We have classified the 113 complaints from 2007 Chevrolet Impala about ELECTRICAL SYSTEM into the following categories.
While driving my car to work on tuesday 11-12-2019 at 6 am in the morning, my battery light came on then, message displayed battery saver active,ac hot shut off, traction on and reduce power, everything came on in dashboard and about 10 minutes later the whole system shut down, and car will not start back up. had to get someone to jump start in order to start car back up it will run a period of time and it happen again even after replacing a new battery, starter and alternator i also taken it to dealer ship to run diagnosing test as well and they charge me for service although they said they didn't find anything wrong with charging system at all .but this occur during the busy time off the day and a lot of traffic
The wiring under the gear shifter broke causing the ignition cylinder to not turn off so you can't remove the key witch in turn made the car go into theft mode now it won't start the windows won't roll up the dash lights work and the horn but nothin else works the trunk won't open it was parked at the hospital
Car has had several problems even after being fixed. only had car for few months and barley can drive it.
Takata recall. ignition key stays stuck won't release key i've seen so many complaints on this issue and the gas cap makes engine light come on what's going on!!! i'm on 2nd gas cap
I have had this problem and i know a lot of others are having it too. when i'm driving the car's check engine light will come on will randomly and code saying engine power reduced. my car's engine power will reduce and i will no longer be able to accelerate and the car slows down. this happens at random times: on the freeway, in town, at stop lights, going up hills, on flat ground, when i first turn my car on, after driving for 5 hours. there is no pattern. after i turn my car off for a couple minutes, the light turn off and my car runs ok again. it happen at least once a week, but sometimes 4 or 5 times week.
Window motor went out.
Slow on take off, passenger door dosent open all the way rear main seal leak air actuator gone out
Vehicle in motion at 70 miles per hour, vehicle shut off and lost power steering, braking, and nearly causing a fatal collision on a highway overpass. errors on dash stated throttle disabled stop engine, oil pressure low engine power reduced. upon further investigation there was a recall (expired?) for pedal position sensor due to faulty soldering.
Air bag inoperative light on instrument panel illuminated while driving. took to dealership and after investigation found the wiring harness associated with (pig-tail) was broken and chafed from interfacing with car frame during normal operation of the vehicle. car has never been in any type of incident . vehicle has 58,025 orig miles the car is operated on. city and highway paved roads.
Brand new batteries die without even driving.new batteries will die instantly.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 chevrolet impala. on several occasions, while driving various speeds, the vehicle stalled. the contact stated that the failure recurred several times. on numerous occasions, the vehicle failed to start. the dealer diagnosed that there was an electrical system failure and also the throttle body needed to be serviced. the vehicle was repaired on three separate occasions, but the failure recurred. the vehicle was included in nhtsa campaign number: 14v355000 (electrical system). the manufacturer was not notified of the failure. the approximate failure mileage was 112,000.
Traction control, warning comes on then engine starts to shut down no power to maintain freeway speed have to exit. scary. this has happened several times. on a side street it is not quite so bad. this has happened several times. need help. most recent jan 5 2017. cold weather, car vibrates so bad afraid to drive it. been having trouble for about 3 to 5 years. *tr
Transmission failed, engine leaking, vehicle has unexpected shut off, smells somewhat like it's burning.
Low beam head lights keeps blowing out sometimes all head lights go out. i replaced all lights and they keep going out. sometimes the bright lights come on when i turn on signal
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 chevrolet impala. while driving various speeds, the vehicle suddenly shut off. the cause of the failure was not diagnosed. the vehicle was not repaired. the vehicle was previously repaired per nhtsa campaign number: 14v355000 (electrical system), but the failure recurred. the manufacturer was not notified of the failure. the vin was not available. the failure mileage was 90,000.