Automatic Transmission problems of the 2008 Chevrolet Impala

Two problems related to automatic transmission have been reported for the 2008 Chevrolet Impala. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2008 Chevrolet Impala based on all problems reported for the 2008 Impala.

1 Automatic Transmission problem

Failure Date: 10/01/2010

The contact owns a 2008 Chevrolet Impala. The contact stated that while attempting to accelerate from a stop, the vehicle hesitated before jerking into gear. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer where they were unable to diagnose the failure. The vehicle continued to intermittently hesitate while accelerating and would jerk in various gears. The failure mileage was 68,000 and the current mileage was 84,000.

2 Automatic Transmission problem

Failure Date: 03/08/2009

The contact owns a 2008 Chevrolet Impala. The contact stated that the vehicle will roll backwards before moving forward when it is parked on an incline. While driving downhill at 5 mph, the contact placed the vehicle into reverse and the vehicle went forward before moving backwards. The contact feels this is a safety issue. The current and failure mileages were 850. 4/01/09 updated 04/09/09.




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