Headlights went out during vehicle operation and would not turn back on. Headlights came back on next time the vehicle was operated, but went out again during operation a few nights later.
2003 Chevrolet Impala lights complaints
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My wife stated that her 2003 impala the headlights did not come on one night auto mode so she turned on manually. 2 weeks later, she is driving in the dark and the fog, and headlights go out. Stopped along road and tried high, low, and pull light switch with no luck. Very dangerous if would have been in busy area. Abandoned car and had mother pick her up. Moved home when daylight came out. Now waiting to solve the problem in the shop.
Headlights would unexpectedly turn off while driving on the highway.
The headlights are difficult to switch from high to low beam on my 2003 chevy impala. The headlights have turned completely off during evening driving three different times. We have yet to correct the failure, although intend to replace the switch. These incidents appear to correlate directly with the federal safety agency action number : pe06017.
Headlights shutoff automatically while driving.
Purchased a second chevrolet impala with same defect with tail light compartment. Holds water indefinitely, not just condensation. I now have a 2003 and used to have a 2002 with same problem. Causes light bulbs to go out frequently and also alarm will go off when opening trunk which I suspect maybe a short in wiring due to water. I have contacted a local chevrolet dealer's service dept as well as gm corporate and they are familiar with problem but no with no recalls yet to provide resolution of what I believe is a safey hazard when light bulbs continue to go out. Of course they want me to pay to replace defective taillight assembly that may still have some condensation problems.
My headlights stopped working when I was out of town. Only had hi beams if I held the dimmer switch towards me. Once I released the switch, I had no lights. Took the car to my mechanic who replaced the dimmer switch with one from a wrecked car like mine because a new one from gm was $500. *tr also had heat/AC fan stop working. Now car is making a strange humming noise from the front end that is not coming from the motor. My husband believes the wheel bearings might be bad because our mechanic asked us if we had any problems with them. He has seen several cars like mine with wheel bearing issues.
Tl*the contact owns a 2003 chevrolet impala. While driving 60 MPH, the headlamps failed without warning. The contact took her vehicle to the dealer and they charged her $669 to repair and replace the unit. The dealer stated that she had a faulty multifunction switch. The current mileage is 102,000 and failure mileage was 101,000.
The car was bought new from dealership, with occasional grinding noises noted in reverse and headlights "surging" at night while driving. Dealership unable to replicate with the exception of grinding. I was told a loose wire was causing noise in reverse. On 09/26/05, after noticing hard stalls while attempting to start, the fuel pump went out $281.60 for new one. 12/09/05, to dealership for starting concerns and maintenance. 04/13/06-car would not start to leave work. Ward's chevrolet came to my work site. Left me a rental and kept my car until 04/20/06. I paid $674.56 for a 2nd fuel pump and fuel module. 06/21/06- to local garage with same complaints. $100 paid for "short" in electrical that caused no start and towing. 08/04/06-cooper buick in monroe,la- $281.00 for another fuel pump and recall on 2003 impala headgaskets that I was unaware of. 11/22/06-no start, turn over-went outside 3 hours later-starts with hard start. 12/06/06-brakes went from quiet to grinding-slow hard starts continue. Ward's kept the car for a month-never told me what was wrong with car except brakes. Did not charge. At this time I had requested a gm investi.-no results-states"the dealership was unable to replicate concern". The car continues to have slow, hard starts with very noticeable gas smells. The smell of gas has been occurring since 04/20/06 repairs. Now service, ABS, security lights come on and off intermittently with the smell of gas and slow, hard starts. I have been calling ward's since the first week of march 2007 requesting factory rep. To meet and drive car after their having a month with no improvements in cars functioning. I called this a.m. To be informed that new service dept. Manager was not aware of problem. This is the 4th time since march I have requested the factory rep. With no response from ward's.
Lights went off while driving at night. This happened soon,though not immediately, after flipping on the high beams. Fortunately, I was near home and not going fast,so was able to stop without incident. Somehow while playing around with the light switches, they came back on. I haven't tried to get it repaired as I can't get it to repeat the failure. This could have had serious consequences, and I suppose it may happen again.
Turning signals stopped working I had to manually move my signal up and down to turn corners, get over two lanes of traffic on the interstate. Very dangerous had to have hazard switch/flasher unit replaced.
Tl*the contact owns a 2003 chevrolet impala. While driving 35 MPH the headlights failed to illuminate automatically, and the contact was unable to turn them on manually. The following day the contact was able to turn on the headlights. The vehicle has not been inspected to determine the cause of the failure. No other failures have occurred. The current and failure mileage were 38,000.
