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2001 CHEVROLET IMPALA — Complaint #835173

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NHTSA Complaint about FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:FUEL RAIL filed January 6, 2011

NHTSA complaint #835173 (ODI reference 10375603) concerns a 2001 CHEVROLET IMPALA and was filed on January 6, 2011. The owner reports the failure occurred on January 3, 2011. The vehicle had 68,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Hawaii based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as fuel system, gasoline:fuel injection system:fuel rail, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.

The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: yes, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. A complaint that flags a crash, fire, or fatality is escalated on NHTSA's internal review queue and factors more heavily into any Preliminary Evaluation decision on this make and model. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.

Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same CHEVROLET IMPALA cohort independently describe similar fuel system, gasoline:fuel injection system:fuel rail failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2001 CHEVROLET IMPALA shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.

Vehicle
2001 CHEVROLET IMPALA
Component
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:FUEL RAIL
Fire
Yes
State
Hawaii
Mileage
68,000 mi

Complaint Description

2001 CHEVROLET IMPALA. CONSUMER STATES THAT THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT BURST INTO FLAMES. HE HAD SOMEONE LOOK AT IT AND WAS TOLD THAT THE FUEL RAIL HAD RUPTURED AND SPRAYED GASOLINE THROUGH THE HOT ENGINE. *KB

Complaint Details

NHTSA Complaint ID 835173
ODI Number 10375603
Date Filed January 6, 2011
Failure Date January 3, 2011
VIN 2G1WF55K519

Similar FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:FUEL RAIL Complaints for 2001 CHEVROLET IMPALA

Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.