I drove the car to a store, parked, turned the engine off and exited the vehicle. When I got out of the car it was smoking under the hood. A short time later the car was on fire in the engine bay. I'd say flames erupted approximately 10 minutes after I exited the vehicle.

- Elmira, NY, USA

My sons Chevy Impala was in our driveway untouched for two days. When he got in it and turned the key to start the vehicle the intake manifold exploded and caused an engine fire. While online I found this has been a problem for years!!! why hasn't this been addressed? he could have died. And if I wasn't in the yard to react and put the fire out my house could have gone up with it.

- Marstons Mills, MA, USA

My son's 2001 Chevrolet Impala caught fire when he was turning the ignition to crank the vehicle. He was at college in the parking lot and the fire dept. Was called and put the fire out. He claims there was a loud pop and smoke began rolling from under the hood. The vehicle has approx. 132000 miles. From reading a lot of posts this seems to be a common problem. We only have liability and don't have money to fix or buy him a new vehicle. He was not injured. Need help!! the vehicle is still in the parking lot at la. Tech university in ruston, la.

- Winnfield, LA, USA

Takata recalli have called Chevy about the recalls I have seen online but my car is not included. It is having electrical problems turns on and off, the security message keeps coming up to were it wont let me turn on the car. Ive seen may people complain about the issues I have. Ive been dealing with this issue for months

- San Bernardino, CA, USA

The contact owns a 2001 Chevrolet Impala. The contact stated that the check engine indicator illuminated while driving 45 mph and the "service engine soon" message appeared. The check engine indicator remained illuminated for a couple of weeks. The contact saw a service bulletin online regarding the catalytic converter. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The dealer was not contacted. The contact called the manufacturer and was advised to file a complaint with NHTSA. The failure mileage was 150,000.

- Philadelphia, PA, USA

I have researched that my vehicle has in fact have the same ignition starting issues also as other Chevy Impala.. when turning the key to start vehicle as to initiate engine run, the vehicle suddenly ceases electrical power to the ignition coil. Several minutes later & after a brief pause the initial turning the key ignition starts the engine. Further faq pertaining to this flaw with all similar Chevy Impala all come to the same ignition switch engine turning on defects. All with different methods of turning buttons on & off as to individual success after repeated hail mary methods. As I have done so myself after every trouble shooting by several professional mechanics from professional automotive shops. Thank you for your assistance. Respectfully yours [xxx] information redacted pursuant to the Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).'

- Coram, NY, USA

The bypass valve going from the water pump melted. I was told it is because it was a plastic piece that was recalled and replaced with metal pieces. Right now water/antifreeze just leaks.

- Oklahoma City, OK, USA

Previous complaint number 10955413 done on 2/18/2017. The ignition switch on my 2001 Chevrolet Impala as well as my 1989 Chevrolet caprice. Both vehicles have been purchased by myself with nothing being owed on either vehicle. The caprice stopped on a highway and was later towed to my parents house. The Impala stopped at the entrance to cedar crest nursing home in montgomery, Alabama and it coasted into the parking lot in the rear of the nursing home just outside my fathers window who was a resident at said nursing home.

- Shorter, AL, USA

This complaint is an update to two previously filed complaints 10949546 and 10948110 both complaints deal with ignition switch issues both were reported as missing or stolen as a result of ignition difficulties. This serves as an upgrade to the complaints as being both stolen at this point due to the length of time that both vehicles have been missing.

- Shorter, AL, USA

I was driving along and the car suddenly shut the engine off. This was due to ignition switch problems please see case number 2:16-cv-00111-wkw-wc, smith V. cedar crest nursing home et.al.,. the car was on a city street or highway in the city of montgomery, Alabama.

- Shorter, AL, USA

I have multiple problems and parts replaced on my 2001 Chevy Impala 3.8. within 2 weeks of purchasing I've been battling ABS, trac off, and service traction system codes for 10 years now and I've replaced parts over and over only for the lights to go out for maybe 30 days then come back on and stay on. I'm in the military and deployed for a year right after purchasing the car without extended warranty but 30 day warranty. I was told when I got back to bring it in because I had the issue 2 weeks after I bought it and they fixed it then it repeated in 3 months. 1 year later they said they wouldn't fix it and they would just find another broken part different from before and point it to that and not cover fixing the issue I bought the car with. So multipleshops and parts later I'm still replacing parts. Lr wheel sensor reads 0 and I just replaced the sensor again.... now about to buy the wiring harness and try that again.

