2000 Chevrolet Impala: headlights failing or too dim

Filed Oct 29, 2014 · Lights · 130,000 miles · OH

Exterior lights 133,000 miles lights went out on my 2000 impala in may 2014. This is what happened. I had fractured my left rib at home and was driving to the emergency room at mercy hospital when I hit my bright lights, because the road was dark, and all of my lights when out. I pulled over and kept clicking the lights lever and it would go from no lights to bright lights with each click. I got the low beam to finally come back on after several back and forth clicks. The police stopped me that night because I had to use my right hand to click the lights, which is on the left side of the car, which caused me to weave a little. He also observed me pull off the road for a minute, to get lights back on. He said he thought I had been drinking but saw that I was hurt, 65 years old, and I explained how my lights had just gone out on me while I was driving to the emergency room and I had to keep clicking the high beam, low beam, back and forth to make low beam come back. He saw that I was hurt and couldn't use left arm and he saw how I had to lean over with right hand to keep clicking switch to get my low beams to come back on, keeping in mind, I?m in severe pain. I was able to get low beam back on while the officer was standing there and he saw the problem and understood and told me to be careful. No ticket. I don?t use my high beams anymore. Also, I have no lights in the cluster, I can't tell my speed, I use my phone to see how fast I'm going and then set the auto drive. I can't see the gas gauge, but the low fuel light works, it will come on and no indoor lights on top of doors. However the red security light on the dashboard works. When I open car door it's completely dark, I have to use a flashlight or my phone to see or look for things.

Filed Sep 23, 2014 · Lights · 160,000 miles · WI

Tl* the contact owns a 2000 chevrolet impala. The contact stated that the turn signal lights, hazard lights, and headlights suddenly failed to activate. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 160,000.

Filed Feb 23, 2012 · Lights · 84,100 miles · PA

While driving and high beam on, the headlights totally go out. Move lever on steering column to activate low beam, the lights come back on. This has happened a number of times and is very scary.

Filed Jan 29, 2011 · Electrical · 48,000 miles · CA

Low/high beam switch (multi-function switch) while driving down the road and switching from low to high or vise / versa headlight will go out completely. Just told my wife leave the low beams on and never switch to the high beams..

Filed Sep 12, 2010 · Electrical, Lights · 150,354 miles · MN

Multi function head light switch I own a 2000 chevrolet impala I was driving home from work the other night the lights went off I had to hold the lever to engage the high beams the lights came back on as long as I held on to the lever. I went to the auto parts store to discover that this was a common problem with chevrolets the replacement part was 330 dollars very expensive .

Filed Aug 11, 2010 · Electrical, Lights · 203,000 miles · MN

Tl*the contact owns a 2000 chevrolet impala. The contact stated that the combination control switch was defective. Whenever the high beams were on and the low beams were activated they would not function independently. The gear lever box that was illuminated at night also failed. The VIN was not available. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileages were approximately 208,000.

Filed Jun 3, 2010 · Lights · 95,000 miles · PA

Tl* the contact owns a 2000 chevrolet impala. The contact stated while driving at speeds of 50 MPH, the high beams were engaged and when set back to low beams, all interior and exterior lights were illuminated on the vehicle. Within minutes, the lights would shut off. The failure would occur intermittently for approximately six times. The vehicle was taken to a local repair facility where she was advised that the multi-function switch would need to be replaced. The manufacturer advised having the vehicle diagnosed at an authorized dealer. The dealer confirmed the mechanics diagnosis. The vehicle was taken back to the independent mechanic who replaced the switch accordingly. There were no recalls for the failure. The failure mileage was 95,000 and the current mileage was 97,000.

Filed May 19, 2009 · Lights · 98,000 miles · IN

My car is a 2000 chevy impala. The high beam switch will not change the lights from low to high. As we all know some roads are darker than others and harder to see at night. I cant put my lights on high beam and 2 nights ago I hit a blown tire off a semi the damage was minimal but could have been fatal. I am a good driver with over a million miles accident free. Gm needs to do something about this. I have read about a lot of these cars with the same problem.

Filed Mar 1, 2009 · Lights · CA

Headlights on this vehicle go out with out warning, and unable to control the headlight bright and dim function with the steering column control lever. This is a very unsafe condition when traveling at night and an internet search pulls up numerous complaints of the same problem with this model car in the 2000-2004 range. What is the status of the investigation for this problem as reported in may 2006?

Filed Feb 8, 2008 · Lights · 146,000 miles · NY

Low beam lights went out. After reading other complaints from this website http://www.carsmart.com/content/research/forums/index.cfm/action/posts/fid/136 I decided that something should be done at gm in line of a recall. This can cause an accident when you all of a sudden don"t have any lights. And if you drive with your high beams on you can blind oncoming drivers. My car is a 2000 chevrolet impala.

Filed Dec 9, 2007 · Brakes, Electrical · 75,000 miles · MD · crash · 1 injury

Car went out of control after driver put the car into gear to move it from a parked, idling position, after noticing a burning like odor. It was noted by the driver at that time that the temperature gauge was in the red zone. When the driver attempted to move the car to a safer parking area only a few feet in distance, she heard a sharp snapping sound and also felt a vibration in the steering wheel/column area. The car suddenly lurched forward, the head lights and dash lighting went completely out as the car began accelerating out of control. In addition, there was no steering or brake control. No work has been done yet to correct these problems because an insurance company is involved.

Filed Jun 18, 2007 · Lights · 37,000 miles · FL

Tl*the contact owns a 2000 chevrolet impala. The contact noticed that the plastic covers on the headlights had become frosted and yellow in color. The dealer stated that he would have to buy new headlight covers. The dealer was unable to determine the cause of failure. The current mileage is 143,000 and failure mileage was 37,000.