Ownership Cost for 2013 Chevrolet Impala LTZ
Estimated: $39273 over the next 5 years
| Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depreciation | $2632 | $1263 | $1105 | $1000 | $895 | $6895 |
| Insurance | $1871 | $1936 | $2004 | $2074 | $2147 | $10032 |
| Fuel | $1625 | $1674 | $1732 | $1802 | $1883 | $8716 |
| Maintenance | $1993 | $1465 | $978 | $1015 | $1937 | $7388 |
| Repairs | $688 | $872 | $989 | $1113 | $1296 | $4958 |
| Taxes & Fees | $868 | $868 | $868 | $868 | $868 | $1286 |
| Total Ownership Costs | $9676 | $7309 | $6935 | $7085 | $8269 | $39273 |
| Model year | COMPONENT | Complaint |
| 2004 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | 2004 CHEVY IMPALA, 35,000 MILES. WAS DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE AND NOTICED THAT TEMPERATURE GAUGE WAS READING IN THE RED, PULLED INTO A MCDONALD'S TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON (NORMALLY THE IMPALA HAS AN ALARM THAT GOES OFF WHEN OVERHEATING, THIS DID NOT HAPPEN) AS I DECELERATED, I NOTICED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER DID NOT MOVE, BUT RATHER STAYED AT 60MPH, AND THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE ALSO DID NOT MOVE. UPON TURNING THE CAR OFF, THE SPEEDOMETER MOVED BACK TO 0, THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE STAYED IN THE RED. TURNING THE CAR BACK ON DID NOT RESET THE TEMP GAUGE, BUT AS I ACCELERATED, THE SPEEDOMETER STAYED AT 0 FOR THE REST OF THE TRIP (I HAD TO USE GPS TO GET SPEED). THE SPEEDOMETER HAS NOT WORKED CORRECTLY SINCE. DOING SOME INSPECTION LATER, I FOUND THIS IS AN EXTREMELY COMMON PROBLEM IN IMPALAS OF MOST 2000-2010 IMPALAS. OUR LOCAL POLICE FORCE DRIVES IMPALAS, AND THE SPEEDOMETERS FAIL ON ROUGHLY 60% AT BETWEEN 30K AND 60K MILES. A QUICK SEARCH ONLINE ALSO REVEALED THAT IT IS A SEVERE PROBLEM, AND SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVE BEEN EITHER PULLED OVER, OR HAD BEEN GOING MUCH TO FAST BEFORE NOTICING. DEALERSHIP SAYS THE ONLY WAY TO FIX IT IS A COMPLETE REPLACEMENT OF INSTRUMENT CLUSTER($150 USED, $400 NEW), AND SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO HAVE GOTTEN THE REPLACEMENT SIMPLY HAVE THE PROBLEM AGAIN. AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS AN EXTREMELY SEVERE PROBLEM, AND WHILE THE EMPLOYEES AT THE DEALERSHIP SAY IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME (AT LEAST 3 IMPALAS WITH FAULTY SPEEDOMETERS PER WEEK), CHEVY AS A COMPANY DOES NOT SEEM TO NOTICE. PLEASE HELP! LINKS TO SOME REPAIR FORUMS ABOUT SIMILAR PROBLEMS: HTTP://WWW.TOPIX.COM/FORUM/AUTOS/CHEVROLET-IMPALA/TJSMIQPD8J0FT5DK8 HTTP://WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM/CHEVROLET/IMPALA/2004/ACCESSORIES-INTERIOR/SPEEDOMETER_GONE_HAYWIRE.SHTML HTTP://WWW.AUTOMOTIVEHELPER.COM/TOPIC640920.HTM HTTP://WWW.AUTOMOTIVEFORUMS.COM/VBULLETIN/T752665.HTML. *TR |
| 2013 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:GEAR POSITION INDICATION (PRNDL) | 2013 CHEVROLET IMPALA RENTAL CAR. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO SHIFT INDICATOR ISSUES *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED GM THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD IDEA TO REMOVE THE LETTERS FROM THE SHIFT INDICATOR CONSOLE BETWEEN THE TWO FRONT SEATS. INSTEAD, GM PUT THE SHIFT INDICATOR AT THE VERY BOTTOM OF THE SPEEDOMETER, DIRECTLY OVER THE STEERING WHEEL. WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL WAS TURNED LEFT OR RIGHT, THE SHIFT INDICATOR ON THE CONSOLE DASH WAS BLOCKED BY THE STEERING WHEEL. FURTHERMORE, THE HANDS OF THE DRIVER, WOULD ALSO BLOCK THE INDICATOR ON THE SPEEDOMETER. |
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