Tl*- the contact took the 2003 chevrolet impala for an oil change, while she was at the service location, the technician told her that the intake manifold was leaking. Also, the high beam switch did not working properly. The high beam switch turned on, but did not stay on. The technician stated that the two failures were common. Failure mileage was at 58,524.
Frequently at night, when switching from low beam to high beam all the headlights go out.....found by flickering back to low beam they will come back on. Sometimes they go out w/o switching to high beam. Seems to be a serious safety risk!
Dt*: the contact stated while traveling various speeds, the high beam headlights would shut down within the first 5 minutes of turning on. The dealer and manufacturer were not contacted.
When high beams are on, the headlights will occasionally go out entirely with absolutely no warning. This problem has caused us to quit using the high beams due to the safety risk.
About 9:00 pm I was driving about two km. From home when my headlights went out. I had hazard lights, parking lights and rear lights. I tried high and low beams turning lights on and off but they would not turn on. I took it to the shop the next morning and still no lights. When they flipp the hi-low beams the lights came back on-they do not know why this happened.
Recently, I have had 3 or 4 instances where the lights on my 2003 impala went completely out while I was driving. I had switched the lights between high and low beam. This is rather concerting. My friend reported that her 2002 impala has also recently began doing the same thing. My limited research LED me to this site.
Dt*: the contact stated while driving various speeds at night with the low beam headlights engaged, the headlights intermittently failed to illuminate. The vehicle was driven to the dealer who replaced the headlight switch. Updated 12/12/2006 - on three separate occasions while the consumer was driving at night the headlight went out when switched from high beam to low beam. The lights did not come back on until the consumer begun to jiggle the multifunction switch. The power windows would not go down. The dealer replaced the master window switch.
Headlights go off when switching between high beam and low beam.
2003 impala ls - headlights go off while driving. Just shut off. Doesn't matter if manual headlight switch is engaged or not. Intermittent failure, sometimes not for two hours, sometime every few seconds, sometimes when switching low to high beams, no specific speed or driving conditions. All interior lights and parking lights appear to remain on when the headlights fail. Sometimes can get headlights back on by switching off and on again, sometimes by flashing low to high, but they don't always come back on regardless of action. Sometimes just have to park the car until daylight. Car had just over 44,000 miles on it when I bought it. Drove for two weeks, but never at night, so not exactly sure of mileage of first incident. Happened second time I drove the car at night. Unable to repeat incident at dealer, but car was in "park" when they looked at it, and it was daytime. It could be happening while daytime, too, but I can't tell from inside the car. I could get a ticket in maryland for driving with no headlights while using windshield wipers.
I purchased my chevy impala 2003 brand new in march of 2003. Every since then when I turn on my headlamps, they turn off at random, which is very dangerous on a darkened road at night. Everything goes off (interior, tail lights, ect).
Brights cannot be turned off without numerous attempts to make the switch work, resulting in a safety hazard to other drivers, and self due to distraction.
Dt*: the contact stated while driving various speeds at night there was a complete loss of the headlights without warning. The vehicle was seen by a dealer and a diagnostic test was performed. A code indicated there was a failure of the multi function headlight switch. This happened 3 times over a month span. Dealer replaced multi function headlihts.
Dt: the contact stated headlights stopped working when the high beam was engaged. The first time, the headlights went out and would not come back on. He drove the vehicle home with the emergency flashing lights engaged. The second time, the headlights went out, but came back on after the dimmer switch was pressed. He took the vehicle to a dealer. The dealer replaced the dimmer switch. There have been no further problems with the headlights. *ak updated 3/3/2006 -
When the vehicle is under stress (I.e. On steep inclines), the lights intermittently shut off. It occurs more frequently when the driver switches between dim and bright. On once occasion, when traveling at night up a curvy mountain road with a carload of teenagers, the lights went off for at least an entire minute in an area without an emergency lane. The vehicle has been attempted to be repaired four times at wriker in winchester, tn without success.
The headlights would come back on by jiggling the dimmer lever arm. Several malfunctions were noticed between the first malfunction and the visit to the dealer for repair. Ak
During night driving, the headlights are very dim, even when using the high beams. The consumer contacted the dealer. The service dealer told the consumer what did she expect since she bought a cheap car. The consumer contacted the manufacturer several times regarding the problem with the headlights. *ak the consumer could only see approximately 2-2 1/2 car lengths in front, with dim lights. *sc
At times while driving headlights inadvertently cut off. The cause was undetermined.
When it rains moisture clouds lens in head light and fog light.
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