15V701000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
Engine oil that drips onto the hot surface of the exhaust manifold may result in a fire.
2001 CHEVROLET IMPALA
2 safety recall campaigns, 2 defect investigations, 959 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns2
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations2
Owner complaints959
Complaints citing a crash55
Complaints citing a fire87
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
- 187ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 68ENGINE
- 53ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
- 45POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
- 37STEERING
- 33AIR BAGS
- 23UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 22EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2001 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.