2004 CHEVROLET IMPALA Unknown Or Other Problems

I OWN A 2004 CHEVY IMPALA 3.8L WITH APPROX 179,000 MILEW.MY COMPLAINT IS IN RELATION TO THE PASSLOCK III SYSTEM AND THE OVERWHELMING AMOUNT OF "NO START" COMPLAINTS FROM ALL THE DIFFERENT MODELS OF GM CAR OWNERS ACROSS THE BOARD WITH THIS FAULTY ANTI-THEFT SYSTEM. I LIVE RIGHT SMACK IN THE HEART OF THE SOUTH IN A VERY SMALL TOWN IN TENNESSEE AND KEEP IN MIND, IT IS REALLY HOT AND HUMIDITY IS RIDICULOUS THIS TIME OF YEAR. I PICKED UP MY DAUGHTER AT A FRIENDS HOUSE AFTER WORK, ABOUT 5:25 PM LAST THURDAY, 9/5/19, AND MY CAR DIED AS I'M DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD, LIKE THE ENGINE JUS SHUT OFF FOR NO REASON AT ALL , I HAD FILLED MY TANK A FEW DAYS PRIOR AND KNEW THAT WAS NOT THE PROBLEM. MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS TO PUT IN NEUTRAL BEFORE LOSING MUCH SPEED AND TRIED TO CRANK SEVERAL...

THE TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM LIGHT HAS COME ON. IT MAKE A GRINDING NOISE, BRAKES FEELS LIKE THEY ARE LOCKING UP AND THE POWER STEERING MAKES IT HARD TO STEER.IT HAS HAPPENED WHEN THE CAR IS IN MOTION TURNING BRAKING AND STEERING. IT HAS HAPPENEDPULLING OUT FROM PLACES ON THE HIGHWAY AND ALL STREETS.

TAKATA RECALL MY CAR HAS BEEN JERKING EVERY TIME IT WOULD SWITCHES GEARS. I DIDN'T REALLY THINK IT WAS AN ISSUE UNTIL I RESEARCHED AND I SEEN ALL OF PEOPLE HAD THE SAME PROBLEMS. THEY ALL SAID THE SAME THING IT WAS THE "TRANSMISSION" WELL EVERY TIME I DRIVE I WOULD BE AT A STOP SIGN OR AT A RED LIGHT. AND WHEN I GET MY GO AHEAD MY COULD WOULD NOT MOVE UNLESS I PUT THE PEDAL TO THE FLOOR, EVEN THEN MY CAR WILL JERK BACK AND PEEL OUT. IM AFRAID TO DRIVE MY CAR, I THINK ONE DAY IT MIGHT STOP MOVING.

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD THE CAR SHUTS OFF AND POWER STEERING STOPS WORKING. HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES, LUCKILY ONLY AT LOW SPEEDS SO FAR. I GOOGLED IT AND FOUND TONS OF PEOPLE SAYING THE EXACT SAME THING HAPPENED TO THEIR IMPALA. NOT COOL

DID YOU KNOW THE RECALL ON THE IGNITION KEY FIX HAD ONLY A ONE YEAR WARRANTY? THEY FILLED THE SLOT WITH TWO PLASTIC HALVES THAT SNAPPED TOGETHER AND KEPT THE KEY RING CENTERED SO IT WOULD NOT TURN OFF THE IGNITION IF YOU HIT A BUMP. MY KEY CAME APART AND I CAN NOT GET IT TO SNAP BACK TOGETHER. THE DEALER SAYS THE WARRANTY IS EXPIRED AND SUGGESTED I GLUE THEM ON THE KEY. HAS THIS HAPPENED TO ANY ONE ELSE?

THE SHIFTER GOES ALL THE WAY TO PARK BUT THEY KEY WILL NOT TURN TO THE OFF POSITION SO YOU CANT REMOVE THE KEY.

