2001 Chevrolet Impala Exterior Lighting

BOTH HEADLIGHTS UNEXPECTEDLY TURN OFF WHILE DRIVING. FLICKER ON AND OFF AND THEN GO OFF. USED TO BE ABLE TO LET THE CAR SIT A FEW HOURS AND THEY WOULD WORK AGAIN. NOW 2 NIGHTS AGO THEY WENT OFF WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT....WON'T COME BACK ON AT ALL. PARKING LIGHTS STAY ON, TURN SIGNALS, AND 4 WAY FLASHERS STILL WORK, PULL SWITCH LEVER BACK FOR BRIGHT LIGHTS AND BOTH HEADLIGHTS WORK IN BRIGHT MODE AS LONG AS YOU KEEP HOLDING BACK ON THE LEVER. THIS WAS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM THAT NO ONE HAS BEEN ABLE TO FIGURE OUT. HAVE HAD IT LOOKED AT SEVERAL TIMES AND PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. REPLACED HAZARD FLASHERS SWITHC, REPLACED MUTLIFUNCTION SWITCH, REPLACED HEADLIGHTS SWITCH. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. NOW LIGHTS ARE OFF AND WON'T COME BACK ON NO MATTER WHAT WE TRY.....LOOKING ON THE INTERNET THIS IS HUGE PROBLEM FOR IMPALA'S COVERING ALOT OF YEARS, THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS ISSUE WHEN YOU LOOSE YOUR HEADLIGHTS TOTALLY AT NIGHT WHILE DRIVING.......ONCE THEY GO OUT/OFF IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU STOP, PARK, MOVE, BANG ON THEM, WIGGLE WIRES AND CONNECTORS, THEY MAY OR MAY NOT COME BACK ON. SO FAR, THIS TIME, OURS ARE NOT COMING BACK ON......CAN'T KEEP THROWING MONEY AWAY TO A DEALER WHEN THEY CAN'T FIX THE PROBLEM EITHER. THEY JUST WANT TO START THROWING PARTS AT IT AND HOPEFULLY THEY FINALLY FIX IT....THAT HASN'T WORKED SO FAR EITHER.....

THE TURN SIGNALS STOP WORKING AND COULD POSE A SAFETY HAZARD AS TO NOT BEING ABLE TO SIGNAL WHICH DIRECTION YOU TRAVELING TO. SO OTHER DRIVERS WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO KNOW THAT YOUR ARE MAKING A TURN AND COULD RESULT IN A CRASH. THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM ON MANY GM VEHICLES NOT JUST THE IMPALA, SUCH AS GRAND AM, MONTE CARLO, OLDSMOBILE ALERO, AND MORE. THE PROBLEM IS IN THE HAZARD SWITCH RELAY WHICH ALSO CONTROLS THE TURN SIGNALS WHICH IS A DEFECTIVE PART AND PREMATURELY FAILS. GENERAL MOTORS SHOULD MAKE A RECALL WITH HOW MANY VEHICLES HAVE THIS PROBLEM AND IS A KNOW ISSUE ON MANY OF THERE CARS.

ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS I'VE BEEN DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND WHEN I GO FROM BRIGHT TO DIM MY HEADLIGHTS SHUT OFF. THEY COME BACK ON SHORTLY AFTER, IT'S ONLY MY HEADLIGHTS AS I CAN SEE MY SIDE LAMPS ILLUMINATED. QUICKLY GOING BACK TO BRIGHT SEEMED TO BRING THEM ON QUICKER THE SECOND TIME THEY WENT OUT. THESE TWO ISSUES BOTH OCCURRED AS I WAS MEETING ANOTHER VEHICLE AND WENT FROM BRIGHT TO DIM. THEY OCCURRED OVER THE TIME PERIOD OF TWO MONTHS.

TURN/ HAZARD SIGNALS INTERMITTENLY MALFUNCTION. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TURN SIGNALS DID NOT FUNCTION. NEITHER THE DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER HAD BEEN NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 144,000. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 85,000.

ON THE 2001 IMPALA THE TURN SIGNALS WORK INTERMITTENTLY. THERE IS NO CONSISTENCY ON WHEN THE ISSUE HAPPENS, IT SUDDENLY STARTS. WHAT ACTUALLY CAUSES IT IS UNKNOWN. SOMETIMES PUSHING THE HAZARD BUTTON SEVERAL TIMES WILL CORRECT THE ISSUE TEMPORARILY. THE ONLY WAY TO FIX THIS ISSUE IS TO $400+ TO REPLACE THE SWITCH ON A WELL KNOWN ISSUE AFFECTING 1000'S OF IMPALA OWNERS OVER MANY YEARS OF THE DESIGN. *TR

2001 CHEVY IMPALA HEADLIGHTS WENT OUT ON OUR WAY HOME FROM THE FIRE WORKS ON JULY 4TH. LUCKY THE COP STOPPED US AT THE CORNER WHILE DIRECTING TRAFFIC. THE MULTISWITCH HAS GONE OUT. *TR

