Five problems related to service brakes have been reported for the 2001 Chevrolet Impala. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2001 Chevrolet Impala based on all problems reported for the 2001 Impala.
Dash lights went out,replaced light switch,blows fuse if dash lights are turned on,horn will come on when car is off. Earlier brake peddle wore wires behind it down, caused short,car would die while driving. Low tire pressure light on,tires are fine.
Tl-the contact owns a 2001 Chevrolet Impala. The contact stated that while driving at 30 mph, the traction control and brake warning indicators were illuminated. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer nor independent mechanic. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 115,000. Lb.
This car has had major problems with the cooling system and when the car heats up my brakes don't work rite it is very scary at times when I don't know if my brakes are going to stop me from going into traffic or not. I have replaced many parts and it has not been fixed. My car is on the recall for the ignition switch but I'm not sure is this is a safe vehicle to drive around anymore. And my question to u guys is y do these manufacturing company keep on getting to make unsafe cars and continue to be able to make money off the consumer. To me that is not fair. I have spent a lot of money to get my car repaired with no out come its still a p. O. S.
When braking my car assumes I'm sliding (like on ice) and I'm not--car uses abs unnecessarily. When driving off my car assumes my wheels are spinning and unable to grip--they aren't and car uses traction control unnecessarily. Similar to a breaking throttle cable, when trying to make a left turn on a busy street, traction control being activated could be very hazardous.
My daughter was in the fast lane on i71 heading from columbus, ohio to cleveland, ohio. She set the cruise control at 75 mph and went to brake because traffic was slowing down. When she hit the brake they did nothing! she immediately panicked and moved over 4 lanes of traffic to the berm nearly causing an accident. She quickly threw the car in neutral and it stopped. I called a Chevrolet dealer after she called me frightened to drive the car. They asked if the car mats possibly blocked the brake and my daughter said no, she reached down and pulled it out and the car would still not slow down. She even stated both feet were pushing down on the break pedal and nothing was slowing down the car. I just had a front hub replaced at auto plus (where I take my cars for service) in orient, ohio. My daughter and her friend could have been killed because of the cruise control.