NHTSA Complaint #10816338 — 2015 CHEVROLET IMPALA

ON AUGUST 19, 2015 I STARTED MY CAR PUT IT INTO REVERSE AND THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD NOT TURN AND IT DISPLAYED SERVICE POWER STEERING I TURNED OFF THE IGNITION WAITED A FEW MINUTES AND TRIED AGAIN BUT IT STILL WOULD NOT TURN,I CALLED GM ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE AND THEY SENT OUT A TOW TRUCK TO HAVE THEM TAKE IT TO THE LOCAL CHEVY DEALER FOR SERVICE WHEN THE DRIVER GOT HERE HE STARTED THE CAR AND THE WHEEL TURNED BUT HE PUT IT ON A FLAT BED AND TOOK IT TO THE DEALER THEY SAID THE CAUSE WAS A DEFECTIVE B.P.M.V. THEY REPLACED PART # 2410350 ELECTRONIC BRAKE AND TRACTION CONTROL MODULE WITH BRAKE PRESSURE MODULATOR VALVE AND PART # 23208065 F (S) MODULE REPROGRAM ED AND BLEED THE SYSTEM SAID THEY ROAD TESTED IT FOR 40 MILES WITH 6 IGNITION CYCLES BUT THE MILEAGE WHEN IT WENT IN WAS AT 16036 AND WHEN IT CAME OUT WAS AT 16055 AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE DOCUMENT I AM ATTACHING. THEY RETURNED MY CAR TO ME ON AUGUST 28, 2015. BUT THEY COULD NOT TELL ME IF THIS COULD HAPPEN WHILE I AM DRIVING THE CAR. ON DECEMBER 19, 2015 I WENT TO START MY CAR AND IT WOULD NOT START SO AGAIN I CALLED GM ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE THEY SENT A TOW TRUCK AND HE TOOK THE CAR TO THE LOCAL DEALER FOR SERVICE THEY THE CAUSE WAS A DEFECTIVE BATTERY 4041510 BATTERY REPLACEMENT 247 W AND REPLACED IT WITH PART# 88865245. ON DECEMBER 26, 2015 I WAS LEAVING A FRIENDS HOUSE WHEN I STARTED THE CAR PUT IT IN REVERSE AND THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD NOT TURN AND THE DISPLAY READ SERVICE POWER STEERING. SINCE IT WAS LATE ON SATURDAY NIGHT OUR FRIEND DROVE USE HOME I WENT BACK TODAY STARTED THE CAR AND THE STEERING WHEEL WAS TURNING SO I DROVE IT HOME BUT SINCE THE DEALER IS CLOSED AT THIS TIME I WILL CALL ON MONDAY MORNING TO HAVE IT TAKEN BACK TO BE SERVICED AGAIN THE MILEAGE AT THIS TIME IS 19691.