Tenth generation
2016 Chevrolet Impala
The most reported problem on the 2016 Chevrolet Impala is airbag, with 16 complaints, usually around 54,000 miles.
- 111owner complaints
- 0recalls
- 8involved a crash
- 57,292median miles at failure
Newest report Aug 10, 2026 · checked Oct 2, 2026
Problem sheets
No single problem on the 2016 Chevrolet Impala has enough owner reports for a sheet of its own yet. The counts below still cover every complaint on file.
Is the 2016 Chevrolet Impala reliable?
The 2016 Chevrolet Impala has 111 owner complaints on file with NHTSA, less than half the median of 232 for 2016 sedans on this site. Of the 7 Impala model years since 2014, it has the 4th most complaints. Complaint counts rise with sales as well as faults, so read what owners report below before deciding.
At a glance
- Next to the 2017
- At 10 complaints for each year on the road, the 2016 runs below the 2017 (12). That's the only adjacent model year with enough complaints to set beside it.
- Top problem
- Two problems run close. Airbag has 16 complaints and power steering loss has 13, out of 111 in all. A quarter of the 10 owners who gave a mileage for airbag saw it by about 41,000 miles, and half by about 54,000.
- Crash, fire and injury reports
- 13 of the 111 complaints (12%) report a crash, a fire or an injury. The typical vehicle on this site sits at 6%, so this one runs well above it. Counted separately (one report can carry more than one), 8 reports mention a crash, 4 mention a fire and 10 people were hurt. The most crash reports, 3 of 8, fall under airbag.
- Recalls behind the top problems
- There's no recall on file for this model year, so the problems above are owner complaints with no campaign behind them.
- When owners filed
- Filings peaked in 2020 at 30 (full calendar years only). In 2025 there were 2. So far in 2026, 2 more have come in.
When each problem shows up
Each bar covers the middle half of the mileages owners reported for that problem. A quarter saw it earlier, a quarter later. The tick is the median. Most reported: airbag warning light or recall, 16 complaints.
middle half of reports, median tick. The heavier grey bars have 75 or more reports.
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How this compares
111 complaints is 2.3 times fewer than the median 2016 model on this site and 2.1 times fewer than the median 2016 sedan. Among the 4 Impala model years here it ranks 4th for complaints. Counts follow sales volume as much as reliability, so a truck that sells 700,000 a year draws more reports than a sedan that sells 200,000.
Service bulletins for the 2016 Chevrolet Impala
Chevrolet filed 1,294 bulletins and other notices with NHTSA that list the 2016 Chevrolet Impala. 104 of them deal with a problem owners have reported on this car. Newest first.
Federal rules make a manufacturer send NHTSA a copy of any notice about a defect that goes to more than one dealer or owner. Most of these are service bulletins, the repair instructions manufacturers send to dealers. NHTSA generally leaves safety recall bulletins out of this file, and recalls are listed separately.
Airbag warning light or recall 3 bulletins · 16 complaints
This technical bulletin provides a procedure to check the X2 or PPS sensor mat terminal connector for loose connections that may cause the airbag warning message to come on.
THIS INFORMATIONAL BULLETIN PROVIDES INFORMATION ON LOCATING AND RECONNECTING AIRBAG CONNECTORS THAT ARE NOT FULLY SEATED TO CORRECT A CUSTOMER CONCERN OF AN AIRBAG WARNING LAMP ILLUMINATED, OR ONE, OR MORE, AIRBAG DTC(S) SET.
1 more on this problem
This informational bulletin provides information on Passenger Presence System (PPS) May Command Seat Belt Reminder Chime and Passenger Airbag Indicator On or Set DTC B101D When Electronic Devices or Conductive Objects are Placed on Front Passenger Seat
Power steering cuts out or goes heavy 7 bulletins · 13 complaints
This technical bulletin provides repair information to correct a customer concern of "Steering Assist Is Reduced" Message and One of The Following DTCs Are Set: C056D, U0415.
This preliminary information bulletin provides information for diagnosing a power steering fluid leak at the fluid reservoir.
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THIS PRELIMINARY INFORMATIONAL BULLETIN PROVIDES A PROCEDURE TO REPLACE THE POWER STEERING FUSE FOR A CONDITION OF LOSS OF POWER STEERING ASSIST AND/OR SERVICE POWER STEERING MESSAGE DISPLAYED.
