10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 1
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
115,200 miles

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problem #5

Aug 202020

Impala

  • 185,000 miles
Vehicle fire. Vehicle caught fire while cruising at highway speeds. Very dangerous. Vehicle is a total loss.

- Garden City, MI, USA

problem #4

Oct 222019

Impala

  • 195,000 miles
Turn signals work intermittently for 6 years. Transmission makes squeak upon starting from dead stop after changing fluid and filter for 2nd time. ABS went out 6 years ago.

- Fort Worth, TX, USA

problem #3

May 012018

Impala

  • 97,000 miles
My 2003 che imp developed a water leak from lower right hand side of windshield, cowling area. Water leaks onto right front passenger floor. Appears to be coming from cabin filoter area, not susre.

- Middlesex, NJ, USA

problem #2

Apr 072015

Impala 6-cyl

  • miles
I bought a car from progressive auto and they told me it was a inspect able car and that it should run just fine, I bought the car February 20th of 2015 and the inspection was due on the end of February that's when they told me it should inspect fine, but when I took it to my mechanic he told me he couldn't inspect it so I got the fender rust fixed. Then I took it to integrity auto to see if they could inspect it but they could not because the bottom was rusted out then I took it to two more mechanics who also took me it was worth it because its all rotted the intake gasket went the CO2 sensor went and the water pump went and the panels are all rotted... it was a car that shouldn't have been sold and I ended up paying over $1,000 dollars for it... now I'm out of a car I rely on for work...

- Highgate, VT, USA

problem #1

Feb 232009

Impala

  • 99,000 miles
Plastic door handle on both back doors have broken off, many other owners of like Impala have had this same problem!

- Mount Gilead, OH, USA