general problems of the 2007 Chevrolet Impala

Car has had several problems even after being fixed. Only had car for few months and barley can drive it.

Takata recall , it makes a vibration noise & won't go over 40mph.

When my car is in motion in the street, turning, braking and driving slow my traction control comes on and says reduce engine speed and the light for my engine comes on. I don't know what is causing this problem and I dont have any invoices, any police reports nor any insurance claims.

The contact owns a 2007 Chevrolet Impala. While driving 30 mph, the steering wheel became difficult to turn. When the brakes were applied, they failed to respond and the vehicle crashed into trees. The air bags did not deploy. The contact was injured and received medical attention. A police report was not filed. The vehicle was towed, but was not diagnosed or repaired. The VIN was included in NHTSA campaign number: 14v355000 (electrical system). The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 160,000.

I was traveling on the interstate at about 60 mph going uphill. I did not have it in cruise control. Iwas passing a semi. Suddenly the steering became very difficult, and the brakes seemed hard to push. I finally managed to get the car off the road and stopped. I put in park and got out to check and see if one of the tires had blown out, I left it running. The tires were fine. I got back in and put it in gear and eased down on the gas to see how it was going to go. It did fine, I drove it the rest of the day and it seemed to be normal. I am concerned this could be connected to the ignition recall back in 2014 and worry that it might happen again. My husband is attempting to get it looked at by mechanic.

Tl-the contact owns a 2007 Chevrolet Impala. The contact stated that while driving approximately 62 mph, the tire monitoring warning light illuminated and the engine was revving while the cruise control was activated. The brake pedal was depressed but the vehicle accelerated causing the contact to crash into the mile marker signs and a ditch. A police report was filed. The contact sustained a broken rib on the right and neck burn from the seat, front seat passenger sustained a fractured vertebrae in the lower back and the back seat left passenger sustained three broken ribs and a bruise on the chest area which all required medical attention. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The VIN was unavailable. The approximate failure mileage was 130,000. Pam.

I was driving down the interstate about to get off on a exit and the service brakes and service traction control light came on. The car was unable to slow down, the car jerked and the brakes went out.

Tl- the contact owns a 2007 Chevrolet Impala. The contact stated that while driving approximately 35 mph the brakes malfunctioned causing the vehicle to crash into a pine tree. During the crash the air bags did not deploy. The front passenger suffered head contusions and body bruises during the crash. The vehicle was taken to a dealer who was unable to diagnose the cause of the failures. The manufacturer was notified of the failures but no remedy was offered. The failure mileage was 194,000. Jft.

This issue occurs when turning during low speeds which includes pulling out of the driveway, parking spots and intersections. When I turn the steering wheel to make a turn, the abs engages which causes a reduction of power and forced breaking. This happens during any type of weather and on any type of surface pavement, the car is not experiencing any real loss of traction, the abs simply is engaging in error. This has the potential to become incredibly dangerous, if this were to occur at an inopportune time, my cars abs may engage while I am at an intersection, or making a left turn while trafic is oncoming. If the abs were to engage I would not be able to avoid collision.

Have had issues with warping rotors on a 2007 ltz with only 50,xxx miles on it. This is a safety issue as the inferior product (gm brake rotors) make the car shutter and shake, which causes the driver to almost lose control. This has been going on for too long gm. My 2003 silverado has the same issues with the brakes. Gm - read your customers reviews and fix this problem! I for one like to buy american, but have since considered a different route since my family's safety is being compromised with the inferior brake components that gm has in their vehicles.

Severe vibration from the front brakes of my 2007 Chevrolet Impala. Occurs at speeds above 50 mph, particularly sever when stopping ~70 mph. Car did this at 40,000, replaced front rotors. Again at 80,000 miles, again replaced front rotos, now again at 100k miles.

The contact owns a 2007 Chevrolet Impala. The contact stated that the brakes began grinding. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer who stated that the rotors had hot spots and were warped. The contact was told that he would be responsible for repair costs. The VIN was unavailable. The current and failure mileages were approximately 15,000. Upatded 3/9/11.

