general problems of the 2009 Chevrolet Impala

The contact owns a 2009 Chevrolet Impala. The contact stated that the door lock actuator on the front passenger door failed to lock and unlock using the key fob. The contact also stated that there was an abnormal clicking noise coming from the air conditioning actuator. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 49,000.

The contact owns a 2009 Chevrolet Impala. While the vehicle was parked, all the doors failed to unlock electronically. In addition, all the doors failed to open manually intermittently. The failure recurred on numerous occasions. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the door lock mechanism needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was 40,000.

The contact owns a 2009 Chevrolet Impala. After shifting into the park position, the rear driver and passenger side doors failed to automatically unlock without warning. The passengers were able to exit the vehicle after manually unlocking the doors. The failure recurred intermittently. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, but was not diagnosed nor repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 60,000. The VIN was unavailable.

The contact owns a 2009 Chevrolet Impala. While attempting to exit the vehicle, the doors failed to unlock automatically after the vehicle was shifted into park and turned off. The contact and the passengers had to manually unlock their doors to exit the vehicle. The failure persisted for three months. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 89,000.

The contact owns a 2009 Chevrolet Impala. The contact stated that rear passenger door failed to unlock and the driver's door would not lock. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 24,000 and the current mileage was 26,000.

The contact owns a 2009 Chevrolet Impala. The contact stated that the air conditioner would only blow air from the windshield vent, and as a result, the windshield would freeze. The contact also stated that the front driver's side door latch would not allow the door to remain open, and would sometimes close on her leg. The vehicle was not taken to have the failures diagnosed or repaired. The failure mileage was 16,000. The VIN was unavailable.

The automatic door locks on these cars don't operate correctly. Currently the rear door locks don't open or close with the automatic locks. This seems to be a common problem with similar models of chevy Impala's. So far I have had 3 of the 4 door locks repaired by chevy, but the rear ones went bad again. . Read more...

A dead battery at the airport parking lot in a 2009 Chevrolet Impala may not seem like a problem, however there is no mechanical trunk release from inside the vehicle and my back seat doesn't fold down, so I couldn't crawl into the trunk to trip the emergency release, I was unable to get to my jumper cables. Then when I tried to get the key out of the ignition to lock the car to go make a call. Guess what with the battery dead I couldn't get the key out of the ignition either. A huge concern of mine is this; if that car was involved in an accident, where the battery was destroyed, there would not be any means to access the trunk where emergency equipment is stored, such as first aid kits, fire extinguishers.