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2006 Chevrolet Impala steering problems

135 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the steering on the 2006 Chevrolet Impala26% of all complaints for this model year.

135
Steering complaints
26%
share of all complaints
58,152 mi
median reported incident mileage
16 / 5
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • I was driving and powersteering fluid drained and I lost control of the steering, and guide the car against the side walk. Had a mechanic change the powers steering fluid line. But now it's shooting up instead leaking down, it clogged all my spark plugs ,plus cause my cam shaft and crank…

    filed Apr 18, 2024

  • I got home from work at 7:15am this morning 9-29-2019 I was laying in bed watching a movie trying to go to sleep and when I finally doze off my son asked if he could go get a charger out of the car so he went out to the car and when he opened the door he said smoke hit him in his face he…

    filed Sep 29, 2019

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.