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1966 Chevrolet Impala Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Dec 18, 2009
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
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Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
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Reports on file since Jul 30, 1996

What this page shows

Our database holds 3 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1966 Chevrolet Impala. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

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ElectricalOther / unspecified
Filed Dec 18, 2009

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1966 CHEVROLET IMPALA . HE PURCHASED AN EVERSTART MODEL # 24MS-6 BATTERY . SEVERAL DAYS LATER AFTER TURNING ON THE VEHICLE, HE HEARD A SIZZLING SOUND. HE PULLED OVER AND THEN OPENED THE HOOD, AND THE BATTERY EXPLODED IN HIS FACE. THERE WERE NO MAJOR INJURIES. THE STORE THAT SOLD HIM THE BATTERY WAS WALMART. A REPRESENTATIVE STATED THAT THEY NEEDED TO BRING THE BATTERY TO THE STORE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 85000. THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WAS UNAVAILABLE.

NHTSA ID
10296359
Incident
Dec 17, 2009
Mileage
85,000 mi
Engine
Filed Aug 27, 2004

MFGR DOES NOT RECOGNIZE RECALL NUMBER 71V235000 CALLED CHEV, THEY ESTABLISHED A REF# 1-250262940 ON MY BEHALF ON AUG 25. THEY CALLED BACK AND SAID VEHICLE MIGHT NOT BE INVOLVED AND TO CALL HELM INC. CALLED HELM, THEY SAID, CHEV IS SUPPOSED TO HAVE INFO. RUNAROUND. PROVIDED CHEV, KIM THOMAS, CAMPAIGN # 5110000, VIN# 164676D119657 YOUR RECALL# 71V235000. ALL I GOT WAS THEY DO NOT HAVE INFO THAT OLD SO ARE UNSURE. PROVIDED THEM DESCRIPTION OF PART INVOLVE ENGINE LIFT STOP CABLE UNIT. PN# 325875 NOTHING DONE. MOTOR MOUNTS FAILED, ENGINE JUMPED, BUT I STOPPED BEFORE RUNAWAY. NO PARTS AVAILABLE. *AK

NHTSA ID
10088692
Incident
Aug 25, 2004
Mileage
51,500 mi
Steering
Filed Jul 30, 1996

ROUTE OF POWER STEERING HOSE CAUSED IT TO BE CUT BY TIE ROD. *DH

NHTSA ID
506842

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

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