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2003 Chevrolet Impala fuel system problems

26 complaints about fuel system have been filed for the 2003 Chevrolet Impala, which is 3% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
26 3% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
77,000 miles 24 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
0 and 3
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When fuel system problems show up

Fuel system complaints by mileage, 2003 Chevrolet Impala Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 77,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 3 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 2 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 4 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 3 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 1 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 2 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 1 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 5 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 3 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 77,000 miles
Based on 24 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 miles3
20k to 40k miles2
40k to 60k miles4
60k to 80k miles3
80k to 100k miles1
100k to 120k miles2
120k to 140k miles1
140k to 160k miles5
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles3

What the data shows

Of the 24 fuel system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 77,000 miles, and 38% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 3 fires.

What owners wrote

Under the hood fire and unintended key rotation. Maybe 5 days after I took my vehicle into tc chevy (in ashland oregon) to have the 2 recalls repaired on it. I tried to start my car and it caught on fire down by the front bumper and the flames made it to the back side of the motor and ignited the fuel lines causing a mini explosion under the hood, mean while I'm sitting in the driver's seat.

Reported at 120,000 miles, May 2018 Fire

The car will not start randomly for 10mins sometimes. Or sometimes it won't start for hours. The security light flashes and locks up. GM needs too recall this, it leaves us stranded somewhere random when ever it locks up. Unable to start the car for a minimum of 10 minutes. When you are parked and try to start the car it will flash the security light. It does nothing but prevent the owner from using his vehicle, make GM permanently fix this on their dime. This has been happening since I've owned the car.

Reported at 309,126 miles, March 2017

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