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6.9
fairly significantTypical Repair Cost:
$251.00
Average Mileage:
79,793 miles
Total Complaints:
7 complaints
Most common solutions:
- replace water pump (6 reports)
- not sure (1 reports)
cooling system problem
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2011May 23
Impala V6
- Automatic transmission
- 99,000 miles
well, It's only been a few months. My fiancee' and I were driving back from a workout and the engine started redlining a few blocks from home (thankfully). No steam, so I pulled over and parked then popped the hood. It was spewing coolant all over the place again. I could even see it leaking from the top of the water pump. This is ridiculous. This has been one of the worst cars that I have ever owned. I think I am going to switch to your competitor chevy!!
2011Jan 17
Impala V6
- Automatic transmission
- 94,000 miles
The water pump was the problem and had to have replaced. It was throwing coolant all over the engine, so had the serpentine belt replaced at the same time.
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2010Aug 09
Impala LS V6
- Automatic transmission
- 141,000 miles
just awful. to me. i could no beleive it. the car just started steaming. shaking. the guy came out from where i was straned an said, my water pump locked up
2009Dec 30
Impala 3.4L
- Automatic transmission
- 49,129 miles
I realize that 49K is a decent number of miles but I am disappointed that the water pump went on this car so soon. I expected better. I was lucky though - when it failed, the belt showered the engine compartment with coolant so I knew that there was a problem before my 2,500 mile trip and was able to have it repaired - it could have been worse - I could have been stranded on I95.
I wonder - what's next and how do I prepare for it?
2008May 23
Impala 3.4L V6
- Automatic transmission
- 55,700 miles
The day after I got my car back from the dealership (transmission 2nd gear clutches and horn went out), my hot coolant temp. light came on while sitting at a red light. I love how this problem wasn't caught by the mechanics, literally the day before!!!! The car was leaking coolant and I couldn't figure out where it was coming from, had 2 sometimes 3 little puddles from it. Turns out it was the pump. The reason I couldn't tell where it was leaking is because it was getting thrown everywhere under the hood!
2007Nov 26
Impala V6
- Automatic transmission
- 51,000 miles
again, water pump had to be replaced in Oct. 2007.
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2011Aug 24
Impala
As much as I can say about a used car it is good to only travel as a run around car basically to go back and forth to work without trouble but I can't think of going on vacation with my family in this car. the estimate found by the pressure test for the cooling system found a leak in the water pump with an estimate of $425 before labor and tax of 6% which id double the national avg.
dwilson42
Shippensburg, PA, USA
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