THIS PRELIMINARY INFORMATION BULLETIN PROVIDES A PROCEDURE TO CHECK THE GROUND CONNECTION AND REPROGRAM THE POWER STEERING CONTROL MODULE IF A CUSTOMER COMMENTS ON A INTERMITTENT SERVICE POWER STEERING MESSAGE IS DISPLAYED.
This technical bulletin provides a procedure to replace the power steering fluid cooling pipe and engine oil cooling pipe for concerns of power steering lines or engine oil lines leaking due to rubbing
This preliminary informational bulletin provides repair information to correct a customer concern of loss of power steering assist, hard to steer, and/or "Service Power Steering" message on in DIC.
BUICK/CADILLAC/CHEVROLET/GMC: DUE TO AN IMPROPER JUMP START, THE POWER STEERING FUSE WAS EITHER BLOWN OR FAILED, CAUSING A HARD STEERING. OR LOSS OF POWER STEERING ASSIST.
Engine stalls or loses power while driving 7 bulletins · 10 complaints
This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that have an intermittent no crank, no start, or start stall concern with the security light coming on.
N192210240 Special Coverage Adjustment - Certain vehicles shown above, may have a condition that could cause the evaporative emissions purge valve to not fully close. If this condition occurs, the engine could run rough, hesitate or stall at idle speeds.
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This Preliminary information communicatesIn ambient temperatures 100F (37.7 C)degrees or higher, DTCs P2635 and/or P018B may set.The vehicle may also exhibit a hesitation or stalling condition.Excessively Hot and sustained ambient temperatures over 100F (37.7 ...
THIS PRELIMINARY INFORMATION COMMUNICATION ADVISES THE TECHNICIAN TO CONTACT GM TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE CENTER TO REPORT THE CONCERN AND OBTAIN A CASE NUMBER WHEN A CUSTOMER MAY COMMENT THAT THEY WILL HAVE THE RADIO SHUT OFF, AND WHEN RESTARTING THE VEHICLE THE ...
THIS PRELIMINARY INFORMATION COMMUNICATION IS TO CONTACT GM TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE CENTER TO REPORT THE CONCERN AND OBTAIN A CASE NUMBER.
This Preliminary Information communication advises the technician that some vehicles may have a radio that turns on unwanted at start up.
This preliminary informational bulletin provides repair information to correct a customer concern of loss of power steering assist, hard to steer, and/or "Service Power Steering" message on in DIC.
Traction control or StabiliTrak light comes on 1 bulletin · 10 complaints
This informational bulletin provides information on Some vehicles may rock or move slightly forward or rearward while in Park at start up after cold soak. This condition may be accompanied by a clunk noise.
Brakes grind, pulse or wear early 5 bulletins · 8 complaints
This service bulletin informs dealers that a new Power Brake Booster Vacuum Cap will need to be replaced when installing the revised Power Brake Booster Vacuum Pipe to correct DTCs being set due to misrouting of brake booster vacuum pipe.
This service bulletin provides information for tire pressure monitoring (TPM) system concerns.
3 more on this problem
17650 - Customer Advisory Letter. If this condition affects your vehicle you may noticed the CNG odor or hear a hissing sound.
This informational bulletin provides information on installing the correct tires for vehicles with the condition of under hard acceleration at higher speeds, the traction control light will flash.
THIS PRELIMINARY INFORMATION COMMUNICATION ADVISES THE TECHNICIAN TO INSPECT THE CONNECTOR AT THE KR14 BRAKE BOOSTER PUMP RELAY. VEHICLE MAY HAVE A SERVICE BRAKE ASSIST MESSAGE ON THE DRIVERS INFORMATION CENTER (DIC) OR A HARD BRAKE PEDAL ON A COLD START UP.
Check engine light or misfire 32 bulletins · 6 complaints
This service bulletin provides inspection/diagnosis/correction information on a cold start misfire and/or rough idle and DTC P0300 that may also be set.
This service bulletin advises of a new fuel injection cleaner kit used for decarbonizing the intake valves to correct conditions of rough idle, Crank no start, extended crank or misfire, MIL with DTCs, and explains how Top Tier fuels should be used to reduce ...
30 more on this problem
This technical bulletin advises of a new fuel injection cleaner kit used for decarbonizing the intake valves to correct conditions of rough idle, Crank no start, extended crank or misfire, MIL with DTCs, and explains how Top Tier fuels should be used to ...
This Preliminary information communicates information that will need to be provided to TAC to aid in diagnosing if a vehicle comes in with misfire and DTC Codes P0300 - P0308 and/or P050D
This service bulletin provides diagnostic tips/steps on testing for possible EVAP leaks in the system to correct a customer concern of an MIL Illuminated with DTCs P0442 and/or P0455 Set.
