Consumer Complaint Detail

CHEVROLET / IMPALA / 2002

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 005047739 Incident Date: Nov, 04 2005
Consumer's City: DOVER Consumer's State: DE
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: IMPALA Model Year: 2002
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Engine and engine cooling:cooling system
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 2G1WF55E729 Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Nov, 25 2005 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Dec, 21 2001
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: 1. low coolant light was continually on, and it did require coolant at the time, but there was no indication what was happening to the coolant - after 2 weeks of smelling antifreeze within the vehicle, it was then discovered that the coolant was leaking around the lower intake manifold gasket near the bolts and then this led to the replacement of the gasket itself..it took 8.5 hours of labor and the cost of the new gasket to correct the problem. 2. there is a loud clunking noise in the front end of the vehicle when turning the vehicle at slow speeds...apparently it is the intermediate steering shaft and has been identified by the chevrolet dealer but will not fix the problem for us...they say that there is no recall for this problem, but admit that they have numerous complaints about this and that they have tried to get chevrolet to recall the vehicle because of the complaints from their customers. both problems that i have listed are a continual problem for many impala owners and i feel as though since they have issued numerous service bulletins to their dealers about both of my complaints, that they are aware of the problems but still refuse to correct them for the consumer. as a consumer i feel as though gm should be investigated and made to fix these problems for all of us 2002 impala owners. *nm