ON MY 2001 IMPALA, THE TURN SIGNALS SOMETIME FAIL TO OPERATE - I HAVE FOUND THAT I CAN TURN ON THE EMERGENCY FLASHERS AND THEN DISENGAGE THEM TO RESTART NORMAL TURN SIGNALS. INSTRUMENT LIGHTS ALSO DIM AT TIMES MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO READ SPEED OR ANY OTHER INSTRUMENTS - PROBLEMS DO NOT NECESSARILY OCCUR TOGETHER BUT CAN AND IT DOES AT TIMES - RANDOM IN PROBLEM OCCURRENCE I ALSO HAVE A GAS GAUGE PROBLEM WHERE IT WILL READ FULL WHEN IT IS NOT AND SHOW DIFFERENT AMOUNTS. NOW IT IS STARTING TO SHUT OFF WITHOUT WARNING IT WILL HOWEVER RESTART. BUT SOMETIMES SHUTDOWN AFTER A COUPLE OF RESTARTS BEFORE IT STAYS RUNNING. THIS HAS OCCURRED OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS AND APPEARS TO BE GETTING WORSE; MILEAGE APPROX 105,000. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE HEADLIGHTS FAILED AND WOULD NOT ILLUMINATE AGAIN. THE HEADLIGHTS WOULD TAKE TEN MINUTES OR THE NEXT DAY TO ILLUMINATE. THE FAILURE HAS OCCURRED AT LEAST THREE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THEY ARE INSTALLING NEW PARTS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000. UPDATED 05/05/09 *BF THE DIMMER SWITCH WAS REPLACED. UPDATED 05/07/09.*JB

THE TURN SIGNAL ON MY 2001 CHEVY IMPALA INTERMITTENTLY DOES NOT WORK. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM, CAN CAUSE ACCIDENTS WHEN DRIVING. THIS PROBLEM IS THE SAME AS THE RECALL ON THE CHEVY MALIBU LISTED BELOW, RECALL ID # 03V327000 - EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HAZARD FLASHING WARNING LIGHTS:SWITCH. PLEASE ADD THIS RECALL TO THE CHEVY IMPALA BEFORE MANY SERIOUS ACCIDENTS OCCUR. *TR

HEADLIGHTS WENT OFF FOR SEVERAL SECONDS,AT NIGHT, AND CAME BACK ON WORKING THE DIMMER LEVEL. THANK GOD WE WERE NOT IN HEAVY INTERSTATE TRAFFIC. NO MANUFACTURE SHOULD BE ALLOW DESIGN HEADLIGHT CIRCUITS THAT CAN MALFUNCTION THROUGH FAULTY SWITCHES. WHY WERE THE ALLOWED TO DEFER FROM THE OLD WAY GOING STRAIGHT FROM BATTERY? MY REPAIR SOURCE INDICATES THIS IS NOT AN NEW PROBLEM . I UNDERSTAND THERE COULD BE PROBLEMS WITH THE WIRING PLUGS OVERHEATING ,SINCE THERE IS A "JUMPER "SUPPLIED WITH REPLACEMENT. FIVE DAY ORDER REPLACEMENT .ORIGINAL OWNER *TR

THE TURN SIGNALS AND BRAKE LIGHTS QUIT WORKING IN MY 2001 CHEVY IMPALA. AFTER SEARCHING ON LINE TO SEE HOW TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM I AM FINDING THAT I AM NOT THE ONLY PERSON WHO IS HAVING OR HAS HAD THIS ISSUE HAPPEN TO THEM. I AM ALSO FINDING OUT THAT IT IS BECAUSE OF A BAD TURN SIGNAL SWITCH LOCATED ON THE STEERING COLUMN. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHILE AT A RED LIGHT, THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO ACTIVATE THE TURN SIGNAL SWITCH AND IT FAILED TO OPERATE. HE BELIEVED THAT THE BULBS OR THE FUSE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED; HOWEVER, THEY WERE OPERABLE. THE TURN SIGNAL SWITCH WOULD NOT OPERATE UNLESS THE CONTACT TURNED THE HAZARD LIGHT SWITCH ON AND OFF. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,500 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 91,100.

THE TURN SIGNALS/ HAZARD WARNING FLASHERS WORK INTERMITTENTLY. THE BRAKE LIGHTS DO NOT WORK WHEN THE TURN SIGNAL IS ACTIVATED WHEN THEY ARE NOT WORKING. THIS IS ONLY ON THE SIDE THAT THE TURN SIGNAL IS TURNED TO AND THIS ONLY OCCURS WHEN THE TURN SIGNALS ARE NOT WORKING. THEY SEEM TO WORK BETTER WHEN IT IS COOL AND THEY SEEM TO FAIL MORE OFTEN WHEN IT IS WARM OR HOT. FREQUENTLY THE TURN SIGNALS SEEM TO WORK EARLY IN THE DAY AND THEY QUIT AS THE DAY GETS WARMER. THERE DOES NOT SEEM TO BE ANY OTHER CORRELATION TO WHEN THEY WORK. SOME MORNINGS THEY DO NOT WORK AND THEN AFTER I PARK THEY MIGHT OR MIGHT NOT WORK WHEN THE CAR IS RESTARTED. WHEN THE TURN SIGNALS WORK NORMALLY THERE IS NO PROBLEM. WHEN THEY DO NOT WORK THE BRAKE LIGHT ON THE SIDE THAT SHOULD BE SIGNALING QUITS WORKING WHEN THE TURN SIGNALS ARE ACTIVATED BUT NOT WORKING. WHEN THEY ARE NOT WORKING THE BRAKE LIGHTS DO NOT WORK CORRECTLY IF THE TURN SIGNAL IS ACTIVATED. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TURN SIGNAL WORKS PERIODICALLY. THE TURN SIGNAL MODULE WAS REPLACED, BUT STILL WORKS INTERMITTENTLY. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 137,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000. UPDATED 07/29/08 *BF UPDATED 07/29/08

