Safety Score
70
Average
Recalls
0
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 2002 Chevrolet Impala.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-03 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | Fuel system or backfire is what I believe happened to it. The vehicle is available for inspection upon request. My safe… |
| 2025-05-23 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | Power windows fail at times Blinkers fail at times Front hub assembly damage Front calipers are damaged and affect stee… |
| 2024-06-25 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | Transmission hesitates to pull out in drive from a stop |
| 2024-02-24 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | I was driving out of supermarket I was alone and the airbags deployed. I was hit hard and had a panic attack. I was abl… |
| 2022-07-12 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I was driving along when out of no where my trunk opened. I got off the highway and closed it. At that time I was puzzl… |
| 2021-05-11 | ENGINE | No | 0 | My vehicle caught on fire after I returned from it getting serviced by Pepboys in Phenix City Alabama. My car was only … |
| 2020-11-06 | ENGINE | No | 0 | I JUST PURCHASED THIS 2002 CHEVY IMPALA WHICH CAME WITH THE IMPORTANT VEHICLE SAFETY RECALL AND I WOULD NEED THE PROBLE… |
| 2020-09-15 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE GAS GAUGE WAS FLUCTUATING UP AND DOWN. I SUBSEQUENTLY RAN OUT OF GAS DUE TO THE FACT THAT I D… |
| 2020-07-23 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SEVERAL ATTEMPTS WERE NEEDED TO START THE VEHICLE… |
| 2020-02-01 | ENGINE | No | 0 | SUPPOSEDLY THE COOLING SYSTEM WAS FIXED IN 2003 BUT IT STILL TELLS ME THAT MY COOLANT IS LOW AND IT LEAKS. I AM THE SEC… |
| 2019-10-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I BOUGHT A 2002 CHEVY IMPALA AND GOT IT LOOKED AT BEFORE PURCHASE THE ONLY THING THAT POPPED UP ON THE CODE READER WAS … |
| 2019-06-01 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THERE WAS AN ABN… |
| 2019-04-09 | ENGINE | No | 0 | ON APRIL 9TH OF 2017, OUR 2002 IMPALA LS WAS BROUGHT IN TO HAVE THE VEHICLE SERVICED DUE TO THIS RECALL: THESE VEHICLES… |
| 2018-07-01 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | ABS IS KICKING BACK AND TRACTION CONTROL IS COMING ON FOR NO GIVEN REASON MAKING STOPPING THE CAR INCREASINGLY HARD AT … |
| 2018-06-13 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS LEAKING OIL, FUEL, AND POWER STEE… |
| 2018-03-30 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | THE PIECES THE DEALER GLUED UNTO MY IGNITION KEY FELL OUT. I DID NOT DO ANYTHING. I JUST NOTICED ONE DAY THEY HAD FALLE… |
| 2018-03-15 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TAKARA RECALL |
| 2018-03-07 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | CAR RANDOMLY LOCKS ME OUT FOR 10 MINUTES, THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL. THESE CARS ARE [XXX]. CONSTANTLY LEAVES ME STRANDE… |
| 2017-11-08 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | FUEL SHUTDOWNS WHILE ON THE INTERSTATE AT BETWEEN 60-75 MPH. WHEN THE PROBLEM OCCURS WHILE DRIVING, I IMMEDIATELY LOOS… |
| 2017-10-30 | ENGINE | No | 0 | LAST YEAR I BOUGHT MY CAR FROM A PRIVATE DEALER. SINCE PURCHASING IT, MY CAR ALWAYS SEEMS TO BE RUNNING HOT. MY "CHECK … |
| 2017-07-07 | ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) | No | 0 | "TAKATA RECALL" I AM HAVING PROBLEMS WITH MY SECURITY SYSTEM. AT RANDOM TIMES MY CAR WILL NOT START AND THE SECURITY LI… |
| 2017-07-03 | SEATS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT SMELLED AN ABNORMAL BURNING ODOR AND NOTICED SMOKE COMING FRO… |
| 2017-07-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE POWER DOOR LOCKS ARE NOT WORKING. WHEN YOU TRY TO START THE CAR, THE SECURITY LIGHT COMES ON AND THE CAR WILL NOT C… |
| 2017-06-30 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | TAKATA RECALL SIGNAL LIGHTS DO NOT WORK ALL THE TIME. JUST SOMETIME, SOMETIMES IT DOES IT FOR A FEW DAYS.. THEN THEY… |