I HAVE HAD MANY PROBLEMS WITH MY CAR STARTING TO DUE A SECURITY GLITCH. FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS MANY TIMES MY CAR WILL NOT START BECAUSE IT TECHNICALLY THINKS I'M TRYING TO BREAK INTO MY OWN CAR. THE SECURITY LIGHT STARTS BLINKING AND WHEN I TURN THE IGNITION IT DOESN'T START. I HAVE TO TURN THE KEY TO 'ON' ON THE IGNITION AND SIT FOR ABOUT 10 OR SOMETIMES 20 MINUTES UNTIL THE CAR STARTS. THIS HAS BEEN VERY FRUSTRATING SITUATION FOR ME AND DEPENDING ON THE SITUATION I'M IN IT ALSO COULD BE DANGEROUS. I'VE SEEN MANY COMPLAINTS ONLINE ABOUT THIS PROBLEM WITH CHEVY IMPALAS IN GENERAL.

LOUD KNOCKING NOISE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ENGINE AND THE DASHBOARD GAGES DONT WORK

I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING A TRACTION CONTROL PROBLEM. WHEN I MAKE SHARP TURNS THE SERVICE TRACTION SYSTEM LIGHT COMES ON, AFTER THIS LIGHT COMES ON IT PULLS TO THE RIGHT AND MAKES IT HARD TO STOP AND EVEN SLIDES SOMETIMES. I HAVE REPLACED ALL SPEED SENSORS AND REPLACED THE WIRES AND THE PROBLEM IS STILL REOCCURING.

THEY DID A RECALL THE PAPER SAID IGNITION SWITCH AND THEY REPLACED 2 KEYS MY CAR WON'T START WITHOUT TURNING THE KEY TO ON AND WAIT 10 MINUTES 3 TIMES. I WENT TO THE DEALER AND I WAS TOLD MY ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WAS ALL MESSED UP AND THEY CHARGED ME 500 PLUS DOLLARS AND STILL HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM .THEY TOLD ME TO TAKE IT TO A LOCKSMITH I DID THAT BEFORE THEY TOLD ME IT WAS A ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. NOW THE DEALER WANTS ANOTHER 500 PLUS TO PUT IN A NEW IGNITION. I'M NEVER DOING ANOTHER RECALL. MY CAR WAS FINE UNTIL THEN I'VE HAD THE CAR SINCE 2006 AND IT'S BEEN KEPT UP BY FIRESTONE. MY SON IS IN THE ARMY AND IT WAS THE FIRST CAR HE EVER BROUGHT AND IT WAS A GREAT CAR. THE DEALER ALSO DID THE 2ND RECALL WHILE THEY HAD IT NOW...

THE ONLY RECALL I WAS ABLE TO FIND OUT WAS FOR THE IGNITION,. MY TRANSMISSION JUST WENT OUT 11/19/2015, IT WILL NOT SWITCH INTO GEAR, IT STARTS JUST FINE NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT BUT LEFT ME STRANDED. TURNED THE CAR OFF AND WHEN I STARTED IT AGAIN IT DROVE JUST FINE, SO I SLOWLY DROVE IT HOME. I DON'T GET ON THE HIGHWAY NO MORE BECAUSE IT LACKS POWER THE GET UP IS NOT THERE MIND YOU YES I HAVE 225K MILES ON IT BUT I HAVE HAD ABOUT 10 TROUBLE CODES AND I MANAGED TO GET RID OF THEM ALL WHEN I CLEANED THE TPS, AIC, AND MAP SENSOR NEW EGR VALVE, OIL CHANGE TUNE UP TRANSMISSION FLUSH ALL HAS BEEN DONE THIS YEAR AND STILL ON THE HIGHWAY IT STRUGGLES, I DID HAVE ONE CODE THAT POPPED UP 0420 SO AT THIS POINT I HAVE BEEN THINKIN TO...

WHEN I GO TO START MY CAR I HAVE NO LIGHTS AND NO SIGN OF TURNING OVER. THEN I WAIT 10 TO 20 MINUTES AND I GET SOME LIGHTS ON THE DASH, THEN FINALLY IT WILL START. (THIS WAS HAPPENING JUNE & JULY OF 2015) NOW, I HAVE LIGHTS, IT JUST DOESN'T WANT TO TURN OVER. IF IT DOES TRY TO TURN OVER, IT DOESN'T STAY RUNNING. WAIT 5 TO 20 MINUTES THEN IT WILL START. IT USUALLY HAPPENS AFTER I HAVE BEEN DRIVING THEN STOP SOMEWHERE FOR A WHILE, THEN WHEN I GO TO LEAVE I HAVE THE ISSUES. BUT THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES WHEN I FIRST START THE CAR AFTER ITS BEEN SITTING FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME LIKE OVER NIGHT IT WON'T START THIS ISSUE HAS BEGUN AROUND AUGUST OF 2015 TOOK TO TWO DIFFERENT GARAGES, ONE INDEPENDENT THE OTHER A CHEVY DEALERSHIP. NEITHER WANT DO...

