2005 Chevrolet Impala engine and engine cooling problems

“MY IMPALA KEEPS STALLING!!! WHILE DRIVING IT, AND DOESN'T MATTER IF I'M GOING 30 OR 55, JUST STALLS, ITS A DEATH TRAP, BUT THAT'S ALL WE HAVE TO DRIVE, AND I HAVE TO HAUL A DISABLED PERSON!!! AM SCARED, HAVE SPENT A LOT OF MONEY REPLACING PARTS THAT IT COULD "POTENTIALLY" BE! AT A LOSS, PLEASE HELP!!! *TR”

“2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE STOPS AND STEERING LOCKS UP WHILE DRIVING. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE STALLED WHILE AT A STOP SIGN. THE MANIFOLD GASKET, THERMOSTAT, ABS MODULE AND IGNITION WERE REPLACED OVER A PERIOD OF EIGHT YEARS. *JB”

“TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE ENGINE OVERHEATED AND THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE INCREASED TO HOT. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WHENEVER THE VEHICLE WAS IN OPERATION. THE DEALER REPLACED THE HEAD GASKET AND WATER PUMP THREE TIMES. IN ADDITION, THE ALTERNATOR AND CATALYTIC CONVERTER WERE PREVIOUSLY REPLACED. THE FAILURES CONTINUED AFTER THE REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 98,000.”

“FIRST... MY CAR ALL OF THE SUDDEN STARTED LEAKING LIKE AN OIL TANKER LAST JANUARY 2012, AND THE ABS/TRACTION CONTROL LIGHTS CAME ON. TOOK THE CAR TO THE CHEVY DEALERSHIP, AND HAD MAJOR REPAIR WORK DONE ON TRANSMISSION, AND ENGINE FOR LEAKS. SPENT $2100 AND WAS QUOTE $2600 TO REPLACE THE ABS/TRACTION CONTROL MODULATOR FOR MY ABS/TRACTION CONTROL TO WORK AGAIN. THE CODE THEY PULLED WAS C1218. NEEDLESS TO SAY IT HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED YET. A MONTH AFTER SPENDING THIS MONEY, I HAD TO REPLACE THE WATER PUMP, AND ALMOST A YEAR LATER I HAD TO REPLACE A PLASTIC ELBOW FROM THE WATER PUMP TO MY RADIATOR WHICH WAS ANOTHER $300. THEN THIS PAST DECEMBER 2012, MY TRANSMISSION ALL OF THE SUDDEN JERKED HARD FROM 1ST TO 2ND AND SO ON DURING LOCAL DRIVING. MAX SPEED LIMIT IS 40MPH LOCALLY. TOOK IT TO CHEVY AND WAS TOLD I NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION, SO I TOOK IT FOR A SECOND OPINION AND WAS TOLD CODE P1811 WAS CODED FOR A LONG SHIFT, BUT THAT MY TRANSMISSION WAS A 1/2 QUART LOW SO THEY FILLED IT WITH TRANS ADDITIVE. THEY SUGGESTED I TRY A "TRANSMISSION SHOP" FOR THEM TO CHECK BECAUSE MAYBE MY TRANS SOLENOID WAS BAD, WHICH WOULD STILL COST QUITE A BIT FOR REPAIR, BUT NOT NEARLY AS…”

“WHEN SHIFTING 1ST TO 2ND GEAR THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTS HARD, TRANSMISSION IS THE 2ND ONE I HAVE HAD IN THIS CAR SAMETHING IS HAPPENING TO THIS ONE I HAVE 95000 MILES NOW. *TR”

“I PURCHASED A CAR FROM ICARSNOW (704-551-0990) ON SOUTH BLVD IN CHARLOTTE ON OCTOBER 28, 2011. I DROVE THE CAR FOR A WEEK WHEN THE GEARS STARTED SLIPPING AND THE CAR STARTED TO STALL AND JERK THE CAR HAD A 90 DAY WARRANTY SO I CALLED SOUTHERN WARRANTY (704-282-1814) AND THEY HAD ME TO TAKE THE CAR TO CARSON AUTOMOTIVE 10940 A E. INDEPENDENCE BLVD. MATTHEWS NC THEY REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION AND CONVERTER ON 11/4/11. I PICKED THE CAR UP DROVE FOR A WEEK OR TWO AND THE CAR WAS STILL STALLING AND JERKING. I CALLED CARSON AUTOMOTIVE AND TOOK THE CAR BACK.. I ALSO HEARD A NOISE IN THE ENGINE. I TOOK THE CAR BACK TO CARSON AUTOMOTIVE THEY COULD NOT FIND WHY THE CAR WAS STALLING AND JERKING BUT THE SAID THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE OF A ROD THE ENGINE WAS REPLACED ON 12/27/11. THAT IS WHEN I FOUND OUT THAT THE 90 DAY WARRANTY WAS 50/50 WHERE IF ANYTHING MAJOR HAPPEN TO THE CAR THE WARRANTY COMPANY WOULD PAY HAVE AND I WOULD HAVE TO PAY HALF. THIS IS NOT HOW IT WAS EXPLAINED BY THE SALESMAN AT ICARSNOW. HE TOLD ME AFTER THE 90 DAY WARRANTY IF ANYTHING HAPPENS MAJOR THAT THE WARRANTY COMPANY AND I WOULD SHARE THE COST. IN ORDER FOR ME TO NOT LOOSE THE MONEY…”