Eight problems related to front air bag have been reported for the 2002 Chevrolet Impala. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2002 Chevrolet Impala based on all problems reported for the 2002 Impala.
I fell asleep at the wheel and was heading straight for a telephone pole. I awoke at last second and managed to swerve to avoid hitting pole head on, in which case I would probably be dead. Doctors said I was lucky to be alive even though I wore my seatbelt b/c the car hit the pole and then flipped over 2 or 3 times before landing on its hood with me trapped inside. The jaws of life were used to help pull my passenger door off enough to get me out of car onto a flatboard, once they had me in a neckbrace, that is. The reason I am making a complaint is because I leased this car at a very high percentage rate and was more than 75% done paying it off and now I have nothing. The '02 Chevrolet Impala had front airbags, (at least that's what they said when they sold me the car), however, neither deployed in the accident and I sustained a serious injury to my whole left side. My head and shoulder went right through the drivers side window, hitting the pavement, and I have nerve damage now b/c of this. My left arm is now tingling and going numb, which comes down from a pinched nerve in my neck. I will need to go to physical therapy once I am able. I am on high dose pain meds. Right now and can barely walk. I now wonder if the airbags had been deployed already sometime b/f I bought the car, put back in used, and that is why neither came out when they should have. I am thinking about contacting a lawyer regarding this situation. Do your have any suggestions on this? thank you and please get back to me as soon as possible. As time is of the essence in this situation.
Chevrolet customer service states that the NHTSA campaign notices - 07e021000 & 02v222000 - do not apply to my 2002 chevy Impala LS. Chevrolet does not recognize or cross reference your campaign numbers. They stated to me that the information provided by NHTSA is "false". I think Chevrolet customer service is lying. Help needed. Please don't send me some legal jargon answer.
The contact owns a 2002 Chevrolet Impala. While approaching a stop light at 5 mph, the air bags deployed. The windshield was damaged, but the vehicle was still able to be driven. General motors inspected the vehicle, but would not provide an explanation of what caused the failure. The vehicle has not yet been repaired. The failure and current mileages were 189,000.
Car would not start changed passlock and still will not start. Security light is on, radio is locked and the chevy dealership does not know what is wrong with it, they are guessing that is the bcm and the sdm but they cannot promise that it will work.
2002, Chevrolet, Impala LS, while consumer was backing the vehicle up the air bags on both front drivers side and passenger's side deployed, this was without impact , and not while making a sudden stop. Consumer had only backed up about one foot when the air bags deployed. Consumer contacted gm twice, upon calling the second time, gm instructed the consumer to take it to a local dealer, who did a diagnostic test, and could not identify the cause of the problem. Gm will not correct the problem. Consumer's insurance agency said that it was a manufacturer's defect. Consumer reported the incident to the police , and they said that they would not file a report because there was no accident.
While driving at normal speed consumer lost control, and had a front and center collision. Upon impact, neither air bag deployed. Dealer notified.
While driving, the vehicle was involved in a front/center collision and none of the air bags deployed upon impact. The windshield shattered upon impact injuring the consumer. Safety devices didn't perform as advertised.
The consumer states that the driver front air bag(s) are defective. Recall #c020325. Nhtsa#02v222000 scc ph.