NHTSA Safety Recalls
2010 Chevrolet Impala Recalls
The 2010 Chevrolet Impala has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on July 5, 2016.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2010 Chevrolet Impala. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 4
- Owner complaints
- 442
- Crashes reported
- 18
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
3 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2010 Chevrolet Impala, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
4 recalls on the 2010 Chevrolet Impala
Air bags: sensor: occupant classification
- Campaign
- 16V507000
- Reported
- July 5, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 289,254
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2009 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 2006–2009, 2011–2014 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 2008–2009, 2011–2012 Impala
Seat belts: front: anchorage
- Campaign
- 10V480000
- Reported
- October 13, 2010
- Vehicles affected
- up to 303,100
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 210, seat belt anchorages
- Same campaign
- also 2009 Impala
2010 Chevrolet Impala complaints by year
NHTSA has received 442 owner complaints about the 2010 Chevrolet Impala, the newest on October 7, 2026. Of these, 18 describe a crash (4%) and 3 a fire; owners reported 12 injuries.
In complaints about the 2010 Chevrolet Impala, the component group named most often is the electrical system (30%), followed by the air bags (23%) and the engine (20%).
1 of the 2010 Chevrolet Impala's 4 recalls also concerns the electrical system.
Where 2010 Chevrolet Impala owners gave the mileage (352 complaints), the median was 74,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System132
- Air Bags103
- Engine88
- Electronic Stability Control (Esc)74
- Power Train67
- Vehicle Speed Control47
Complaints received, by year
| 2009 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 5 | |
| 2011 | 11 | |
| 2012 | 14 | |
| 2013 | 47 | |
| 2014 | 122 | |
| 2015 | 57 | |
| 2016 | 48 | |
| 2017 | 43 | |
| 2018 | 24 | |
| 2019 | 26 | |
| 2020 | 17 | |
| 2021 | 13 | |
| 2022 | 5 | |
| 2023 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 3 | |
| 2026 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2010 Chevrolet Impala peaked in 2014, when NHTSA received 122. 18% arrived between 2009 and 2013, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2010 vehicles, the 2010 Chevrolet Impala drew 0.6× the complaints of the median Chevrolet Impala year in the same window: 15th highest of the 20 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
The 442 complaints about the 2010 Chevrolet Impala are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Chevrolet Impala by model year
Other 2010 Chevrolet models
Newest record on this page: October 7, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted