Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1996 Chevrolet Impala

What the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration knows about this vehicle: every recall, every consumer complaint, every defect investigation, every NCAP crash test. Sourced directly from NHTSA data feeds.

1
Open recalls
88
NHTSA complaints
2
Defect investigations
24
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

88 filed
2
Crashes
2
Fires
0
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER Core
    9
  • STEERING:HYDRAULIC Power Assist System
    8
  • Tires
    6
  • Power TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL Unit
    5
  • Fuel SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK Assembly
    4
  • Service BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC Limited Slip
    3
  • VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC System
    3
  • Unknown OR Other
    3

Recalls

1 campaign
06E026000·EXTERIOR LIGHTING2006-03-23

CERTAIN PRO-A MOTORS CORNER LAMPS, TURN SIGNALS, AND HEADLIGHTS SOLD AS REPLACEMENT LAMPS FOR USE ON CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES LISTED ABOVE. SOME COMBINATION LAMPS THAT ARE NOT EQUIPPED WITH AMBER SIDE REFLECTORS FAIL TO CONFORM TO FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 108, LAMPS, REFLECTIVE DEVICES, AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT.

RiskWITHOUT THE AMBER REFLECTORS, THE VEHICLE WILL BE POORLY ILLUMINATED, POSSIBLY RESULTING IN A VEHICLE CRASH WITHOUT WARNING.

FixPRO-A MOTORS WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND OFFER TO REPURCHASE THE LAMPS. THE RECALL BEGAN ON APRIL 3, 2006. OWNERS MAY CONTACT PRO-A MOTORS AT 323-838-2988.

NHTSA investigations

2 actions
EA99003·VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM1999-01-13 → 2000-08-17

COOLANT FIRES

PE96001·SUSPENSION1996-01-04 → 1996-05-31

REAR WHEEL SEPARATION

Led to recall96V245000

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