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Excessive water in spare tire compartment possibly from leaking rear windshield and/or rear tail lights. Water accumulates in this area after any type of rain while driving or stationary.
Occasionally the dash and radio go all black, getting no power. When opening or closing sunroof, it will stop in the middle. It either stops completely or will stop and go in opposite direction as the button pushed. When stepping on the brake to push start, the brake gets super hard and the dash panel will say, 'press brake to start.' I am pressing the brake! most recently, 'side detection' is displaying on dash panel and blind spot lights are not lighting up on mirrors. I've read a number of similar issues online with the same year. I had this car back 7X for water getting in the trunk. It lays where the spare tire is and the carpet above is never wet. Every-time the dealership said it was something different. Oh and it still is getting water in the trunk. Dealership said they don't know what else to do! just yesterday I was stoped at a red light and it sounded and felt like the car was going to shut down. Then it gained power just as fast. My car only has 27,000 miles and a lot of problems.
The object sensor modules that control safety features like blind spot alerts and gap alerts have failed creating more problems for my vehicle. This is a major safety concern and should be recalled by Chevy. My dealership said that my extended warranty will not cover this issue even though it is ultimately an electrical problem and nothing I did created this major issue. This issue occurred while I was driving and immediately had an effect on my driving condition.
The blind spot alert quit working at 48000 miles. Dealer quoted $1000 to repair. Many Impala owners are having this problem. Appears to be a problem with location and design of the sensors.water and snow can contaminate the sensors and cause them to fail. GM needs to provide warranty relief because of a poor design.
- Sioux Falls, SD, USA
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I had my car diagnosed and the machine said my air flow sensor was bad but in all actuality it was a vacuum pump. My dad took the pump off and there was so much grit in it my motor wasn't getting the proper air. The problem is in all my years of owning vehicles I've never changed a vacuum pump. Then the cylinder inside the pump was in about six pieces and broke.
While operating the vehicle on the freeway, the side detection systems (both sides) failed to operate and an alert was raised on the driver information center. Upon inspection by an technician, it was discovered that there was water intrusion into the side detection system and the module harness was corroded. Vehicle technician indicated that a technical service bulletin (tsb) was issued by GM but no formal recall was initiated since the issue did not effect the operation / safety of the vehicle.
I have a 2015 Chevrolet Impala lt, after returning from vacation I discovered a dampness in my trunk. I removed everything from the trunk and the next morning I went to the car to vacuum it out. I lifted the the cover for the spare tire, and notice it was sitting in at least 4 to 6 inches if water. I knew it rained in central Texas for 14 consecutive day and that's where the water came from. So researched online line, went to the dealership and told them what has happened, well they didn't do anything. Instead the way me to pay them this ridiculous amount of money to diagnose it. So I call Chevrolet to exllain what was goingg on, the representative words were well maam there isnt a recall for your year. This is ridiculous and a health safety issue and as well as an wiring issue. Please help the owner of Impala's that are having the issues.
I want to suggest what I feel is an important safety improvement. I park my car every day in a narrow space in my garage at home. Every day when I back out, the sensors beep to warn me not to hit the garage wall on either side. Recently as I backed out of my garage, I backed into a car that was in an unexpected place behind me. As I thought back on why that happened, I could not remember the car beeping to warn me of the other car. I am sure that it did beep, but because I am so accustomed to hearing beeps as I back out, the warning didn't register in my mind. What if it had been a child instead of another car? with today's technology, it would be very feasible to have a car learn not to beep to warn a driver of the same obstacles a thousand times when backing out of the same place every day, day after day, but to save the warning beeps for unusual obstacles.
I was traveling on the highway (in motion), there was a very loud boom. The sunroof exploded! there was no known debris from the roadway and the shattered glass was not in my vehicle; the sunroof shattered outward.
Third issue with loss of power. This time, started car. The car was fighting for air for a few seconds, with stabilitrak and engine light on. I shut the car off immediately. Restarted after a few seconds. The engine light remains on. Service is stating history says misfire on 2 cylinders, but no code thrown and cannot diagnose. We can guess and pay $350 for the guess, or not guess and pay $125 for the diagnostics that were ran. (!!!) what in the world...
Parked ca on concrete driveway of residential home at approx. 9:30pm 8/5/17 locked car & went to bed. Was awakened at 5:30am and told car was on fire. Car was destroyed before fire dept. Arrived..
