Chevrolet Impala owners have reported 3 problems related to electrical equipment (under the equipment category). The most recently reported issues are listed below. Also please check out the statistics and reliability analysis of Chevrolet Impala based on all problems reported for the Impala.
Remote keyless entry transmitter failed after owning the vehicle for less than 48 hours. Doors and/or trunk cannot be opened with remote control. The panic alarm button is also inoperative in case of an emergency. Gm dealers service department informed me that a TSB had been issued for this problem.
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Complaint received via e-mail. Recently a coin from the ashtray ended up in the lighter socket. The lighter and the power seats stopped working. My mechanic replaced the power seat circuit breaker. However, the fuse to the lighter had not shorted out. Instead, he said, it melted a wire underneath the carpet. The cost to repair it was about $200. 00. The 2004 model has a separate section in the ashtray blocked from the socket so that it could not happen on the newer model. I assume the engineering change was made because my problem happened before, and that change was made to reduce those instances. I would have had no problem if the fuse had blown which it did not. I asked my mechanic to remove the fuse because he said that the melted wire might cause a fire. I paid for a new circuit breaker, and I feel that gm should pay for the lighter because of the engineering omission on the earlier model.
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Vehicle comes equipped with a child motion sensor that's located in the trunk. This device prevents a child from being locked in the trunk. While driving the sensor indicator light illuminated on the dashboard. Then, vehicle stalled due to sensor malfunctioning. Dealership was unable to replace the bad sensor because the manufacturer no longer made that part.