Owner-reported complaints naming the interior system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming seats, latches, locks, linkages and interior fittings. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2001 Chevrolet Impala submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 10 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 CHEVROLET IMPALA. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO REVERSE, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE MIDDLE SEAT HEAD REST WAS BLOCKING THE WINDOW. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER BUT WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CURRENT AND THE FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 9,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START AND THE INTERIOR LIGHTS CONSTANTLY ILLUMINATED AND WOULD NOT SHUT OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO PERFORMED DIAGNOSTIC TEST BUT COULD NOT DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE; THE CODES DISPLAYED THAT NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 114,000.
2000-2005 CHEVY IMPALAS EXPERIENCE FLICKERING INTERIOR LIGHTS AND EXTERIOR LIGHTS, FAULTY DASH GAUGES, NO SHIFTER SIGNS ON DASH, NO MANUAL INTERIOR LIGHTING OR EXTERIOR LIGHTS, NO CRANK OR START. WAS TOLD THAT A BAD BCM WAS THE PROBLEM. (BODY CONTROL MODULE) PART# GMAB166 IS VERY OLD FOR THE MAKE OF CAR THE IT WAS PUT IN. THERE IS A NHTSA BULLETIN OUT AND GM REFUSE TO FIX IT. BULLETIN $ 010603005 AND 110501. BECAUSE OF THIS HAZARD I CRASHED MY CAR INTO THE BACK OF ANOTHER GOING 65 MPH WHEN THE CAR JUST SUDDENLY STALLED AND THERE WASN'T ADEQUATE BRAKE PRESSURE TO STOP THE CAR. *TR
SEVERAL ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS ONE TURN SIGNALS AND FLASHER ONLY WORK ABOUT HALF TIME, ONE BRAKE LIGHT WORKS ABOUT 1/2 TIME DRIVERSIDE HEATED SEAT OVER HEATED COULD NOT CUT IT OFF TOOK STRAIGHT TO DEALER POGUE CHEVROLET SAID THEY WOULD HAVE TO PUT IT ON COMPUTER TO SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM IS, SAID IT WOULD COST $100.00 TO CHECK IT OUT I ASKED THEM IF THEY COULD CHECK IT WITH OUT ME PAYING THE $100.00 THEY SAID NO I TOLD THEM I COULD NOT DRIVE IT LIKE THAT THEY UNPLUGGED THE SEAT, LATER I WAS INFORMED BY MY COUSIN WHO CAME UP FROM FLORIDA THIS WAS A SAFETY ISSUE AND I SHOULD FILE A COMPLAINT WITH YOU PEOPLE HE SAID CHEVROLET WERE OBLIGATED TO FIX ANY SAFETY ISSUES. *TR
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE HEADLIGHTS, TAIL LIGHTS, AND INTERIOR LIGHTS WOULD FLICKER INTERMITTENTLY. THE CONTACT HEARD A CLICKING NOISE AND THE LIGHTS DIMMED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE BODY CONTROL MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 26,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 27,200.
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE POWER LOCKS, FOG LIGHTS, AND POWER TRUNK RELEASE DO NOT WORK. HE ALSO STATED THAT THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT AND LOW FUEL INDICATOR ILLUMINATED WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH. THE DEALER WILL INSPECT THE VEHICLE ON SEPTEMBER 6, 2007. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 90,000.
TURN SIGNALS FAIL WITHOUT WARNING. UPDATED 01/11/08. *LJ UPDATED 12/12/07.*JB
ANY TIME THE VEHICLE IS TURNED ON MESSAGE CENTER LIGHT INDICATES THAT THE COOLANT LEVEL IS LOW. CONSUMER CHECKED THE COOLANT LEVELS SEVERAL TIMES TO FIND THEM UP TO PAR. VEHICLE HAD BEEN TAKEN TO SEVERAL MECHANICS WHO COULD NOT DETERMINE WHY THE MESSAGE CENTER LIGHT WOULD NOT GO OFF. MANUFACTURER AND THE DEALER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK
CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD LOST POWER, ALL OF THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS WERE GONE. ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS FAILED ON THE DASHBOARD, BUT NO WHERE ELSE. HE WAS STILL ABLE TO ROLL THE ELECTRICAL WINDOWS UP AND DOWN, AND RADIO STILL CAME ON. ALSO, AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON, INDICATING THERE WAS A PROBLEM. SOMETIMES WHEN THIS HAPPENED AIR CONDITIONER DID NOT WORK. THIS HAPPENED 3 TIMES IN THE LAST 2 MONTHS. CONSUMER HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER/MECHANIC, AND WAS TOLD TO DISCONNECT THE BATTERY.THIS HAPPENED TO RESET THE COMPUTER. BUT WHEN THIS HAPPENED A SECOND TIME , HE TOOK VEHICLE BACK TO DEALER/MECHANIC. THEY PUT VEHICLE ON THE COMPUTER, AND COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT, BUT YET THEY CHANGED THE IGNITION SWITCH, WHICH THEY SAID COULD BE BAD.*AK
VEHICLES STALLED IN TRAFFIC, TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO LOOK AT IT AT THAT TIME. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO ANOTHER DEALER, AND THEY SAID THAT WIRES UNDER THE DASH HAD BEEN CUT.*AK ALSO THE REAR DEFROGGER WAS INOPERATIVE, THE OVERHEAD CONSOLE WAS INACCURATE, AND THE DOORS THAT MOVE THE AIRFLOW FROM THE WINDSHILED TO THE FLOOR DID NOT MOVE THE AIR TO THE SPECIFIED AREA, THE DEALER ORDERED AN ACTUATOR FOR THE DOORS AND FOR THE AIRFLOW, AN AFTERMARKET DEVICE THAT WAS INSTALLED IN THE VEHICLE CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO SUDDENLY STALL WHILE DRIVING. *JB
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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