NHTSA Complaint #10650892 — 2001 CHEVROLET IMPALA

WE'VE HAD NUMEROUS ISSUES OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS INCLUDING INTERMITTENT ELECTRICAL ISSUES, ENGINE CUTTING OUT, ENGINE LURCHING, AND DIFFICULTY STARTING. TWO PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS TIMES WERE ESPECIALLY SCARY -- ONE TIME THE ENGINE CUT OUT, WITHOUT WARNING, WHILE MY SON WAS DRIVING IN TRAFFIC, ON A FOUR LANE ROAD, WITH CHILDREN IN THE CAR. THE OTHER TIME WAS WHEN I WAS DRIVING DOWN A HILL IN A SNOW STORM AT NIGHT. THE ROADS WERE SLIPPERY AND I LOST ALL POWER INCLUDING THE LIGHTS AND POWER STEERING. WE'VE SPENT AT LEAST $2000 FOR DIAGNOSTICS/REPAIRS FOR FUEL SYSTEM CHECKS, ELECTRICAL CHECKS, NEW IGNITION, NEW IGNITION WIRES, NEW A/C COMPRESSOR (A/C WOULDN'T COOL), AND ONE FUEL INJECTOR REPLACED. FOR SEVERAL MONTHS IT DIDN'T CUT OUT BUT THE ENGINE WOULD STILL LURCH ONCE IN AWHILE. FOUR DAYS AGO MY HUSBAND TOOK IT IN FOR THE KEY RECALL AND THE DEALER SAID THAT THE FUEL INJECTORS NEEDED CLEANING SO WE HAD IT DONE. THE CAR RAN FANTASTIC... UNTIL TODAY WHEN OUT OF THE BLUE, WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT 30MPH, THE ENGINE CUT OUT AFTER GOING OVER A BUMP IN THE ROAD. WE CALLED THE DEALER AND THEY SAID TO KEEP A JOURNAL OF WHEN THE ISSUE HAPPENS AGAIN. *TR