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2000 Chevrolet Impala transmission problems

Owners reported transmission problems in 47 complaints for the 2000 Chevrolet Impala, 4% of the complaints on file.

At a glance

Complaints
47 4% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
60,000 miles 13 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
3 and 0
Injuries and deaths
1 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When transmission problems show up

Transmission complaints by mileage, 2000 Chevrolet Impala Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 60,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 0 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 2 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 3 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 3 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 3 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 1 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 0 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 1 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 60,000 miles
Based on 13 complaints that include mileage. 38% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles0
20k to 40k miles2
40k to 60k miles3
60k to 80k miles3
80k to 100k miles3
100k to 120k miles1
120k to 140k miles0
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles1
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 13 transmission complaints that report mileage, the median is about 60,000 miles, and 38% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 3 crashes, 1 injury.

What owners wrote

When vehicle parked on slight incline it came out of park when shift selector hit by accident by child.car hit tree,went in ditches,and hit post hit tree with child in it.no key in car.

August 2001 CrashInjury

When my 2000 chevy impala gets too hot the transmission begins to stick, and the vehicle slows down, and then transmission shift very pulls hard. It occurs mostly as the weather starts to get warm.

Reported at 80,264 miles, March 2011

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