Vehicle Data Hub

2000 Chevrolet Impala engine problems

221 complaints about engine have been filed for the 2000 Chevrolet Impala, which is 20% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
221 20% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
101,000 miles 127 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
5 and 44
Injuries and deaths
8 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When engine problems show up

Engine complaints by mileage, 2000 Chevrolet Impala Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 101,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 4 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 7 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 15 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 19 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 12 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 18 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 14 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 15 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 8 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 8 complaints 200k+ miles: 7 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 101,000 miles
Based on 127 complaints that include mileage. 20% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
View the numbers
MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles4
20k to 40k miles7
40k to 60k miles15
60k to 80k miles19
80k to 100k miles12
100k to 120k miles18
120k to 140k miles14
140k to 160k miles15
160k to 180k miles8
180k to 200k miles8
200k+ miles7

What the data shows

Of the 127 engine complaints that report mileage, the median is about 101,000 miles, and 20% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 5 crashes, 44 fires, 8 injuries.

What owners wrote

2000 chevrolet impala 4 door with 3.8 v6 engine caught fire while driving and I was stuck inside due to all electrical going down. Police arrived within minutes of me calling 911 from car. I was just exiting the car 3 minutes after calling them. Doors were locked and car was a blaze and also smoke filled interior. People were all around vehicle as I was trying to exit. I now have a severe cough and lung pains due to plastics burning and now I am taking advair inhaler.

Reported at 128,000 miles, March 2008 FireInjury

A month ago I towed my vehicle into chase chevrolet to have (3) recalls remedied (VIN verified via NHTSA). The recall is the reason my vehicle hasn't been running for about two months. Anyway, the following day I was notified that my vehicle was finished & ready to be towed back home.since then I discovered that the NHTSA had taken back the remedy due to it's failure to correct engine compartment fires.... (complete complaint continued in attachment)

Reported at 140,000 miles, February 2016

Other problems reported for the 2000 Chevrolet Impala

Engine problems in other years

Engine problems across all Chevrolet models