- Etna, OH, USA

While starting 2001 Impala 3.8 intake manifold exploded causing fire. Have read of many other cases online since this happened this morning. 1/7/2016..if car had been in garage it could have been really bad...this should be a recall from GM....

- Louisa, KY, USA

The ignition keeps locking out the cars ability to start. On numerous occasions this vehicle would not start after entering the vehicle. The lights would come on and when the key is rotated to the start position nothing would happen. Upon waiting for 10 to 20 minutes this vehicle will then restart. When taken to the garage to have maintenance done this vehicle never failed for them on twenty times of starting in a row. Took the car home and it sat and now it failed again. My daughter is about to be dismissed from her current job because of this constant failure to start. Lately, the time has grown. My daughter took a video of the incident and have taken it back to the dealer and they are not able to duplicate the problem. They said they had to jump it to start it and when questioned about it they stated it took them 10 to 15 minutes to gather all the equipment to get it to start. The problem would have resolved itself in that time. This is now becoming life threating as the vehicle stalls in traffic and an accident could happen. No codes are showing for this according to the dealer. This has been going on for approximately 5 months now and getting worse. In my opinion it is something to do with the ignition or security system. I hope nothing serious happens while my daughter is driving. This is the only vehicle she has for transportation. I am submitting this on her behalf.

- Shorewood, IL, USA

As any serious car owner, I tried to address the cheaper items such as battery replacement and spark plugs, all have been replaced twice. Slowly all the electrical applications in my car began to stop working from the blinkers, radio, hazards, cruise control, car windows, and finally the car stopped starting. I was too broke to address it then, so every early morning my car would require a nice jump start to begin the day. This Impala would not start so often that I purchased a portable battery to jump it everywhere, even as simple as the gas station. At first I thought the parasitic drain (drain on the car battery) was coming from the dash cluster/instrument panel which was in line with the complaints I have discovered on google that the BCM was causing non-starter issues for other Impala. However, once the instrument panel was replaced my radio was still not working and eventually the car became a non-starter again; therefore, I suspected the root of the issue still hand not been discovered. I explained this to Mr. Mcghee, the owner of mcghees auto shop, he did a thorough job of combing all the intricate wires to determine finally an intermittent draw occurring from the amplifier in the trunk of the car. The solution to the problem, fixing the amplifier, cost a grand total of 220$ to have the actual part fixed; I did not want to risk placing a non-stock amplifier, my specific amplifier is no longer available, in the car. However, I like other consumers continually paid to replace parts that failed as it was not obvious there was an underlying malfunctioning in a particular application that made the essential product useless.

- Brandywine, MD, USA

As I was driving my ABS / traction control light came on at 45mph I was braking and heard this weird sound I was slowly braking and the car wasat complete stop acelarating then my car powered off.

- Phoenix, AZ, USA

Well I took the car in T 10am for yemms to put the chip in the key and the car still doesn't start. So I took the key to get another one made tested and there was no chip found in the key. So now what the car doesn't move so I can't take it to yemms.

- Galesburg, IL, USA

Security system is always locking up I have to wait 10 minutes before I can start car... I also know several other Impala owners and this is a problem for them too.. it's a very big inconvenience especially when you show up to work late because of it... it is so much of a problem I will never buy another Impala and probably never purchase a Chevy ever again!

- Mt Juliet, TN, USA

We have a 2001 Impala that's been down for awhile everyone said it was the ignition swith so we changed it we also changed the hazard switch button and still nothing and the battery wont hold a charge when it was running battery light would flash on and off.

- Cincinnati, OH, USA

Bought this car used and it was running fine for about a year till it got to the point that the car would not crank and security lock would pop up frequently now it almost takes an hour to crank it even if U hit the starter the stater moves but want crank the car I have spent over 4 grand on it trying to fix it but nothing works even checked fuses wires and computer box nothing looks bad cruise control stopped working awhile back too.

- Grenada, MS, USA

Safety recall received from GM on 6/5/09 regarding recall #09047. Contacted dealer on 6/8/09 for needed repairs and was told that parts are not available and no eta for availability and/or repairs.

- Snellville, GA, USA