THE VATS SYSTEM WILL NOT LET ME START MY CAR FOR 10 TO 20 MINUTES. THE SYSTEM HAS BROKEN DOWN AND MY THINKING IS THAT GM SHOULD HAVE A RECALL TO FIX THE ISSUE.

THE CAR STARTED MAKING A LOUD SCREECHING NOISE, HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO DRIVE THE CAR. THE CAR WOULD START FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE BATTERY WAS DEAD AND ITS A NEW BATTERY ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WHEN THE KEY WAS TURNED. HAD IT JUMPED CAR FINALLY STARTED AND THE SCREECHING WAS LOUD AND CLOUD OF SMOKE STARTED. TURNED IT OFF WOULDN'T START AGAIN. I BELIEVE IT IS COMING FROM THE SERPENTINE PULLEY.

WHEN I TRY TO START MY CAR, IT WILL NOT START. I HAVE TO WAIT 10 MINUTES AND THEN TRY AGAIN. IT IS GETTING WORSE AND I HAVE HAD TO WAIT UP UNTIL ONE HOUR TO BE ABLE TO START CAR. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED IT AT ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS TO TRY TO GET THE PROBLEM RESOLVED AND THEY HAVE NOT FIXED IT. SOMETIMES, I CAN GO A WEEK WITHOUT THIS HAPPENING AND AT OTHER TIMES, IT HAPPENS TO ME SEVERAL TIMES IN A DAY. I HAVE BEEN LATE TO WORK COUNTLESS TIMES DUE TO THIS AND BEEN INCONVENIENCED. IT IS SCARY BECAUSE I AM NOT SURE IF IT COULD BE AN ELECTRICAL ISSUE OR WHAT ELSE COULD HAPPEN AS A RESULT OF THIS DEFECT. I'M NOT SURE IF THE PROBLEM COULD BE THE KEY, IGNITION SWITCH OR SOMETHING EVEN MORE DETAILED.

IGNITION SWITCH FAILURE. WAS GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND MY CAR SHUT OFF. CHECKED THE STARTER AND THE BATTERY AND THE ENGINE, ALL ARE IN WORKING ORDER. THE SWITCH HAS HAD PROBLEMS SINCE I BOUGHT IT. IT STICKS BAD IS HARD TO TURN.

1) TRIED TO SLOW CAR DOWN. CAR WOULD NOT TURN NOR HALT. ENDED UP HITTING THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. RESTORED IT 100%. 2) A YEAR LATER, HAD 3 BRAND NEW RACK AND PINION'S REPLACED IN ONE MONTH. HAD THE VEHICLE CHECKED OUT. THE A-FRAME IS IN EXCELLENT SHAPE AND SO IS THE AREA SURROUNDING THE RACK AND PINON. HAVE PICTURES AND MECHANICS AS PROOF. 3) CALLED THE CHEVY COMPANY & WAS TOLD THAT THE CAR WAS MANUFACTURED IN WISCONSIN. THEY CLAIM THEY SAW NO REASON TO HELP WITH THE RACK & PINION AS THOSE CARS WERE RECALL-FREE. 4) CAR LEANS TOWARDS ONCOMING TRAFFIC AT TIMES (THIS STARTED AFTER EACH RACK AND PINION WAS REPLACED). THERE IS ALSO A 2 O'CLOCK AND 10 O'CLOCK DEAD ZONE IN THE STEERING COLUMN. STEERING USED TO FEEL A BIT NORMAL. IT WAS NOT LIKE THIS UNTIL I HAD A NEW RACK AND...

