Case file · CHEVROLET-IMPALA-2006-2013 · Cost ledger
Chevrolet Impala 2006–2013 · Maintenance schedule & cost to maintain
Scheduled service only, not the documented problems (those are on the case file's problem list, with their own cost calculator). Every interval and cost range below is sourced, not estimated.
Where the manufacturer publishes separate normal and severe-condition schedules, this ledger defaults to the severe interval and says so. That's not us padding the numbers: a manufacturer's own severe-duty list usually describes ordinary driving, things like short trips, stop-and-go traffic, extended idling, dust or road salt. But the list is written per manufacturer and sometimes per model year, and some are far narrower than others, so each item's "why" text names what this manufacturer actually wrote and gives the normal-schedule number alongside it. Read the item, not this paragraph.
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Cumulative cost
What routine maintenance adds up to, by mileage
Running total of the independent-shop cost ranges below. Each bar is everything due by that point, added to everything before it.
Solid bar = low estimate, tint = high estimate. This is a routine-maintenance floor, not a total cost of ownership. Fuel, insurance, tires, and any of the documented problems above are separate. Items that recur more than once per interval under a severe-duty schedule (an air filter due every 5k, say) are counted here at one occurrence, not the full repeat total. The real cumulative spend for a high-mileage severe-duty driver runs higher than this chart shows.
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Every oil-life alert (at least once a year)
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Engine oil and filter (oil life system, no fixed factory mileage)
$59–$138GM's oil life system sets this: change within 600 miles of the CHANGE ENGINE OIL SOON message, and at least once a year. No book prints a separate severe oil number. 5W-30 in every year. 3.5L and 3.9L V6: 4.0 qt. 5.3L V8 and 3.6L V6: 6.0 qt. GM6094M oil through the 2010 book, dexos from 2011.
- The 2006 book says the oil life system counts engine revolutions and temperature, not miles, so short trips and heat bring the alert sooner without a separate severe schedule. If the system is ever reset by accident, GM says service the car within 3,000 miles of the last change.
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Front brake pads (inspected at every scheduled service, replaced on wear)
$281–$396GM prints no pad mileage. Every 2006-2013 book puts a brake-system inspection on every scheduled service, which is every oil service through the 2011 book and every 7,500 miles from 2012, and the 2006-2009 books spell out pad wear and rotor surface. Replace on measured thickness, not on a mileage.
Sources: Chevrolet (2006 manual), Chevrolet (2012 manual), Chevrolet (2013 manual), RepairPal (oil change), RepairPal (brake pads)
Every second oil change to 25,000 mi (by model year)
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Cabin air filter
$78–$95GM changed this three times. 2006-2009 books: every Maintenance II service, which is every second oil change. 2010: Maintenance II or 12 months. 2011: 25,000 mi or 24 months. 2012-2013: 22,500 mi or 2 years. The books say replace sooner in dust or heavy traffic. The 2012-2013 severe chart keeps the same 22,500 mi, so there is no shorter severe number.
Parts for this job: Cabin air filter.
Sources: Chevrolet (2006 manual), Chevrolet (2010 manual), Chevrolet (2011 manual), Chevrolet (2012 manual), Firestone, RepairPal
45,000-50,000 mi
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Automatic transmission fluid and filter (severe-schedule default)
$183–$333GM's own severe test: mainly driven in heavy city traffic in hot weather, hills or mountains, frequent towing, or taxi, police or delivery use (2012-2013 add high-speed driving). The 2006-2009 books say one condition is enough. Severe: 50,000 mi (2006-2011), 45,000 mi (2012-2013). Normal: 100,000, 150,000 in the 2007 book, 97,500 in 2012-2013. DEXRON-VI.
- On these cars severe changes only the transmission fluid. Every other row in GM's 2012-2013 severe chart matches the normal chart, and the 2006-2011 books tie their severe wording to this item alone. Towing does not shorten the oil interval here, the oil life system handles that.
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Engine air filter
$76–$133Every 50,000 mi in the 2006-2011 books, every 45,000 mi or 4 years in 2012-2013, with no shorter severe number. For dust GM says inspect it at each oil change instead. One filter, GM 10350737 (ACDelco A2962C in the 2007-2013 books), is listed for every engine, V8 and 3.6L included.
Sources: Chevrolet (2006 manual), Chevrolet (2007 manual), Chevrolet (2011 manual), Chevrolet (2012 manual), Chevrolet (2013 manual), Firestone, RepairPal (transmission fluid), RepairPal (air filter)
97,500-100,000 mi
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Spark plugs (replace) and plug wires (inspect)
$247–$370100,000 mi in the 2006-2011 books, 97,500 mi in 2012-2013, with no separate severe number. GM's parts table by engine: 3.5L and 3.9L V6 ACDelco 41-100, 5.3L V8 41-985, 3.6L V6 41-109. RepairPal's per-year rows are not split by engine.
Sources: Chevrolet (2006 manual), Chevrolet (2011 manual), Chevrolet (2012 manual), Firestone, RepairPal
Every 5 years or 150,000 mi, whichever first
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Engine coolant drain, flush and refill (DEX-COOL)
$437–$606Every 2006-2013 book: 150,000 mi or 5 years, whichever comes first, with no separate severe number. Unless you drive 30,000 mi a year, five years comes first. DEX-COOL only, mixed 50/50 with clean drinkable water. On 3.5L and 3.9L cars, have the shop check the lower intake gasket for seepage while the system is open (the gasket leak documented for these engines).
Sources: Chevrolet (2006 manual), Chevrolet (2011 manual), Chevrolet (2013 manual), Firestone, RepairPal
150,000 mi or 10 years
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Engine drive belt (inspect, replace on condition)
$106–$217GM lists an inspection, not a replacement: at 150,000 mi in the 2006-2010 books, and 150,000 mi or 10 years from the 2011 book on, for fraying, cracks or damage. The 2012 book adds that a belt that squeaks or cracks may need replacing, so condition, not mileage, decides it.
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Brake fluid replacement (2013 book only)
$85–$179Only the 2013 book prints this: replace at 150,000 mi or 10 years, on both its normal and severe charts. The 2006-2012 books print no brake fluid interval at all, only DOT 3 fluid and a warning not to top it off. A 2006-2012 owner has no GM number to follow here.
Sources: Chevrolet (2006 manual), Chevrolet (2011 manual), Chevrolet (2012 manual), Chevrolet (2013 manual), Firestone, RepairPal (drive belt), RepairPal (brake bleed)
50,000-100,000 mi (wear-based)
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Struts and shocks (wear-based, no GM interval)
$738–$894GM sets no replacement mileage, only a steering and suspension inspection at each Maintenance II (2006-2010), each oil change (2011) or every 7,500 mi (2012-2013). 50,000-100,000 mi is a generic range, not a GM number. RepairPal advises an alignment after replacing them because ride height changes, so budget both jobs together.
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Wheel alignment (event-triggered)
$195–$394Not a GM mileage item. Get one right after new struts or other suspension or steering work, and after new tires, or the money spent on either is partly wasted. A pull or uneven tire wear between those events is the other trigger.
Sources: Chevrolet (2006 manual), Chevrolet (2011 manual), Chevrolet (2012 manual), RepairPal (struts), RepairPal (alignment)
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