general problems of the 2000 Chevrolet Impala

It's a recall on the key infnition I have to play with my key to get my car to start.

The intake manifold inside of my vehicle, blew up on day out of no where. I turned on my vehicle, and a huge pop noise came from my engine and it smoked.

Sometimes when car is placed in park the key will not turn to off it just stays in acc you have to put the car in drive again and then try to place it in park again. Another problem I am having now is the key will not turn when placed in ignition and the brake pedal can not be pushed and the car can not move out of park so my car is stuck on a lot.

1. ) I can remove the ignition key from the cylinder while the engine is running. When I turn key off and lock door, the lock pops back up because it not in the off position. I get back in and put the key in and turn to the left, even though the car is off, and I can now lock my door. I must always use emergency brake because I don't trust it not to roll when I get out. 0n 9/29/2014, NHTSA recall #:14v400 gm, recall #:n140350 completed but did not fix the problem. It did nothing that I can tell. " 2014-04-10 gm is aware of several hundred complaints of keys coming out of ignitions. Second repair added to vehicles recalled earlier detroit ¿ general motors informed the NHTSA today that it is adding ignition lock cylinders to its safety recall of 2. 2 million older model cars in the united states. The cylinders can allow removal of the ignition key while the engine is running, leading to a possible rollaway, crash and occupant or pedestrian injuries. 2. ) car takes a long time and many clicks to start. Turn key,clicking and dash and security lights flash but will not crank, you can turn it over until your fingers go numb, then after you have reach the point of screaming it cranks. Car started doing this just a couple of times a while back and as time went by it takes longer and longer to start or should I say it takes more clicks or many try's and then it will just turn over. The dealer started it faster when I had it in for the recall. 9/28/2014 22 complaints: 2000 Chevrolet Impala car won't start, clicking noise when try. . Read more...

I have been experiencing this issue for over 1 year, but my Impalas engine will just stop running while in travel up to 65 mph causing problems with inability to steer, or brake while in traffic. Numerous reports in online searches have indicated that there are many Impala owners that are experiencing the exact same issues, but according to them gm is not doing anything about the issue and those same owners are only paying high service fees at gm dealerships with the problem never being fixed. I suspect that in the future my Impala will be involved in a collision due to this problem, but I have no choice but to drive it as it is.

My battery was dead, so I put a battery charger on the battery, then went to start the car. I turned the key for about three revolutions and then the car exploded! I wasn't sure what happened because I was sitting inside the car and there was snow on the windshield. I got out and there was plastic parts all around the car, and there were flames coming from the motor!.

As I was driving home from work I accidentally went through a red light and t-boned the other car. Although no one was hurt,there was extensive damage to both cars. My concern is the airbags never went off. I have always thought this was strange. Now that I'm hearing about the Impala recall due to faulty airbags it raises more concerns, because now this is my sons car. My understanding is the 2000 Impala's are not part of the recall but maybe they should be. There is absolutely no reason those airbags should not have deployed. Now I'm am concerned if my son is ever in an accident he will not have the airbags as a safety net. Should the 2000 Impala's be part of the recall also?.

Tire monitor is reading wrong information which is causing consumer to pull over to change tire. . Consumer states the pressure is between 31 to 33 psa, the tire monitor never came to warn of tire failure, when the tire had a hole in the side wall consumer stated he could stick his hand through the tire.