Safety Score
66
Average
Recalls
1
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (1)
| Date | NHTSA ID | Component | Units | Completion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-08-03 | 12V377000 |
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER ARM | 36,413 | — | Details |
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-12-05 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 1 | The contact owned a 2008 Chevrolet Impala. The contact stated that while driving at 55 MPH while in cruise control, a g… |
| 2024-08-06 | TIRES | No | 0 | Starfire Solarus AS All-Season 225/60R16 98H- Car started shaking violently while I was driving it- seemed to be coming… |
| 2024-06-14 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | Dash cover crumbled and falling apart. Even though I have kept it cool and covered with a condition. It's falling dow… |
| 2024-06-08 | STEERING | No | 0 | The key gets stuck and I can't remove the key; I can't take the key out and then the battery drains and car is dead. |
| 2023-08-31 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | Yes | 1 | The engine electric brakes all shut down steering wheel locked up and my daughter smashed into telephone pole on August… |
| 2023-05-04 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | When I turn the ignition key and start my car engine, I then shift the automatic transmission into “drive”, but there i… |
| 2023-04-01 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | Unknown |
| 2023-01-17 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | The gas petal sensor is reading a code P2138 (Accelerator Petal Position Sensors 1-2 not plausible). My father has chan… |
| 2022-11-18 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | While driving at highway speeds the car will act up and the engine will shut off, I get the message on the odometer dis… |
| 2022-04-06 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | On these cars the blend doors open when your driving and fogs windows to were you can't see mostly in the winter or col… |
| 2022-04-04 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | The back driver’s side door of my 2008 Impala is not locked, but it cannot be opened. I’ve read online that this happen… |
| 2021-10-14 | SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2008 Chevrolet Impala. The contact stated that while driving approximately 35-40 MPH, the vehicle wa… |
| 2021-08-28 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | Q-What component or system failed or malfunctioned, and is it available for inspection upon request? A-Suspension and … |
| 2021-08-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | Heating and air conditioning actuators and/or blen door getting stuck so the air will not switch from cold to hot or ho… |
| 2021-05-22 | ENGINE | No | 0 | car shuts off while in traffic and it says engine power reduced service traction control |
| 2021-04-07 | STEERING | No | 0 | My sway bar is broken and needs to be fixed. Like all the rest of Impalas . I'm on social security and I need someone t… |
| 2021-03-24 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH AND DRIVING OVER A POTHOLE, THE V… |
| 2021-01-29 | ENGINE | No | 0 | I WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AND THE DASH LIT UP SERVICE TRACTION SYSTEM AND ENGINE POWER REDUCED. I WAS CURRENTLY U… |
| 2020-12-30 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | Yes | 1 | IN MOTION ON A CITY STREET TURNING LEFT , PEDAL STUCK BRAKES NOT WORKING AND HIT BY ON COMING CAR , FLIPPED IN AIR ABOU… |
| 2020-11-25 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | CAR WAS RUNNING FINE. PUT CAR IN PART TO RUN INTO THE STORE AND CAME BACK AND WAS UNABLE TO SHIFT CAR OUT OF PARK. |
| 2020-11-07 | STEERING | No | 0 | POWER STEERING PUMP JUST STARTED GROWLING WHEN MOVING THE STEERING. IT IS ALSO A LITTLE HARDER TO TURN. IN MOTION. WHE… |
| 2020-09-02 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | WHILE WIFE WAS DRIVING AT NORMAL SPEED CAR WENT INTO LIMP MODE MANY TIMES OVER LAST FEW MONTHS CAUSING ACCELERATOR PEDA… |
| 2020-08-22 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | HAVE GONE THROUGH 2 ALTERNATORS, AND 2 BATTERIES, AIRBAGS SENSOR IS SOMETHING PROBLEMS, RATTLING WHILE DRIVING FROM UND… |