First experience where car shut off completely while driving down a hill during a snow storm. Foot is on brake, slowing speed, all electronics shut off - lights, gauges - everything. Almost instantly, car restarts itself. Car has remote start, cruise control and push button start. Dealership states no error code recorded and charges $125 each time we complain about this. One owner (me).
Second experience where car shut off completely while driving at a steady speed. Foot is on gas, maintaining speed, all electronics shut off - lights, gauges - everything. Almost instantly, car restarts itself. Car has remote start, cruise control and push button start. Dealership states no error code recorded and charges $125 each time we complain about this. First time was around 30K miles. This was 59K miles. One owner (me).
Trunk automatically pops open while driving down the highway/road, while parked, and when initially starting and won't properly close due to the latch recycling constantly when it pops open. Purchased vehicle in Oct 2015 and reported to the dealership withing the first couple days. It has been in to have repaired on 3 separate occasions with the same issue reoccurring. Extremely unsafe!
The posts implemented to keep the floor mats from sliding under the pedals on the driver side are loosely attached to the carpet only and easily rip out causing the mats to slide back under the pedals. These posts are not attached to the floor boards or frame, they are only attached to a 1/4" piece of fabric that is the floor carpet. These posts should be attached to the floor board or frame as they are a safety feature.
The vehicle is equipped with an auto stop/start that shuts down the engine to reduce fuel consumption. And when you put your foot back on the gas pedal the engine is suppose to engage itself again so that you can take off. Once my vehicles auto stop has engaged the engine is staying off for sometimes up to 2 minutes causing the vehicle to not move and causing a sudden jerking motion.
When the sun enters the interior, while driving, the chrome trim, especially the steering wheel bowtie reflects into the eyes. Causing a dangerous situation.
I bought my car with 11K on it. It was a dealer used car that had never been registered for the road. I had a 2009 Cadillac, so this is what I compared this car too then. The passenger wiper blade has "scratched" the windshield where it stops to return back down. This has caused a permanent mark in the windshield, the length of the blade. This blocks your vision at the worst time; when it is raining or snowing. Next up are the safety feature control locations which were very poorly designed. There are 5? different ones. Two are on the left dash area, but obstructed by the steering wheel. Another one is on the steering wheel, next to other controls and I've turned it off by accident. There are others, not easily accessible, but you have to operate the driver info center by several clicks to access them. Not very consistent. The horn is more difficult to operate than any other car in my life! in the past, if you push the little horn icon, it blows. With this car, you must push at the bottom of the wheel; I found this out by testing it over and over. The horn will not work in an emergency situation by most people. Speaking of covered controls by the steering wheel, the start/stop button is obscured unless you turn the wheel or lean sideways. If you just pull into your driveway normal, you can't see it. The emergency 4-way flasher button is next to the start button, and is also obscured by the steering wheel. Electrical, minor but annoying issues include the HVAC system and music storage. This the the worst system I have ever seen. In almost any climate (40's down to below zero), I have to turn the temp from 90, down to 66 to stay comfortable. To use auto-start, I have to remember to preset all the controls how I want them set for the next morning! the audio makes up its own song lists. These things should not be on a 2015 car! I could go on even more!
My vehicle dash board cluster lights up, and every component on the dashboard is visible and a red bar is displayed across the display area. This has have happen more than ten times.I have taken the car in to repair at the dealership, but they are not able to find what is causing the problem. On two different occasion I picked up my car form the dealer and in less than 5 minutes and about 5 miles the same thing repeated itself. On Nov 9 I will bring it in again for the dealer to try and fix the problem. This have occur on city street, highway, and turning always in motion. Never stationary this occur in seconds that prevent me form getting a picture of the occurrences. I was told by another tech at the same dealership that this is happening to another customer also. I have taken my vehicle into the dealership on Oct 1, 13, 27, and Nov. 3 this Nov 9 will be the 5th times I would have taken the vehicle in to repair. The is also more information on the they want me to but another car form the and paid what they depreciation value. Meaning that what the car is worth lest depreciation will be carried over to the new car for me if GM okay the deal. I will know by Nov.10, but will not take the dealer.also if I take the deal the dealer want to place that defected car on the lot for sale to customer who would not know about the defect. The car was brought at munday Chevrolet here in houston tx.
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- Queens Village, NY, USA