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2001 Chevrolet Impala lighting problems

Owners reported lighting problems in 87 complaints for the 2001 Chevrolet Impala, 9% of the complaints on file. It is the 3rd most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
87 9% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
70,000 miles 69 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
2 and 1
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When lighting problems show up

Lighting complaints by mileage, 2001 Chevrolet Impala Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 70,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 4 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 5 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 16 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 14 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 8 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 8 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 7 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 4 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 1 complaints 200k+ miles: 2 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 70,000 miles
Based on 69 complaints that include mileage. 36% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles4
20k to 40k miles5
40k to 60k miles16
60k to 80k miles14
80k to 100k miles8
100k to 120k miles8
120k to 140k miles7
140k to 160k miles4
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles1
200k+ miles2

What the data shows

Of the 69 lighting complaints that report mileage, the median is about 70,000 miles, and 36% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 2 crashes, 1 fire.

What owners wrote

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.

Reported at 110,000 miles, February 2010 Crash

Turn signal failure. This has been happening for several months once in a while. Lately it is happening more often. If I turn off car and restart the turn signals work again for a while. Tonight while driving one hour home, I had to turn my car off and restart it 4 times so the turn signals would work again. I believe that this is a defect - my car only has 39,400 miles on it.

Reported at 39,400 miles, June 2005

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