Air Bag On-off Switch Problems of Chevrolet Impala - part 1

Vehicle shuts off when moving,turning or stopped at a traffic light. By switching to neutral, the engine may start after 1 or more tries. So far the failures have been on city streets and highways. But not interstates. The failures are many but unpredictable.

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2013 Chevrolet Impala. Consumer writes in regards to ignition safety recall. The consumer stated the vehicle was involved in an accident. The airbags did not deploy. The consumer stated the keys being weighted could cause the ignition to switch out of position.

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I was driving at night coming to a sudden fall out of nowhere it was thick put my brakes on the slowdown next thing you know I'm coming up on the tree I looked at the speedometer 45 miles an hour best to try to hit it head-on but it's going up into a hill so. To the right side of the bumper passenger side put a chain on the bumper to the tree so I can pull the bumper out of my tire and pull my truck to safety and parking lot cross street and call tow truck the truck frame was bent 2 in out of frame I had a couple body shops look at it I'll get that estimates but a lot of damage switch on fixing unless you find something wrong my brakes which I think there is knowing my luck I got one of those brake sensors you recalled.

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Well the code was telling me to replace the ignition switch. The current one is rather loose and doesn't turn off all the way with out a little extra which has been causing other electrical issues. And now my steering wheel is leaning and pulling to the left out of nowhere. And these all happen sitting still or moving. Not so bad on the highway but city streets are hell.

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Airbag light stays on and it has a airbag message on the dash the ignition switch doesn't work the car won't turn over.

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"takata recall" my vehicle ignition switch has went out and my " service air bag " light has came on as well. I searched my VIN number on this site and "0 recalls" shows up as a result. However its hard to believe that the exact same problems that was once recalled are both in tact on my vehicle. In addition to, I recently searched "ignition switch recall" on the recall list and "chevy Impala 2013 " came up as result and that is currently the vehicle im driving and that is the problem im having. I reached out the dealership and they informed said my vehicle isn't listed for recalls however like stated before I have that same vehicle with the same problem and nothing can be done. To add more information dealership even informed that the recall has expired but the problem had just begun.

I own a chevy Impala that had an ignition switch recall and an airbag recall. The 2012 Chevrolet Impala that I own caused me to have a severe accident that caused me to suffer major injuries because the airbags didn't deploy. Nhtsa campaign 14v355000 recall date: 2014-06-23 summary this defect can affect the safe operation of the airbag system. Until this recall is performed, customers should remove all items from their key rings, leaving only the ignition key. The key fob (if applicable), should also be removed from the key ring. General motors llc (gm) is recalling certain model year 2005-2009 Buick lacrosse, 2006-2011 Buick lucerne, 2000-2005 Cadillac deville, 2006-2011 Cadillac dts, 2006-2014 Chevrolet Impala, and 2006-2007 Chevrolet monte carlo vehicles. Specs / reviewsfor sale safety 2012 Chevrolet Impala 2012 safety 2012 Chevrolet Impala recalls features rating recalls NHTSA campaign 14v355000 recall date: 2014-06-23 summary this defect can affect the safe operation of the airbag system. Consequences if the key is not in the run position, the air bags may not deploy if the vehicle is involved in a crash, increasing the risk of injury. Additionally, a key knocked out of the run position will cause loss of engine power, power steering, and power braking, increasing the risk of a vehicle crash. Remedy gm will notify owners, and dealers will install two key rings and an insert in the key slot or a cover over the key head on all ignition keys, free of charge. The recall began on September 23, 2014. Owners may contact general motors customer service at 1-800-521-7300 (Buick), 1-800-458-8006 (Cadillac), and 1-800-222-1020 (Chevrolet). Gm's number for this recall is 14299. Component affected electrical system:ignition notes general motors llc.

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I have a 2010 chevy Impala and it has the airbag issue which it has a recall but when I call chevy they say michael vehicles not affected even though it's has the same exact is shoes with the passenger seat in the wires as the recall. When I call chevy it only shows one recall for the ignition switch and they want to charge me to fix the airbag issue but there's a recall for servings 2009 and 2010 chevy Impala.

