Safety Score
70
Average
Recalls
0
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 2003 Chevrolet Impala.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-11-06 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | My car sometimes cuts off while driving. Was on highway 301 running about 60 mph in the middle lane and just lost power… |
| 2024-04-03 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | After I go back and forth between my bright headlights and regular All of a sudden my headlights shut off it happens af… |
| 2024-02-03 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | Ignition lock issue. I’m guessing security light came on hard to start vehicle when switch doesn’t work. Almost left me… |
| 2023-01-19 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | Accelator keeps getting stuck at traffic lights and while driving |
| 2023-01-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I have a 2003 Chevrolet Impala! Look it up on the internet, and you will see that the failure rate of the GM passlock … |
| 2022-08-21 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | Fuel line leaking gas under engine. |
| 2021-11-18 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | Hey my name is [XXX] I recently took my Chevy impala for repairs they told me I need more repairs done I’m like cool my… |
| 2021-10-12 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL | No | 0 | Traveling at 58 mph in Cruise Control for 10 minutes I increased speed with 4-6 rapid pushes of the Accelerate button i… |
| 2021-03-21 | STEERING | No | 0 | ON 3/21/2021 I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY FOR ABOUT 25 MILES, WHEN MY 2003 CHEVY IMPALA STARTED MAKING A WHINING NOISE … |
| 2021-02-17 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | VEHICLE SHUTS OFF WHEN MOVING,TURNING OR STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT. BY SWITCHING TO NEUTRAL, THE ENGINE MAY START AFTE… |
| 2020-08-20 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | VEHICLE FIRE. VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE WHILE CRUISING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. VERY DANGEROUS. VEHICLE IS A TOTAL LOSS. |
| 2020-08-16 | ENGINE | No | 0 | I JUST RECENTLY BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE 03/11/20 AND IT RAN GREAT TILL YESTERDAY WHEN THE INTAKE MANIFOLD EXPLODED AND CAUG… |
| 2020-04-23 | ENGINE | No | 0 | THE INCIDENT HAPPENED THIS MORNING AS I WAS LEAVING FOR WORK. MY CAR WAS PARKED IN OUR DRIVEWAY AND HAD NOT BEEN DRIVEN… |
| 2020-02-27 | ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) | No | 0 | THE SECURITY SYSTEM LOCKS AND WILL NOT LET ME START THE VEHICLE EVERY COUPLE TIMES THE VEHICLE IS STARTED. |
| 2020-01-25 | ENGINE | No | 0 | THE POWER STEERING RETURN HOSE RUBS AGAINST SOME PART OF THE MOTOR AND RUB A HOLE IN POWER STEERING RETURN HOUSE |
| 2019-10-22 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | TURN SIGNALS WORK INTERMITTENTLY FOR 6 YEARS. TRANSMISSION MAKES SQUEAK UPON STARTING FROM DEAD STOP AFTER CHANGING FLU… |
| 2019-05-01 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | ABS/TRACTION CONTROL.WHEN ABS AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHTS COME ON MAKES GRINDING NOISE /BRAKES GRAB HAS BECOME DANGEROU… |
| 2019-04-27 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | ON A COLD START MY CAR WILL NOT START FOR AT LEAST ONE TIME, AND ONCE YOU GET IT ON THE HIGHWAY THE CAR WILL SURGE AND … |
| 2019-04-06 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | RECALL ID 240424 RECEIVED THIS FROM CREDIT KARMA. CURRENTLY OUR CAR IS HAVING OVERHEATING ISSUES. ENGINE COOLING ISSUES… |
| 2019-03-01 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | REAR RIGHT BRAKE LINE LEAKING FLUID. THIS COULD BE A FATAL ACCIDENT IF I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY. MY 2003 CHEVY IMPALA REAR… |
| 2019-01-26 | ENGINE | No | 0 | COOLANT SYSTEM HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE. AFTER REFILLING COOLANT AND OIL, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT OI… |
| 2018-11-20 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | VEHICLE WILL NOT START SOMETIMES AFTER DRIVING WILL USUALLY HAVE TO GIGGLE THE KEY IN THE IGNITION TO GET THE VEHICLE S… |
| 2018-10-13 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | 2003 CHEVROLET IMPALA 3.4L IS DIFFICULT TO START, REPLACED MANY PARTS TO TRY AND FIX: FUEL FILTER, FUEL PUMP, SPARK PLU… |