| 2017-05-18 | ENGINE | No | 0 | CHEVROLET IMPALA ENGINE COLD PARKED IN DRIVEWAY STARTED THE CAR AND THE ENGINE EXPLODED: FIRE STARTED UNDER HOOD. THE… |
| 2017-05-09 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | MY MOTHER WAS DRIVING MY CAR AND WAS ONLY LESS THAN TEN FEET FROM MY FRONT DOOR,STILL IN THE PARKING LOT OF MY APARTMEN… |
| 2017-04-01 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2002 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE UNDER THE HO… |
| 2017-03-24 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED OVERHEATING. THE VEHICLE … |
| 2016-12-16 | SERVICE BRAKES | Yes | 0 | I HAVE BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM ON MY 2002 CHEVY IMPALA FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS. ON DECEMB… |
| 2016-10-01 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | TAKATA RECALL I WAS DROPPING MY DAUGHTER OFF AT THE BABYSITTERS HOUSE ON MY WAY TO A FUNERAL AROUND 10:30 ON SUNDAY OC… |
| 2016-09-19 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I AM TIRED OF MY CAR NOT STARTING, ESPECIALLY WHEN I NEED TO GO TO WORK. THIS HAS HAPPENED QUIT A FEW TIMES. I HAVE TO … |
| 2016-09-04 | ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) | No | 0 | FOR AWHILE MY CAR HAS BEEN HAVING STARTING PROBLEMS, AT RANDOM TIMES IT DOES NOT START AND IT TAKES TEN MINUTES FROM TH… |
| 2016-09-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | MY CAR WILL NOT CRANK OR START..... IT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE SECURITY SYSTEM SO I'M TOLD...... THIS IS A SAFETY … |
| 2016-08-25 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | SECURITY LIGHT BLINKS AND CAR WILL NOT START. HAVE TO WAIT 10 MINUTES UNTIL THE LIGHT STOPS BLINKING AND TRY TO START I… |
| 2016-07-07 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | RECALL N140350. ATTEMPTED TO HAVE VEHICLE SERVICED AT JIM GLOVER ON THE RIVER IN TULSA, OK. WAS CONSTANTLY TOLD THAT MY… |
| 2016-04-25 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | I JUST BOUGHT THIS 2002 CHEVY IMPALA FOR MY SON FOR HIS GRADUATION. THE PREVIOUS OWNERS SEEM TO TAKE GREAT CARE OF THIS… |
| 2016-04-06 | TIRES | No | 0 | SIDEWALL FAILURE: FIRESTONE PRECISION TOURING, P225-60R16 M+S. DOT:8XX0 R3D. THE TIRE WAS SITTING IN DRIVEWAY FOR A COU… |
| 2016-04-06 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER TO BE REPAIRED ACCORDING TO NHTSA CAM… |
| 2016-04-05 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, BUT THE VEHICL… |
| 2016-03-31 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | Yes | 0 | MY BACK LIGHTS AND DASHBOARD DOES NOT WORK |
| 2016-03-18 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | MY CAR WANT START SOMETIMES. I'VE TAKEN TO THE SHOP AND NOTHING WAS WRONG. IT'S STARTS LIKE NOTHING WAS EVER WRONG. I'V… |
| 2016-03-14 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | CAR WAS PARKED I STARTED IT AND BEGAN DRIVING MY ABS JUST WENT CRAZY. THE PUMP WAS TRYING TO ENGAGE OVER AND OVER AGAIN… |
| 2016-03-12 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 3 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS OIL LEAKING FROM THE VEHICLE. ON ONE OC… |
| 2016-02-25 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | HAD VEHICLE IN SHOP TO REPAIR RECALL FOR OIL ON MANIFOLD. WITHIN A WEEK OF THAT BEING REPAIRED I STARTED SMELLING SOMET… |
| 2016-02-12 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE WAS CRUISING DOWN A HILL … |
| 2016-02-10 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V701000 (EN… |
| 2016-02-03 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | THE "AIR BAG " IDIOT LIGHT GOES ON THE DASH. IT CAN BE STATIONARY OR BEING DRIVEN. |
| 2016-02-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO START THE VEHICLE, THE SECURI… |
| 2016-01-19 | ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) | No | 0 | ABS SYSTEM IS FAULTY RIGHT SIDE KEEPS COMING UP WITH CODES "C1233 AND C11226" THIS HAPPENED WHILE I WAS DRIVING THE VEH… |
| 2016-01-19 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V701000 (E… |