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When I turn ignition switch on 10 times and finally star running engine then later I saw that airbags light on 5 mins self off all clusters but still running engine. Then, I turn off ignition then turn back on same things 15 times. I don't know what's wrong with car. The battery is good.

This problem includes more items than your form allows me to check. It stated out about 7 months ago when you would be driving down the road and the service stable tract and service traction control light would come on causing the engine power to be reduced which is an annoence but is also a safety issue is you are passing someone on a two lane road when it happens and you can not complete the pass due to reduced power. If you pulled off to the side of the road and shut the car off the service lights would go away and may not come on again for weeks. This problem went away after a couple of months and then the car started a new one with a no crank, no start problem which when this would happen you would get up to three warning lights, (service table trac, service traction control, and service air bags) with time the no crank, no start problem kept coming and going and the only light that came on when it wouldn't crank or start was the service air bag light. If you kept trying to start it after 3 to 30 times it would start and run fine and may not act up again for 1 day or even up to a week. A couple of weeks ago I had my wife switch cars with me as this was the car she drove to work daily and I didn't want her to get stranded. I am so glad I did that as the very first day I drove it to work on my way home while driving down the highway the car shut off for no reason and the service air bag light came on, I lost my power steering and power brakes and again I could have been in very big trouble if this would have happened when I was trying to pass another car and I don't think the air bags will deploy with the service air bag light on. I reported the to Chevrolet and they told me trying to fix it would be at my cost since it is out of warranty. The local dealer and found that they have been trying for 3 days to find a no crank, no start on a corvet with no luck.

G. M. Replaced my ingintion switch on a national recall. I was hit in left rear qtr. Panel. I lost all power and could not stop or steer the car. I careened across highway and ran into a house. No air bags deployed either. G. M. Sent a team to recover computer info and has now told me there is no problem.

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I took the car to hank graff Chevrolet in davison, mi for warranty work and the service airbag soon light was on. They replaced seatbelt tensioner on the passenger seat and the light remained off for a month. Now the light is on again and the car is out of warranty. I believe that gm should stand behind these safety mechanisms regardless of any warranty. I was told that in the event of a crash the airbags would not deploy if the warning light is on, yet I absolutely refuse to pay for a problem with a safety device intended to last the lifetime of the car. Gm cannot ignore faulty safety equipment like they ignored the faulty ignition switches.

The contact owned a 2006 Chevrolet Impala. The contact was driving approximately 30 mph in very light rain when the vehicle exhibited an abnormal clicking noise four times successively. The front end of the vehicle then seemed to drop to the ground causing the steering wheel to seize, the traction control warning light to flash and the brakes to become inoperable. The contact also stated that the air bag erroneously deployed and knocked her unconscious. The vehicle then traveled off the roadway, into a woody area and crashed into a tree. The contact was awoken by the screams of her small children, who were sitting in the rear of the vehicle. Two child passengers were injured and suffered lacerations to the face, contusions of the shoulders, face, head injuries and a concussion. The contact sustained a sprained neck, fractured spine, and a concussion, clotting in the skull, a chest wall contusion and lacerations to the legs. All three passengers required medical attention. The contact and all passengers were able to exit the vehicle without further injuries. A police report was filed of the incident, and the vehicle was towed from the scene. The contact was advised that the transmission and the motor had both fallen out of the vehicle prior to the crash and were still in the roadway. The vehicle had not been diagnosed or repaired. The contact received notification of a recall on the ignition switch one week after the crash occurred (NHTSA campaign id number: 14v355000 - electrical) . The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 186,000.

