Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| DIGITAL INSTRUMENT PANEL | |||
| 04/12/2009 | 61000 | 1 | |
| Purchased a 2003 chevy impala on 4/09 and 3 days later the speedometer did not work. i have notified the dealer which will be corrected; however, i've noticed that numerous other chevy impala owners are experiencing the same problem of a defective speedometer. *tr | |||
| 03/06/2009 | 77000 | 1 | |
| I currently own a 2003 chevy impala with about 77,000 miles on it. a few months ago, the security light would periodically come on and cause the car not to start. after attempting to restart numerous times and playing with the gear shift, after about 10 minutes the car would start and be fine for a couple weeks. during the last inspection, i took it to the dealer and asked him to check it. since the light had not come on for 3 or 4 weeks at that time, he said that it more than likely would not show anything on the diagnostics. he said it could also be an intermittent problem with the starter. they charged me $80 to check the connections to the starter and i still had the problem. they said that more than likely it would be a problem with the computer in the car and would cost a few hundred dollars to fix. after doing more research online, i discovered that this is not a random problem with my vehicle, but a known issue that should have been covered under a recall. i have owned both domestic and foreign cars in the past, and i have never had as many problems with the foreign ones as i do with the domestic. i don't plan on buying another american made car anytime soon. *tr | |||
| 09/15/2008 | 65000 | 1 | |
| We bought my son a 2003 chevy impala, the speedometer has quit functioning all of the sudden. sometimes it works and sometimes it does not. he drives over two hours back and forth to college and i feel it is quite a safety issue and chevy will do nothing about it. i have read many complaints from people with the same issue and feel this should be a recall! i don't have $500.00 for the repair which many other people have had to pay! *tr | |||
| 05/05/2008 | 1 | ||
| My 2003 chevrolet impala the speedometer reads 140 miles at all time or shows nothing. *tr | |||
| 09/28/2007 | 53500 | 2 | 07/03/2006 |
| Tl*the contact owns a 2003 chevrolet impala. the contact stated that on two separate occasions while driving at various speeds, the headlights and instrument panel lights shut off. the first failure, the lights illuminated again and the second time, the contact could only use the high beams. the vehicle has not been diagnosed by the dealer. the current mileage was 73,500 and failure mileage was 53,500. | |||
| 01/01/2008 | 70407 | 3 | 02/01/2003 |
| Tl*the contact owns a 2003 chevrolet impala. while driving various speeds at night, the instrumental panel lights, headlights, and turn signals failed. the vehicle was repaired on august 3, 2007. the dealer replaced the body control module and the lights functioned normally for three months. the dealer informed the manufacturer that they could not diagnose the cause of the failure. the current mileage was 78,868 and failure mileage was 70,407. updated 04/03/08. *lj the consumer stated the problem happened aganon on march 15,2008. | |||