Recall Register

1981 Chevrolet Impala: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 2 recall campaigns for the 1981 Chevrolet Impala. The newest campaign is 83V077000. NHTSA received the report on 19 Aug 1983. The NHTSA record gives the component Vehicle Speed Control / Cables. NHTSA has 2 complaints on file for this model year.

The NHTSA recall file shows no do-not-drive advisory and no park-outside advisory on these campaigns.

This page cannot show if a recall applies to one vehicle. The NHTSA VIN lookup shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle.

Remedy of the newest campaign, 83V077000, in the NHTSA record

Dealer will install a special cotter pin, to retain the accelerator pump pin, and a spring clip thrust washer on the accelerator pump link.
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Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.

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Recall campaigns

2 campaigns, newest first. 23,723 units in total.

  1. 83V077000Received . 19,108 units.

    Vehicle Speed Control / Cables

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Accelerator pump lever retaining pin may loosen after repeated heavy accelerator pedal applications. This could cause the throttle to become stuck in the open position.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealer will install a special cotter pin, to retain the accelerator pump pin, and a spring clip thrust washer on the accelerator pump link.

    Report filed by GENERAL MOTORS CORP..

  2. 80V125000Received . 4,615 units.

    Service Brakes, Hydraulic / Pedals and Linkages

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    The involved vehicles may have been assembled with a brake pedal support bracket which was designed for use in diesel engine vehicles. The incorrect bracket may cause the service brakes to remain partially applied, resulting in brake overheating and reduced braking effectiveness.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealer will inspect vehicles and, if necessary, replace the pedal support bracket at no charge to owner.

    Report filed by GENERAL MOTORS CORP..

The campaign number opens the NHTSA record. Each quotation is the text of the NHTSA recall file.

Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.

Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.

Complaints by component

2 complaints, 2 component mentions.

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. This model year has fewer than 50 component mentions, so the table shows the number of mentions only.

1981 Chevrolet Impala: component mentions in complaints
ComponentMentions
Electrical System1
Engine and Engine Cooling1
Complaints that report a crash
0
Complaints that report a fire
2
Injuries in the complaints
0
Deaths in the complaints
0
Date of the newest complaint
17 Sep 1997

These figures are the entries of the persons who sent the complaints.

Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.

Complaints about the 1981 Chevrolet Impala, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 1995, with 1 complaint.

Investigations

The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.

Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.

Other model years

The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.

  1. 19630
  2. 19653
  3. 19662
  4. 19672
  5. 19682
  6. 19694
  7. 19714
  8. 19722
  9. 19731
  10. 19743
  11. 19761
  12. 19773
  13. 19783
  14. 19793
  15. 19803
  16. 19812
  17. 19822
  18. 19831
  19. 19850
  20. 19870
  21. 19930
  22. 19940
  23. 19950
  24. 19960
  25. 19970
  26. 19980
  27. 19990
  28. 20007
  29. 20017
  30. 20024
  31. 20035
  32. 20044
  33. 20051
  34. 20061
  35. 20072
  36. 20082
  37. 20095
  38. 20104
  39. 20112
  40. 20123
  41. 20131
  42. 201412
  43. 20153
  44. 20181
  45. 20191

A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. 1981 Chevrolet Impala: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/chevrolet/impala/1981/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .

Sources

Source
NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence
US government work, public domain
Recall file through
30 Sep 2026
Complaint file through
29 Mar 2018
First complaint in the file
1 Jan 1995
Manufacturer in the recall file
GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

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Questions

How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 1981 Chevrolet Impala?
23,723 units in 2 campaigns. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
How many recall campaigns does the Chevrolet Impala have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 57 recall campaigns for the Chevrolet Impala, model years 1963 to 2019. 2 of them name the 1981 model year.
Which component do the complaints about the 1981 Chevrolet Impala name most often?
Electrical System: 1 of 2 component mentions.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 1981 Chevrolet Impala open?
The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.