Impala Door Lock Failure
2006 2014 chevy impala door lock solenoids are weak and prone to failure.
Impala door lock failure. For vehicles equipped with door lock cylinders the door can still be opened using the key. However vehicles without door lock cylinders will not be able to lock or unlock the doors until power is restored. It is virtually impossible to reach the rear door top manual latch post from the front seat. Average failure mileage is 29 850 miles.
This will require the driver to use the key to lock or unlock the doors and can disable the power door locks completely for vehicles that do not use a traditional key such as newer luxury vehicles. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Chevrolet impala car battery replacement. Average repair cost is 200 at 62 500 miles.
On one occasion i was trying to manually unlock the rear passenger side door from the front seat. The 2009 chevrolet impala has 25 problems reported for door locks stop working. For vehicles with traditional style door lock cylinders and keys a bad power door lock relay will merely disable the power door lock feature. The failure is in both the lock and unlock modes.
The failure is unrelated to using keyless entry or the manual switch or having child safety locks on or off. Even though broken power door locks are a minor issue compared to a lot of things that could go wrong under the hood it s still an inconvenience. The 2007 chevrolet impala has 6 problems reported for automatic door lock problem. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2008 chevrolet impala based on all problems reported for the 2008 impala.
As they fail you may or may not have locked or unlocked doors depending on their. Page 1 of 2. Chevy impala power door lock failure.