Transmission Failure problems of the 2006 Chevrolet Impala

Transmission failure number 3. Cars current milage is 129,537. 2006 Impala ss 5. 3 litre ls4. Transmission failed at 54k miles, 96k miles, and again now at just short of 130k miles. This is bull shit and gm refuses to do anything about it. There's thousands of posts online about the Impala ss/grand prix gxp from 2006-2009 with the ls4 5. 3 v8 and 4t65e-hd transmission combo. The oem horse power of the engine is 303 sae hp. The 3t65e transmission is only rated for 260 hp. Thousands of failures and people stranded across the us with these cars. When will someone do something about it?.

From the day I purchased this car I've had nothing but trouble out of it, about the second to third week of me driving this car I notice a slight slip as I would take off from a dead stop it felt like as if there were banana peals under the wheels as I would begin to take off at first it was slightly. . . Now it will stutter vary badly then it will find the gear then take off!! from this occurring I've almost been in three accidents thank god that no cars hit me I've done numerous research on this car and everyone has the same problem transmission failure and the issues that I'm having seem like this is the beginning before the end, there's seriously needs to be a recall on the Chevrolet Impala transmissions everyone is having the same issue it's not safe and it's unfair to consumers I still can't believe that there hasn't been a recall on them, I hope no one has to die before it's noticed please do an investigation on this issue.

2006 Chevrolet Impala transmission failure at 62,700 miles.

In Dec 2011/transmission failed at 88900 miles on my Impala that I purchased brand new, car was out of warranty, I paid half and gm paid half , to rebuild transmission- so I thought, Nov 2013- 25000 miles later, trans started to fail again, I called gm, opened another case, no results or response, once again, Dec 2014, I contacted gm again, transmission gone in car approx. 30,000 miles later, from when they initially rebuilt the trans, and the dealer now wants 2200 to put a trans in the car, I paid almost 2000 before in Dec. 2011/jan2012 for that trans to be rebulit, here it is 30000 mile later and the trans is going. . . They should have re-called the transmissins in that car, because everyone has same horror story about the 2006/2007/2008's transmissions/ I have 3 seperate case #'s with gm, regarding that trans on my car. I also own a 2013 malibu, so the 2006 Impala had not been driven enough for the trans to be gone on it again.

Gm 2006 Impala transmission failure. Upon initial operation transaxle shudders, stutters, and stalls upon acceleration demand. Failure creates an unanticipated and warning-less slow-down of my vehicle directly in front of other accelerating vehicles. A safety hazard results from possible rear-ending by following motorists that have to be unaware the car in front of them has stuttered and slowed down. It also is a problem for drivers as they cannot accelerate or pass other cars, and cannot safely or confidently evade road objects/debris/potholes. A review of this transaxle problem indicates many gm motorists share the same problems and voice the same concerns.

I have a 2006 Impala ss. The car was purchased used with approximately 12k miles, in early 2009 at 62k the transmission failed, stranding my family on the PA turnpike. In January 2011 at 101k we had to replace the transmission again. Luckily we purchased a gm power-train transmission and it came with a 3yr warranty. The failure symptoms were identical for each occurrence. 1st the transmission would occasionally shudder while shifting. Eventually it would shudder and predictably slip when maintaining a speed at or near 1800 rpm. This was especially noticeable driving up hills. Finally the car would not move while the engine rpm spiked when pressing the accelerator pedal. The entire failure period was around 1000 miles from the 1st sign that the transmission was having difficulty to shifting to the final failure. The transmission appears to reach very high temperatures and has a long cool off period. When replacing the power steering gear I noticed that the exhaust and engine were cool to the touch, but the transmission remained warm through out the repair. Thank for your attention in this matter.