Used 2013 Chevrolet Impala LS Fleet 4dr Sedan (3.6L 6cyl 6A) Consumer Reviews

Underated

Bought used with about 25,000miles. Big car, preferably for big persons. Steering wheel doesnt telescope which sucks. Acceleration is not very good but this is not a performance car. What this car is, is a highway car with great acceleration in top end speed. The six speed trans is designed for max fuel mpg and gives me about 25 highway. Thats with 300hp n driving from 70 to 80mph freeway. Highway handling is great. In stop n go traffic the first n second gears are sluggish. You can accelerate fairly fast but you got to step on it. Even then its slow off the line. But, overall, with about 75,000 miles i have replaced very little. Brake pads, wheel hub, blend door for the heater( which was fairly exlensive to fix and is a common problem on these models), heater thermo cntrl valve, and fuel backflow thingamajig. I am fairly mechanically inclined and did almost all of these repairs. Minus the heater cntrl valve. I didnt know what i was doing or looking for under the dash. Youtube has videos on this repair and it was simple to do. I didnt know this at the time and spent almost 800 on a dealer repair. Ouch!! I would estimate that over the 5 years i have owned this car it has cost me about 1000 in repairs. I would consider this low. No repairs ever kept me stranded and the car still runs great and is still powerful. Considering the fact that these cars are really cheap and cheap to fix combined with the great fuel mileage w/300 horses i would say these cars are under rated. Styling and public preference may have something to do with that. But if your looking for a reliable car, thats easy and cheap to fix and is fairly powerful AND has good power i think its a good choice.