NHTSA Safety Recalls
2003 Chevrolet Impala Recalls
The 2003 Chevrolet Impala has 8 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on October 26, 2015.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2003 Chevrolet Impala. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 8
- Owner complaints
- 695
- Crashes reported
- 32
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
32 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2003 Chevrolet Impala, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
8 recalls on the 2003 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 2000–2002, 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 2000–2002, 2004–2005 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 2000–2002 Impala, 3 other models
Air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 03V051000
- Reported
- February 14, 2003
- Vehicles affected
- up to 130
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 7 other models
Air bags: frontal
- Campaign
- 02V222000
- Reported
- August 9, 2002
- Vehicles affected
- up to 133,221
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2002 Impala, 9 other models
Fuel system, other: storage: tank assembly: pressure relief devices
- Campaign
- 07E021000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2002, 2004–2005 Impala, 13 other models
Steering
- Campaign
- 08E063000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2002, 2004–2005 Impala, 4 other models
Steering
- Campaign
- 09E005000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2002, 2004–2007 Impala, 10 other models
2003 Chevrolet Impala complaints by year
NHTSA has received 695 owner complaints about the 2003 Chevrolet Impala, the newest on October 7, 2026. Of these, 32 describe a crash (5%) and 32 a fire; owners reported 26 injuries.
In complaints about the 2003 Chevrolet Impala, the component group named most often is the electrical system (38%), followed by the exterior lighting (15%) and the engine (13%).
1 of the 2003 Chevrolet Impala's 8 recalls also concerns the electrical system.
Where 2003 Chevrolet Impala owners gave the mileage (513 complaints), the median was 82,872 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System264
- Exterior Lighting103
- Engine88
- Engine And Engine Cooling80
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic54
- Air Bags39
Complaints received, by year
| 2002 | 4 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 20 | |
| 2004 | 36 | |
| 2005 | 43 | |
| 2006 | 41 | |
| 2007 | 36 | |
| 2008 | 58 | |
| 2009 | 39 | |
| 2010 | 60 | |
| 2011 | 38 | |
| 2012 | 25 | |
| 2013 | 26 | |
| 2014 | 92 | |
| 2015 | 47 | |
| 2016 | 72 | |
| 2017 | 22 | |
| 2018 | 9 | |
| 2019 | 10 | |
| 2020 | 5 | |
| 2021 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 3 | |
| 2024 | 3 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2003 Chevrolet Impala peaked in 2014, when NHTSA received 92. 21% arrived between 2002 and 2006, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2003 vehicles, the 2003 Chevrolet Impala drew 1.0× the complaints of the median Chevrolet Impala year in the same window: 12th highest of the 20 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 4/5
The 695 complaints about the 2003 Chevrolet Impala are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Chevrolet Impala by model year
Other 2003 Chevrolet models
Newest record on this page: October 7, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted