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What 298 owners told NHTSA about the 2015 Chevrolet Impala

These are the actual owner complaints behind this car’s reliability verdict, filed with the federal government, unedited. They’re unverified reports, not confirmed defects: read them as leads for your pre-purchase inspection, not a diagnosis.

All (298)Crash / fire / injury (21)Electrical system (95)Steering (44)Lane Departure (42)Airbags (29)Brakes (24)Lights (22)Electronic Stability Control (esc) (20)Engine (19)Body & structure (16)Transmission & drivetrain (16)

2 of 298 complaints match · Body & structure · crash/fire/injury only · clear filters

Aug 8, 2019Body & structureFire

MY 2015 CHEVY IMPALA LT SPONTANEOUSLY CAUGHT FIRE WHILE MY HUSBAND, MYSELF AND TWO DOGS WHERE IN MOTION DRIVING UP I-95 N TO MY GRADUATION. THE ONLY WARNING WE RECEIVED WAS TO SERVICE STABILITRAK WHICH HAS CAME ON AT THAT TIME WHEN THE CAR WAS ALREADY ON FIRE. THERE WAS NOT RECENT WORK DONE ON THE CAR. UNKNOWN WHY THIS OCCURRED

NHTSA ODI 11242612

May 5, 2016Body & structureBrakesCrash1 injury

IN MOTION ON CITY STREET GOING ABOUT 45 WHEN VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME WAS IN MOTION TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN AND CAME TO AN ABRUT STOP. I HIT MY BRAKES AND MY CAR DID NOT STOP AND I HAD MY FOOT ON BRAKE PUSHED ALL THE WAY TO FLOOR AND CAR CONTINUED ALMOST LIKE IT SLID INTO THE IMPACT/COLLISION. HIS CAR WAS NOT DAMAGED BUT ATTACHED IS THE DAMAGE TO MY CAR.

NHTSA ODI 10863295

Working with the data? Download all 298 complaints as CSV · fetched from NHTSA July 19, 2026

How to use these: a complaint is one owner’s report, filed voluntarily and published unverified. Patterns matter more than any single story. If several owners describe the same failure at similar mileage, put that system at the top of your pre-purchase inspection list. Back to the full 2015 Chevrolet Impala verdict →