Many Chevrolet vehicles have a long term problem with inadequate, defectively manufactured brake rotors causing the vehicle to violently shake, chatter, vibrate, etc. , when the brakes are applied. The Chevrolet brake chatter, shake, pulsating, roughness problem reported by many Chevrolet owners is not only an annoying problem but also a safety problem!!!! the following is a personal experience nearly resulting in a serious accident primarily because of defective brakes on my 2007 Chevrolet Impala vehicle. Recently while traveling along an interstate highway with my wife driving, we were suddenly faced with an panic stopping requirement because of backed up traffic on a curve. My wife applied the brakes heavily and the car went into such a violent front shaking fit that she panicked and release the brake to stop the shaking and had to swerve to avoid stopped cars in front of us. The NHTSA should force Chevrolet to recall all Chevrolet vehicles with this problem and correct it before major accidents happen with loss of property and life. This problem is common to many Chevrolet vehicle as reported on many web sites but because it is often just an annoying concern most people don't consider the safety aspects of this problem until they are faced with a situation as describe above. Note: please do not associate this chatter, shaking, vibrating brake problem due to defective brake rotor design/manufacture with the activation of the anti-brake system. This problem shows up with just normal brake activation.

2007 Impala. Rotors replaced 3 times. Police brakes were installed but the rotors warped. They did last longer. The dealer replaced the police rotors and they warped within 100 miles. The rotors were cut yesterday and I would bet they will be warped with in 2 weeks.

The contact owns a 2007 Chevrolet Impala. The contact stated that the vehicle would not engage when placed in reverse. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where the technician repaired the transmission. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was 68,000 and the current mileage was 96,000.

I own a 2007 Impala lt 3. 9 l. Purchased from sunset Chevrolet in sumner, wa 1/03/10. Not even 3 months after buying the car, the engine oil started leaking, the transmission started leaking, the power steering started making an abnormal noise, and the car needed a brake job. (front and back). Took car to dealer (burien Chevrolet in burien, wa). Was told that the needed repairs were not covered by warranty. We declined repairs as we could not afford out of pocket cost. Contacted general motors. Was told that at the time the vehicle was taken to the dealer, that relevant components were indeed covered by the warranty. Gm was unsure of why dealer had told us they were not covered by warranty. But that the warranty was presently expired, and even though it wasn't when we took car to dealer, there is nothing they can do now that the warranty is expired. Also, the tech at burien Chevrolet said that he could see no signs of the symptoms that we described were wrong with the transmission, even though there was a service bulletin issued by gm on 10/15/09 (06-07-30-023c) which describes the symptoms exactly as we told the dealer. It also contains information neede to repair the problem. Now the transmission is on the verge of breaking down and the engine is leaking oil more than ever.

I have a 2007 chevy Impala with brake and tire issues. I have owned this vehicle since it was 2yrs old with about 32,000 miles on it. In the first year of owning it I had to replace brakes rotors due to warping four times and tires due to pounding three times. After filing a complaint with chevy on their web site and getting no response and seeing other web based complaint site with similar complaints, I am sending this to you. Chevy tells me that these probelms are caused by hard braking which isn't the case, I have been driving the same way for over 25yrs and have never had this problem. After spending thousands of dollars to try and correct the problem I gave up and have been driivng the vehicle the way that is for awhile now. Recently because the tires were pounding so much and the brakes shaking so much at highway speed, it was hard to control the vehicle. I had to replace the rotors again which started pulsating again within a thousand miles or so. I have talked with other Impala owner and have heard similar complaints and chevy doesn't seem to care. This can be a real safety issue at highway speeds and replacing tires and brake is only a temporary cure. Chevy says that I should do a "road force balance", at $70 per, every 3,000 mile to correct the tire pounding issue. They have no solution for the brake issue other than to not use the brakes I guess.

Going down hill brakes started chattering.