When trying to start this vehicle it will not crank over. The lights on the dash light up and the proper noises as if your starting your car come on; however the service airbag sign comes across my dash and the car will not crank over. I tried to use the keyless entry and this does not work either. I have placed a passenger in the front passenger side of vehicle and after leaving the ignition switch to on for a few minutes the car will then crank over. It will either start or just crank over and act as though it will start. If it does not start the first attempt I wait several more minutes and mess around getting in and out of the passenger seat. It will crank over and start. After reading several complaints on. . . Read more...

2005 Chevrolet Impala consumer is concerned about air bags after hitting a deer and they did not deploy and the security light came on. The dealer informed the consumer, the ignition switch and cylinder needed to be replaced. The consumer then went to a repair shop, to have the work done. A short time later, the air bag light illuminated.

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I was traveling on a 2 lane road. A truck pulling an enclosed trailer was in front of me turned on his right blinker and began to brake to make the turn. I was traveling 77 mph, so I moved to the oncoming traffic lane (the left lane) in order to pass the truck. At the last second the truck swerved into the left lane in order to make a wide turn. I abruptly jerked the steering wheel right to avoid collision with the truck, but the vehicle seemed to lose power steering as well as power brakes. I was unable to straighten the steering wheel back after jerking it to the right to go back into the right lane; my vehicle hit the back of the enclosed trailer and then hit steep ditch where my back passenger tire popped and the vehicle flipped onto its roof. The vehicles airbags failed to deploy even though the vehicle has significant damage to the front , top and sides of it. I regained conscientiousness I attempted to turn the car off and remove the keys from the ignition. But I realized that the keys were not I n the ignition. I crawled out of the passenger window to exit the vehicle. The keys were later found by my husband loose in the vehicle. I hit my head hard when the vehicle flipped, good deal of blood on me from what ended up being multiple superficial lacerations as well as a deep wound in my left knee, which required 12 stitches to close up. I will have a scar from it for the rest of my life. I was rushed by ambulance to the hospital and was released around 9 pm. 2 days later we received the ignition switch recall notice in the mail gm refuses to answer any of our questions regarding this wreck. Gm did retrieve the black box info from the vehicle. , they refuse to provide us with any explanation to why the airbags failed to deploy or why there seemed to be a malfunction within the car which led to the accident.

While driving with a passenger in the front seat, the passenger airbag would switch off for no reason without the passenger moving. This happened a number of times over about a week. Then on Friday October 3rd, 2014 it happened again and this time right after it happened all the gauges dropped including fuel, mph, rpm, etc. . . So I pulled into a parking lot and before I was able to stop, the computer module in the car died as well as the engine. I ended up hitting a light post in the parking lot while avoiding a pedestrian. The car has since ceased to start at all. Luckily no one was hurt but this car was clearly not safe. I consider myself very lucky.

The contact owns a 2005 Chevrolet Impala. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 50 mph, a speed bump was encountered and the contact lost control of the vehicle. As a result, the vehicle stalled and crashed into an embankment and guardrails. The air bags failed to deploy. The contact sustained a back injury that did not require medical attention. A police report was filed. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the ignition switch needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 14v400000(electrical system). The failure mileage was 60,000.

Air bag alarm light turned on and was alarming for more than one week, electrical connector issues were diagnoised by the dealership, dealership identified fretting failures. Chevrolet dealership acknowleded that my vehicle is a target for ignition switch update however they informed me that no resolution to the ignition switch for my vehicle would be honored for my car. Neither was there any further explanation for resolution nor was there any recommended safe resolution for me to execute.

I was involved in a violent, jarring collision on June 26, 2014 with an SUV in las vegas, nv. I was rear-ended by a Toyota rav 4. I sustained significant injuries, & my car suffered substantial damage, which resulted in my vehicle being deemed a total loss. The engine automatically shut off & the vehicle airbags did not deploy because the ignition switch moved out of the run position, turning off the engine. The gm provided remedy was not made available until September 2014.

