NHTSA Safety Recalls
2008 Chevrolet Impala Recalls
The 2008 Chevrolet Impala has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on June 23, 2014.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2008 Chevrolet Impala. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 2
- Owner complaints
- 810
- Crashes reported
- 51
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
10 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2008 Chevrolet Impala, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
2 recalls on the 2008 Chevrolet Impala
Electrical system: ignition
- Campaign
- 14V355000
- Reported
- June 23, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 3,141,731
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2006–2007, 2009–2014 Impala, 5 other models
Suspension: front: control arm: lower arm
- Campaign
- 12V377000
- Reported
- August 3, 2012
- Vehicles affected
- up to 36,413
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2009–2012 Impala
2008 Chevrolet Impala complaints by year
NHTSA has received 810 owner complaints about the 2008 Chevrolet Impala, the newest on December 13, 2024. Of these, 51 describe a crash (6%) and 10 a fire; owners reported 44 injuries and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2008 Chevrolet Impala, the component group named most often is the electrical system (27%), followed by the engine (17%) and the suspension (14%).
1 of the 2008 Chevrolet Impala's 2 recalls also concerns the electrical system.
Where 2008 Chevrolet Impala owners gave the mileage (664 complaints), the median was 70,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System221
- Engine134
- Suspension117
- Steering94
- Vehicle Speed Control92
- Power Train91
Complaints received, by year
| 2007 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 23 | |
| 2009 | 18 | |
| 2010 | 56 | |
| 2011 | 85 | |
| 2012 | 55 | |
| 2013 | 100 | |
| 2014 | 193 | |
| 2015 | 115 | |
| 2016 | 47 | |
| 2017 | 34 | |
| 2018 | 20 | |
| 2019 | 27 | |
| 2020 | 13 | |
| 2021 | 7 | |
| 2022 | 4 | |
| 2023 | 5 | |
| 2024 | 6 |
Complaints about the 2008 Chevrolet Impala peaked in 2014, when NHTSA received 193. 23% arrived between 2007 and 2011, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2008 vehicles, the 2008 Chevrolet Impala drew 1.4× the complaints of the median Chevrolet Impala year in the same window: 3rd highest of the 20 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
The 810 complaints about the 2008 Chevrolet Impala are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Chevrolet Impala by model year
Other 2008 Chevrolet models
Newest record on this page: December 13, 2024. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted