Tl* the contact owns a 2000 chevrolet impala. the contact smelled an abnormal burning odor and noticed smoke coming from the seat. the contact pulled the vehicle over to the side of the road and exited the vehicle. the contact noticed flames inside the vehicle. the fire department was contacted and extinguished the flames. a police report was filed. the vehicle was towed to her residence. the dealer and manufacturer were not contacted. the failure mileage was unknown. updated 11/07/17*lj
The spring on the driver seat broke not very heave peaple driving the car. body of the car i have 2 impalas 2002 and 2004 both are rusting under the doors and at the quarter panels i look at all impalas around the age of both of mine and 90% of the are rusting in the same spots. my cars were rustproofed and underneith it is a mess you cant hardly get a jack under both of them. i keep them garage kept since we got both of the i will never own a impala again.
Tl* the contact owns a 2002 chevrolet impala. the contact stated that the unoccupied vehicle ignited into flames while parked. the fire department extinguished the fire yet a police report was not filed. the failure was contributed to the electrical wiring of the front driver side heated seat. the vehicle was completely destroyed. updated 10/31/11
Heated seat shorted out, caught fire, burned driver. *tr
I bought this car 4 years ago and i did not have problems till this happened, the car don't want to star in several times, im already pissed off and i don't really know what to do with it, cuz i know that nobody is going to buy it like that; i like the car but this is inoperable!!!! *tr
Heated seat burned a small hole in seat and burned the back of my leg a little. i have contacted manufacture and my insurance company. the insurance company has tried to contact the manufacture and has left voice mail and has not received any response from the manufacture. the seat has not been repaired or replaced. *nm
I own a 2002 chevrolet imapla. it came with heated leather front seats. last year the seat on the drivers side failed to heat. it was discovered that this had burned a hole in the leather of the seat before it quit working. it was repaired by the dealer. it worked for about a month and quit again. a second hole was burned in the leather seat in the same place and three holes were burned through the material of two coats. my wife indicated that the passenger side seat became so hot that after a couple of minutes she had to turn it off. both seats were checked and found to be. they found to be malfunctioning. i had both seats disconnected to prevent any further damage by accident. we have subsequently learned that two of our friends have general motors vehicles in which the heated seats failed. they did not have them repaired or replaced because of the cost. my concern is one of safety. it seems to me that if it got hot enough to burn through leather, and burn holes in my coats, it could be extremely dangerous and could cause an accident as well as extensive damage to the vehicle. both my secretary and my daughter had indicated that they would like to have heated seats in their vehicles. i have told them of my experience. i am very concerned for the safety of persons who do go to the expense of having these kinds of seats installed in their cars. *ak
Driver's side (left) front brake caliper locking up & causing tremendous pad & rotor wear, currently in shop to be fixed for 3rd time. other previous problems include faulty sensor reporting "low coolant" despite full, & front driver's power seat stuck in back position.*ak