This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that have a Service Engine Soon Malfunction Indicator Lamp. Technician may find Diagnostic Trouble Code P06DE set in the Engine Control Module.
This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about engine block of possible cylinder bore damage, scoring or out of round as the possible cause of engine oil consumption, misfire, cylinder leakage or blow by.
This Bulletin provides inspection/diagnosis/correction information on a cold start misfire and/or rough idle and DTC P0300 that may also be set.
This Preliminary information communicates the repair recommendations for misfire and DTC's immediately following HFV6 re-manufactured engines replacement.
This informational bulletin advises of a new fuel injection cleaner kit used for decarbonizing the intake valves to correct conditions of rough idle, Crank no start, extended crank or misfire, MIL with DTCs, and explains how Top Tier fuels should be used to ...
This Preliminary information communicates the repair recommendations for misfire in HFV6 re-manufactured engines.
This Preliminary information communicates additional diagnostics and repair to assist in resolving a malfunction indicator lamp illumination due to any combination of diagnostic trouble codes P0068 P0101 P0106 P0171 P0131 P0137 P0324 P0326 P0331 P0506.
Plus 20 older ones not listed here.
Airbag warning light stays on 1 bulletin · 6 complaints
This engineering information ends the need for information from the field on vehicles that have the condition of Service Air Bag Indicator Illuminated and DTC B0081 and/or B0074-0D Set.
Infotainment, screen or backup camera fails 48 bulletins · 5 complaints
This informational bulletin provides information on Normal Radio Display Operation ? Display Does Not Remain Off at Times After Being Turned Off in Settings and no parts should be replaced due to this condition.
This technical bulletin provides a procedure to correct a condition of a Side Detection Message Being Displayed on DIC.
46 more on this problem
This technical bulletin provides a procedure to replace the radio for vehicles with the condition of Intermittent Pop Noise from the Speakers Followed by a Reset of the Radio and Clock due to a software issue.
This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that may have an issue when using Bluetooth voice recognition with an iPhone.
This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that the radio will not retain the previous settings and will go to the Home Icon screen when the vehicle is restarted.
This informational bulletin provides information for the technicians on multi-media infotainment tester (MIT), does not function properly when diagnosing infotainment complaints, which may lead to mis-diagnosis.
This technical bulletin provides a procedure to clear the codes and re-evaluate the XM radio channels to correct a condition of audio muting when listening to some Sirius XM channels but if they change channels they will find others that experience normal ...
This technical bulletin provides multiple fixes for a condition of a waiting for update screen appearing on the display, due to either a reprogramming of the hmi module or due to a fuse that needs to be pulled and restarting of the module.
This preliminary information bulletin provides a procedure on how to check for the customer concern of a blank radio with/without audio, by checking the the wiring harness, ECU and reprograming the HMI software update, if the wiring or ECU are not the cause.
This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that the navigation system will be unable to enter addresses that contain diacritics using the touch screen.
This technical bulletin provides repair information for repairing the IP to body harness connector to correct a customer concern for intermittent Malfunction Indicator Lamp (MIL) illuminated with Reduced Engine Power displayed and DTC P2138 set.
This informational bulletin provides information to the customer on the radio display "info pages" being blank and to make sure to select in the "active info pages" menu.
Plus 36 older ones not listed here.
Complaints filed by year
30 complaints came in 2020. Owners file in waves when a problem gets press or an investigation, so a spike measures attention as much as failures.
Recalls that include the 2016 Chevrolet Impala
Whether your car is included depends on its VIN. Check yours at nhtsa.gov/recalls.
No recalls on file for this model year.
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Questions
What is the most common problem on the 2016 Chevrolet Impala?
Airbag, with 16 of the 111 complaints. Owners who gave a mileage for it put the median at about 54,000 miles.
At what mileage do 2016 Chevrolet Impala problems start?
Of the 73 complaints that give a mileage, a quarter came by about 40,000 miles and half by about 57,000.
Is the 2016 Chevrolet Impala better or worse than the 2017?
Counted per year on the road, the 2016 has fewer complaints than the 2017: 10 a year against 12.
How many 2016 Chevrolet Impala complaints involve a crash, fire or injury?
13 of them (12%). The typical vehicle on this site is at 6%.
Is there a recall for airbag on the 2016 Chevrolet Impala?
No recall on file for the 2016 Chevrolet Impala is on the same system as airbag. Another recall may still cover your car, so check its VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.