Shaking from front end when brakes applied. Can be very violent when going downhill. Seems to be common amongst Impala's, dealers refuse to cover the brakes. I just bought it second owner at 25,000 and it even went through "gm certified" with this shaking brake problem.

The brakes were applied while descending a steep grade. The front end of the vehicle started shaking violently. When the dealer was contacted they stated it was probably warped rotors and they probably need turned. This will be the second time those rotors will be turned. This is always the manufacturers cure for this problem. It's just a delay until the vehicle runs out of warranty in another 5,000 miles. I've had this problem with warped rotors on various vehicles before and my experience has been that it never fixes the problem. Because this is a known on going problem which occurs on all makes and models of vehicles and also because it happens to one of the vehicles most critical systems, the practice of turning rotors to solve rotor warping or rotor shudder problems should be banned for all vehicles.

Driving with 4 in the car at around 65 mph went to stop and the wheel started to shake from the rotars warping. Went to the dealer and told them and they told me to shift too 2nd gear. Nowhere in the book have I seen this and is a bad answer if this is the case. This happened a few years ago and still happens on a 4 wheel disk break vehicle.

I will not drive this car down any steep grade. Going down cuesta grade and applying brakes, the steering wheel shakes uncontrollably. We had the car checked out at a dealer and they said it was probably the rotors. We then had them turned front and back and got a front end alignment. That did not change anything. We then had a four wheel alignment done and replaced the brakes. No difference. That is when we were told we needed to replace our tires. The rear were wearing out at very fast. They lasted under 20k miles. We are now on our third set. It's too bad gm will not recall 2007/2008 Impalas. Only the police version. This is not right. Our rear spindles and front upper/lower control arms should be replaced at no cost to us. If not who would bother buying this car when we sell it?.

I own a 2007 chevy Impala that when brakes are applied the steering wheel shudders. This happens after moderate to heavy braking or during down-hill braking. The driver gets a sense of losing control of the vehicle and tends to reduce braking which may lead to an accident.

We have two chevy Impalas and both have less then 25,000 miles. They both had alignments, both went through two sets of tires, both went through two sets of brakes and rotors and one already needed a battery.

Front rotors are warped at 22,000 miles on the car. It appears that the rotors are either undersize, made of poor steel, and or imported from china. There is no reason for the rotors to have failed and be resurfaced. As a mechanic this condition caused a significant safety issue under highway speed braking to a stop. My wife thought it was the road but instead it was a rotor shimmy. I thought the car was going to shimmy apart and brake steering tie rod links at the time it happened. There was no way I was going to let up on the brake or I would have hit the car in front of me. Instead I rode out the violent shimmy and grinding sounds coming from the front end. The concern I have is that other people would not identify the shimmy for what it is like my wife did and think it was the road. I feel that if the road was wet I would have lost control of the car.

E brake has never worked, in forward or reverse. On an oncline, the e brake does not work, either facing uphill, or downhill, it does not work at all, it never has.

The contact owns a 2007 Chevrolet Impala. The vehicle made a crunching noise when the contact was steering and depressing the brake pedal. The dealer stated that many of these vehicles were experiencing this same failure. The contact will take the vehicle in for inspection. The speed was unknown. The current mileage was 12,500 and failure mileage was 4,000. Updated 10/30/07.

The contact owns a 2007 Chevrolet Impala. While driving 45 mph, the contact felt the brake pedal pulsate when it was depressed. The dealer stated that the rotors were warped and they turned the rotors down, however, they were not replaced. The current mileage is 3,000 and failure mileage was 2,000.

The brake linkage on my 2007 chevy Impala disconnected I ran into the back of a dump truck because I had no brakes.

Something in the braking system. . . 4th time at shop. . . Still not fixed.

The contact owns a 2007 Chevrolet Impala. The contact state that when driving 60 mph downhill or at any incline, the vehicle would hesitate to stop when the brakes were depressed. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where the technicians were unable to diagnose the failure. The brakes and rotors were replaced yet the failure persisted. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 2,000.