| 2020-08-01 | ENGINE | No | 0 | THE CAR NEEDS AND BURNS TOO MUCH OIL AND IT'S A COMMON PROBLEM THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT PLEASE HELP I … |
| 2020-06-10 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | WHEN FIRST PURCHASED I HAD TO CHANGE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. WHEN I TOOK IT TO THE SHOP I WAS TOLD THEY GET A LOT OF PEOPLE … |
| 2020-05-22 | ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) | No | 0 | RANDOMLY I RECEIVE THE MESSAGE "SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL - ENGINE POWER REDUCED" - THERE IS NO RHYME OR REASON. IT HAPP… |
| 2020-04-01 | ENGINE | No | 0 | THIS COOLANT CROSSOVER PIPE GASKET LEAK HAS BEEN A REPEATED AND MULTIPLE VEHICLE PROBLEM WITH THE 3.9L AND 3.5L AND GM … |
| 2020-03-09 | ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) | No | 0 | THE STABILITRAK IS MAKING THE CAR SHAKE AND ACT CRAZY. I'M BARELY IN CONTROL OF THE CAR. THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF MORE PE… |
| 2020-02-20 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | ENGINE POWER REDUCED THROTTLE DISABLED - CAR SHUT COMPLETELY DOWN ON THE HIGHWAY GOING 65 |
| 2020-02-10 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | At a complete stop, press the gas to go and the car will not go. Kind of like its struggling to catch gear and then all… |
| 2020-02-01 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON |
| 2020-01-10 | ENGINE | No | 0 | THE CAR IS NOT DRIVING SMOOTH. THE CAR IS HAVING MULTIPLE PROBLEMS |
| 2019-11-21 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE SHAKES WHEN THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE BRAK… |
| 2019-11-20 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING WITH THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL DEPRESSE… |
| 2019-10-16 | ENGINE | No | 0 | ON INTERSTATE DRIVING APPROX. 60 MPH SUDDENLY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, AND REDUCE ENGINE SPEED LIGHT ON AND CAR DROP… |
| 2019-10-09 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | 2008 CHEV IMPALA TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT AND THEN ENGINE LIGHT COME ON. ACCELERATION AND FUEL MILEAGE DROP SIGNIFICANTLY… |
| 2019-10-01 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY MY CAR WILL REDUCE ENGINE SPEED IT WILL DROP FROM 65MPH TO 20MPH SOMETIMES IT SHUTS CLEAR DOWN… |
| 2019-09-18 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | ABS OR AIRBAG FAILURE DASH LIGHT CAME ON AND READ THAT THIS IS A RECALL ISSUE THAT NEEDS FACTORY SERVICE TO AVOID BODIL… |
| 2019-09-18 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | REAR DOOR LOCKS, DEFROST, TRUNK LID STOPPED WORKING. NOTICED SMOKE ON MY PASSENGER SIDE WHILE DRIVING IN TOWN. I TOOK I… |
| 2019-09-08 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT… |
| 2019-07-21 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | REDUCED ENGINE POWER LIGHT COMES ON INTERMINTENTLY WHILE DRIVING HAD THE THROTTLE BODY AND ACCELERATOR PEDAL REPLCAED … |
| 2019-07-01 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | BOTH LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS QUIT WORKING WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE. |
| 2019-06-29 | ENGINE | No | 0 | MY CAR JUST STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD IN HEAVY TRAFFIC OF 45 MPH. WEATHER WAS ABOUT 90 DEGREES F.. MESSAGE ON D… |
| 2019-06-28 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | AS I WAS DRIVING, AROUND 30 MPH, THE WARNING DISPLAYS "REDUCED ENGINE SPEED" AND THE CAR WILL BARELY REACH 45 MPH. TWIC… |
| 2019-06-01 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT TO… |
| 2019-05-04 | ENGINE | No | 0 | DRIVING ON HIGHWAY @ 60 MPH WHEN ENGINE DIES WITH NO WARNING. DASH SHOWS FOLLOWING MESSAGES: "ENGINE POWER REDUCED" "SE… |
| 2019-04-10 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REDUCE POWER INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND THE VE… |
| 2019-03-28 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | WHEN DRIVING IT STATED NOT TO PICK UP SPEED THEN INBOXES I COULDN'T GO ANYMORE I TURN IT OFF THEN BK ON AND I PUT IT ON… |
| 2019-03-21 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | HESITATION DURING ACCELERATION |
| 2019-03-14 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | WHEN TAKING OFF FROM STOP THE CAR HESITATES AND JERKS HARD AND SOMETIMES 10 TO 15MPH WILL QUIT ACCELERATING AND THEN JE… |