What 28 owners told NHTSA about the 2019 Chevrolet Impala

THE CAR WAS 2 MONTHS OLD WITH 2800 MILES AND IT BEGAN SMOKING AFTER DRIVING 20 MINUTES ON THE HIGHWAY,WHEN AN ODOR BEGAN, STABILITRAC LIGHT CAME ON, POWER-STEERING FAILURE LIGHT CAME ON AND STEERING BECAME DIFFICULT, AND ENGINE BURST INTO FLAMES AND CONTINUED TO BURN AND MELT

NHTSA ODI 11306201

2019 CHEVROLET IMPALA. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO HORN ASSEMBLY PROBLEM. CONSUMER STATED THAT HORN DOES NOT SOUND WHEN PRESSING HORN ICONS ON STEERING WHEELS. *LD THE CONSUMER STATED THE ONLY WAY TO ACTIVATE THE HORN IS TO PRESS THE NEAR THE AIRBAG SYMBOL WHICH IS INCONSISTENT WITH THE OWNER'S MANUAL. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED AND WAS DETERMINED TO BE OPERATING AS DESIGNED. *JS

NHTSA ODI 11301993

TL* THE CONTACT RENTED A 2019 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH TO SWITCH LANES TO THE RIGHT LANE, ANOTHER DRIVER IN THE LEFT LANE CRASHED INTO THE CONTACTS VEHICLE. THE CONTACT MANEUVERED THE OTHER WAY HOWEVER THE OTHER VEHICLE HIT THE VEHICLE AGAIN WHICH HAD CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO SWERVE, FLIPPED MORE THAN TWICE AND THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A TREE. NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED HEAD INJURY, LEFT SIDE BODY PAINS, PROBLEMS WALKING, A NEUROLOGIST ASSESSMENT. THE FRONT PASSENGER SUSTAINED HEAD INJURY AND THE REAR PASSENGER SUSTAINED HEAD, NECK BACK PAINS AS ALL 3 RECEIVED FURTHER MEDICAL TREATMENT. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE INSURANCE COMPANY HAD A SOURCE INSPECT THE NON-AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT TO PROVIDE A REPORT. A DEALER HAD NOT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE YET. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED BY THE INSURANCE COMPANY TO A FACILITY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 9,000.

NHTSA ODI 11232471