15V701000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
Engine oil that drips onto the hot surface of the exhaust manifold may result in a fire.
2002 CHEVROLET IMPALA
2 safety recall campaigns, 2 defect investigations, 1,077 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns2
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations2
Owner complaints1,077
Complaints citing a crash52
Complaints citing a fire42
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
Recall campaigns 2 of 2
14V400000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
If the key is not in the run position, the air bags may not deploy if the vehicle is involved in a crash, increasing the risk of injury.
What owners report most
- 247ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 75ENGINE
- 48EXTERIOR LIGHTING
- 45ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
- 38EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
- 37STEERING
- 28AIR BAGS
- 26SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2002 CHEVROLET IMPALAs can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.