Table 1 shows one common unknown or other related problems of the 2004 Chevrolet Impala.
| Problem Category | Number of Problems |
|---|---|
| Unknown Or Other problems |
Speedometer has started to fail. Spdometer registers 80 when parked and well over 120 while driving. No way of knowing how fast the vehicle is really going.
I have a chevy Impala and the service traction light comes on, the traction off light stays on and the abs light stays on then when you use your brakes it is like the brake is pushing your foot back up. This is going to cause someone to get hurt. I have replaced the wheel bearings 5-6 times in a year. It will work for a very few months and then it starts all over again. Last Thursday I had put an expensive set of the wheel bearings on it and brakes all way round on the car. It did not make it out of the shop before all of these lights started coming back on. So I had new wheel bearings put back on it again today and it is still doing this. Gm needs to have this problem fixed. They should do a recall and fix this problem, from what I can read on the internet there is a lot of people having this same issue and it is costing everyone a lot of money.
I drove to the dry cleaners and turned off the car. When I came back the car wouldn't start with the key. I had had the problem before. I let it sit for about 10mins and the car started with the key.
2004 Impala- security light will come on and car will not start. Must turn key to on position, let sit between 10 and 60 minutes, turn key off and restart, this happens more and more. Im pregnant and this happened and I nearly passed out due to the heat. This occurs nearly every time I attempt to start vehicle,.
I have a chevy 2004 Impala in we been having problems since we got it last year one day the car started shaking in it cut off we got it fixed a couple months later it's back doing the same thing it did at I'm sick in tired of spending my money on getting all this self fix in for it to happen again I look on internet in know a lot of people with the same problem and I'm pretty sure you seen a lot of complaints so I think it's time for a recall 2000-2011 these cars are messing up big time.
While driving on a highway at 65 mph, I noticed the speedometer needle dropping slowly which it continued to do until it rested at zero. I continued driving at the speed of traffic (65 mph) and all the while the speedometer continued to register "0. " I panicked and if I had not been using a gps navigator that told me what rate of speed I was travelling at, god knows what would have happened. I have been on several blogs and see that this problem is very common in the 2004 Chevrolet Impala. Chevrolet should institute a recall as this is extremely dangerous, and is also costly to repair. It seems to afflict all the models at around 40,000 miles. After I stopped to get gasoline, and filled up the tank, the problem seemed to correct itself, but according to the blogs with other owner comments, I have no confidence that this won't happen again without notice. Please see that Chevrolet recalls this model and makes the repair at no charge. Thank you.
2004 Impala w/ 3. 8l engine stalls when decelerating, leaving the car very difficult and un-safe to drive. Currently, the engine starts right back up, but it takes my eyes off the road to put the car in neutral and re-start. I have tried a few inexpensive things such as premium gas, fuel injector cleaner, and a new fuel filter. . . No affect on the problem. There is no "engine light" which appears. I have owned this car since new and taken very good care of it. I do not want to take it to a dealership if at all possible because I do not trust them. Unfortunately, I may be forced to since this is my only car and I cannot afford a car payment.
Speedometer stops tracking speed. It will stop at a random speed and not return to zero upon stopping the car. When I start driving again it will start tracking the speed from the incorrect point that it stopped at previously and then repeat the fault stopping at a totally different mph point. Also it will just freeze at random speeds. At times it will go all the way to the highest point on the speedometer and freeze. I would think this is a very high priority on the list of safety items. There should be a recall.
Our car, and thousands of others have failing instrument clusters due to a faulty step motor. This is the same part that has caused a recall for other gm vehicles, and yet nothing for this model. I have researched many repair blogs, and websites and find that this is indeed a very common problem. Speedometer reads wildly inaccurate at times, close on other occasions, not at all most of the time now. The temperature guage suddenly shoots up, causing my wife to pull to the side of the road and pop the hood, only to find that the car is not overly hot. Never really sure when we may run out of gas. . . Why is it that the recall does not apply to all cars and trucks to have received this faulty part? I really cannot find the reasoning to that. Chevrolet wants over 600 dollars to fix a part proven to be faulty from the factory!! there are lots of people making a living at repairing this one problem. Does it not seem unsafe to sell a car without properly functioning guages?? please step up and force a recall across the board for these motors!!!.
My 2004 chevy Impala speedometer went haywire.
Speedometer on 2004 chevy Impala suddenly changed to read 50mph when not even moving. Then when driving it reads much higher mph than actual speed. Was reset by turning ignition on and off several times. This has happened 2 times since then and can be reset but not while driving. This is a serious safety hazard because you have no idea how fast you are actually going when it happens to malfunction.