Tl- the contact owns a 2009 Chevrolet Impala. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 35 mph, the vehicle stalled causing the contact to lose control of the vehicle. As a result, the contact crashed into a guard rail and rolled over. The air bags did not deploy and the vehicle failed to restart. The contact did not disclose if a police report was filed or not. The contact sustained whiplash all over the body that required medical attention. The vehicle was towed to a dealer, who diagnosed that the ignition switch needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired under NHTSA campaign id number: 14v355000 (electrical system). The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was not available. Djr.

I recently purchased a 2005 Impala in April of 2014. There was no check light engine on for about a week, but the light did come on and also with the airbags light. When braking both lights will disappear. At times of accelerating, the lights will appear. Also, I have a faulty ignition switch that is affecting my headlights, radio, interior lights, and my key will barely turn.

I was driving on the freeway in traffic and I switch lane to carpool lane. As I was picking up speed when I was rear ended from behind pushed down forward further and my car turned and slammed onto the center divider lane. After my car struck center divider lane same car who hit me has not slowed down and hit me again on high impact behind driver side passenger door and gas tank smashing onto my rear wheel. None of the air bags deployed in my car. I am 5'1 in height and weight about 133lb. We bounced around as well as my backseat passenger who is my daughter who was seating in a booster seat and we were both wearing seat-belts. When the car hit us sideways and jerked us around my head slammed by the door panel and busted my head open which caused it to bleed badly. Believe it was the initial impact from the rear my keys flew out of the ignition and on to the floor in the backseat floor firefighter had to search because I told them as soon as they showed up "my car is still running I don't know where the keys are at!" the ignition was still in on position as if the key was in it. My doors on driver side and behind driver side was smashed and my car shifted out of its alignment that even my daughter who was in the rear seat behind the front passenger side of my car her door could not be opened by the fire department. We were both removed from the front passenger side door and ambulance transported us to hospital. My daughter who is 10 years of age was shaken up sick to her stomach dizzy with minor bruises. I suffer bruises on top of my foot. Bruises on my thigh my legs bounced up and hit the stirring wheel. Bruises on both my arms and my draughts arms and elbow! we are both tender and soar all over the bodies but, praise god we are alive! by the way my car is totaled and its paid for. Pls give advice on this situation.

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I see today that a recall has been announced for Impalas up to 2010 build year. I have a loaner car for the Saturn ignition switch recall that is a 2013 Impala. While driving my 93 year old mother around, the passenger side air bag would not turn on. This happened every time she rode with me.

We purchased a used 2009 chevy Impala around February 2014. Within a week of driving it we started hearing a loud clicking noise anytime we unlocked the doors or cut on the heat but everything seemed to be working fine so we just dealt with noise. I did look online only to find tons of people with the same problem and I also had multiple friends who said nearly every Impala like mine they had been in made that same noise, wow! seriously? but me being the chevy lover, I just saw it as a minor issue maybe missed in production but not really a safety hazard. Then a couple of months later that seems to have went away but now it takes about 2 minutes to get the ac to switch from defrost to blowing out of the dash vents. You can still hear it on, but it doesn't actually start blowing for about 2 minutes. Still, not a big deal. Then I was driving about 15mph(near a school) when a low oil pressure power off engine light came on and went off quickly, I pulled over and cut the car off and back on, no more issues. A few days later my service air bag light started coming on randomly, hmm, so if that light is on will my air bags deploy if needed? not sure. . . Then I get alarms that someone in the passenger seat was not buckled in, but there was no one in the passenger seat. Then my car starts cutting off randomly while I'm driving. This morning I backed out of my driveway and it just cut off leaving me in the middle of the street for a few minutes with no way for other cars to get around me. . . . It would have been terrible if I was pulling out and another car sped around the corner. Then there is a recall notice sent to me stating I should remove everything from my key due to ignition failure recall. I saw on cbs you could request a free loaner vehicle until parts came in but the dealer only offered me a rental at 300/wk. Wow, thanks gm for caring about our safety.