HEADLIGHT DIMMER SWITCH CAUGHT ON FIRE AND BURNED WIRING. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 CHEVROLET IMPALA. SINCE MARCH OF 2004, THE VEHICLE'S TURN SIGNALS AND HAZARD LIGHTS FAIL TO WORK. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 116,000.

TURN SIGNALS INTERMITTENTLY FAIL TO OPERATE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TURN SIGNAL AND HAZARD LIGHTS WOULD NOT ILLUMINATE. HER BROTHER BELIEVED THAT THE TURN SIGNAL SWITCH CAUSED THE FAILURE. AS OF OCTOBER 18, 2007, THE DEALER HAD NOT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE. THERE IS A RECALL FOR THE EXTERIOR LIGHTING: HAZARD FLASHING WARNING LIGHTS: SWITCH (NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 03V327000) FOR THE 2001 CHEVROLET MALIBU AND THE CONTACT FELT THAT HER VEHICLE SHOULD BE INCLUDED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 55,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 61,000.

I OWN A 2001 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHEN DRIVING MY BLINKERS WILL RANDOMLY STOP WORKING. I HAVE TO TURN THE HAZARD LIGHTS ON AND OFF SEVERAL TIMES TO GET MY BLINKERS TO START WORKING AGAIN. I CALLED A DEALERSHIP AND THEY QUOTED ME $405 FOR A NEW SWITCH. HOWEVER, THEY WERE UNABLE TO INSTALL IT BECAUSE THEY ARE ON A NATIONAL BACK ORDER. THE DEALERSHIP SAID THIS IS A MAJOR ISSUE AS THEY INSTALL NEW SWITCHES CONSTANTLY. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET THERE SEEMS TO BE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HAVING THIS PROBLEM AND THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL FOR SAFETY REASONS. WE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY $405 FOR OUR BLINKERS TO WORK. *TR

THE TURN SIGNAL FAILS TO WORK SPORADICALLY (STARTING 8 WEEKS AGO). *TR

I HAVE A COUPLE OF PROBLEM WITH THE 2001 CHEVROLET IMPALA THAT I RECENTLY PURCHASED USED. AS FAR AS I KNOW USING CARFAX TO CHECK THERE HAVE BEEN NO ACCIDENTS OR ANYTHING THAT WOULD LOGICALLY CAUSE THE PROBLEMS. SEVERAL MECHANICS HAVE TOLD ME THEY COULDN'T FIND ANY OBVIOUS PREVIOUS DAMAGE. WHEN DRIVING THE TURN SIGNALS WILL WORK COMPLETELY AT RANDOM FOR A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME. I DID NOT GET A TRAFFIC TICKET OR HAD AN ACCIDENT. I HAD NO IDEA WHAT FIXED THIS PROBLEM. ALSO, THE CAR WILL NOT START ON OCCASION. NORMALLY, IF I WAITED 10 - 60 MINUTES AND TRIED IT AGAIN IT WILL EVENTUALLY START. VEHICLE LEFT ME STRANDED FOR AN UNKNOWN AMOUNT OF TIME. I WAS TOLD BY MY MECHANIC THAT IT WILL COST ABOUT $400 TO FIX THIS PROBLEM ,AND THAT ONLY A CHEVROLET DEALER COULD DO IT. *AK

I HAVE A 2001 IMPALA. THE HEADLIGHTS STOPPED WORKING.MY HIGH BEAMS WORK FINE.*AK

THE TURN SIGNALS ONLY WORK INTERMITTENTLY ON A DAILY BASIS. WE NEVER KNOW IF THEY WILL COME ON OR NOT. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE JULY, 2006. *JB

TL* - THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE HAD A REFERENCE NUMBER FROM FILING A COMPLAINT WITH THE CHEVROLET MOTOR DIVISION 71-489286337. THE TURN SIGNAL STOPPED WORKING WITHOUT ANY REASON. JUST AS THE CONTACT WAS CHANGING LANES THE TURN SIGNAL STOPPED WORKING. A SERVICE TECHNICIAN AT A CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP TOLD THE CONTACT THAT HE SHOULD TURN THE HAZARD SIGNAL ON AND OFF AND THAT THE TURN SIGNAL SHOULD WORK, AND IT DID. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TURN SIGNAL FAILED INTERMITTENTLY.THIS WOULD INDICATE THAT THE HAZARD SWITCH FAILED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WERE BOTH 70000.*AK UPDATED 04/05/07. *JB