2005 Chevrolet Impala

Safety Score
66
Average
Recalls
1
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars

Recalls (1)

Date NHTSA ID Component Units Completion
2014-07-03 14V400000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION 5,877,718 Details

Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)

Date Component Crash Injuries Summary
2024-12-30 POWER TRAIN No 0 The contact owns a 2005 Chevrolet Impala. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed, the instrument pane…
2024-11-22 AIR BAGS No 0 When traveling down a steep incline the front driver and passenger side airbags went off. There was no collision with a…
2024-06-03 POWER TRAIN No 0 Transmission shifts hard after engine warms up.
2023-01-04 UNKNOWN OR OTHER No 0 The car shuts off while driving. Loose power steering hazardous while turning at higher speeds... dangerous for. Vehicl…
2022-06-16 VISIBILITY:SUN/MOON ROOF ASSEMBLY No 0 The contact owns a 2005 Chevrolet Impala. The contact stated that while driving approximately 55-60 MPH, suddenly there…
2021-05-09 STEERING Yes 0 THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING AT 10 MPH, TO MERGE INTO ANOTHER INTERSTATE WHEN THE …
2021-02-28 POWER TRAIN No 0 I WAS ON MY WAY TO WORK AND I WAS TRYING TO TURN INTO MY JOB AND I MADE IT ABOUT HALF WAY INTO THE PARKING LOT WHERE PA…
2020-10-15 POWER TRAIN No 0 TRANSMISSION HAS HARD SHIFTING AFTER ENGINE WARMS UP, ONLY HAS 44,000 MILES ON IT. STOP AND GO TRAFFIC SEEMS TO START T…
2020-10-08 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST:HYDRAULIC:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS No 0 TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE BRAKE FLUID WARNING LIG…
2020-01-03 ENGINE No 0 WHEN I GO TO TURN ON MY CAR IT DOES NOT TURN ON. IT TAKES A COUPLE TRIES TO GET THE CAR STARTED. ON TOP OF THAT PROBLEM…
2019-12-23 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM No 0 TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BATTERY WAS DRAINED DUE TO AN EMERGENCY WARNI…
2019-07-01 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM No 0 INTERNAL SECURITY SYSTEM FAILS WITHOUT NOTICE, CAR WONT START. SECURITY LIGHT STAYS ON OR FLASHES. CAR STILL WONT START…
2019-01-10 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM No 0 TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. SHORTLY AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED FROM A PRIVATE OWNER, THE AIR BAG…
2019-01-03 ENGINE No 0 I AM COMPLAINING ABOUT THE JUST PURCHASED WHIC WAS VAVOLINE WHEN PLACED IN VEHICLE ENGINE THERMAL VISCOSITY BREAKDOWN H…
2018-10-31 STEERING No 0 TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 10-15 MPH AND MAKING A LEFT TURN, T…
2018-10-19 EXTERIOR LIGHTING No 0 TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50-55 MPH, THE HEADLAMPS FAILED WITHOUT WARNI…
2018-10-15 SERVICE BRAKES No 0 HI I PURCHASED MY IMPALA LAST YEAR USED AND FOR ABOUT THE FIRST 6 MONTHS IT RAN FINE...NOW ELECTRICAL PANEL GOES ON THE…
2018-09-01 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM No 0 TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER FAILED TO READ ACCURATELY. THE CO…
2018-07-10 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION No 0 TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: …
2018-06-16 AIR BAGS Yes 1 TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. AFTER THE CONTACT STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN, ANOTHER VEHICLE TRAVELING AT A …
2018-05-31 SERVICE BRAKES No 0 TAKATA RECALL: SHUTS OFF ON IT'S OWN WHILE DRIVING WITH LOSS OF CONTROL. LOSS OF STEERING. LOSS OF BRAKES, CAR SHAKES. …
2018-04-20 UNKNOWN OR OTHER No 0 WONT GO INTO PARK, KEY STUCK IN IGNITION WHILE TRYING TO PARK
2018-03-19 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM No 0 TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, A HUMMING NOISE EMERGED FROM THE DASH…
2017-10-25 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM No 0 I TRIED TO START MY CAR AND SMELLED SMOKE. SOMETHING UNDER THE HOOD OF MY CAR MUST HAVE BEEN BURNING BECAUSE THERE WAS…
2017-07-29 VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL No 0 TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH, THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS S…
