15V701000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
Engine oil that drips onto the hot surface of the exhaust manifold may result in a fire.
2003 CHEVROLET IMPALA
2 safety recall campaigns, 1 defect investigation, 935 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns2
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations1
Owner complaints935
Complaints citing a crash44
Complaints citing a fire45
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
- 231ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 88ENGINE
- 57EXTERIOR LIGHTING
- 40ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
- 28AIR BAGS
- 27EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
- 25STEERING
- 23UNKNOWN OR OTHER
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2003 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.