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Service bulletins for the 2013 Chevrolet Impala

A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.

1539 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.

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PI-10692013-12-05. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:FAN. CHEVROLET: WHEN KEY IS OFF, COOLING FANS RUNS OR COOLING FANS FAILS TO RUN, DUE TO RELAYS FOR COOLING FANS STICKING OR RELAYS AND ACCESSORY WIRING BLOCK BECOMES DAMAGED AND DRAWING TO MUCH AMPERAGE. MODEL 2012-2014 IMPALA. *PE
PIP-51622013-12-03. Service bulletin. ENGINE. GM:SOME VEHICLES MAY DISPLAY A MALFUNCTION ONDICATOR LAMP ILLUMINATION DUE TO DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES P0011 AND/OR P0014.CAMSHAFT SOLENOIDS MAY NEED TO BE REMOVED, INSPECT THE SCREENS FOR DEBRIS, AND CLEANED IF NECESSARY. ALSO INCLUDED MAKE/MODEL BUICK REGAL/LACROSSE AND CADILLAC CTS. MODEL YEAR 2014. *JS
SB-132832013-11-29. Service bulletin. ENGINE. CHEVROLET: DUE TO CASTING ERROR, ON SOME VEHICLES, THE ENGINE ASSEMBLY NEEDS TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE OF INCORRECT DIMENSIONALLY PISTONS, WHICH CAUSES ENGINE NOISES, ROUGH RUNNING AND/OR BENT VALVES BETWEEN CYLINDER VALVES AND PISTONS. MODELS 2013-2014 MALIBU, IMPALA. *PE
PIP-4957-B2013-09-19. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM. GM: ON SOME VEHICLES A HOOT, GURGLE, HOWL, OR SWOOSH NOISE MAY BE HEARD COMING FROM THE ENGINE ARE. REPLACE THE THERMOSTAT HOUSING WITH THE CORRECT PART NUMBER. ALSO INCLUDE MAKE/MODEL BUICK LACROSSE MODEL YEAR 2014. *JS
PIE-0251-B2013-08-05. Service bulletin. ENGINE. GM: THE ENGINE MAY BE LEAKING FROM THE FRONT COVER OR OIL FILTER ADAPTER. THIS IS NOT A RECALL. *JS
11-03-08-001A2013-07-31. Service bulletin. SUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL BEARING. GM: SOME VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE A GROWL NOISE COM FROM THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. ALSO INCLUDED IMPALA LIMITED MODEL YEAR 2014*JS
SB12-08-132-001A2013-07-09. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. GENERAL MOTORS: ON SOME TRUCKS AND PASSENGER VEHICLES, ACCESSORY POWER OUTLETS (APO) AND TRAILER LIGHTING ARE COMMON ACCESSED ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS THAT ARE AFFECTED BY DEVICES THAT ARE PLUGGED IN AND BECOME INOPERATIVE DUE TO AN OPEN FUSE AND NO PROBLEM WITH VEHICLE IDENTIFIED. MODELS YEARS 2010-2014 TRUCKS AND PASSENGER. NO MODELS. *PE
PI09392013-05-06. Service bulletin. STEERING. GM: THERE MAY BE FLUID LEAKING FROM AROUND THE POWER STEERING PUMP AREA. *JS
PI09322013-05-06. Service bulletin. FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE. GM: DUE TO A RUNNING CHANGE IN PRODUCTION FLEX FUEL SENSORS AND/OR BRACKETS MAY NEED TO BE REPLACED. *JS
PI-09182013-04-19. Service bulletin. SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT. CHEVROLET: IF USED, AS PRY POINT TO SEPARATE CONTROL ARM FROM STEERING KNUCKLE, THE STEEL WASHER AND NEW STYLE BOOT WILL BE DAMAGE DURING SERVICE AND REQUIRES REPLACEMENT OF COMPLETE CONTROL ARM, IF DAMAGED AND NOT AVAILABLE SEPARATELY. MODEL 2014 IMPALA. *PE
PI-08362012-12-08. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM). CHEVROLET: WHEN DRIVING AT HIGH SPEEDS, DO NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO DOWNSHIFT, UNTIL VEHICLE SPEED IS REDUCED TO LOWEST POSSIBLE SPEED (100MPH). MODEL 2012-2013 IMPALA. *PE
PIC-57322012-11-27. Service bulletin. FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY. CHEVROLET: WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP, NOISE COMING FROM REAR OF VEHICLE, LIKE CLUNKING OR CREAKING, MAY BE CAUSED BY A POSSIBLE DEFORMED FUEL TANK AND NOT REAR SUSPENSION OR BODY CREAK NOISE. MODEL 2012-2013 IMPALA. *PE
PI-0464-A2012-11-26. Service bulletin. TIRES. CHEVROLET: SHOULDER TREAD BARS, ON GOODYEAR INTEGRITY TIRES, ARE SHALLOWER THAN CENTER TREAD BARS, FOR LOW ROLLING RESISTANCE AND THIS CONSTRUCTION CONTRIBUTES TO FUEL ECONOMY BUT LIMITS LIFE EXPECTANCY OF OUTSIDE TREAD BLOCKS. MODEL 2013 IMPALA. *PE
PI-06312012-03-12. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. CHEVROLET: ON CERTAIN MODEL YEAR VEHICLES, A MALFUNCTION OCCURS WHERE INDICATOR LAMP IS ON. PROBLEM MAY BE CAUSED BY WIRING HARNESS OF ENGINE RUBBING FRONT SIDE OF TRANSMISSION. *PE UPDATED 4/11/12. *PE UPDATED 6/18/12. *PE UPDATED 08/06/2012 *JS UPDATED 05/03/13 *JS UPDATED ON 6/25/2013. *KB

The summaries are NHTSA's. Each bulletin's page links NHTSA's copy of the manufacturer's document.