORN. THIS PROBLEM COULD HAVE SHORTED OUT MY ENTIRE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM BUT LUCKILY IT ONLY SHORTED OUT THE HORN. THE DEALER WANTS TO CHARGE ME $425 FOR THERE MISTAKE. I WOULD LIKE THIS CAR TO BE ON A RECALL FOR POSSIBLE DAMAGE BY WATER BECAUSE THE SHIELD THEY PUT ON NOW PROTECTS IT. WHY WASN'T THIS SHIELD SOLD WITH THE CAR FROM THE BEGINNING. THE TECH STATED THAT THIS PROBLEM DOES EXIST ON ALL THESE CARS BUT CHEVY DOES NOTHING ABOUT IT. *JS