NHTSA Safety Recalls
2002 Chevrolet Impala Recalls
The 2002 Chevrolet Impala has 7 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on October 26, 2015.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2002 Chevrolet Impala. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 7
- Owner complaints
- 795
- Crashes reported
- 38
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
32 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2002 Chevrolet Impala, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
7 recalls on the 2002 Chevrolet Impala
Engine and engine cooling: engine
- Campaign
- 15V701000
- Reported
- October 26, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,003,556
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001, 2003–2004 Impala, 3 other models
Electrical system: ignition
- Campaign
- 14V400000
- Reported
- July 3, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 5,877,718
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001, 2003–2005 Impala, 4 other models
Engine and engine cooling
- Campaign
- 09V116000
- Reported
- April 8, 2009
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,497,516
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001, 2003 Impala, 3 other models
Air bags: frontal
- Campaign
- 02V222000
- Reported
- August 9, 2002
- Vehicles affected
- up to 133,221
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2003 Impala, 9 other models
Fuel system, other: storage: tank assembly: pressure relief devices
- Campaign
- 07E021000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001, 2003–2005 Impala, 13 other models
Steering
- Campaign
- 08E063000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001, 2003–2005 Impala, 4 other models
Steering
- Campaign
- 09E005000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001, 2003–2007 Impala, 10 other models
2002 Chevrolet Impala complaints by year
NHTSA has received 795 owner complaints about the 2002 Chevrolet Impala, the newest on May 6, 2026. Of these, 38 describe a crash (5%) and 32 a fire; owners reported 35 injuries.
In complaints about the 2002 Chevrolet Impala, the component group named most often is the electrical system (38%), followed by the exterior lighting (15%) and the engine and engine cooling (13%).
1 of the 2002 Chevrolet Impala's 7 recalls also concerns the electrical system.
Where 2002 Chevrolet Impala owners gave the mileage (571 complaints), the median was 78,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System305
- Exterior Lighting123
- Engine And Engine Cooling106
- Engine75
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic63
- Steering57
Complaints received, by year
| 2001 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 43 | |
| 2003 | 47 | |
| 2004 | 37 | |
| 2005 | 59 | |
| 2006 | 62 | |
| 2007 | 55 | |
| 2008 | 75 | |
| 2009 | 80 | |
| 2010 | 57 | |
| 2011 | 37 | |
| 2012 | 25 | |
| 2013 | 18 | |
| 2014 | 79 | |
| 2015 | 35 | |
| 2016 | 48 | |
| 2017 | 10 | |
| 2018 | 7 | |
| 2019 | 6 | |
| 2020 | 5 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 2 | |
| 2026 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2002 Chevrolet Impala peaked in 2009, when NHTSA received 80. 24% arrived between 2001 and 2005, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2002 vehicles, the 2002 Chevrolet Impala drew 1.0× the complaints of the median Chevrolet Impala year in the same window: 10th highest of the 20 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 4/5
The 795 complaints about the 2002 Chevrolet Impala are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Chevrolet Impala by model year
Other 2002 Chevrolet models
Newest record on this page: May 6, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted