2018 Chevrolet Impala: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 1 recall campaign for the 2018 Chevrolet Impala. The campaign is 18V576000. NHTSA received the report on 30 Aug 2018. The NHTSA record gives the component Service Brakes, Hydraulic / Foundation Components / Disc / Caliper. NHTSA has 59 complaints on file for this model year.

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

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

Remedy of campaign 18V576000, in the NHTSA record

GM will notify owners, and dealers will bleed the vehicle's brake system, free of charge. The recall began October 11, 2018. Owners may contact Buick customer service at 1-800-521-7300, Cadillac customer service at 1-800-458-8006, Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020, or GMC customer service at 1-800-462-8782. GM's number for this recall is 18279.

NHTSA VIN lookup

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.
NHTSA publishes these words. Source: NHTSA Datasets and APIs, section Complaints, read on 1 Oct 2026. Complaint file through 30 Sep 2026. Recall file through 30 Sep 2026.

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Recall campaigns

1 campaign. 210,628 units in total.

18V576000Received 30 Aug 2018. 210,628 units.
Service Brakes, Hydraulic / Foundation Components / Disc / Caliper
Defect, in the NHTSA record
General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain 2018-2019 Chevrolet Equinox, Impala, Cruze, Volt and Bolt EV vehicles, GMC Terrain vehicles, Buick Lacrosse and Regal vehicles, Cadillac XTS and XTS Professional vehicles and 2018 Chevrolet Malibu vehicles. The rear brake caliper pistons may have an insufficient coating causing gas pockets to form, potentially reducing rear brake performance.
Consequence, in the NHTSA record
A reduction of braking performance can increase the risk of a crash.
Remedy, in the NHTSA record
GM will notify owners, and dealers will bleed the vehicle's brake system, free of charge. The recall began October 11, 2018. Owners may contact Buick customer service at 1-800-521-7300, Cadillac customer service at 1-800-458-8006, Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020, or GMC customer service at 1-800-462-8782. GM's number for this recall is 18279.
Report filed by General Motors LLC. Manufacturer campaign number 18279. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: 11 Oct 2018.

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

59 complaints, 88 component mentions.

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.

2018 Chevrolet Impala
All 2018 vehicles

2018 Chevrolet Impala: complaints by component, per 1,000 component mentions
Component	2018 Impala	All 2018 vehicles	Impala, all years	Mentions
Unknown or Other	181.8	100.9	37.9	16
Electrical System	125	120.7	230	11
Power Train	125	102.3	62.1	11
Steering	90.9	58.4	80.6	8
Engine	79.5	162.1	82.9	7
Service Brakes	79.5	82.1	30	7
Air Bags	68.2	24.9	63.2	6
Exterior Lighting	45.5	15.2	46.8	4
Seats	34.1	8	11.4	3
Vehicle Speed Control	22.7	32.9	43	2

The table shows the 10 components with the most mentions, of 20.

Complaints that report a crash: 6
Complaints that report a fire: 0
Injuries in the complaints: 2
Deaths in the complaints: 0
Date of the newest complaint: 26 Jun 2026

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 2018 Chevrolet Impala, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2020, with 12 complaints.

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.

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

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Official channels

NHTSA VIN lookupNHTSA shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle from its VIN or its license plate.
NHTSA: report a safety problemThe NHTSA form for a complaint about a vehicle, a tire, a child seat or equipment.
NHTSA page of the 2018 Chevrolet ImpalaThe recalls, the complaints and the investigations that NHTSA shows for this model year.

Cite this page

Recall Register. 2018 Chevrolet Impala: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/chevrolet/impala/2018/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through 30 Sep 2026.

Sources

Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence: US government work, public domain
Recall file through: 30 Sep 2026
Complaint file through: 30 Sep 2026
First complaint in the file: 1 Jan 1995
Manufacturer in the recall file: General Motors LLC

The NHTSA record is the authority. A complaint count is the number of different complaint numbers for the make, the model and the model year. How the register is made. Report an error.

Questions

How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 2018 Chevrolet Impala?: 210,628 units in 1 campaign. 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 2020. 1 of them names the 2018 model year.
Which component do the complaints about the 2018 Chevrolet Impala name most often?: Unknown or Other: 16 of 88 component mentions, or 181.8 per 1,000. For all 2018 vehicles the figure is 100.9 per 1,000.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 2018 Chevrolet Impala open?: The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.