2017-06-19 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM No 0 TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT FOR APPROXIMATELY THE LAST SIX MONTHS, THE AIR BA…
2017-05-02 UNKNOWN OR OTHER No 0 WHEN THE CAR IS SITTING AT A STOPLIGHT, OR PRESSING ON THE BRAKE FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME, IT SHAKES LIGHTLY AND IT SHU…
2017-04-25 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM No 0 SPEED GAGE IS NOT WORKING CORRECTLY. IT WILL WORK AND STOP WORKING IN ROTATION. WHEN CAR IN NOT IN MOVEMENT, IT SOMETIM…
2017-04-02 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM No 0 INSTRUMENT CLUSTER NOT WORKING AND THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT.
2017-04-01 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM No 0 TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE'S POWER SEIZED. THE VEHIC…
2017-03-16 UNKNOWN OR OTHER No 0 CAR WOULDN'T START AND WE THOUGHT IT WAS BATTERY SO WENT AND BOUGHT NEW BATTERY.. BUT THAT DIDN'T WORK EITHER.. SO CALL…
2016-12-19 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM No 0 WHEN STATIONARY AND THE KEY IS INSERTED, THE IGNITION SWITCH WILL NOT TURN THEREFORE THE ENGINE WILL NOT START. WE HAV…
2016-09-08 POWER TRAIN No 0 FROM A STOPPED POSITION, TRYING TO TAKE OFF CAR ACTS AS IF I'M NEUTRAL AND THEN WILL SUDDENLY JERK INTO GEAR. THE AUTOM…
2016-08-25 POWER TRAIN No 0 TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHILE DRIVING UNKNOWN SPEEDS, THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO GEAR.…
2016-08-09 SERVICE BRAKES No 0 TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE DECELERATED WITHOUT WARNI…
2016-07-16 STRUCTURE Yes 0 TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE FRONT WHEEL MADE A NOISE. THE CON…
2016-06-25 SERVICE BRAKES No 0 I WAS ACCELERATING AND MERGING ONTO A ROAD AND JUST GOT INTO THE MIDDLE LANE. SUDDENLY THE CAR KEPT ACCELERATING EVEN …
2016-06-22 SERVICE BRAKES No 0 RECENTLY, I HAVE BEEN HAVING TROUBLE WITH MY 2005 IMPALA AND THE ABS/TRACTION SYSTEM. AT THE BEGINNING, THE "ABS, TRACT…
2016-06-16 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Yes 0 TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING AND CRASHED INT…
2016-06-11 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM No 0 TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT EXPERIENCED DIFFICULTY TURNING THE KEY IN THE IGNITION. THE V…
2016-06-06 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM No 0 WHEN I AM DRIVING MY VEHICLE THE GEAR SHIFT THE STICK ON IT'S OWN.I HEAR A POP SOUND WHEN IT HAPPENS.THIS HAPPENS WHEN …
2016-04-13 ENGINE No 0 175555 MILES FUEL SMELL AND FUEL LOSS WHEN CAR IS RUNNING. ROUGH START, SOME MISSING. FUEL FILTER FAILED AT FILTER INL…
2016-04-10 ENGINE No 0 THE TRANSMISSION STARTED TO DEVELOP A SHUDDER AT 140000 MILES. I HAVE TAKEN IT IN MULTIPLE TIMES TO GET LOOKED AT. T…
2016-03-05 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM No 0 SOMETIMES THE VEHICLE WILL NOT START RIGHT AWAY. THE SECURITY LIGHT COMES ON AND THE VEHICLE WILL NOT START. WE HAVE HA…
2016-01-21 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM No 0 I HAVE ANOTHER COMPLAINT ABOUT THIS VEHICLE AND THE LIST COULD GO ON.I PURCHASED MY VEHICLE AND PAID CASH FOR IT.ABOUT …
2016-01-20 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM No 0 TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE RANDOMLY STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE…
2016-01-13 FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM No 0 I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE FOR SUBURBAN KIA IN TROY. ON THE THIRD DAY OF DRIVING IT, I NOTICED GASOLINE SMELLS COMING IN…
2016-01-10 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM No 0 TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START AFTER NUMEROUS ATTEMP…
2016-01-01 POWER TRAIN No 0 FROM STARTING POSITION TO SLOWING DRIVING THE TRANSMISSION SLIPS AND OR JERKS INTO GEAR HEAVILY. FROM 1ST TO 2ND VERY N…
2015-12-27 ENGINE No 0 TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, THE ACCELERATION DECREASED AND THE VEHICLE STALLED.…