OUR CAR, AND THOUSANDS OF OTHERS HAVE FAILING INSTRUMENT CLUSTERS DUE TO A FAULTY STEP MOTOR. THIS IS THE SAME PART THAT HAS CAUSED A RECALL FOR OTHER GM VEHICLES, AND YET NOTHING FOR THIS MODEL. I HAVE RESEARCHED MANY REPAIR BLOGS, AND WEBSITES AND FIND THAT THIS IS INDEED A VERY COMMON PROBLEM. SPEEDOMETER READS WILDLY INACCURATE AT TIMES, CLOSE ON OTHER OCCASIONS, NOT AT ALL MOST OF THE TIME NOW. THE TEMPERATURE GUAGE SUDDENLY SHOOTS UP, CAUSING MY WIFE TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND POP THE HOOD, ONLY TO FIND THAT THE CAR IS NOT OVERLY HOT. NEVER REALLY SURE WHEN WE MAY RUN OUT OF GAS... WHY IS IT THAT THE RECALL DOES NOT APPLY TO ALL CARS AND TRUCKS TO HAVE RECEIVED THIS FAULTY PART? I REALLY CANNOT FIND THE REASONING TO THAT. CHEVROLET WANTS OVER 600 DOLLARS TO FIX A PART...

WHILE DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY AT 65 MPH, I NOTICED THE SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE DROPPING SLOWLY WHICH IT CONTINUED TO DO UNTIL IT RESTED AT ZERO. I CONTINUED DRIVING AT THE SPEED OF TRAFFIC (65 MPH) AND ALL THE WHILE THE SPEEDOMETER CONTINUED TO REGISTER "0." I PANICKED AND IF I HAD NOT BEEN USING A GPS NAVIGATOR THAT TOLD ME WHAT RATE OF SPEED I WAS TRAVELLING AT, GOD KNOWS WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED. I HAVE BEEN ON SEVERAL BLOGS AND SEE THAT THIS PROBLEM IS VERY COMMON IN THE 2004 CHEVROLET IMPALA. CHEVROLET SHOULD INSTITUTE A RECALL AS THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS, AND IS ALSO COSTLY TO REPAIR. IT SEEMS TO AFFLICT ALL THE MODELS AT AROUND 40,000 MILES. AFTER I STOPPED TO GET GASOLINE, AND FILLED UP THE TANK, THE PROBLEM SEEMED TO CORRECT ITSELF, BUT ACCORDING TO THE BLOGS WITH OTHER OWNER COMMENTS, I HAVE NO CONFIDENCE...

SPEEDOMETER STOPS TRACKING SPEED. IT WILL STOP AT A RANDOM SPEED AND NOT RETURN TO ZERO UPON STOPPING THE CAR. WHEN I START DRIVING AGAIN IT WILL START TRACKING THE SPEED FROM THE INCORRECT POINT THAT IT STOPPED AT PREVIOUSLY AND THEN REPEAT THE FAULT STOPPING AT A TOTALLY DIFFERENT MPH POINT. ALSO IT WILL JUST FREEZE AT RANDOM SPEEDS. AT TIMES IT WILL GO ALL THE WAY TO THE HIGHEST POINT ON THE SPEEDOMETER AND FREEZE. I WOULD THINK THIS IS A VERY HIGH PRIORITY ON THE LIST OF SAFETY ITEMS. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL.

2004 CHEVY IMPALA: THE SPEEDOMETER STEP SERVO MOTOR IS DEFECTIVE IN MY CAR. IT STARTED ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO GIVING FALSE READINGS. I FOUND OUT ONLINE THAT THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF THEM DOING THIS. THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE SAME STEP MOTORS USED ON OTHER CHEVY VEHICLES WERE ACTUALLY RECALLED. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. I'M HAVING TO USE MY GPS FOR A SPEEDOMETER NOW, AND IT CAN BE HARD TO READ AT TIMES. WHY HASN'T CHEVROLET EXTENDED THE RECALL TO THE IMPALA'S AS WELL.THEY MUST BE HOPING THE CAR OWNERS WILL TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEM IN THEIR VEHICLES FOR THEM? CAN YOU DO ANYTHING ABOUT THIS? THE DEALERSHIPS I'VE TALKED TO SAY THEY EXPECTED CHEVY TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT, BUT THEY STILL HAVE NOT PUT OUT THE RECALL ON THE IMPALA. IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS NOW. EVEN BEFORE THE 2004 MODEL.THERE ARE MANY OF THESE...