I own a 2004 Chevrolet Impala sedan which has 123,551 miles on it. I bought it with 108,000. I discovered after I bought it that my speedometer cluster was acting up. I could reset it by turn the key on and off til it reached 0 and both the water temp gauge and speedometer would work for a day or so. Now, only the speedometer works by resetting and the water gauge never works. I have seen may other Impala complaints for the same reason. They did a recall on the trucks but not on Impalas. I feel this should be a recall. 2nd problem. Transmission shop diagnosed and replace valve body. Still did same jumping in and out of gear so replace again. Still does it. Was told by another transmission shop who drove my car that it may be control module. It never does it when I take to a transmission shop but my mechanic got it to do it on fri. And said he thought it could either be speedometer cluster related or may a control module. It is an interminent problem and have had since I bought car in Dec. 09. Another friend said he bought a new 08 and it did same thing. No one ever found out why. ,.
I bought a 2004 chevy Impala with 76,000 mile's on it and I have been having a ton of problems with it even after spending hundreds of dollar's in shop fee's trying to fix the problem's, the speedometer sticks or just doesn't work at all so I can never tell how fast I'm going along with the temp. Guage so I can't tell if the car is over heating or not. The gauge cluster is faulty and the gauge's only work when they want to. I also have problems with the automatic transmission slipping from 1-2, the high beem switch doesn't work unless you hold it and any time you use a window of have the rear window defrost on the radio is all static.
This am during morning traffic and my vehicle cut off. This happened several times leading to me having to get my car towed to a chevy dealer. Come to find out my passlock sensor failed.
1) tried to slow car down. Car would not turn nor halt. Ended up hitting the vehicle in front of me. Restored it 100%. 2) a year later, had 3 brand new rack and pinion's replaced in one month. Had the vehicle checked out. The a-frame is in excellent shape and so is the area surrounding the rack and pinon. Have pictures and mechanics as proof. 3) called the chevy company & was told that the car was manufactured in wisconsin. They claim they saw no reason to help with the rack & pinion as those cars were recall-free. 4) car leans towards oncoming traffic at times (this started after each rack and pinion was replaced). There is also a 2 o'clock and 10 o'clock dead zone in the steering column. Steering used to feel a bit normal. It was not like this until I had a new rack and pinion put on. Twice (in between) the boot would excessively leak (as did the original from chevy). 5) when I turn the wheel out of the driveway, the car makes kick drumming grinding sounds. Was told this was normal. It is irritating though. 6) the car didn't even hit it's 5th year (being new) before it started to rust paint off the top of its roof. I live where there is no snow or coast, and extremely little ice. 7) the check engine light never goes off. Had it checked. Was told it was fine. 8) was driving right next to a cop going down a steep hill when the speedometer stuck at 10 mph. I crossed my fingers that I wasn't speeding since I kept my speed next to the officer. Replaced. 9) combo turning signal & cruise broke off the steering for no reason during a turn. Replaced. 10) locks me out off & on for no reason. 11) this car is my baby as it was one of the last thing I got that was my mother's before she died. It is also my first car that has seen me through (and still) my college years. It is very sentimental to me for those reasons. My dream is to keep this car even when it's a classic.
Pass lock system fails. Car will not start. Have to wait 10 min. To try it again. Heard of others with same complaint. If so many complaints, why has there not been a recall. Have read that even getting it fixed will not always solve the problem. Very expensive to.
2004 chevy Impala: the speedometer step servo motor is defective in my car. It started about 2 years ago giving false readings. I found out online that there are thousands of them doing this. The same problem with the same step motors used on other chevy vehicles were actually recalled. This is a dangerous situation. I'm having to use my gps for a speedometer now, and it can be hard to read at times. Why hasn't Chevrolet extended the recall to the Impala's as well. They must be hoping the car owners will take care of the problem in their vehicles for them? can you do anything about this? the dealerships I've talked to say they expected chevy to do something about it, but they still have not put out the recall on the Impala. It's been going on for years now. Even before the 2004 model. There are many of these complaints listed 'on line'. [xxx] information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6).
I bought a car for 18995. On a day later the dealer put on the news paper the same car stock # for 12995. Im trying to fix this matter with the dealer but their say is just to attract people.
Driver says "every time they get in and out of the car they get shocked. " owner has tried scotch guard and fabric softener and nothing helps. Owner later took vehicle to the dealer and was told that the vehicle shows no sign of defects and there is nothing they can do. Please provide any additional information.