MyCarTSB

2000 Chevrolet Impala Tires Problems

6 owner-reported tires complaints from NHTSA data

6
Complaints
Feb 2003Oct 2000
Date Range

Data sourced from NHTSA public database. For informational purposes only. Always consult a qualified mechanic.

Owner Complaints (6)

mediumTIRES
Filed: Aug 2005

WE HAD PURCHASED UNIROYAL TIRES IN OCTOBER 2002 FROM FARM AND FLEET IN LA CROSSE. AS OF AUGUST 4, 2005, ALL THE TIRES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO THE TIRES CRACKING AND PEELING. WE TOOK THE CAR TO SEARS WHERE THEY TOLD US THEY WOULD NOT LET US DRIVE THE CAR DUE THE SEVERITY OF THE PEELING OF THE TIRES. DRIVING OUR CAR WITH THE TIRES IN THE POOR CONDITION COULD CAUSE AND ACCIDENT AND INJURY. I STARTED HAVING A PANIC ATTACK AFTER HEARING THIS NEWS. WE WERE TOLD THAT THIS IS NOT NORMAL FOR TIRES TO SHRED, CRACK, AND PEEL AT ONLY 40,000 MILES. I CALLED FARM AND FLEET WHERE WE BOUGHT THE TIRES AND HE TOLD ME "TOO BAD" AND HUNG UP ON ME. I CALLED UNIROYAL AND SHE SAID IT IS NOT THEIR PROBLEM IF OUR TIRES CRACKED, THAT'S WHAT TIRES DO. THESE TIRES THAT CRACKED, PEELED, AND SHREDDED HAVE A 75,000 MILES WARRANTY, NOONE WILL HONOR THIS WARRANTY AND WE HAD TO SPEND OVER $400 BUYING NEW TIRES. *NM

NHTSA #: 10131872
mediumTIRES
Filed: Feb 2003

THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE TIRES.*JB

NHTSA #: 10007423
mediumTIRES
Filed: Aug 2002

LOW TIRE AIR PRESSURE WARNING LIGHT GIVES FALSE READING. WHEN PRESSURE IS NOT LOW, IT WILL INDICATE IT IS,AND WHEN PRESSURE IS LOW, IT WILL READ PRESSURE IS FINE. THIS RESULTED IN A FLAT TIRE WHILE DRIVING. CONTACTED DEALER.*AK

NHTSA #: 8015750
mediumTIRES,EQUIPMENT
Filed: May 2002

TIRE MONITOR IS READING WRONG INFORMATION WHICH IS CAUSING CONSUMER TO PULL OVER TO CHANGE TIRE.*AK. CONSUMER STATES THE PRESSURE IS BETWEEN 31 TO 33 PSA, THE TIRE MONITOR NEVER CAME TO WARN OF TIRE FAILURE, WHEN THE TIRE HAD A HOLE IN THE SIDE WALL CONSUMER STATED HE COULD STICK HIS HAND THROUGH THE TIRE.*JB

NHTSA #: 8009748
mediumTIRES
Filed: Sep 2001

LOW TIRE PRESSURE LIGHT ILLUMINATES PERODICALLY, INDICATING A MALFUNCTION. DEALER CANNOT IDENTIFY PROBLEM. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

NHTSA #: 897010
mediumTIRES
Filed: Oct 2000

THREE UNIROYAL TIGER PAW TIRES HAVE EXPERIENCED BLOWOUTS WHILE DRIVING (P225/60R16 DOT APXDJE7U129). NLM

NHTSA #: 555937

Other 2000 Chevrolet Impala Issues