MY 2004 CHEVY IMPALA SPEEDOMETER WENT HAYWIRE

SPEEDOMETER ON 2004 CHEVY IMPALA SUDDENLY CHANGED TO READ 50MPH WHEN NOT EVEN MOVING. THEN WHEN DRIVING IT READS MUCH HIGHER MPH THAN ACTUAL SPEED. WAS RESET BY TURNING IGNITION ON AND OFF SEVERAL TIMES. THIS HAS HAPPENED 2 TIMES SINCE THEN AND CAN BE RESET BUT NOT WHILE DRIVING. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY HAZARD BECAUSE YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW FAST YOU ARE ACTUALLY GOING WHEN IT HAPPENS TO MALFUNCTION. *TW

THIS AM DURING MORNING TRAFFIC AND MY VEHICLE CUT OFF. THIS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES LEADING TO ME HAVING TO GET MY CAR TOWED TO A CHEVY DEALER. COME TO FIND OUT MY PASSLOCK SENSOR FAILED. *TR

THE EVENT ACTUALLY STARTED THE DAY THAT MY WIFE AND I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE. WE BOUGHT OUR VEHICLE USED FROM SANGER FORD IN SANGER, CA. FIRST THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE WENT OUT. LATER THE SPEEDOMETER STOPPED WORKING AND NOW OUR FUEL GAUGE DOESN'T WORK. THE MECHANIC AT SANGER FORD STATED THAT IT WAS THE CLUSTER AND IT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY AND TOLD US IT WOULD COST $507.45 TO REPLACE. WE HAVE SINCE SPOKEN TO GM, WHO INSTRUCTED US TO GET A DIAGNOSTIC AND THEY WOULD TAKE IT FROM THERE. WE PAID $85 FOR A DIAGNOSTIC AT TOM BENSON CHEVROLET IN SAN ANTONIO, TX. GM THEN TOLD US THAT THERE IS NO RECALL FOR THE CLUSTER ON THE IMPALA, BUT THERE ARE RECALLS ON THE CHEVY TAHOE, SUBURBAN AND THE SILVERADO AND THAT IF WE WANTED IT REPLACED WE COULD DEDUCT THE COST OF THE DIAGNOSTIC FROM WHAT TOM BENSON...

PASS LOCK SYSTEM FAILS. CAR WILL NOT START. HAVE TO WAIT 10 MIN. TO TRY IT AGAIN. HEARD OF OTHERS WITH SAME COMPLAINT. IF SO MANY COMPLAINTS, WHY HAS THERE NOT BEEN A RECALL. HAVE READ THAT EVEN GETTING IT FIXED WILL NOT ALWAYS SOLVE THE PROBLEM. VERY EXPENSIVE TO.

BOUGHT A 2004 FROM RUSS DARROW GROUP IN MADISON WI. THIS CAR WAS A RENTAL CAR WE PAID 19K FOR IT AND IT HAS 30K MILES ON IT. IT SHAKES WHEN DRIVING OVER 50MPH AND THE BRAKES ARE UNRELIABLE. THE SALESMAN COOERICED US INTO THIS CAR, AND WE TRIED TO RECTIFY THE MATTER WITHIN 48 HOURS, BUT THEY WON'T COOPERATE. THERE ARE 2004 CARS WITH 0 MILES FOR LESS MONEY, THAT HAVE NOT BEEN IN ANY ACCIDENTS. THE FRONT END IS OUT OF ALLIGNMENT AND IT IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. IT IS A 2004 CHEVY IMPALA. WE WANT A DIFFERENT, SAFE CAR, WE DO NOT WANT THIS FIXED. THE PAYMENTS ARE ALMOST 500 PER MONTH FOR SIX YEARS. THERE ARE THREE DIFFERENT MILEAGE AMOUNTS ON THE PAPERS AND ON THE CONTRACT THE ODOMETER SAYS 0 STRIKEN OUT. PLEASE HELP. THANK YOU. *AK

I BOUGHT A CAR FOR 18995. ON A DAY LATER THE DEALER PUT ON THE NEWS PAPER THE SAME CAR STOCK # FOR 12995. IM TRYING TO FIX THIS MATTER WITH THE DEALER BUT THEIR SAY IS JUST TO ATTRACT PEOPLE. *LA

DRIVER SAYS "EVERY TIME THEY GET IN AND OUT OF THE CAR THEY GET SHOCKED." OWNER HAS TRIED SCOTCH GUARD AND FABRIC SOFTENER AND NOTHING HELPS. OWNER LATER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THE VEHICLE SHOWS NO SIGN OF DEFECTS AND THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *NM