2007 Chevrolet Impala. Consumer writes in regards to vehicle emergency brake failure. The consumer stated the vehicle suddenly stopped operating. He tried to the stop the vehicle, by applying the brake, but to know avail. As a result, he collided with another vehicle. Also, the air bags failed to deploy. The consumer attached a recall notice, regarding the ignition switch.

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I was driving on main street in rio vista and my vehicle just simple shut off. The car rolled and hit a planter in front of the store as I tried steering it out of the street. When I tried to start it again, the ignition switch would not operate. I called the amica roadside assistance and was towed to abel Chevrolet. They informed me that this problem was typical to this year vehicle and that the ignition switch would need to be replaced. They replaced it at a cost of approximately $509. 11 since my ignition has already been replaced, do I need to take it back in? also will I be compensated for the cost of the replacement?.

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The contact owns a 2009 Chevrolet Impala. While driving on the highway, the vehicle experienced reduced engine power and stalled. The check engine warning indicator illuminated. The contact also mentioned that the air bag warning indicator illuminated. The vehicle was towed to an unknown dealer where it was diagnosed that the ignition switch was defective and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The contact experienced a similar failure three years ago. The vehicle was taken to mcdermott Chevrolet where it was diagnosed that the failure was attributed to NHTSA campaign number: 14v355000 (electrical system). The vehicle was repaired, but the failure recurred. The contact also took the vehicle to the same dealer because the air bag warning indicator illuminated. The contact believed that the indicator was illuminated due to NHTSA campaign number: 16v507000 (air bags, electrical system). The technician informed the contact that the failure was not due to the recall and refused to pay for the repairs. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 126,000.

My vehicle's ignition switch shut off, which caused me to lose steering. When I crashed, the airbag failed to deploy. I was driving in a large parking lot and went over a speed bump. I was knocked out but the police report indicated there were no signs of braking or steering. I took my Impala to the gm dealership over 12 times.

Tl- the contact owns a 2010 Chevrolet Impala. The contact stated that the air bag warning light was illuminated. Also, the contact mentioned that the vehicle was repaired under recall NHTSA campaign number: 14v355000 (electrical system). However, the remedy failed to repair the ignition switch which was malfunctioning. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 34,000. Pam.

We have owned this car since it was new and the airbag light never stay off after so many repairs we see no hope of it being repair. Chevrolet is doing another cover up just like the ignition switch. We have spent over 700 on repairs only to still have the airbag light on.

Security light comes on, traction light comes on, rpm's drop to 0, gas drops to 0, constant draining of battery and is dead after 10 or so hours. Many people on forums are all complaining of the same thing and even mechanics say that this is a very common problem with these cars yet there is no recall! I have spent as of now 1000 dollars on this problem and my dealer is telling me that might not fix the problem completely!!! I have put in a new alternator, new battery, new bcm, and now a new ignition switch! I currently have the old bcm and the new one is in my car.

The contact owns a 2000 Chevrolet Impala. The contact stated that the red, air bag light shines and dims inside the vehicle. The failure was noticed while driving 55 mph. At different times, the red light remains illuminated. The dealer provided the contact with code number b004, which is called an air bag inflater. The current and failure mileages were 99,948.

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The ignition switch will not allow me to take the key out. It is still in the on position. The windows will not go up. The engine light is on. The service airbag light is on. The service tiremonitor system light is on and I just took it to the shop last week for the fourth time for these same problems. We've only had the car 5 months and this cointinues to be a problem.

Consumer stated that while driving down the road lost power, all of the dashboard lights were gone. Electrical systems failed on the dashboard, but no where else. He was still able to roll the electrical windows up and down, and radio still came on. Also, airbag light came on, indicating there was a problem. Sometimes when this happened air conditioner did not work. This happened 3 times in the last 2 months. Consumer had taken vehicle to dealer/mechanic, and was told to disconnect the battery. This happened to reset the computer. But when this happened a second time , he took vehicle back to dealer/mechanic. They put vehicle on the computer, and could not find anything wrong with it, but yet they changed the ignition switch, which they said could be bad.