2015 Chevrolet Impala: fire, smoke or burning smell

Filed Oct 27, 2025 · Engine · 172,000 miles · PA · fire

The contact owned a 2015 Chevrolet Impala. The contact stated that while the vehicle was parked, turned off, and unoccupied, the front of the vehicle had caught fire. The fire was extinguished by the local fire department. The fire department indicated that the failure may have occurred due to a mechanical malfunction of the vehicle. The vehicle was consumed by the fire. A police report was not filed. The dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The vehicle was destroyed. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 172,000

Filed Feb 26, 2023 · Driver assistance · IL

My side detection system has failed and not working on my 2015 ltz. Blind spot light stays on even when car is off. It’s causing other lights going crazy on and off. No check engine light on just the side blind spot indicator lights stay on. My car only has 70k miles it’s been happening for 1 wk I’m afraid to drive it after reading online that a clients impala nearly caught on fire. I’m reading that there is a recall with 2015 impala # n172097060 side blind zone alert module water intrusion. Please advise if there is anything Chevy/GM can do for me. I’m afraid to drive car and feel it’s a hazard driving around with faulty blind spots light.

Filed Apr 1, 2022 · Driver assistance · MN

I received an error Service "Side Detection System". Dealer says it needs to replace the Side Blind Zone Alert Modules (part #84648920) due to water intrusion on the module. They say it can affect the entire dashboard, causing it to fail. The Chevy Impala forums have many mentions of this issue with this car. There have been reports of smoke coming from these modules. GM had issued a Special Coverage N172097060 in 2019 but only covers cars 6 years old or less and less than 80,000 miles. Due to the widespread occurrence of this issue, it should be recalled.

Filed Sep 26, 2019 · Electrical · 92,000 miles · IL

Side detection sensor went out, park assist system out, tire monitor system out, all at once. Had smoke coming from a sensor in the back of the vehicle. Electrical system affected, when driving, all dashboard lights flash at once then may not do it again for weeks, car goes quiet when driving for a second like its shut down than works again.

Filed Aug 8, 2019 · Body · 123,000 miles · GA · fire

My 2015 chevy impala lt spontaneously caught fire while my husband, myself and two dogs where in motion driving up I-95 n to my graduation. The only warning we received was to service stabilitrak which has came on at that time when the car was already on fire. There was not recent work done on the car. Unknown why this occurred

Filed Jun 21, 2019 · Driver assistance, Electrical · 120,000 miles · NE · fire

My side detection system has failed and not working on my 2015 chevy impala lt. My car nearly caught on fire twice now. White smoke was billowing from my taillights and before that my entire instrument cluster went dead. At first it said to have it serviced. Then my fob would no longer unlock my doors without manually using it, the same day my car would not start. I had all sorts of lights and warnings go off. My whole computer system went haywire thus not being able to start my car. After getting my car started, I did not have any gauges, lights,nothing. It was very dangerous driving

Filed Feb 14, 2018 · Airbags · MO

Takata recall the air bag light is on and there is also a burning smell coming from the car and this happens immediately when I start the car up.

Filed Aug 8, 2017 · Engine · 23,800 miles · FL · fire

Parked ca on concrete driveway of residential home at approx. 9:30pm 8/5/17 locked car & went to bed. Was awakened at 5:30am and told car was on fire. Car was destroyed before fire dept. Arrived..

Filed Apr 10, 2017 · Electrical · 22,000 miles · LA · fire

Tl* the contact owned a 2015 chevrolet impala. While the vehicle was parked, flames appeared from the hood. The fire department extinguished the fire and stated that it was caused by an electrical issue. The vehicle was destroyed and towed to a towing lot. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 22,000.

Filed May 18, 2016 · Electrical, Steering · 26,000 miles · AL · fire

Started having issues with the cv axles popping when starting and stopping at 18000 miles. Motor mount went bad shortly after and steering started acting really sluggish when trying to turn. Around 25k miles it started getting worse about turning and the gauges would start resetting on there own. After a day of that happening the passenger side dash caught on fire.

Filed Jan 29, 2016 · Fuel system · 12,000 miles · GA · crash · fire · 2 injuries

I was involved in a collision while driving my 2015 chevrolet impala police vehicle. The front of the vehicle struck the right side of a vehicle that turned left in front of me. The patrol car caught fire during the collision and was only put out when the fire department cut the battery cables. The apparent issue is that after a major collision the fuel pump did not turn off which caused fuel to be added to the fire......updated 02/10/16 *bf

Filed Aug 1, 2015 · Brakes · 467 miles · LA

On june 30, 2015 I purchased a 2015 chevy impala from red river chevy, bossier city, la 71111, (318) 549-7500. On july 17, 2015 the entire my link system which includes, onstar, GPS, cd player and sirius xm radio quit working. Onstar could not locate my vehicle. On july 27, 2015 I took my car in to have the GPS/my link fixed. They had to replace the whole module. Before the my link failure I kept hearing a roaring noise on the car and sometimes smelling a burning odor. I asked a local mechanic what that could be and he gave me the option of ball bearings, tires could make the noise and check the brakes. I looked on your website for any recalls on the impala and there is a recall for the emergency brake pads sticking to the tire that could result in a fire. I asked the service department to fix the brakes recall. I was told there is no fix for the brakes, because they haven't received the software. I asked the owner to refund my money, because I was afraid to drive the car. He didn't want to do that and told me it was a used car. I could trade the car for another vehicle as a used car trade in. This dealership knew there was a safety risk with the brakes and no repair for the possible failure and still sold me this vehicle. They failed to disclose this information to me. If my car caught fire going down an interstate I would not know it until it was too late, plus I take my 83 yr old mother in the car; I may not have time to get her out. This dealership did not care about my safety in driving this car. I was given a impala loaner while they repaired the GPS and it also has a burning odor. General motors does not need to sell any cars with this issue until a fix is given. I could see if I had the car before a recall notice, but I bought it after the recall. This is pure negligence on general motors part and red river chevy. I want all of my money back.