NHTSA Complaint #10667016 — 2001 CHEVROLET IMPALA

SINCE GM PERFORMED SAFETY RECALL # 14350 ON OUR KEYS WE'VE HAD MORE ISSUES WITH OUR 2001 IMPALA NOT STARTING WHICH HAS RENDERED IT UNABLE TO BE STARTED CURRENTLY. THIS IS MY SECOND TIME POSTING SINCE I ORIGINALLY POSTED ON 10/24/14 REGARDING THE CAR CUTTING OUT WHILE DRIVING. SINCE THAT TIME WE'VE BEEN HAVING ISSUES WITH THE CAR INTERMITTENTLY NOT STARTING OR FAILING TO RESTART AFTER DRIVING IT A SHORT DISTANCE, LIKE GOING TO THE STORE. A FEW WEEKS AGO WE HAD TO SPEND $140 ON A NEW BATTERY AFTER THE MECHANICS TOLD US THAT WAS THE STARTING PROBLEM. TWO DAYS LATER IT ONCE AGAIN WOULDN'T RESTART AFTER STOPPING AT THE STORE FOR A FEW MINUTES. THE MECHANIC CAME AND CHECKED THE CAR AND TIGHTENED THE BATTERY TERMINAL CONNECTIONS THINKING THAT WAS THE ISSUE. A FEW DAYS AFTER THE CAR WOULDN'T RESTART ONCE AGAIN AFTER A SHORT VISIT TO THE STORE. THAT TIME A TOW TRUCK DRIVER TRIED TO JUMP IT BUT IT WOULDN'T START, SO IT WAS TOWED TO THE MECHANIC. ONCE AT THE MECHANICS THE MECHANIC TRIED TO START IT AND IT STARTED RIGHT UP. HE KEPT IT FOR TWO DAYS AND TRIED STARTING IT NUMEROUS TIMES AND EVERY TIME IT STARTED. SINCE BRINGING IT BACK HOME WE'VE HAD PROBLEMS ONCE AGAIN WITH IT NOT STARTING EVEN THOUGH EVERYTHING SEEMS FINE AND THE BATTERY TERMINALS ARE TIGHT. TODAY THE KEY FOB WOULD NOT OPEN THE DOOR REMOTELY NOR WOULD THE CAR START. I'VE BEEN RESEARCHING THESE ISSUES AND SEE WHERE IN MANY INSTANCES PEOPLE HAVE FOUND THE IGNITION/KEY FOB ISSUES ARE RELATED TO THE PASS LOCK SYSTEM KEEPING THE CAR FROM STARTING OR CANCELING THE ENGINE WHILE RUNNING. GM NEEDS TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES WHICH ARE CAUSING VEHICLES LIKE OURS TO EITHER NOT START OR HAVE ENGINE FAILURE WHILE DRIVING. *TR