| 2018-09-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | VEHICLE DIDN'T START, SECURITY LIGHT WAS FLASHING, WAS TOLD TO TURN THE KEY INTO THE 'ON' POSITION AND WAIT EXACTLY 10 … |
| 2018-05-28 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | UNDER THE HOOD FIRE AND UNINTENDED KEY ROTATION. MAYBE 5 DAYS AFTER I TOOK MY VEHICLE INTO TC CHEVY (IN ASHLAND OREGON)… |
| 2018-05-01 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | MY 2003 CHE IMP DEVELOPED A WATER LEAK FROM LOWER RIGHT HAND SIDE OF WINDSHIELD, COWLING AREA. WATER LEAKS ONTO RIGHT F… |
| 2018-04-26 | ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMIN… |
| 2018-04-21 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | MY AIR BAG LIGHTS ARE ON ALL THE TIME, I HAVE TO CHANGE MY BRAKES EVER 2 MONTHS BC THEY START TO LOCK UP AND GO THROUGH… |
| 2018-04-15 | ENGINE | No | 0 | SECOND CAR AFFECTED. FIRST CAR BURNED AND TOTALED . SECOND CAR FOUND LOSS OF POWER STILL DRIVING PULED OVER FOUND EGR … |
| 2018-02-22 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I RECENTLY RECEIVED A ALERT FROM MY CREDIT KARMA STATING THAT I HAD A RECALL ON MY 2003 CHEVY IMPALA FOR A ELECTRICAL S… |
| 2017-12-01 | ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) | No | 0 | 'TAKATA RECALL' NO ACCELERATION AFTER 2RPM |
| 2017-11-25 | ENGINE | No | 0 | I BOUGHT MY CAR USED 2/24/17 SINCE THEN I HAVE OUT 3 ENGINES AND 2 RADIATORS AND MY CAR IS BACK DOWN AGAIN. |
| 2017-11-22 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | THE MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH MALFUNCTIONS. IN SWITCHING FROM LOW BEAM TO HIGH BEAM THE HEADLIGHTS DO NOT SWITCH AND EVENTU… |
| 2017-11-01 | ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) | No | 0 | VEHICLE IS IN PARKED AND IM ABOUT TO START THE VEHICLE IT SEEMS TO SLOWLY FAIL OR BACKFIRES DURING MULTIPLE TIMES OF TR… |
| 2017-08-14 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI-THEFT:CONTROL MODULE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET IMPALA. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START AND THE SECURITY WARNIN… |
| 2017-08-06 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | 2003 IMPALA SUSPENSION CROSS-MEMBER - GM (15896260 COMPLETELY RUSTED OUT AND OTHER CARS COULD LOOSE CONTROL AROUND FAS… |
| 2017-06-26 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE LOST ACCELERATION. THE VE… |
| 2017-06-10 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE DID NOT START WHEN THE KEY WAS INSERT… |
| 2017-06-01 | ENGINE | No | 0 | MY CAR HAS A PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPING CAUSING AT TIMES VIOLENT JOLTS FOR ALL 3 GEARS. I ALSO HAVE A SEAL … |
| 2017-04-17 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND IT DID NOT START WHEN … |
| 2017-03-06 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I'VE HAD ALLOT OF THINGS REPLACED UNDER THE HOOD, I SMELL THINGS BURNING, EVERY MECHANIC TELL ME U HAVE AN ELECTRICAL P… |
| 2017-03-03 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE CAR WILL NOT START RANDOMLY FOR 10MINS SOMETIMES. OR SOMETIMES IT WON'T START FOR HOURS. THE SECURITY LIGHT FLASHES… |
| 2017-02-22 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | YESTERDAY FED 22 WE WHERE AT HOME AND WE HERED A LOUD SOUND I WHEN OUT SIDE AND THE CAR WAS CATCHING ON FIRE. THE CAR … |
| 2017-02-13 | ENGINE | No | 0 | MANUFACTURER RECALL NUMBERN150757 NHTSA RECALL NUMBER15V701 ENGINE OIL LEAKS ONTO MY MANIFOLD AND SMOKES I HAVE CON… |
| 2017-02-06 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 1 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2003 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO THE DRIVER … |
| 2017-01-19 | STEERING | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKS UP. IT SEEMS TO BE PRIMARILY WHEN MAKING A LEFT TURN. SOMETIMES IT'S COMPLETELY … |
| 2017-01-15 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WA… |
| 2017-01-10 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | CHEVY IMPALA LIGHTS DON'T WORK AT NIGHT DAYTIME LIGHTS WORK OFF AND ON HIGH BEAMS AT NIGHT ONLY. |
| 2017-01-07 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 0 | WHEN I TURN IGNITION SWITCH ON 10 TIMES AND FINALLY STAR RUNNING ENGINE THEN LATER I SAW THAT AIRBAGS LIGHT ON 5 MINS … |
| 2016-12-23 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE FUEL GAUGE IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. I RAN OUT OF FUEL WHILE TRAVELING ON THE ILLINOIS HIGHWAY 106. LUCKILY NO OTHER… |