8.8
pretty badTypical Repair Cost:
$3,566.00
Average Mileage:
60,863 miles
Total Complaints:
5 complaints
Most common solutions:
- not sure (2 reports)
- replacement (2 reports)
- having extended warranty (1 reports)
transmission problem
This problem may be covered under warranty. Ask your Chevrolet dealer.
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2009May 01
Impala SS 5.3L V8
- Automatic transmission
- 53,000 miles
I had parked my impala out on the driveway after coming home from work the next morning i woke up to go to the store started driving down the block and heard a loud whining noise. So i went back home and checked out the car i thought at first it was something to do with the air box or filter cause it sounded to me at first like a rush of air. I couldnt find anything wrong so i decided to go to the dealership. The dealership i took it to first was very rude so i left to go to another one but i the transmisson went out about 15 miles from the dealership. I figured out if u put the car in nuetral while moving and turn off the engine and restart it and put it in drive you can get the trans to grip again not sayin it will definetly work for u but it did for me. They had to totally replace my trans they said they gave me a new one but im sure it was a rebuilt i only had 53000 miles on the car and i have read about a lot of impalas having problems with their transmissions
2008Dec 28
Impala SS 5.3L V8
- Automatic transmission
- 61,821 miles
I just blew the transmission on my Impala SS (61K miles) At first it felt like it was slipping. Within a few hundred miles it would no longer engage any gears. Had to drop it off at an unknown dealer when it quit working on the PA turnpike where I was 150miles from home.
2008Nov 25
Impala LT 3.5L ??
- Automatic transmission
- 55,000 miles
Bought the 2006 Chevy Impala LT in Sept 2007 with about 32,000 miles on it. The transmission went completely out 2 weeks ago with little warning. It was NOT under ANY warranty, which was at 36,000 miles. I was very angry and upset to say the least. I found out while it was in the shop that it was a HERTZ rental car before I got it, and I did not know when I purchased it, only that it was a trade in. The Chevy place told me that he called the manufacture about it and they would not help at all. Of course not, they want the GOVERNMENT to BAIL them out, so why would they help anyone? I had to get a loan to pay for the repairs, then I traded it in the same day I got it out of the shop. I have NEVER had that happen to me at that kind a mileage or at all for that fact. I understand it had no warranty, BUT for a car that new and low miles, that should NEVER HAPPEN. OK. that's off my chest now. Even though I have a bank note that fixed the problem, I could not afford to WONDER when the next shoe was to drop. OH by the way, THEY COULD NOT TELL ME WHAT CAUSED IT...I would have had to pay MORE MONEY to find out!!! How sorry is that? SO the new transmission may go out too being that there may be an underlying issue??? I don't know anything about cars, but I do know that that was way wrong!!!! They get these cars at auctions that were driven by hundreds of people renting them or whatever..
It's a piece of CHEvy!!
Hope if you have had a problem like this, to please reply....Should be a recall or something??
2008Feb 25
Impala LS 3.0L V6
- Automatic transmission
- 35,496 miles
About two weeks ago my car started hesitating between third and fourth gear. It's been getting worse over the couple of weeks so Friday I called around and found a dealer to take a look as I had just barely over 500 miles left on my warranty. Sure enough they called me back to say my clutch was failing and there were metal grounds in my transmission pan so they are going to have to replace it. I'm super glad I took it in when I did, I can't imagine if I had gone another week and been out of warranty.
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2009Oct 22
Impala SS 5.3L
It hurt so bad and was so embarrassing because the car is otherwise a delightful, lethal, and feared presense on the road and in parking lots.But last year at the 50,000 mile mark it slipped for a week before utterly QUITTING right after work, ( 95miles from home-we commute thanks! Now on October 22nd, last, at the 99,000+ mark- it started slipping and bumping again.........off to the Dealership again! Now I'm spooked at every little noise that I here ( ALMOST SCARED TO DRIVE THE THING ) ...not the way to own a BUTT-kicker like this car is.
Kevin B.
Stockton, CA, USA
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